What's New Let's have more examples. How often did they play during summer? Always, it answers how many times or frequently they do the action, play How often they fight? Never, it answers how many times or frequently they do the action, fight Always and never are adverbs of frequency. They tell us how often something is done Examples of adverb of frequency are: sometimes never occasionally usually always normally often seldom She always goes to the city to work. * I seldom read the newspaper.​