w6 Adverbs of Place and Time
w6 Adverbs of Place and Time
w6 Adverbs of Place and Time
Examples:
Goldilocks went to the Bears' house yesterday.
I saw Sally today.
I will call you later.
Adverbs that tell us for how long are also usually placed at
the end of the sentence.
Examples:
I stayed in Cebu for three days.
I am going on vacation for a week.
An adverb of place always talks about the location where
the action of the verb is being carried out. They are
normally placed after a sentence’s object or main verb.
Adverbs of place can be directional.
For example: Up, down, around, away, north,
southeast
Adverbs of place can refer to distances.
For example: Nearby, far away, miles apart
An adverb of place can indicate an object’s position in
relation to another object.
For example: Below, between, above, behind, through,
around, and so forth.
Many adverbs of place indicate movement in a particular
direction and end in the letters
“-ward or -wards”.
For example: toward, forward, backward, homeward,
westward, eastwards, onwards
Let’s Do This
Task 1: How Fast Are We?
Work by pair. Read the list of adverbs of time and place. Each pair
will construct sentences out of them.
The first pair to make at least five sentences will be declared as the
winner.
1. monthly 6. beyond
2. three times a day 7. down
3. at 6 O’clock 8. downwards
4. daily 9. eastwards
5. today 10. everywhere
Let’s Test Ourselves
Task 4. Single Me Out