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Adverbs, Types, and Position

The document discusses different types of adverbs and their positions in sentences. It explains that adverbs modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs. The main types are: manner, time/place, frequency, and degree. Adverbs of manner typically follow verbs. Adverbs of time/place usually go at the end of sentences. Adverbs of frequency can be sentence-initial for emphasis. Adverbs of degree modify adjectives or go at the end of sentences. Opinion adverbs are usually sentence-initial.

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Adverbs, Types, and Position

The document discusses different types of adverbs and their positions in sentences. It explains that adverbs modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs. The main types are: manner, time/place, frequency, and degree. Adverbs of manner typically follow verbs. Adverbs of time/place usually go at the end of sentences. Adverbs of frequency can be sentence-initial for emphasis. Adverbs of degree modify adjectives or go at the end of sentences. Opinion adverbs are usually sentence-initial.

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Adverbs, types, and position

The adverbs tell us something about the verb, how the action is made. For example, if I say, “I
cook well” the adverb in the sentence is “well”, and it tells us how I cook.

How are adverbs formed?


The general rule tells that we add -ly to adjectives to form adverbs. For example:

- Sad – Sadly
- Beautiful – Beautifully
- Slow – Slowly
- Quick – Quickly
- Bad – Badly
- Extreme – Extremely

There are irregular adverbs:

- Good – Well
- Fast – Fast
- Hard – Hard

Adverb types:
1. Adverbs of manner
This type tells us the how, the way something is done.

- She drives quickly.


- I speak slowly.
- He plays music loudly. (here, we put the adverb after the noun because “music” must be
after the verb “play”.
- I was seriously injured playing football.

The adverb of manner goes after the verb, but we put it before the adjective or the past participle
(injured).
2. Adverbs of time and place
Time adverbs tell us when the action is made, and place adverbs tell us where.

- I went to verb at 12.


- She phoned me yesterday.
- Are you there?
- I’ll be in your village at 3pm.

Adverbs of time and place, go at the end of the sentence, but if both appear in the same
sentence, first we must put place adverb and then time, like in the last sentence.
3. Adverbs of frequency
Adverbs of frequency are the ones that tell something about frequency.

- Always
- Usually
- Often
- Sometimes
- Never
- Every day
- Every + weekday
- On + weekday + s
- Once a month
- Twice a month
- Three times a month
- Once a week
- Twice a week
- Three times a week

Verbs that have two parts are:

- Present perfect / past perfect: I have always liked Chinese food.


- Will + infinitive: I will never tell you.
- Would + infinitive: I would never go there.
- Present continuous / past continuous: She’s always complaining.
- Modal verbs: I can always phone my friend for advice.

Adverbs like “sometimes”, “usually” and “normally” can be at the beginning of the sentences
for emphasis.
4. Adverbs of degree
Adverbs of degree tell the quantity of something. There are two types and depending of the
type, the position can vary.

- A lot, much, very much = at the end of the sentence.


o I eat a lot.
o I like English very much.
- A little, a bit = at the end of the sentence.
o I slept a little a bit after lunch.
- Extremely, incredibly, very, nearly, really, completely, etc. = these modify the
adjective, that’s why they go before de adjective.
o I was completely shattered after the match.
o I got very surprised when I saw my exam results.
o The weather was incredibly bad.
o I was really tired before doing the exam.
5. Opinion adverbs
These adverbs express an opinion, and they go at the beginning of the sentence.

- (un)fortunately, luckily, apparently, frankly, presumably, sadly, etc.


- Unfortunately, it didn’t rain and we could have the picnic we had planned.
- Apparently, one of my colleagues has been sacked.

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