Question

Choose the grammatically correct sentence. Pay attention to the position of the adverb of frequency. Frank is ill often. Sara smiles never. She rarely listens to music.

Answer 1

Грамматически правильно построенное предложение под номером 3

Answer 2

The grammatically correct sentence is: She rarely listens to music.

The reason is that adverbs of frequency usually go in the following positions in a sentence:

- Before the main verb, e.g. I often visit my parents. - After the verb be, e.g. He is always late for work. - Between the auxiliary verb and the main verb, e.g. They have never complained about the service. - Before used to and have to, e.g. We sometimes used to go camping.

In the sentence "She rarely listens to music", the adverb of frequency "rarely" is placed before the main verb "listens", which follows the first rule.

In the sentence "Frank is ill often", the adverb of frequency "often" is placed after the verb be "is", which does not follow the second rule. The correct position would be before the verb be, e.g. Frank often is ill.

In the sentence "Sara smiles never", the adverb of frequency "never" is placed after the main verb "smiles", which does not follow the first rule. The correct position would be before the main verb, e.g. Sara never smiles.