the place of adverbs

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There are generally four possible positions for adverbs in the sentence: at the head of the sentence between the subject and predicate, or, if the predicate is a complicated form, the adverb appears after the first auxiliary verb, link-verb or a modal verb. before the word the adverb modifiers at the end of the sentence adverbs of indefinite time (always, often, seldom, just, already, yet, usually, still, soon…) sometimes The Adverb + have to, used to yet (еще) can stand after the particle “not” or after the object or after a verb sometimes yet (уже) stands in the end of the sentence sometimes

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Page 1: The place of adverbs

There are generally four possible positions for adverbs in the sentence:

at the head of the sentence

between the subject and predicate, or, if the

predicate is a complicated form, the

adverb appears after the first auxiliary verb, link-verb or a modal

verb.

before the word the adverb modifiers

at the end of the sentence

adverbs of indefinite time (always, often, seldom, just, already, yet, usually, still, soon…)

sometimes The Adverb + have to, used to

yet (еще) can stand after the particle “not” or after the object or after a verb

sometimes (before a verb)

yet (уже) stands in the end of the sentence

sometimes

adverbs of time tomorrow, today, yesterday

tomorrow today yesterday before lately recently daily (monthly,

weekly…)

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Adverbs of place and direction (abroad, ashore, below, downstairs, everywhere, here, outside, to and fro…)

+Eg. The young people

were enjoying themselves outside.

adverbs of manner (badly, deeply, fast, quickly, somehow, well…)

occasionaly (in this case the adverb modifiers not only the predicative verb, but also a subject)

after a verb if it is intransitive

after the object or before the verb if it is transitive (but not between the verb and the object)

before the verb if there is an infinitive after the verb.

adverbs of degree or intensifiers (enough, much, nearly, pretty, quite, rather, so, terribly, too, very…)

are usually placed before the word they modify.

enough when it modifies an adjective or an adverb, is placed in post-position

if they modify verbs

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to them; when it modifiers a noun – before or after.

much, little – after the verb.

Focusing adverbs (exactly, just, merely, only, simply, again, also, either, even, too…)

most of them precede the word they refer to

too (слишком) – before the word it determines.

too, either (тоже, так же) is used in the end of the sentence.

viewpoint adverbs (economically, morally, politically ...)

are usually found in the beginning of the sentence, marked off by comma.

attitudinal adverbs (which express speaker’s comment on the content of what he is saying)

+e.g. Honestly, we knew nothing about it.

+e.g. He is wisely staying at home tonight.

conjunctive adverbs (above all, anyhow, anyway, as a result, at any rate, besides, by the way, for example, in

+e.g. However, when the train had stopped…

+e.g. She was nevertheless too tired to do that.

+e.g. The corridor was full of people anyway.

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