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Rule
Adverbs of manner tell us how something happens. They are usually placed after the main
verb or after the object.
Examples:
BE CAREFUL!
The adverb should not be put between the verb and the object:
Examples
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If there is a preposition before the object, e.g. at, towards, we can place the adverb either before
the preposition or after the object.
Examples
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Sometimes an adverb of manner is placed before a verb + object to add emphasis:
Examples
Examples
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(We want to know what happened slowly, who did it slowly, why they did it slowly)
However, adverbs should always come AFTER intransitive verbs (=verbs which have no object).
Examples
well
badly
hard
fast
Rule
The position of the adverb is important when there is more than one verb in a sentence. If the adverb
is placed after a clause, then it modifies the whole action described by the clause.
Notice the difference in meaning between the following pairs of sentences:
She quickly agreed to re-type the letter (= her agreement was quick)
She agreed to re-type the letter quickly (= the re-typing was quick)
He quietly asked me to leave the house (= his request was quiet)
He asked me to leave the house quietly (= the leaving was quiet)
ADVERBS OF PLACE
Rule
Adverbs of place tell us where something happens.
They are usually placed after the main verb or after the object:
Examples:
after the main verb:
I looked everywhere
John looked away, up, down, around...
I'm going home, out, back
Come in
after the object:
Examples:
about, across, along, around, behind, by, down, in, off, on, over, round, through,
under, up.
Go to Prepositions or Phrasal Verbs
northwards
southwards
eastwards
westwards
homewards
onwards
Examples:
Examples:
ADVERBS OF TIME
Adverbs of Time
Adverbs of time tell us when an action happened, but also for how long, and how often.
Examples
Examples
This is a "neutral" position, but some "when" adverbs can be put in other positions to give a
different emphasis
Compare:
Examples
Examples
for
for
for
for
three days,
a week,
several years,
two centuries.
Examples
since Monday,
since 1997,
since the last war.
"How often" adverbs expressing the frequency of an action are usually placed before the main
verb but after auxiliary verbs (such as be, have, may, must):
Examples
Examples
frequently,
generally,
normally,
occasionally,
often,
regularly,
sometimes,
usually
'Yet' and 'still'
Yet is used in questions and in negative sentences, and is placed at the end of the
sentence or after not.
Examples
Have you finished your work yet? (= a simple request for information) No, not yet.(= simple
negative answer)
They haven't met him yet. (= simple negative statement)
Haven't you finished yet? (= expressing slight surprise)
Still expresses continuity; it is used in positive sentences and questions, and is placedbefore the
main verb and after auxiliary verbs (such as be, have, might, will)
Examples
I am still hungry.
She is still waiting for you
Are you still here?
Do you still work for the BBC?
Example:
1
2
1
1
+
+
+
+
2
3
3
2
ADVERBS OF CERTAINTY
Adverbs of certainty express how certain or sure we feel about an action or event.
Usage
Common adverbs of certainty:
certainly, definitely, probably, undoubtedly, surely
1. Adverbs of certainty go before the main verb but after the verb 'to be':
ADVERBS OF DEGREE
Usage
Adverbs of degree tell us about the intensity or degree of an action, an adjective or another adverb.
Common adverbs of degree:
Almost, nearly, quite, just, too, enough, hardly, scarcely, completely, very, extremely.
Adverbs of degree are usually placed:
1. before the adjective or adverb they are modifying:
e.g. The water was extremely cold.
2. before the main verb:
e.g. He was just leaving. She has almost finished.
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The girl was ugly OR The girl was not very beautiful
He worked slowly OR He didn't work very quickly.
BE CAREFUL! There is a big difference between too and very.
VERB
left
goes
However, some negative adverbs can cause an inversion - the order is reversed and the verb goes
before the subject
Examples
INTERROGATIVE ADVERBS
These are:
why, where, how, when
They are usually placed at the beginning of a question.
Examples
RELATIVE ADVERBS
Rule
The following adverbs can be used to join sentences or clauses. They replace the more formal
structure of preposition + which in a relative clause:
Examples: