place of adverbs.doc

Name: …………………………………….. Date: ……/……/……

Class : ………… Number: ……….. Evaluation: ………….

A.    There are some types of adverbs:

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

      Two years ago 

to México  very much

in August     there

   in the garden

peacefully

regularly     since 1996

a)      She just sat ………

b)     We have visited the fair …….

c)      Albert went ……..

d)     I like England……

I spent a month …….

     e) You can park your car ……