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ADVERB PLACEMENT
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WARMUPAdverbs
• What are the different types of adverbs?
• Where do adverbs normally go?
• How do some adverbs change when we use “BE” as a MV?
• What is wrong with these sentences?
1. She went yesterday to the mall.
2. I usually am ready.
3. We are here always.
4. I speak quickly English.
FORMConnecting Adverbs
• They help connect sentences.
USEConnecting Adverbs
• Beginning of the sentence.
• Used with a comma.
• I was sick. Therefore, I didn’t go to school.
• I don’t like meat. However, I will still eat beef sometimes.
FORMTime Adverbs
• They are connected to time.
• Ex:
• Today
• Lately
• Before
• Now
USETime Adverbs
• Beginning or the end of a sentence.
• If it’s at the beginning, use a comma.
• Later, I will go downtown.
• I will go downtown later.
• Now, I’m going to go home.
• I’m going to go home now.
FORMViewpoint Adverbs
• They say how we feel about a verb.
USEViewpoint Adverbs
• Beginning of the sentence.
• Used with a comma.
• Unfortunately, I can’t come to school.
• Sadly, he’s sick.
• Luckily, I have a pen!
FORMMeasure Adverbs
• Some change the frequencyor possibility of a verb (adverbs of frequency)
• Example:
• always
• never
• possibly
FORMMeasure Adverbs
• They also give special focus on a verb.
• Examples:
• especially
• only
• mostly
• even
• also
USEMeasure Adverbs
• They go before the main verb.
• BUT: If the main verb is BE, they go after.
• I mostly need to sit down.
• I never eat meat.
• I often translate words.
• I am only a student.
• She’s usually on time.
• We’re often impatient.
FORMAdverbs of Manner
• They describe how a verb happened.
USEAdverbs of Manner
• They go after the object (or main verb if there’s no object).
• I speak English quietly.
• He ate his sandwich loudly.
• We discussed the problem carefully.
• I ran quickly.
• We are waiting patiently.
• I wrote neatly.
FORMAdverbs of Place
• They describe wheresomething happened.
USEAdverbs of Place
• They go after the object (or main verb if there’s no object).
• We put the toy downstairs.
• I think I will leave my shoesoutside.
• I looked up.
FORMPrepositions
• Prepositional phrases (PPs) are also called adverbial phrases.
• They follow the same rules as adverbs.
• We call them PPs of time, PPs of place, PPs of manner…
• I went home.
• I went to my house.
• I’ll come after.
• I’ll come after class.
• I looked around.
• I looked at my friend.
USEAt the end
• If you have many adverbs or PPs at the end of a sentence, follow this order:
1. MANNER
2. PLACE
3. TIME
• I don’t speak quietly in the gym after school.
• I will talk to you later.
• We take the bus togetherfrom downtown every week.
SUMMARY
QUIZADVERBS
• What are the different types of adverbs?
• Where do adverbs normally go?
• How do some adverbs change when we use “BE” as a MV?
• What is wrong with these sentences?
1. She went yesterday to the mall.
2. I usually am ready.
3. We are here always.
4. I speak quickly English.
QUIZ
ANSWERSADVERBS
• What are the different types of adverbs?
• Connecting, time, viewpoint, measure, manner, place
• Where do adverbs normally go?
• Connecting = beginning only
• Time, viewpoint = at the beginning or at the end
• Measure = before MV, or after BE if it’s the MV
• Manner, place = always at the end
• How do adverbs change when we use “BE” as a MV?
• If it’s a measure adverb (focus or frequency), it will go after BE, not before.
QUIZ
ANSWERSADVERBS
• What is wrong with these sentences?
1. She went yesterday to the mall.
1. She went to the mall yesterday.
2. I usually am ready.
1. I am usually ready.
3. We are here always.
1. We are always here.
4. I speak quickly English.
1. I speak English quickly.