【问】 (a) I never had accidents.
 (b) I have never seen a whale.
 为什么never有时放在动词之前，有时放在动词之后?
 【答】 按照一般的规则，表示频度的副词always，usually，normally，often，sometimes，sel-dom，never，frequently，rarely应当放在实义动词之前(例1—7)，而放在助动词和联系动词之后(例8—14)：
 1. She always arrived before John.
 她总是比约翰先到。
 2. She usually found it easy to go to sleep at night.
 她经常发现晚上容易入睡。
 3. She often goes there. (Palmer)
 她经常去那儿。
 4. It seldom rains there.
 那儿很少下雨。
 5. Truth never goes old.
 真理永不衰老。
 6. She frequently thought of Sophia.(Bennet)
 她常常想起索菲娅。
 7. He rarely studied，yet he passed every exam.(FWF)
 他很少学习，然而他却通过了每一次考试。
 8. They are always very punctual.(Walpole)
 他们总是非常准时。
 9. She was usually dressed in black. (Bennet)
 她常常穿黑色衣服。
 10. She is often late.(Mis)
 她经常迟到。
 11. Rick is seldom out of pain.(Sinclair)
 里克极少摆脱痛苦。
 12. I have never broken my words.(Wilde)
 我从没有不遵守诺言。
 13. They were frequently in debt. (Sinclair)
 他们经常负债。
 14. Snakes are rarely seen in England. (Neal)
 在英格兰极少见到蛇。
 上面提到的一些副词，当位于句首时，要引起主语和谓语的部分倒装。关于这个问题，请见never did we。
 请做下面的英语试题：
 1. ____lots of trees round the house?
 A. Were always there B. Have there always been
 C. Had there always D. Were they always(Nelson，150A)
 2. Professor Forester thought that because historical parallels are so much used unprecisely and uncritically it would be better to avoid them altogether in our themes. (TOEFL，71.1)
 3. Middle class values are generally normally the dominant values in a society. (TOEFL，84.11)
 4.Often we did ask her not to be late for shcool。(攻读硕士学位研究生入学考试英语试题，83A)
 5. _______do we go for picnics.
 A. Certainly B. Sometimes
 C. Seldom D. Once (攻读硕士学位研究生入学考试英语试题，85A)
 6. Since an owl's ears are widely separated，____a slight difference in the time it takesfor a sound to reach each ear.
 A. is there usually B. there is usually
 C. usually is there D. is usually there(TOEFL，84.11)