POSITION
OF ADVERBS
A |
S |
A |
P
O |
A |
In spring | Frank | often | gives parties | at his house. |
There | we | always | play games. | |
Jackie | usually | gets prizes | at parties. | |
I | never | win one. | ||
We | sometimes | sing songs | at school. | |
Adverbs
of time and place |
How
often? |
Adverbs
of manner, place and time |
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Mind:
Never put an adverb between P and O! |
Adverbs of Manner / Place |
They are usually placed after the direct object (if there is one), otherwise after the verb. |
He speaks English well.
They walked quickly. She painted the picture here. I looked everywhere. |
Adverbs of Time |
These adverbs are normally placed at the end of a clause or sentence. |
The boys said, “I will
do the work tomorrow”. The father said, “ You will do it now”. |
In long sentences,
however, adverbs of time are placed at the beginning
of the sentence. At three in the morning I heard a loud knock on the front door. If we want to emphasize when, how
or where an action is done, the adverb can be placed at
the beginning of the sentence. |
Tomorrow
we will go to London. Suddenly he felt a hand on his shoulder. |
If there are several adverbs in a sentence the usual order in which they follow the verb is: |
Manner
(how?) |
Place
(where?) |
Time
(when?) |
|
She worked |
very
hard |
at
school |
last
week |
M |
P |
T |
Adverbs of Frequency |
They are placed after
the simples tenses of to be: |
They are placed before
the simple tenses of all other verbs: Tom often goes to work by car. |
With tenses consisting of more
than one verb, they are placed after the first
one: Your car has probably been stolen. |