The document provides an overview of the position and types of adverbs, detailing their placement in sentences (front, mid, end) and providing examples. It elaborates on frequency adverbs, manner, place, time, comment, viewpoint, and focusing, along with examples of how these adverbs modify verbs and subjects. Additionally, it discusses degree adverbs and their forms, as well as common collocations with adjectives.

1. ADVERBS AND
ADVERBIAL
PHRASES
C 2 1 R A M I R O C E B R E I R O S
E O I C A R A B A N C H E L

2. POSITION OF ADVERBS
Position of adverbs: Front, end
Midposition: before main
verbs (I’ve just finished the
online work)
or after “to be” (I’m never
late for the English class)

3. TYPE OF ADVERBS AND POSITION
FRONT MID-POSITION END
Frequency: I usually do my writing
tasks in AulaVirtual
Frequency/adverbial phrases
(frequently, normally, occassionally,
often, sometimes, usually): for
emphasis : Usually, I do my writing
tasks in AulaVirtual
Manner: for emphasis: They all
immediately did the task.
Manner: They all did the task
immediately.
Place+time: We are going there
later
Comment and viewpoint:
Obviously, all students passed the
English test
Comment: to distance oneself:
All students were apparently against
the teacher’s decisión.
Less common: Comment and
view point
All students passed the English test,
obviously.
Focusing: even, only, just:
modify the subject
Only the skills you didn’t pass must
be retaken
Focusing: even, only, just:
modify the verb:
I’ve just finished my homework

4. ADVERBS: OTHER CASES AND USES
Degree adverbs: before word they modify
• The English teacher is incredibly boring,.The students really must study more.
Adverbs with different forms and meanings: high, highly/late, lately/hard, hardly/short,
shortly
• The students had worked hard/had hardly worked. The teacher was late for class/has been late for class lately.
Some adverbs collocate with some adjectives:
• Utterly useless Highly successful Painfully shy