Mercedes' English Class

POSITION OF ADVERBS:

1. Adverbs of manner

Adverbs of manner tell us how something happens. They are usually placed after the main verb or after the object.

2. Adverbs of place

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

3. Adverbs of time

Adverbs of time tell us when an action happened, but also for how long, and how often.

• When:today, yesterday, later, now, last year
• For how long:all day, not long, for a while, since last year
• How often: sometimes, frequently, never, often, yearly

  "When" and "For how long" adverbs  are usually placed at the end of the sentence. "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):

  

  4. Adverbs of degree

  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.

  

  Note:

  1. In English we never put an adverb between the verb and the object.

  We often play handball. - CORRECT

  We play often handball. - WRONG

  2. If there are more adverbs at the end of a sentence, the word order is normally:

  Manner - Place - Time

  Peter sang the song happily in the bathroom yesterday  evening.

   

  ACTIVIES:

  ACTIVITY 1.Follow the link and do the exercise:   https://www.aulafacil.com/cursos/ingles/repaso-de-gramatica/ejercicios-posicion-del-adverbio-en-la-oracion-l22492
  

  Activity 2. (Optional) If you want you can send me the "liveworksheet file" to my email (g.educaand).