ADVERBS in English ⭐ 3 Essential Rules to Make a Sentence!

in today's lesson we are talking all about adverbs the different types that exist the possible positions in a sentence and you're going to learn three essential rules to master the word order of English sentences with adverbs and at the end of the lesson there will be a quiz I've also created a free pdf with all of today's notes and more examples you can download it by clicking the link in the description let's get started first let's review some basic concepts what is an adverb adverbs modify verbs adjectives other adverbs or a whole sentence when I say modify I mean that adverbs give more information or add to the meaning of something in a few different ways you can describe how how often how much much when where or why someone does something yes adverbs do a lot of work here are some examples I never eat breakfast our adverb is never and it modifies the verb eat how often never this movie seems very interesting our adverb is very which modifies the adjective interesting how interesting very very he eats so fast here we have two adverbs first how does he eat fast this is an irregular adverb in this case we don't add ly here well how fast so fast really fast keep in mind that an adverb can be an individual word or a phrase a phrase is a group of words for for example you can do something on purpose which means that you do something intentionally P Sal coming right up you did that on purpose or if something happens out of the blue that means it happens unexpectedly now why would you call me out of the blue now the important question is how do we decide where to put the adverb in a sentence adverbs can appear in three possible positions initial mid or final position however English is crazy so there are a lot of exceptions and there is some flexibility it really depends on a few factors it depends on the type of adverb so are we describing how how often how much Etc it depends on the emphasis and contrast if we want to give something special attention or importance then we can move some adverbs to reflect this the position of an adverb also depends on the context in literature versus everyday spoken English I won't focus on literature in this lesson but it's good to know that writers sometimes move certain types of adverbs to match a specific literary style our First Essential rule is that many types of adverbs have a neutral or default position I'm going to call this mid position mid position is immediately before the main verb for example I always read the news in the morning this is correct always I read the news in the morning this is incorrect I read always the news in the morning also incorrect this is a common mistake I hear when people try to translate the word order from their native language to English we'll talk about this later in rule number two I read the news in the morning always native speakers sometimes put the adverb at the end in informal spoken English for emphasis however if the main verb is B put the adverb immediately after B he never is late for work no he is never late for work more commonly with the contraction he's never late for work so what types of adverbs belong in the mid position first adverbs of frequency these adverbs answer the question how often I usually work on satday she's rarely angry It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia this is the title of my favorite TV show if you have a helping verb or a modal verb the rule still applies put the adverb right before the main verb I've never watched Star Wars you can always ask me for help this rule also applies to imperative sentence es where the implied subject is you always brush your teeth before you go to bed never talk to strangers but wait we have an exception words like sometimes usually or normally are also adverbs of frequency but it's common to see these words in the initial position of a sentence why to show contrast or emphasis normally he doesn't wear a suit but today is a special day the CEO is here this is exceptional it's different from the norm next we put adverbs of degree in the mid position these are adverbs that show the intensity of something and answer the question how much I'm absolutely exhausted I totally agree with you wow he's an incredibly talented singer this drink is pretty strong if a drink is strong that means it has a lot of alcohol the adverb pretty is really common in spoken English it means moderately more than a little but not very or extremely welcome Gary how are you I'm pretty good how about you good I'm sure I'm pretty sure I know that that's a fact wait we have another exception there are a few other adverbs of degree so much very much too much enough a lot a little a bit when these adverbs modify a verb they should be in the final position after the verb and the object you worry too much thanks a lot could you turn down the music a bit last night I didn't sleep enough rule number two is the most important one never separate the main verb and its object not all verbs require an object but if there is one we have to keep it next to the verb this is a situation where English is not flexible I like very much this song I like a lot this song I like so much this song I like this song very much main verb plus object then your adverb in spoken English it's a little more common to hear I like this song A lot I like this song so much or I really like this song with really in the mid position keep this rule in mind every time you form a sentence in English this is the foundation for English word order let's look at some more adverbs in the final position which means after the verb and the object adverbs of manner describe how an action happens she walks very quickly he speaks Italian fluently mix the ingredients together I opened the box carefully remember earlier when I talked about literature well it's possible to put adverbs of manner in the initial position or mid position but this is almost always in literary contexts like novels poems songs Etc carefully I opened the box or I carefully opened the box this sounds a bit more more stylized and dramatic next we have adverbs of place Direction and movement these adverbs describe where something happens or where something is moving or going there's a new restaurant that opened last week would you like to go there I can't find my keys anywhere can you come downstairs and help me find them next we have adverbs of time which describe when something happens I haven't played that game in ages ages is an informal way to say a long time it rained a lot yesterday someone is coming here tomorrow to fix the air conditioner all right once again we have an exception you can put a Time adverb at the beginning why again for emphasis or contrast how was your weekend did you do anything fun yeah on Saturday night we went to a concert and on Sunday we celebrated my sister's birthday a few years ago I could run nonstop for an hour nowadays I'm out of breath after running for just a few minutes now you'll notice that these sentences have more than one adverb our next rule will explain what we should do in this situation rule number three multiple adverbs at the end of a sentence generally follow this order manner how place where time when and reason why could you drive me to the airport tomorrow morning place then time the team played really well at the competition last weekend manner Place time he packed his suitcase very quietly in his room last night to avoid waking us up our fourth adverb in this sentence is to avoid waking us up this is called the infinitive of Reason remember that this rule is really a general guideline with some room for changes in other words you have to know the rules before before you can break them and when do we break these rules let's say it together for emphasis or contrast we also have some adverbs in the initial position at the very beginning of the sentence for instance conjunctive adverbs connect information from the previous statement in the 197s many local factories shut down consequently people were forced to move elsewhere to find jobs what you said was true nevertheless it still hurt my feelings conjunctive adverbs are used for many reasons to show addition sequence results Etc if you're studying for an exam like the ey Els toic or TOEFL then these are great adverbs to study I've included a list of more formal conjunctive adverbs in the PDF finally we have comment or Viewpoint adverbs which indicate an attitude opinion or point of view personally I think you made the right decision unfortunately we missed our flight ideally we should leave by 10:00 honestly I'd rather stay home in spoken English we sometimes move these adverbs to other positions you already know why for emphasis or contrast or as an afterthought an afterthought is something that you mention or add later because you didn't think of it before most of the time we don't know exactly what we're going to say or how we're going to structure our sentence especially during casual conversation let's review our three rules before we take the quiz number number one the neutral or default position for an adverb is the mid position before the main verb or after the main verb if it is be this rule applies to most other adverbs that we don't have time to discuss today number two never separate the main verb and its object and number three if there are multiple adverbs at the end of the sentence they generally follow this order manner Place time reason I think we're ready for the quiz I'll give you three seconds to think about your answer but please pause the video if you need more time fill in the blank with the correct answer number one I late on Saturdays C I usually get up late on Saturday Saturdays number two Jared late for work B Jared is never late for work three i a i watch this show all the time part two I will show you a sentence then your job is to choose the best location for each adverb the students complained about the high prices choose the best location for frequently mid position the students frequently complained what about apparently initial position apparently the students frequently complained now try this adverb extremely apparently the students frequently complained about the extremely high prices here extremely modifies the adjective High don't forget to download the free PDF to review everything you've learned about adverbs today if you enjoyed this grammar lesson and want to see more please like this video And subscribe to my channel thank you so much for watching I'm Gina this is your world in English and I'll see you in the next lesson [Music] [Music] bye

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Length: 16min 52sec (1012 seconds)

Published: Sat Mar 30 2024