Position of adverbs and adverb phrases / местоположение Наречия в Английском предложении
Choose the correct option to complete the following sentences.
1. She liked [a lot the concert last night/last night the concert a lot/*the concert a lot last night] .
2. [You can obviously be never/Obviously, you can be never/*Obviously, you can never be] sure of what will happen.
3. Please, [tomorrow drive carefully your car/*drive your car carefully tomorrow/drive carefully your car tomorrow] .
4. Our team [*are playing badly and will probably/are badly playing and probably will/are badly playing and will probably] loose.
5. We were playing [in our room quietly all night/*quietly in our room all night/all night quietly in our room] .
6. [Quickly they were sent usually/*Usually they were quickly sent/They usually we sent quickly] to their rooms if they misbehaved.
7. A: 'Does she behave well?' B: ' [Often she badly behaves honestly/Honestly, often she behaves badly/*Honestly, she often behaves badly] '.
8. Thousands of people [are imprisoned wrongly every year in the US/*are wrongly imprisoned in the US every year/are imprisoned wrongly in the US every year] .
9. Maria Butina [*almost died in prison last year/almost died last year in prison/died almost in prison last year] .
10. I [*could barely see you/could see you barely/barely could see you] in the dark.
ANSWERS
.- We can't separate a verb and its object.
- Last night is an adverb of time. Adverbs of time go in final position.
sure of what will happen.- Obviously is a comment adverb. Comment adverbs go in initial position.
- Never is an adverb of frequency. Adverbs of frequency go in mid position (after the first auxiliary).
.- We can’t separate a verb and its object: drive your car.
- Carefully is an adverb of manner. Adverbs of manner usually go in final position.
- Tomorrow is an adverb of time. Adverbs of time usually go in final position. The order is manner + place + time.
lose.- Badly is an adverb of manner. Adverbs of manner are normally placed in final position. They can also be used in mid position, but some adverbs of manner cannot be placed in mid position: well, badly, hard, fast.
- Most adverbs, like probably, which is an adverb of certainty, normally go in mid position (after the first auxiliary).
.- Quietly is an adverb of manner. Adverbs of manner usually go in final position.
- In our room is an adverb of place. Adverbs of place usually go in final position.
- All night is an adverb of time. Adverbs of time usually go in final position.
- The order is manner + place + time.
to their rooms if they misbehaved.- Usually is an adverb of frequency. Adverbs of frequency go in mid position, but sometimes, usually and normally can also go in initial position.
- Quickly is an adverb of manner. Adverbs of manner normally go in final position, but with passive verbs they usually go in mid position (after the auxiliary verb).
.'- Honestly is a comment adverb. Comment adverbs normally go in initial position.
- Often is an adverb of frequency. Adverbs of frequency go in mid position (before the main verb).
- Badly is an adverb of manner.
.- Wrongly is an adverb of manner. Adverbs of manner normally go in final position, but with passive verbs they usually go in mid position (after the auxiliary verb).
- In the US is an adverb of place, and every year is an adverb of time. We use place and time in this order.
.- Almost is an adverb of degree. Most adverbs of degree usually go in mid position.
- In prison is an adverb of place, and last year is an adverb of time. We use place and time in this order
in the dark.- Barely is an adverb of degree. Most adverbs of degree usually go in mid position (after the first auxiliary verb).