ADVERBS OF PLACE

Adverbs of place tell us where something happens. They are usually placed after the main verb or after the object: Example: after the main verb:

I looked everywhere John looked away, up, down, around... I'm going home, out, back Come in after the object:

They built a house nearby She took the child outside

'Here' and 'there' With verbs of movement, here means towards or with the speaker:

Come here (= towards me) It's in here (= come with me to see it)

There means away from, or not with the speaker:

Put it there (= away from me) It's in there (= go by yourself to see it)

Here and there are combined with prepositions to make many common adverbial phrases: down here, down there; over here, over there; under here, under there; up here, up there NOTE: most common adverbs of place also function as prepositions. Examples: about, across, along, around, behind, by, down, in, off, on, over, round, through, under, up. Other adverbs of place: ending in '-wards', expressing movement in a particular direction: backwards forwards downwards upwards inwards outwards northwards southwards eastwards westwards homewards onwards

Example:

Cats don't usually walk backwards. The ship sailed westwards. He walked towards the car. She ran towards me.

expressing both movement and location: ahead, abroad, overseas, uphill, downhill, sideways, indoors, outdoors Example:

The child went indoors. He lived and worked abroad.

Note the following table:

aboard / onboard about (around) above (overhead) across after along around aside back/ in back of

before behind below beneath beside / besides between beyond by down

in inside near next/next to off on out /out of outside over

past through throughout to under underneath up within without

In, On and At:

IN

ON

AT

Use in for larger areas.

Use on for smaller areas.

Use at for exact locations.

CITY DISTRICT STATE REGION

in San Francisco in Chinatown

(but downtown)

STREET AREA ISLAND WATER

in California in North America

on Powell Street on the Peninsula on Alcatraz on the bay, on Lake Tahoe

BUILDINGS

at home at the library

ADDRESS

at 1220 Haight Street

ATMOSPHERE TRANSPORTATIO N

in space, in the Universe in the car

WORLD

on earth

TRANSPORTATIO on board (ship, N bus, train, airplane)

ROADWAYS

in the street note in the crosswalk

ROADWAYS

OTHER

in the parking lot in the park

(inexact location)

OTHER

on a bike on a horse on the sidewalk on the road on Highway 101 on Route 66 on the freeway on campus

ROADWAYS

OTHER

at the curb at the corner at the end of the street at the intersection at work at the park (exact
location)

in my office

at the bus stop

Exercises on Adverbs of Place:

a. Make sentences and put the adverbs (in italic print) in correctly: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. is / over there / the cinema inside / go / let's the kitchen / downstairs / is playing / the kids / are / outside she / not / been / here / has the bathroom / is / upstairs were / everywhere / we / for / looking / you we / anywhere / you / find / couldn't ? / there / a post office / nearby / is must / we / walk / back home b. Rearrange the Following Sentences: 1. Spain / enjoyed / in / father / last / the / a / year / My / bullfight 2. shop / I / the / met / outside / mother / my 3. five / has / brother / bank / My / the / in / spent / years 4. club / new / A / tonight / DJ / playing / is / the / in 5. paintings / museum / artists / The / at / showed / at / their 6. St. Paul's Cathedral / married / will / Jennifer / Michael / and / get / at 7. plants / gardener / watering / The / park / is / the / the / in 8. Jamaica / Larice / travelled / Peter / to / and / honeymoon / their / in 9. yesterday / helicopter / The / airport / the / arrived / at 10. missing / found / The / children / railway / the / station / police / at / by / was / the 11. I / I / Royal Hotel / stayed / when / at / London / the / visited 12. gold / workmen / sticking / tape / The / bands / ugly / of / doors / the / glass / were / on 13. office / post / I / letters / have / pick up / to / the / in / the 14. dentist / town / see / Sam / must / a / the / in 15. accident / Yesterday / terrible / scientists / laboratory / the / some / a / in / had 16. curtains / room / have / my / I / put / in / new