Positions of Adverbs Positions of Ad verb s Adjectives quick serious quiet bad slow soft careful beautiful Adverbs of manner quickly seriously quietly badly slowly softly carefully beautifully Adjetivos terminados em “y” - y + ily heavy heavily easy easily happy happily Adjetivos terminados em “le” - le + ly simple simply possible possibly gentle gently Exceções good well whole wholly true truly Alguns adjetivos e advérbios têm a mesma forma. Os mais comuns são: fast hard late fine low high early straight long Observação 1 Hard (advérbio) significa arduamente, muito, intensamente Hardly (advérbio) significa quase não, quase nunca, raramente Exemplos: The principal works hard . (trabalha muito) Her son hardly studies . (quase não estuda) Observação 2 Late (advérbio) significa tarde Lately (advérbio) significa ultimamente Exemplos: She usually comes home late . (chega tarde) My sister hasn’t studied lately . (não tem estudado ultimamente) Adverbs of manner - position Após o verbo ou após o complemento ou objeto. Exemplos: The police officer came silently . (o advérbio veio após o verbo) The police officer opened the door quietly . (o advérbio veio após o objeto) Adverbs of place - position Após o verbo ou após o complemento ou objeto. Exemplos: My uncle lives in Scotland . (o advérbio veio após o verbo) Those women studied English in Michigan . (o advérbio veio após o objeto) Adverbs of time - position No final ou no início da sentença. Exemplos: Some friends went to Chicago last night . (no final) Yesterday I started the task . (no início) Adverbs of frequency - position Antes do verbo principal ou após o verbo auxiliar (be, have, will, would, can, had etc) são eles: frequently always often normally Exemplos: constantly seldom never generally He is always trying to sing. She often goes to the movies on Fridays. hardly occasionally usually rarely ever Observação 3 Quando existem vários advérbios na oração, a ordem é modo - lugar - tempo MuLaTa Exemplos: They danced very /slowly 1 / at the party 2 / yesterday 3/. She sang / beautifully 1 / in Chicago 2 / last month 3 /. Observação 4 Para os verbos de deslocamento (to go, to come, to arrive, to travel, to drive, to fly...) a ordem é lugar - modo - tempo LiMiTe Exemplos: She went to / Rome 1 / by train 2 / last week 3 /. Paul arrived from / Boston 1 / by plane 2 / last week 3 /. Complete the following sentences by using adverbs correctly. 1.She is a bad student. She studies_____________. badly 2.Paul is a different singer. He sings_______________. differently 3.Sally is a slow runner. slowly She runs_______________. 4.Mr. Smith is a gentle professor. He teaches______________. gently 5.We are true warriors. truly We fight______________. 6.You are a brave soldier. You act________________. bravely 7.She is a patient mother. She listens_____________. patiently 8.He is a good drawer. well He draws_______________. 9.John is a careful physician. He acts_______________. carefully 10.She is a simple girl. simply She behaves________as if the world were a rose garden. Put in the correct form of the adjective or adverb to complete these sentences. 1.Few women are__________jelous. (whole) wholly 2.Throw the ball as__________as you can. (high) high lately . (late) 3.We haven't read books _________ straight 4.This street goes_________from the school to the post-office. (straight) 5.Françoise speaks French _______ well . (good) 6.Don't run so__________. (fast) fast 7.She never comes on time. She is always _______. late(late) 8.My brother swims ___________. (good) well 9.He _______ hardly tries to adapt himself to a difficult situation. (hard) 10. God! It was a__________day. (hard) hard Put the adverbs in their correct position. 1.He reads the newspaper. (rarely) He rarely reads the newspaper . ___________________________________ 2.She opened the letter. (quickly) She opened the letter quickly . ___________________________________ 3.The teacher explained. (good) The teacher spoke well . ___________________________________ 4.He makes the same mistake. (often) He often makes the same mistake . ___________________________________ 5.My husband comes home late. (always) My husband always comes home late . ___________________________________ 6.He ate that apple. (glad) He ate that apple gladly . _______________________________________ 7.The two young men traveled. (slowly) The two young men traveled slowly . _______________________________________ 8.The dog barks. (seldom) _______________________________________ The dog seldom barks . 