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English World - ORDER OF ADVERBS
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- Adverbs can be used in front, mid or end position in sentence.
►All afternoon they played quietly in the sitting room.
Adverbs of manner can be used in any position; in front position they give emphasis:
►She opened the the letter carefully.
►Carefully she opened the letter.
Adverbs of manner , place and time , when used in the same sentence are usually placed as follows:
→subject + verb manner place time
►He was working quietly in the shed all day.
manner place time
- Note that when there is a verb of movement, the order is:→subject + verb place- manner- time
►She went there by bus yesterday.
place manner time
- Adverbs of time usually go in end position. They also go in front position to emphasise the time.
►She goes to the gym on foot every day.
place manner time
►Every day she goes to the gym on foot.
time place manner
- Adverbs of frequency ( always, ever, occasionally, seldom, sometimes, usually, etc) go after the auxilary but before the main verb.
►She is always complaining.
►She always comes on time.
- In short answers, however, adverbs of frequency go before the auxilary.
►Is she always so bad tempered?
→Yes, she always is.
- adverbs of degree ( almost, hardly, quite etc.) go before the words they modify.
►I have almost finished.
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