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A.

There are some types of adverbs:

Type They tell us Example

Manner How Slowly, suddenly, carefully…..


Place Where Here, there, upstairs, outside….
Time When Now, then, yesterday….
Frequency How often Sometimes, always, never….
Degree How much Very, quite, almost….

B. There are three some main positions for adverbs; Front –beginning
of a sentence; mid – after the first auxiliary, end- at the end of a
sentence.

Adverbs of manner can go in the mid or end position.

Adverbs of place and time, usually go in end position.

Adverbs of frequency generally go in the mid position.

Most adverbs of degree go in mid position.

Others go at the end of a sentence when they describe a verb:

much, lot, a little, terribly….

Exercises:

1. Insert the appropriate adverb in the sentence:

Really quickly outside never quite tomorrow luckily

Usually ever three times a week perfectly well

a) Today I feel ________________ ill.

b) ___________ the glass didn’t break.

c) You should _________misbehave.


d) I must finish my homework ____________.

e) Do you want to go to the cinema ______________?

f) Peter ran _________ when the fire broke out.

g) It ________ rains when I wash my car.

h) I practise fitness training _____________.

i) Have you ________ gone to Italy before?

j) You know __________ what I think about your boyfriend.

k) I’ve __________ enjoyed all the story lessons.

2. Complete the sentences. Put the words (on the right) in the best
order.

By the river all day


a) She just sat ………
Two years ago
b) We have visited the fair …….
to México very much
c) Albert went ……..
in August there
d) I like England……
in the garden

e) I spent a month …….


peacefully

f) You can park your car …… regularly since 1996


A. There are some types of adverbs:

Type They tell us Example

Manner How Slowly, suddenly, carefully…..


Place Where Here, there, upstairs, outside….
Time When Now, then, yesterday….
Frequency How often Sometimes, always, never….
Degree How much Very, quite, almost….

B. There are three some main positions for adverbs; Front –beginning
of a sentence; mid – after the first auxiliary, end- at the end of a
sentence.

Adverbs of manner can go in the mid or end position.

Adverbs of place and time, usually go in end position.

Adverbs of frequency generally go in the mid position.

Most adverbs of degree go in mid position.

Others go at the end of a sentence when they describe a

verb: much, lot, a little, terribly….

Exercises:

3. Insert the appropriate adverb in the sentence:

Really quickly outside never quite tomorrow luckily

Usually ever three times a week perfectly well

l) Today I feel ________________ ill.

m) ___________ the glass didn’t break.

n) You should _________misbehave.


o) I must finish my homework ____________.

p) Do you want to go to the cinema ______________?

q) Peter ran _________ when the fire broke out.

r) It ________ rains when I wash my car.

s) I practise fitness training _____________.

t) Have you ________ gone to Italy before?

u) You know __________ what I think about your boyfriend.

v) I’ve __________ enjoyed all the story lessons.

4. Complete the sentences. Put the words (on the right) in the best
order.

By the river all day


e) She just sat ………
Two years ago
f) We have visited the fair …….
to México very much
g) Albert went ……..
in August there
h) I like England……
in the garden

e) I spent a month …….


peacefully

f) You can park your car …… regularly since 1996

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