Language Activator – Regular
اغلب دیکشنری ها لغاتی را مترادف یک لغت معرفی میکنند. اما آیا تمامی مترادفهای یک لغت صد در صد معنای همان لغت را القا میکنند؟ مسلماً خیر. در این بخش از لغات هم معنی و یا نزدیک به لغت regular را بررسی خواهیم کرد.regularly
(adverb)
if you do something regularly, you do it on many different occasions, usually with the same amount of time in between
.I’ve been going jogging regularly for a couple of years now
.Both my sons phone me regularly, usually once a week
.Company reports are published regularly and sent out to all shareholders
regular
(adjective usually before noun)
a regular event or activity happens every hour, every week, every month etc, usually with the same amount of time in between
?Do you do any regular exercise
.It’s important to visit your dentist for regular check-ups
.The Parent-Teacher Association has regular meetings every month
on a regular basis = regularly
.More than 60% of adults drink wine on a regular basis
at regular intervals
: with equal amounts of time between
.The prison is inspected at regular intervals by government health officers
(a regular feature (of something
: a regular event that has become an important part of something
.The exhibitions by young artists formed a regular feature of the London arts scene
every day/every week/every year etc
(adverb)
.She cycles to work every day
.Every Sunday we go to my mother’s for lunch
.The series has been on TV every week for forty years
hourly/daily/weekly/monthly etc
(adjective usually before noun)
: happening or done every hour, every day etc
.There are daily flights to Frankfurt
.a weekly current affairs program
a monthly magazine hourly/daily etc
(adverb)
.The news is broadcast hourly on Network Five
?Do you get paid monthly or weekly
every other day/week/year etc
(adverb)
: happening one day, week etc, but not the next and continuing in this way
.Every other Thursday there’s a farmers’ market in the town
.How often do you go shopping? Oh, every other day
alternate days/weeks/years etc
(adjective phrase)
especially British happening one day, week etc, but not the next and continuing in this way. Alternate days etc is more formal than every other day etc
.I have to work a 37 hour week, including alternate weekends
.Indoor bowls nights are held at the hall on alternate Tuesdays at 7.30
:Practice
: Fill in the blanks with appropriate words
Regular / alternate / every day / regularly
.N1. Both my sons phone me …………… ,usually once a week .N2. I have to work a 37 hour week, including …………… weekends . …………… N3. She cycles to work .N4. The Parent-Teacher Association has …………… meetings every month
:Answers
Regularly / alternate / every day / regular