Adverbs of place practice exercise and study

Adverbs of place add to the description of what is happening. They can be directional, time-led, or according to location. An example might be:

• > The Barbers are in front of the supermarket.
• > I live 4 miles from Manchester.
• > I found my glasses over there this morning.

Adverbs support sentences and provide a deeper / clearer meaning.

What are the adverbs doing? Telling us where we want to go!

Which way do I go? Adverbs of direction

Direction is the movement of something or someone. See where in the sentence, the adverb of place is being used.

• > You need to go down the hill.
• > Climb up the ladders.
• > Forwards - The car goes forward.
• > Backward – You need to step backward.

How far is it away from me? Adverbs of distance

Distance is how far away things are from something else.

• > Scotland is miles away from London.
• > I live close to my work.
• > The kitchen is downstairs.

Where is it exactly? Adverbs of place

The location explains where something or someone is. Where you can find it or a place. It positions the object.

• > The book is under the bed.
• > The cat is upstairs on the chair.
• > Come over here.
• > The water is everywhere.

When to use adverbs

It is a little trickier when the adverb is used in different places in the sentence. There are 2 ways to use adverbs with one after the verb (usually in the middle) and one after the object (at the end).

Exercise 1

Decide which adverbs should be used for the following sentences using the rules below.

• > An adverb is usually directional → up, down, north, south, east and west.
• > It provides us a certain distance → miles away, far away, near, close.
• > It positions the object → below, behind, under, over.
• > It describes the movement of something → backward, forwards, sideways, in between, underneath, below, above.

Go ___ the hill and _______ the corner.

The plane landed _________to the terminal.

The river ________ under the bridge.

Walk __________ the Church and turn left.

The Barbers is ________ the Butchers.

The blue sky __________.

Step ___________ from the gap.

We got lost __________ from home.

Exercise 2

Your friend phones you while you are on holiday. There are parts of the holiday they ask you about. Look at the table and match the correct adverb with the phrase.

Quiz (true or false)

Can you work out which are true and which are false?

1. .Put the glass here (T/F)
2. I get on the tube at the station (T/F).
3. She kindly shook hands (T/F).
4. She can come to the party (T/F).
5. The wall came crashing down (T/F).
6. I can see you over there (T/F).
7. I tore the book apart (T/F).

Conclusion

In conclusion, adverbs of place are used to explain the location of one object and another. It’s under the bed, it’s around the corner. “Here” suggests it is near and “there” implies further away. It can be confusing, there are a multitude of variations.

> An adverb of place always refers to the location where the activity is taking place.

> Adverbs of place are used after the object or verb

> Place adverbs can be directional. Up, down, around, away, north, southeast, and so on.

> The adverb of place may relate to distance. For instance: nearby, far distant, and miles apart

> An adverb of place can describe the location of one thing about another. For instance: beneath, between, above, behind, through, around, and so on.

> Many location adverbs express motion in a certain direction and conclude in terms like"-ward or -wards." For instance: forward, ahead, backward, homeward, onwards, etc

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