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Adverbs

=Position of Adverbs=

Adverb of Manner
(e.g.: slowly, carefully, awfully) These adverbs are put behind the direct object (or behind the verb if there's no direct object). [|Exercise on adverbs of manner]
 * ~ subject ||~ verb(s) ||~ direct object ||~ adverb ||
 * He || drove || the car || carefully. ||
 * He || drove ||  || carefully. ||

Adverbs of Place
(e.g.: here, there, behind, above) Like adverbs of manner, these adverbs are put behind the direct object or the verb. [|Exercise on adverbs of place]
 * ~ subject ||~ verb(s) ||~ direct object ||~ adverb ||
 * I || didn't see || him || here. ||
 * He || stayed ||  || behind. ||

Adverbs of Time
(e.g.: recently, now, then, yesterday) Adverbs of time are usually put at the end of the sentence. If you don't want to put emphasis on the time, you can also put the adverb of time at the beginning of the sentence. [|Exercise on adverbs of time]
 * ~ subject ||~ verb(s) ||~ indirect object ||~ direct object ||~ time ||
 * I || will tell || you || the story || tomorrow. ||
 * ~ time ||~ subject ||~ verb(s) ||~ indirect object ||~ direct object ||
 * Tomorrow || I || will tell || you || the story. ||

=Frequency adverbs=

Theory
media type="youtube" key="fLSDMJPATBY?rel=0" height="390" width="480" media type="youtube" key="gPE93VjIu0A?rel=0" height="390" width="480" (always, often, sometimes, occasionally, never) Adverbs of frequency tell us how often something happens/is the case, happened/was the case, will happen/will be the case, etc. There are lots of them. Here are some examples: repeatedly || sometimes occasionally sporadically intermittently spasmodically || rarely infrequently seldom || never ||
 * always || constantly habitually chiefly predominantly typically continuously || usually normally mostly generally commonly largely regularly || often frequently

Position of Adverbs
Adverbs of frequency are put directly before the main verb. If 'be' is the main verb and there is no auxiliary verb, adverbs of frequency are put behind 'be'. Is there an auxiliary verb, however, adverbs of frequency are put before 'be'. More...
 * subject || auxiliari/be || adverb || main verb || object, place or time ||
 * I ||  || often || go swimming || in the evenings. ||
 * He || doesn't || always || play || tennis. ||
 * We || are || usually ||  || here in summer. ||
 * I || have || never || been || abroad. ||
 * I || have || never || been || abroad. ||

Activity
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 * Wordsearch on adverbs of frequency
 * Several exercises to revise and practice the adverbs of frequency
 * @http://www.bradleys-english-school.com/online/speedword/spdwrdadverb
 * @http://worldofenglish.com/exe.php?Miscellaneous/adverbs.ins
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(always, often, sometimes, occasionally, never)