• Adverb Position

    اردیبهشت ۱۸, ۱۳۹۵ نام: حمید ملازاده

    Adverb Position

    When an adverb modifies a verb, there are usually 3 possible positions within the sentence or clause:

    1. FRONT – before subject   Now I will read a book.
    2. MID – between subject + verb I often read books.
    3. END – after verb/object I read books carefully.  

    When an adverb modifies an adjective or another adverb, it usually goes in front of the word that it modifies, for example:

      adverb adjective  
    She gave him a really dirty look.
      adverb adverb  
    We quite often study English.

    The position of an adverb often depends on the kind of adverb (manner, place, time, degree). The following table gives you some guidelines for placement based on the kind of adverb.

    kind of adverb mainly modifies sentence usual position
      adverb  
    manner verbs She spoke gently.   END
    place verbs He lived here.   END
    time definite verbs I’ll do it today.   END
    frequency We often go to Paris. MID
    degree verbs, adj. and adv. I nearly died. MID
    It was terribly funny. before adj.
    He works really fast. before adv.
    Warning: these are guidelines only, and not complete. There are many exceptions.