Adverbs of Simple Present Indefinite Tense
Following adverbs are commonly used with Present Indefinite Tense:
“Always” as an Adverb in Present Indefinite Tense:
In Present Indefinite Tense, “always” is used to indicate a repeated action or state. For example:
- They always go to school.
- She always works hard.
- Why do you always complain?
- He is always smoking.
- He is always hungry in the morning.
“Usually” as an Adverb in Present Indefinite Tense :
“Usually” in Present Indefinite Tense is used to indicate the action or state that often exists in general. For example:
- I usually spend my evenings with my children.
- Usually, we eat dinner at 8:00 pm.
- They do that too, usually.
- She usually takes coffee in the morning.
- He does that, usually.
“Seldom” as an Adverb in Present Indefinite Tense :
“Seldom” in Present Indefinite Tense is used to show the frequency of an action or state. For example:
- You are seldom wrong.
- Seldom does he work so late?
- I seldom get to school on time.
- He seldom calls his cousins.
- Seldom does he work so late?
“Never” as an Adverb in Present Indefinite Tense :
“Never” in Present Indefinite Tense is used to indicate negative actions. Such actions or state that is never happened. For example:
- My father never tells lies.
- My watch never keeps the right time.
- She does not try it before.
- They never tell me anything before she left.
- I never want to see them again.
“Sometimes” as an Adverb in Present Indefinite Tense :
“Sometimes” is used to indicate the actions of states that are usually happening in the Present Tense. For example:
- We sometimes play chess.
- Sometimes they go out for dinner.
- I think sometimes you forget that you are my employer.
“Often” as an Adverb in Present Indefinite Tense :
“Often” is used to indicate such actions or activities that certainly happened in the Present Tense. For example:
- They are often on time.
- He does not often offend.
- I do not often eat fast food.
- Do you often eat Chinese food?
“Frequently” as an Adverb in Present Indefinite Tense :
“Frequently” is also used in Present Indefinite Tense to indicate some frequent happened actions or states. For example:
- John and David speak frequently on the phone.
- He frequently appears in his office.
- This situation occurs frequently.
- He frequently encounters wild animals near his house.
“Generally” as an Adverb in Present Indefinite Tense :
“Generally” in Present Indefinite Tense is used to indicate generally occurring actions or states. For example:
- We generally study at the library.
- Push generally succeeds in business.
- People generally quarrel because they cannot argue.
- A truly elegant taste is generally accompanied by the excellence of heart.
- They generally go to the beach for their vacations.
“Habitually” as an Adverb in Present Indefinite Tense :
Present Indefinite Tense uses the word “habitually” to show a habitual action or state. For example:
- Harry is habitually late for college.
- There is no snake known that will habitually attack human beings unless threatened with its life.
- Habitually swims, with jerky forward movement; sometimes dives.
“Occasionally” as an Adverb in Present Indefinite Tense :
“Occasionally” is used as an adverb in Present Indefinite Tense to indicate such actions or states that exist sometimes, but not frequently or regularly. For example:
- He occasionally skips school.
- They occasionally meet for lunch after their work.
- We see each other very occasionally.
- Occasionally, things do not go as planned.
- Cook on medium flame, stirring occasionally, for about half an hour.
“Once” as an Adverb in Present Indefinite Tense :
“Once” is used in Present Indefinite Tense to give meaning to such actions or states that happened just one time. For example:
- We go to the movies once a month.
- I see them once every two or three weeks.
- Once I pass all my tests, I shall be fully qualified.
- We go to the cinema once a week.
“Twice” as an Adverb in Present Indefinite Tense :
“Twice” is used in Present Indefinite Tense to indicate such actions or states that happened two times. For example:
- Twice a year, he goes to London.
- Once, twice, three times, a million times.
- He goes out twice a week.
- Your grandfather visits Spain twice a year.
“Thrice” as an Adverb in Present Indefinite Tense:
“Thrice” is used in Present Indefinite Tense to indicate such actions or states that happened three times. For example:
- Measure thrice before you cut once.
- Her room is thrice the size of hers.
- They should think not twice, but thrice, before ignoring such advice.