The Position Of Adverbs

Question 1

Adverbs of manner usually go after the verb or verb phrase, however, with passive verbs they usually go in mid position before the main verb but after an auxiliary verb

Answer 1

He walks very slowly, he speaks Chinese fluently, the driver was seriously injured

Question 2

Adverbs of frequency go before the main verb but after the verb to be, with two auxiliary verbs after the first one

Answer 2

Liam is always late for the job, I wouldn’t never have thought you were 40.

Question 3

Adverbs of time and place usually at the end of the sentence or clause, place before time

Answer 3

My parents will be here in an hour

Question 4

Adverbs of degree nearly and almost before a verb, extremely, incredibly, very before adjective and adverbs, a lot and much verb and after the verb

Answer 4

I’ve nearly finished, I slept a lot

Question 5

Comment adverbs at the beginning of the sentence

Answer 5

Fortunately, it’s okay