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Unit 11: Articles, Nouns, Adjectives and Adverbs

3. You must drive your car carefully. Notes

4. Eat quietly.
Adverbs of place

Adverbs of place answer the question “where”. This adverb usually comes after the object,
otherwise after the verb.

Examples: 1. We saw you there.
2. We were sitting here.
3. We looked everywhere.
Here, you should note that somewhere, anywhere, follow the same rules as some and any:

Examples: 1. Have you seen my glasses anywhere?
2. I’m sure I left them somewhere.

3. I can’t find them anywhere.
Adverbs of time

Adverbs of time answer the question “when”. This adverb usually comes either at the very
beginning of the sentence or at the end.

Examples: Afterwards we decided to go by car. I’ve done that journey before.

Here, you should note that yet should be placed at the end of the sentence while still should be
placed before the verb, except with the verb ‘to be’ when it comes after.

Examples: 1. We haven’t started yet.
2. He still wears old-fashioned clothes.
3. She is still a student.
Compare these two sentences:

1. The train still hasn’t arrived.
2. The train hasn’t arrived yet.

Adverbs of degree

Adverbs of degree answer the question “to what extent”. This adverb can modify an adverb or
an adjective and comes before the word it modifi es.

Examples: 1. The bottle is almost full or nearly empty.
2. They should be able to pass their exams quite easily.
The adverbs of degree that can also modify verbs are almost, nearly, quite, hardly, scarcely,
barely and just.

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