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Po sitio ns o f Ad ve rb sPo sitio ns o f Ad ve rb s

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AdjectivesAdjectives Adverbs of mannerAdverbs of manner

quick quick serious serious quiet quiet bad bad slow slow soft soft careful careful beautiful beautiful

quickquicklylyseriousseriouslylyquietquietlylybadbadlylyslowslowlylysoftsoftlylycarefulcarefullylybeautifulbeautifullyly

Adjetivos terminados emAdjetivos terminados em “y”“y”

- y + ily- y + ily

heavheavyy heavheavililyy

easeasyy easeasililyy

happhappyy happhappililyy

Adjetivos terminados emAdjetivos terminados em “le”“le”

- le + ly- le + ly

simpsimpllee

simpsimplyly

possibpossibllee

possibpossiblyly

gentgentllee

gentgentlyly

ExceçõesExceções

goodgood wellwell

wholwholee wholwhollyly

trutruee trutrulyly

Alguns adjetivos e advérbios têm a Alguns adjetivos e advérbios têm a mesma forma.mesma forma.

Os mais comuns são:Os mais comuns são:

fasfasttharharddlatlateefinefinelowlow

highhighearlyearlystraightstraightlonglong

Observação 1Observação 1

HardHard (advérbio)(advérbio) significa significa arduamentearduamente, , muitomuito, , intensamenteintensamente

The principal works The principal works hard hard .. (trabalha muito)(trabalha muito)

HardHardlyly

(advérbio)(advérbio) significa significa quase nãoquase não, , quase nuncaquase nunca, , raramenteraramente

Exemplos:Exemplos:

Her son Her son hardlyhardly studies .studies . (quase não estuda)(quase não estuda)

LateLate(advérbio)(advérbio) significa significa tardetarde

LateLatelyly (advérbio)(advérbio) significa significa ultimamenteultimamente

Observação 2Observação 2

Exemplos:Exemplos:

She usually comes home She usually comes home late late . . (chega tarde)(chega tarde)

My sister hasn’t studiedMy sister hasn’t studied lately lately ..(não tem estudado ultimamente)(não tem estudado ultimamente)

Adverbs of manner -Adverbs of manner - position position

Após o verbo ou após o complemento ou objeto.Após o verbo ou após o complemento ou objeto.

Exemplos:Exemplos:

The police officer The police officer camecame silently silently ..(o advérbio veio após o (o advérbio veio após o verboverbo))

The police officer The police officer openedopened the doorthe door quietly quietly ..(o advérbio veio após o (o advérbio veio após o objetoobjeto))

Adverbs of place - Adverbs of place - positionposition

Após o verbo ou após o complemento ou objeto.Após o verbo ou após o complemento ou objeto.

My uncleMy uncle liveslives in Scotlandin Scotland ..

Those womenThose women studiedstudied EnglishEnglish in Michiganin Michigan ..

Exemplos:Exemplos:

(o advérbio veio após o (o advérbio veio após o objetoobjeto))

(o advérbio veio após o (o advérbio veio após o verboverbo))

Adverbs of time - Adverbs of time - positionposition

No No finalfinal ou no ou no inícioinício da sentença. da sentença.

Some friends went to Chicago Some friends went to Chicago last nightlast night .. (no final)(no final)

YesterdayYesterday I started the task . I started the task . (no início)(no início)

Exemplos:Exemplos:

Adverbs of frequency - Adverbs of frequency - positionposition

Antes do verbo principal ou após o verbo auxiliar Antes do verbo principal ou após o verbo auxiliar (be, have, will, would, can, had etc)(be, have, will, would, can, had etc)

são eles:são eles:

frequentlyfrequentlyalwaysalwaysoftenoftennormallynormally

constantlyconstantlyseldomseldomnevernevergenerallygenerally

hardlyhardlyoccasionallyoccasionallyusuallyusuallyrarelyrarelyeverever

Exemplos:Exemplos:

He He isis alwaysalways trying to sing.trying to sing.She She often often goesgoes to the movies on Fridays. to the movies on Fridays.

Observação 3Observação 3

Quando existem vários advérbios na oração, Quando existem vários advérbios na oração, a ordem é a ordem é

Exemplos:Exemplos:

They danced veryThey danced very //slowly slowly 11 // at the partyat the party 22 // yesterday yesterday 33//..She sang She sang // beautifully beautifully 11 // in Chicagoin Chicago 22 // last last month month 33 //..

MMuuLLaaTTaamodo - lugar - tempomodo - lugar - tempo

Observação 4Observação 4

Para os verbos de deslocamentoPara os verbos de deslocamento (to go, to come, (to go, to come, to arrive, to travel, to drive, to fly...) to arrive, to travel, to drive, to fly...) a a ordem éordem é

Exemplos:Exemplos:

She went to She went to // Rome Rome 1 1 // by trainby train 22 // last week last week 3 3 //..

Paul arrived from Paul arrived from // Boston Boston 11 // by planeby plane 22 // last last weekweek 3 3 //..

LLiiMMiiTTeelugar - modo - tempolugar - modo - tempo

Complete the following sentences by using adverbs correctly.

1.She is a bad student. She studies_____________.

2.Paul is a different singer. He sings_______________.

3.Sally is a slow runner. She runs_______________.

