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Rule: Adverbs ,or adverbial phrases ,of manner ,place ,and time answer the questions How?,
Where, and When? actions take place. They are normally placed in that order after the
verb whether or not all three adverbs are used. He usually works hard (how?)at home (where?)
all the evening (when?) .Where there are two adverbs of manners, or place, or time the more
detailed of the two comes first. Example :David sometimes meets a friend for lunch in the
doorway (place I ) of the nearest caf (place2) at a quarter to one (time I) on Mondays (time
2).
A)Put the adverbs in brackets into their normal positions in the following sentences.

I They sat talking (all the evening ; contentedly ;in the garden).
2. She put the hot dish down (on the table ;when the bell went for lunch ;quickly).
3. He often plays the piano (for hours; quietly; in the evening ).
4. The competitors waited (near the finishing post; impatiently; after the race )
5. David played tennis (most of the afternoon ;energetically ; yesterday ;by the
river ;on the tennis courts)
6. Mary is going to France (directly after term; on an exchange visit).
7. David hopes to go to the United States (next year; after his examinations are
over).
8. Did you come all the way (today; from Lands End: by car ) ?
9. The examination candidates worked ( last Thursday afternoon ; hard; from 2 till 5
p.m ).
10. The competitors waited ( near the finishing post :impatiently : after the race).

B) Put the parts of the sentences in the

right order :
1)Mark / quite well/speaks /English.
2)They won/easily / the game.
3)Her car /she drives/ slowly. .
4)He goes/every morning / to work. .
5)We ate /quickly/ our lunch. .
6)Quietly /the door / they closed. .
C) Is the word order Right or Wrong?
Correct the ones that are wrong:
1)We went to the zoo in London..
2)He ate his breakfast quickly
3) I go tomorrow to the doctors...
4)She played the piano beautifully last
night..
5)I posted in the evening your letters..
6) Tom studied the lesson carefully last
night.

D) Choose the right answer:

1.If he had driven.
a)fast
b)fortunately
c)slowly
.he wouldnt have had that
accident.
2.She s such a kind lady. When I arrived
,last night ,she welcome me very..
a)hotly.
b)warmly.
c)coldly.
3.Shes very lazy. She
a)nearly
b)wrongly
c)hardly
.works.

KEY

KEY
.A) contentedly,in the garden ,all the evening/quickly on the table when the

bell /
Quietly in the evening for hours/,impatiently near the finishing
post, after the /
Energetically on the tennis courts by the river most
of the afternoon yesterday/
On an exchange visit directly after
term/next year after examinations are over/
By car from Lands End
today/hard from 2 till 5 p. m. last Thursday afternoon/
Punctually, at
the main door of the cinema at 6.30 p. m. on Saturday.
B)
English well/the game easily/her car slowly/to work every morning/our
lunch quickly/ The door quietly.
C)

RIGHT 1-2-4-6 D: SLOWLY/ WARMLY/ HARDLY.