ADVERBS AND ADVERBIAL PHRASES

Type Position Examples

after verb/phrase
Manner quickly,
(how you do
something) seriously, easily,
with passive verbs, in mid-position badly, etc.
before main verb, after to be

Frequency always,
(how often
sometimes,
something
happens)
*sometimes, usually, normally can go at the beginning often, hardly
ever, never,
usually,
normally

Time
(when things at the end of a sentence
happen) now,
inmediately, five
minutes later,
early, soon, all
day yesterday,
last week, in the
evening, last
night, once a
week,

extremely,
Degree incredibly, very,
(describing/
modifying an
used with adjectives, before them etc.
adjective) used with verbs, after them much, a lot
used with adjectives or verbs, before or after them a little, a bit

at the beginning of a sentence unfortunately,

ideally, luckily,
clearly,
Comment obviously,
(speaker's
opinion) apparently, etc.

just, even,
Others in mid-position (before the main verb) almost, nearly