4.Mr. Smith is a gentle professor. He teaches______________.

5.We are true warriors. We fight______________.

badlybadly

differentlydifferently

slowlyslowly

gentlygently

trulytruly

6.You are a brave soldier. You act________________.

7.She is a patient mother. She listens_____________.

8.He is a good drawer. He draws_______________.

9.John is a careful physician. He acts_______________.

10.She is a simple girl. She behaves________as if the world were a rose garden.

bravelybravely

patientlypatiently

wellwell

carefullycarefully

simplysimply

Put in the correct form of the adjective or adverb to complete these sentences.

1.Few women are__________jelous. (whole)(whole)

2.Throw the ball as__________as you can. (high)(high)

3.We haven't read books _________ . (late)(late)

4.This street goes_________from the school to the post-office. (straight)(straight)

5.Françoise speaks French _______ . (good)(good)

6.Don't run so__________. (fast)(fast)

7.She never comes on time. She is always _______. (late)(late)

8.My brother swims ___________. (good)(good)

9.He _______ tries to adapt himself to a difficult situation. (hard)(hard)

10. God! It was a__________day. (hard)(hard)

whollywholly

highhigh

latelylately

straightstraight

wellwell

fastfast

latelate

wellwell

hardlyhardly

hardhard

Put the adverbs in their correct position.

1.He reads the newspaper. (rarely)(rarely)___________________________________

2.She opened the letter. (quickly)(quickly)___________________________________

3.The teacher explained. (good)(good)___________________________________

4.He makes the same mistake. (often)(often)___________________________________

5.My husband comes home late. (always)(always)___________________________________

He rarelyrarely reads the newspaper .

She opened the letter quicklyquickly .

The teacher spoke wellwell .

He oftenoften makes the same mistake .

My husband alwaysalways comes home late .

6.He ate that apple. (glad)(glad)_______________________________________

7.The two young men traveled. (slowly)(slowly)_______________________________________

8.The dog barks. (seldom)(seldom)_______________________________________

9.She plays the piano. (well)(well)_______________________________________

10.I saw André at the snack bar. (yesterday)(yesterday)________________________________________

He ate that apple gladlygladly .

The two young men traveled slowlyslowly .

The dog seldomseldom barks .

She plays the piano wellwell .

I saw André at the snack bar yesterdayyesterday .

Insert the adverbs in parentheses in their correct place.

1.We will see you. (next week/in São Paulo)______________________________________________________________________2.Those people will meet you. (tomorrow/here)(tomorrow/here)______________________________________________________________________3.They invented a new bomb. (last year/in U.S.A.)______________________________________________________________________4.The lecturer spoke. (last night/at school/brillantly)______________________________________________________________________5.His brother died. (in Tokio/suddenly/in 1978)______________________________________________________________________6.My daughter got married. (in the morning /yesterday/at ten o'clock)______________________________________________________________________7.We go to the theatre. (usually)______________________________________________________________________

We will see you in São Paulo in São Paulo 11 / next week / next week 22.

Those people will meet you here here 11 / tomorrow / tomorrow 22.

They invented a new bomb in U.S.A. in U.S.A.11 / last year / last year 22 .

The lecturer spoke brillantly brillantly 11 /at school /at school 22/ last night / last night 33 .

His brother died suddenly suddenly 11/in Tokio /in Tokio 22/ in 1978 / in 1978 33.

My daughter got married at ten o’clock at ten o’clock 11/ in the morning / in the morning 22/yesterday /yesterday 33.

We usuallyusually go to the theatre on Saturdays.

8.That woman arrives.(late/always)____________________________________________________________9.She danced.(yesterday/well/at the party)____________________________________________________________10.She went.(at 10 o'clock/to school)____________________________________________________________11.Those boys stayed.(all day/quietly/there)____________________________________________________________12.Let's go.(tonight/to the movies)____________________________________________________________13.I saw my relatives.(this morning/at the station/at 7 o'clock)____________________________________________________________14.I met your sister. (last night /at the restaurant/ occasionally)____________________________________________________________

That woman alwaysalways arrives late late .

She danced well well 11/at the party /at the party 22 / yesterday / yesterday 33.

She went to school to school 11/at ten o’clock /at ten o’clock 22 .

Those boys stayed quietly quietly 11 /there /there 22 / all day / all day 33 .

Let’s go to the movies to the movies 11/tonight /tonight 22.

I saw my relatives at the station at the station 11/at 7 o’clock /at 7 o’clock 22/ this morning / this morning 33.

I occasionallyoccasionally met your sister at the restaurant at the restaurant 11 / last night / last night 22.

Test 1Test 1

(Fuvest)(Fuvest) – Todas as alternativas abaixo trazem advérbios de freqüência exceto:

a)seldomb)wellc)neverd)oftene)rarely

Test 2Test 2

(Cefet - PR)(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.

(UFPR)(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 3Test 3

(Univ. Brasília - DF)(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 4Test 4

(UEM)(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 station02.At the station - At two o’clock - on a Sunday - in 194304.on a Sunday - at two o’clock - in 1943 - at the station08.At the station - on a Sunday - at two o’clock - in 194316.In 1943 - At two o’clock - at the station - on a Sunday

Test 5Test 5