4.2.2 Positioning Adverbs (Part 2)

Place the adverb in bracket in the correct position in the sentence. Click to check your answers.

Example. We walked to get there on time. (quickly)

We walked quickly to get there on time.
We quickly walked to get there on time.
To get there on time, we walked quickly .
To get there on time, we quickly walked .

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1. The rain had stopped when I arrived. (already)

2. It is time for us to go. (almost)

3. I have finished my exercise book. (nearly)

4. Those men came back to repair the pipe. (never)

5. I go to bed before midnight. (nearly always)

6. I found it. (at school; last week)

7. She saw her friend. (at the station; yesterday)

8. There was a huge fire. (in the village; a few weeks ago)

A few weeks ago, there was a huge fire in the village.
There was a huge fire in the village a few weeks ago.

9. I must go. (at eight o'clock; to the market)

10. There was a great flood; (in 1926; throughout the valley)

11. I left my walking stick. (a few minutes ago; by that tree)

12. I will leave my bicycle. (at John's house; in future)

13. Most of the boys decided to go. (for a drink; after the game, together)

14. We can post the parcel. (at the post office; later on)

15. You can go. (wherever you like; when you have finished your work)

16. George is repairing a refrigerator. (at this very moment; at his uncle's house)

17. I have been waiting for you. (here; for ten minutes)

18. It is very hot. (in the afternoon; in this room)

19. It is unwise to go. (at night; into that part of the jungle)

20. Michael caught two fish. (yesterday; just over there)