In English we never put an adverb between the verb and the object.
correct: → We often play handball.
incorrect: → We play often handball.
front position (at the beginning of a sentence)
adverb
subject
(auxiliary 1)
(auxiliary 2)
main verb
(object)
1.
Suddenly,
the man
saw
the house.
2.
Surprisingly,
our bird
could
speak
(French.)
3.
Finally,
the speaker
ended
his presentation.
Usually in front position: sentence adverbs (example 1 and 2) and linking adverbs (example 3)
Many other types of adverbs can go in front position if they are emphasized!
end position (at the end of a sentence)
subject
(auxiliary 1)
(auxiliary 2)
main verb
(object)
adverb
1.
I
shouted
(at her)
angrily.
2.
My sister
is sleeping
in the garden.
3.
Mary
will
be
sleeping
at ten o'clock.
4.
She
has
called
him
twice.
Usually in end position: adverbs of manner (example 1), place (example 2), definite time (example 3) and definite frequency (example 4).
Many other types of adverbs can go in end position if they are emphasized!
More than one adverb in end position
For more than one adverb in end position the rule is:
- manner → place → time and
- more specific → more general.
manner
place
time
1.
Jason is flying
to New York
at 8 o'clock on Saturday.
2.
Gina behaved
strangely
at the party
last night.
https://www.tutory.de/entdecken/dokument/the-position-of-adverbs
mid-position
(A) The adverb goes between subject and verb.
subject
adverb
main verb
object
1.
We
often
go
to the disco.
2.
The sun
always
rises
in the east.
(B) If the verb is a form of to be
, the adverb comes after the form of to be
.
to be, the adverb comes after the form of
to be.
subject
main verb
adverb
object
1.
Mary
is
often
at home
2.
Chris
is
sometimes
nervous before tests.
(C) If there is one auxiliary or more, the adverb comes after the first auxiliary.
subject
auxiliary 1
adverb
(auxiliary 2)
main verb
object
1.
Mary
has
just
been
called
to the door.
2.
People
will
always
eat
chocolate.
3.
Our parents
are
soon
going to
leave
the house.
Usually in mid-position: short adverbs of indefinite time (example C.1 and C.3), adverbs of indefinite frequency (all other examples).
- A new study on teenage driving in 2008 was in Britain published.
- If teenage drivers travel with a group of friends apparently, can this be extreme dangerous and they are likelier to have an accident than when they alone travel.
- British insurance companies want immediately to introduce drastically restrictions on young drivers.
- Drivers under 20 will not be allowed to carry more than one teenage passenger for the first six months in their car after they have their driving test passed.
- Young passengers distract often young drivers and encourage them to drive in a more riskier way.
- Several states have already in the USA limited the number of passengers a teenage driver can in the first six or twelve months carry.
- Fatal crashes fell in those states actually by 37 per cent after the strictly limits were introduced.
- The insurance companies said the limit would reduce drastically the cost of insurance because the number of multimillion-pound claims significantly would fall.
https://www.tutory.de/entdecken/dokument/the-position-of-adverbs
