Positions of Adverbs
Positions of Ad verb s
Adjectives
quick
serious
quiet
bad
slow
soft
careful
beautiful
Adverbs of manner
quickly
seriously
quietly
badly
slowly
softly
carefully
beautifully
Adjetivos terminados em “y”
- y + ily
heavy
heavily
easy
easily
happy
happily
Adjetivos terminados em “le”
- le + ly
simple
simply
possible
possibly
gentle
gently
Exceções
good
well
whole
wholly
true
truly
Alguns adjetivos e advérbios têm a mesma forma.
Os mais comuns são:
fast
hard
late
fine
low
high
early
straight
long
Observação 1
Hard
(advérbio) significa arduamente, muito, intensamente
Hardly
(advérbio) significa quase não, quase nunca, raramente
Exemplos:
The principal works hard .
(trabalha muito)
Her son hardly studies .
(quase não estuda)
Observação 2
Late
(advérbio) significa tarde
Lately
(advérbio) significa ultimamente
Exemplos:
She usually comes home late .
(chega tarde)
My sister hasn’t studied lately .
(não tem estudado ultimamente)
Adverbs of manner - position
Após o verbo ou após o complemento ou objeto.
Exemplos:
The police officer came silently .
(o advérbio veio após o verbo)
The police officer opened the door quietly .
(o advérbio veio após o objeto)
Adverbs of place - position
Após o verbo ou após o complemento ou objeto.
Exemplos:
My uncle lives in Scotland .
(o advérbio veio após o verbo)
Those women studied English in Michigan .
(o advérbio veio após o objeto)
Adverbs of time - position
No final ou no início da sentença.
Exemplos:
Some friends went to Chicago last night .
(no final)
Yesterday I started the task .
(no início)
Adverbs of frequency - position
Antes do verbo principal ou após o verbo auxiliar
(be, have, will, would, can, had etc)
são eles:
frequently
always
often
normally
Exemplos:
constantly
seldom
never
generally
He is always trying to sing.
She often goes to the movies on Fridays.
hardly
occasionally
usually
rarely
ever
Observação 3
Quando existem vários advérbios na oração, a ordem é
modo - lugar - tempo
MuLaTa
Exemplos:
They danced very /slowly 1 / at the party 2 / yesterday 3/.
She sang / beautifully 1 / in Chicago 2 / last month 3 /.
Observação 4
Para os verbos de deslocamento (to go, to come, to arrive, to
travel, to drive, to fly...) a ordem é
lugar - modo - tempo
LiMiTe
Exemplos:
She went to / Rome 1 / by train 2 / last week 3 /.
Paul arrived from / Boston 1 / by plane 2 / last week 3 /.
Complete the following sentences by using adverbs correctly.
1.She is a bad student.
She studies_____________.
badly
2.Paul is a different singer.
He sings_______________.
differently
3.Sally is a slow runner.
slowly
She runs_______________.
4.Mr. Smith is a gentle professor.
He teaches______________.
gently
5.We are true warriors.
truly
We fight______________.
6.You are a brave soldier.
You act________________.
bravely
7.She is a patient mother.
She listens_____________.
patiently
8.He is a good drawer.
well
He draws_______________.
9.John is a careful physician.
He acts_______________.
carefully
10.She is a simple girl.
simply
She behaves________as
if the world
were a rose garden.
Put in the correct form of the adjective or adverb to complete these
sentences.
1.Few women are__________jelous.
(whole)
wholly
2.Throw the ball as__________as
you can. (high)
high
lately . (late)
3.We haven't read books _________
straight
4.This street goes_________from
the school to the post-office.
(straight)
5.Françoise speaks French _______
well . (good)
6.Don't run so__________.
(fast)
fast
7.She never comes on time. She is always _______.
late(late)
8.My brother swims ___________.
(good)
well
9.He _______
hardly tries to adapt himself to a difficult situation. (hard)
10. God! It was a__________day.
(hard)
hard
Put the adverbs in their correct position.
1.He reads the newspaper. (rarely)
He rarely reads the newspaper .
___________________________________
2.She opened the letter. (quickly)
She opened the letter quickly .
___________________________________
3.The teacher explained. (good)
The teacher spoke well .
