Position of adverbs. Gramática del inglés. UCI.

Which sentence is correct?

• Does he go to bed usually?

• Does he usually go to bed late?

• Does he go late usually to bed?

Answer explanation

➪ Mid position in questions is always after the subject.
➪ Adverbs of place and time go in end position and in this order.

Which sentence is correct?

• David walks to work every morning.

• Davis every morning walks to work.

• Davis walks every morning to work.

Answer explanation

➪ Adverbs of place and time go in end position and in this order.

Which sentence is NOT correct?

• I ate quickly my breakfast and went out.

• I ate my breakfast quickly and went out.

• I quickly ate my breakfast and went out.

Answer explanation

➪ Adverbs of manner (quickly) usually go in end position, but they can also go in mid position.
➪ Remember that end position is after subject + verb + object (we can never separate verb and object).

Which sentence is correct?

• Did you learn a lot at school today?

• Did you learn a lot today at school?

• Did you learn today a lot at school?

Answer explanation

➪ Adverbs of place (at school) and time (today) go in end position and in this order.

Which sentence is correct?

• She hardly ever gets angry.

• She gets angry hardly ever.

• She gets hardly ever angry.

Answer explanation

➪ Hardly ever is a frequency adverb. Frequency adverbs usually go in mid position.

Which sentence is NOT correct?

• She obviously is thinking always about him.

• She is obviously always thinking about him.

• Obviously, she is always thinking about him.

Answer explanation

➪ Obviously is a comment adverb. Comment adverbs normally go in initial position. But they can sometimes go in mid position.
➪ Always is a frequency adverb. Frequency adverbs usually go in mid position.

Which sentence is correct?

• They won easily the game yesterday.

• Yesterday, they won easily the game.

• They won the game easily yesterday.

Answer explanation

➪ Adverbs of manner (easily) usually go in end position, although they hey can also go in mid position.
➪ Adverbs of time (yesterday) usually go in end position, although they can also go at the beginning.
➪ Remember that end position is after subject + verb + object (we can never separate verb and object).

Which sentence is correct?

• He doesn't always sleep at home on Mondays.

• He always doesn't sleep at home on Mondays.

• On Mondays, he doesn't sleep always at home.

Answer explanation

➪ Frequency adverbs (always) usually go in mid position.
➪ Adverbs of place (at home) and time (on Mondays) go in end position and in this order.

Which sentence is correct?

• They eat healthily rarely.

• They rarely eat healthily.

• Rarely they eat healthily.

Answer explanation

➪ Frequency adverbs (rarely) usually go in mid position.
➪ Adverbs of manner (healthily) usually go in end position.

Which sentence is correct?

• I barely could think straight.

• I could think barely straight.

• I could barely think straight.

Answer explanation

➪ Barely is an adverb of degree, and most adverbs of degree go in mid position.
➪ Straight is an adverb of manner, and adverbs of manner usually go in final position.