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Positions of adverbs

Positions of adverbs

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10th Grade

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Positions of adverbs

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​3 main positions

​Front:

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​Adverb + Subject

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​Example: Finally he could stand the noise longer

​Mid:

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​Subject +Adverb + Verb

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​- immediately after be as the main verb

​- or after the first auxilitary

​Example:

​- He usually plays tennis.

​- They would usually...

​End:

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​- Immediately after the verb

​- or later in the clause

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​Example:

​- They played quietly all-day

​- He tried to leave quietly

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Multiple Choice

Which sentence/sentences below has/have an adverb at the front position

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Sometimes I feel like going home

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I feel like going home sometimes

3

I feel like sometimes going home

4

I sometimes feel like going home

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Multiple Select

Which sentence/sentences below has/have an adverb at the mid position

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Usually she is here by 10

2

She would usually be here by 10

3

She is usually here by 10

4

She is here by 10 usually

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Multiple Select

Which sentence/sentences below has/have an adverb at the end position

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He quietly sat in the corner

2

He sat quietly in the back of t corner

3

Quietly he sat in the corner

4

He sat in the corner quietly

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​End position
  • Usually is placed after an ​object rather than immediately after the verb:

- We considered the problem briefly

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  • ​Or when the object is very long:

​We considered briefly the long-term solution to the problem

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Multiple Select

Choose the correct sentences with end-position

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I signed carefully the paper

2

Carefully I signed the paper

3

I signed the paper carefully

4

I signed carefully the long-term contract between me and my roommate

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Dont

​X Put an adverb between the main verb and a following -ing form or to-infinite

Not: He began quickly running

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​Correct:

​- He began running quickly

​- He quickly began running

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Multiple Choice

Choose the incorrect sentence

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She tried quietly to leave

2

She tried to leave quietly

3

She quietly tried to leave

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Multiple Choice

Choose the incorrect sentence

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He kept running magically

2

He magically kept running

3

He kept magically running

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​Meaning of a sentence

​- The meaning of a sentence can be changed by the position of the adverb:

  • I recall telling him clearly that he had won (= I told him clearly; 'clearly' modifies 'telling him')

  • ​ I clearly recall telling him that he had won (= I clearly recall it; 'clearly' modifies 'recall')

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Multiple Choice

Choose the correct meaning of: "I vaguely remember going home"

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I barely can remember what happened last night (modifies 'remember')

2

I remember last night was vague (modifies 'going home')

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Multiple Choice

Choose the correct meaning of: 'I recall having an experience at that park terribly'

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I can't recall well (modifies 'recall')

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The experience was terrible (modifies 'an experience')

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​More than one adverbial in the end position

Written in the order of: adverbial of manner + place + time:

  • ​She was thrown violently forward. (manner + place)

  • ​We arrived here on Saturday (place + time)

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​For special emphasis, an adverbial can be moved to the end

  • ​They left at 3 with a great deal of noise (time + manner)

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​Comes before a prepositional phrase when having the same function:

  • She went downstairs to the cellar (place + place)

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Fill in the Blanks

Place in the correct order: 'She was left...' (in the orphanage, traumatically, 3 years ago)

Type answer...

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Fill in the Blanks

Place in the correct order: 'We came...' (3 days ago, home)

Type answer...

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​Definite and indefinite

Adverbials of place, ​definite frequency, and definite time

​=> End position

  • ​They live upstairs (not: They upstairs live)

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​Adverbs of indefinite time

​=> Mid position

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In journalism, adverbs of time usually in the mid position, where we would normally put in the end position:

  • ​The government yesterday announced an increase in education spending

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Multiple Choice

Choose the correct answer

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I went downstairs

2

I downstairs went

3

downstairs I went

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Multiple Choice

Choose the correct answer

1

She daily works

2

Daily she works

3

She works daily

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Multiple Choice

Choose the correct answer

1

He always annoys me

2

Always he annoys me

3

He annoys me always

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Multiple Choice

Choose the correct answer

1

I usually go home at 6

2

I go home usually at 6

3

I go home at 6 usually

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Quiz time​

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Multiple Choice

 

Choose the sentence with the correct position of the adverb.

1

Juan is talkative a bit.

2

Juan is a bit talkative.

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Multiple Choice

Choose the correct sentence

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Considered carefully Maria her decision .

2

Maria carefully_ considered her decision.

3

Maria considered carefully_ her decision.

4

Maria considered her carefully_ decision.

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Multiple Choice

Choose the correct sentence

1

I often 've considered changing my lifestyle.

2

I've considered often changing my lifestyle.

3

I've considered changing often my lifestyle.

4

I've often considered changing my lifestyle.

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Multiple Choice

Choose the sentence with the correct position of the adverb.

1

Andrea was amazingly talented.

2

Andrea was talented amazingly.

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Multiple Choice

She is at home. (rarely)

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She is rarely at home.

2

Rarely she is at home.

3

She is at home rarely.

4

She rarely is at home.

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Multiple Select

He opened the door. (quietly)

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He quietly opened the door.

2

Quietly he opened the door.

3

The door he quietly opened.

4

He opened the door quietly.

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Multiple Choice

Can I sit down? (here)

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Here can I sit down?

2

Can I here sit down?

3

Can I sit down here?

4

Can here I sit down

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Multiple Choice

The students listened (attentively)

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Attentively the students listened.

2

The students listened attentively.

3

The attentively students listened.

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Fill in the Blanks

He got dressed. (quickly)

Type answer...

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Fill in the Blanks

I have finished painting the house. (almost)

Type answer...

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Fill in the Blanks

It will rain this evening. (probably)

Type answer...

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