___________________________________
4.He makes the same mistake. (often)
He often makes the same mistake .
___________________________________
5.My husband comes home late. (always)
My husband always comes home late .
___________________________________
6.He ate that apple. (glad)
He ate that apple gladly .
_______________________________________
7.The two young men traveled. (slowly)
The two young men traveled slowly .
_______________________________________
8.The dog barks. (seldom)
_______________________________________
The dog seldom barks .
9.She plays the piano. (well)
_______________________________________
She plays the piano well .
10.I saw André at the snack bar. (yesterday)
________________________________________
I saw André at the snack bar yesterday .
Insert the adverbs in parentheses in their correct place.
1.We will see you. (next week/in São Paulo)
______________________________________________________________________
We will see you in São Paulo 1 / next week 2.
2.Those people will meet you. (tomorrow/here)
______________________________________________________________________
Those people will meet you here 1 / tomorrow 2.
3.They invented a new bomb. (last year/in U.S.A.)
They
invented a new bomb in U.S.A.1 / last year 2 .
______________________________________________________________________
4.The lecturer spoke. (last night/at school/brillantly)
______________________________________________________________________
The lecturer spoke brillantly 1 /at school 2/ last night 3 .
5.His brother died. (in Tokio/suddenly/in 1978)
______________________________________________________________________
His brother died suddenly 1/in Tokio 2/ in 1978 3.
6.My daughter got married. (in the morning /yesterday/at ten o'clock)
My
daughter got married at ten o’clock 1/ in the morning 2/yesterday 3.
______________________________________________________________________
7.We go to the theatre. (usually)
We usually go to the theatre on Saturdays.
______________________________________________________________________
8.That woman arrives.(late/always)
____________________________________________________________
That woman always arrives late .
9.She danced.(yesterday/well/at the party)
____________________________________________________________
She danced well 1/at the party 2 / yesterday 3.
10.She went.(at 10 o'clock/to school)
She went to school 1/at ten o’clock 2 .
____________________________________________________________
11.Those boys stayed.(all day/quietly/there)
____________________________________________________________
Those boys stayed quietly 1 /there 2 / all day 3 .
12.Let's go.(tonight/to the movies)
____________________________________________________________
Let’s go to the movies 1/tonight 2.
13.I saw my relatives.(this morning/at the station/at 7 o'clock)
I saw my relatives at the station 1/at 7 o’clock 2/ this morning 3.
____________________________________________________________
14.I met your sister. (last night /at the restaurant/ occasionally)
____________________________________________________________
I occasionally met your sister at the restaurant 1 / last night 2.
(Fuvest) – Todas as alternativas abaixo trazem advérbios
de freqüência exceto:
a)seldom
b)well
c)never
d)often
e)rarely
Test 1
(Cefet - PR) - Mark the sentence in which the adverb
“Never” is in the correct position:
a)Never I have seen such a strange behaviour.
b)I never have seen such a strange behaviour.
c)I have never seen such a strange behaviour.
d)I have seen never such a strange behaviour.
e)I have seen such a strange behaviour never.
Test 2
(UFPR) - Assinale a(s) alternativa(s) correta(s):
01.Our teacher spoke to us in class very rudely yesterday
morning.
02.Our teacher spoke to us very rudely in class yesterday
morning.
04.Our teacher spoke to us very rudely this morning in class.
08.Yesterday morning, our teacher spoke to us in class very
rudely.
16.Our teacher very rudely spoke to us yesterday morning in
class.
32.Yesterday morning, our teacher spoke
to us very rudely in class.
Test 3
(Univ. Brasília - DF) - Marque a correta:
a)Mary always has been sad.
b)Mary always walks to school.
c)Mary always is sad.
d)Mary wakes up always early.
e)n.d.a.
Test 4
(UEM) - Assinale a(s) alternativa(s) correta(s):
“Oh! yes”, said Mike with a sigh. It was love at the first sight. I still
remember that look in her eyes when we met...
01.At two o’clock - in 1943 - on a Sunday - At the station
02.At the station - At two o’clock - on a Sunday - in 1943
04.on a Sunday - at two o’clock - in 1943 - at the station
08.At the station - on a Sunday - at two o’clock - in 1943
16.In 1943 - At two o’clock - at the station - on a Sunday
Test 5