Grammar - Adverbs of Manner and Place

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The rules are:

1. Adverbs are used to describe verbs. Most adverbs are formed by adding the ‘ly’ behind adjectives. However, some adverbs have the same form as adjectives.
• Sam did badly in his exams.
• Sarah carried the heavy books across the room clumsily.

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• Alex arrived really late for the meeting.                                                                       (adj)

• Alex came late for the meeting.                                                                    (adverb) 

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2.   We cannot place an adverb between the verb and its object when the sentence has an object.

    Eg. Jennifer crossed the road.

                                  (object)

• Jennifer crossed carefully the road.      (Wrong)
• Jennifer crossed the road carefully.      (Correct)
• Carefully Jennifer crossed the road.      (Correct)
• Jennifer carefully crossed the road.      (Correct)

3. Adverbs of place are usually in these ways:

a)    after the main verb

·         Anna ran outside to play with her friends.

                   (adverb)

                               

b)    after the object in a sentence (if there is one)

·         We posted our postcards overseas yesterday.

                       (object)           (adverb)

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