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Adverbs of frequency go after the verb to be.
I’m (not) always happy.
Adverbs of frequency go before all other verbs.
I always go out on Saturday.
In a sentence with a main verb and an auxiliary verb, the adverb goes before the main verb.
I have never been to Rome.
I didn’t often study when I was younger.
Adverbs of manner usually go after the verb.
He drove carefully.
If there is a direct object, we put the adverb of manner after the direct object.
He drove the car carefully.
Like adverbs of manner, these adverbs are put behind the direct object or the verb.
Please wait over there.
Please put the books over there.
Adverbs of time are usually put at the end of the sentence.
I went to Rome last week.
We can put the adverb at the beginning of the sentence if we want to emphasise the time.
Last week I went to Rome.
Adverbs of Degree are usually placed:
Before adjectives and adverbs
He drove incredibly slowly.
She is incredibly clever.
After the main verb:
He walked incredibly slowly.
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