𝔹etty Williams worked in an office downtown. She usually went for a walk in the park during her lunch hour.
Almost every day she saw an old man who was always in the park sitting on the same bench. He had white hair and a long white beard, as well as a very contented expression. She sometimes nodded to him or said hello and he always smiled back very happily.
One day, she decided to stop and talk with him. "Excuse me," said Betty, "I often see you here. You always seem very cheerful and you’re never sick! What’s your secret for a long and happy life?"
"My secret?" the old man asked, smiling at her "I don’t have a secret."
"But how often do you exercise?" asked Betty.
"I never do any exercise, young lady."
"What about your diet? You must eat a lot of fresh fruit and vegetables?"
"I hardly ever eat vegetables," the old man replied, still smiling, "And I smoke almost a pack a day."
"That’s amazing, Sir!" said Betty. "How old are you?"
"Thirty five," he replied.
This joke uses a lot of adverbs of frequency. Frequency adverbs tell us how often something happens or should happen. They can describe verbs and adjectives, but not other adverbs. They fall between never, or zero times, and always, or infinite. Here's how they relate to each other:
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Almost every day she saw an old man who was always in the park sitting on the same bench. He had white hair and a long white beard, as well as a very contented expression. She sometimes nodded to him or said hello and he always smiled back very happily.
One day, she decided to stop and talk with him. "Excuse me," said Betty, "I often see you here. You always seem very cheerful and you’re never sick! What’s your secret for a long and happy life?"
"My secret?" the old man asked, smiling at her "I don’t have a secret."
"But how often do you exercise?" asked Betty.
"I never do any exercise, young lady."
"What about your diet? You must eat a lot of fresh fruit and vegetables?"
"I hardly ever eat vegetables," the old man replied, still smiling, "And I smoke almost a pack a day."
"That’s amazing, Sir!" said Betty. "How old are you?"
"Thirty five," he replied.
This joke uses a lot of adverbs of frequency. Frequency adverbs tell us how often something happens or should happen. They can describe verbs and adjectives, but not other adverbs. They fall between never, or zero times, and always, or infinite. Here's how they relate to each other:
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