9.She plays the piano. (well) _______________________________________ She plays the piano well . 10.I saw André at the snack bar. (yesterday) ________________________________________ I saw André at the snack bar yesterday . Insert the adverbs in parentheses in their correct place. 1.We will see you. (next week/in São Paulo) ______________________________________________________________________ We will see you in São Paulo 1 / next week 2. 2.Those people will meet you. (tomorrow/here) ______________________________________________________________________ Those people will meet you here 1 / tomorrow 2. 3.They invented a new bomb. (last year/in U.S.A.) They invented a new bomb in U.S.A.1 / last year 2 . ______________________________________________________________________ 4.The lecturer spoke. (last night/at school/brillantly) ______________________________________________________________________ The lecturer spoke brillantly 1 /at school 2/ last night 3 . 5.His brother died. (in Tokio/suddenly/in 1978) ______________________________________________________________________ His brother died suddenly 1/in Tokio 2/ in 1978 3. 6.My daughter got married. (in the morning /yesterday/at ten o'clock) My daughter got married at ten o’clock 1/ in the morning 2/yesterday 3. ______________________________________________________________________ 7.We go to the theatre. (usually) We usually go to the theatre on Saturdays. ______________________________________________________________________ 8.That woman arrives.(late/always) ____________________________________________________________ That woman always arrives late . 9.She danced.(yesterday/well/at the party) ____________________________________________________________ She danced well 1/at the party 2 / yesterday 3. 10.She went.(at 10 o'clock/to school) She went to school 1/at ten o’clock 2 . ____________________________________________________________ 11.Those boys stayed.(all day/quietly/there) ____________________________________________________________ Those boys stayed quietly 1 /there 2 / all day 3 . 12.Let's go.(tonight/to the movies) ____________________________________________________________ Let’s go to the movies 1/tonight 2. 13.I saw my relatives.(this morning/at the station/at 7 o'clock) I saw my relatives at the station 1/at 7 o’clock 2/ this morning 3. ____________________________________________________________ 14.I met your sister. (last night /at the restaurant/ occasionally) ____________________________________________________________ I occasionally met your sister at the restaurant 1 / last night 2. (Fuvest) – Todas as alternativas abaixo trazem advérbios de freqüência exceto: a)seldom b)well c)never d)often e)rarely Test 1 (Cefet - PR) - Mark the sentence in which the adverb “Never” is in the correct position: a)Never I have seen such a strange behaviour. b)I never have seen such a strange behaviour. c)I have never seen such a strange behaviour. d)I have seen never such a strange behaviour. e)I have seen such a strange behaviour never. Test 2 (UFPR) - Assinale a(s) alternativa(s) correta(s): 01.Our teacher spoke to us in class very rudely yesterday morning. 02.Our teacher spoke to us very rudely in class yesterday morning. 04.Our teacher spoke to us very rudely this morning in class. 08.Yesterday morning, our teacher spoke to us in class very rudely. 16.Our teacher very rudely spoke to us yesterday morning in class. 32.Yesterday morning, our teacher spoke to us very rudely in class. Test 3 (Univ. Brasília - DF) - Marque a correta: a)Mary always has been sad. b)Mary always walks to school. c)Mary always is sad. d)Mary wakes up always early. e)n.d.a. Test 4 (UEM) - Assinale a(s) alternativa(s) correta(s): “Oh! yes”, said Mike with a sigh. It was love at the first sight. I still remember that look in her eyes when we met... 01.At two o’clock - in 1943 - on a Sunday - At the station 02.At the station - At two o’clock - on a Sunday - in 1943 04.on a Sunday - at two o’clock - in 1943 - at the station 08.At the station - on a Sunday - at two o’clock - in 1943 16.In 1943 - At two o’clock - at the station - on a Sunday Test 5