Shadowing Practice: Adverbs in English - Learn All About English Adverbs - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Hi, I'm Stephanie.
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Welcome to Oxford Online English.
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In this lesson, you can learn about adverbs.
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What do adverbs do?
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What's the difference between adjectives and adverbs?
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How do you use adverbs in English?
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You can learn the answers to these questions in this lesson.
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Let's start with a challenge.
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Can you write down five English adverbs?
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Pause the video and do it now.
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Ready?
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I'm guessing you wrote down words ending with –ly.
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For example, quickly, slowly, or clearly.
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These are all adverbs.
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However, there are many other adverbs.
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Many of them don't end with –ly, like these.
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Fast, too, or often.
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Many adverbs aren't just one word.
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Adverbs can be two words, or even whole phrases.
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For example, last week.
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In a very strange way.
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For the last six years.
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So you might be thinking, what do adverbs actually do?
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What are adverbs?
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Adverbs are describing words.
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They add information to something else in your sentence.
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Adverbs can describe many different things.
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You can use an adverb to describe a verb like this.
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He speaks very loudly.
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Does everyone drive that fast in the city?
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I think I sound better than I did the first time.
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The adverbs add information to the verbs.
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These adverbs all describe the verbs by saying how someone did something.
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For example, look at the first sentence.
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He speaks very loudly.
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The adverb loudly tells you how he speaks.
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You can also use adverbs to add information to verbs in other ways.
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For example, I kind of enjoyed it, but it could have been better.
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We talked a little, but we didn't have time to discuss everything.
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What else?
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Well, you can use an adverb to show when, where, or how often something happens.
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For example, let's meet at eight o'clock.
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She moved overseas after she graduated.
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I don't often have time to cook for myself.
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Remember that adverbs can be phrases.
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Adverbs aren't always single words.
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Another point.
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Adverbs can add information to adjectives, or even to other adverbs.
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How does this work?
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Can you think of any examples of this?
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Here are some examples.
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It was a really exciting trip.
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It's too hot in here.
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She works incredibly hard.
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You can see two examples where an adverb describes an adjective,
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and one example where an adverb describes another adverb.
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Remember that hard here is an adverb because it describes a verb – works.
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Is that everything?
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No, not quite.
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Adverbs can do one more thing.
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Adverbs can also express your opinion about a situation.
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Look at three sentences.
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She's obviously the best of the candidates we've seen so far.
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Apparently, they're not sure they want to get married anymore.
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Fortunately, we were able to recover most of the files.
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These adverbs are different because they don't just add information to one word, they add information to the whole sentence.
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So you can see that adverbs can do many, many different things.
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They can describe verbs, adjectives, other adverbs, or even whole sentences.
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But there's a connection.
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Do you remember what we said at the start of this section?
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Adverbs describe other things.
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They add information to something else in your sentence.
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Now let's look at our next question.
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How do you form adverbs?
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Actually, this question isn't always relevant.
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For most English adverbs, you don't need to form them.
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They just exist.
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For example, to, very, sometimes, always, here, and soon are all adverbs.
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You don't need to do anything to them.
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So why ask the question at all?
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For some adverbs, you can form them from adjectives.
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This is mostly true for adverbs which describe verbs.
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Adverbs which describe how someone does something.
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For example, slow is an adjective.
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How can you make an adverb from it?
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Look at a sentence and complete the missing word.
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He eats very sssss.
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Do you know the answer?
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The answer is slowly.
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You add ly to an adjective to make an adverb.
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This is the same for many adverbs which describe verbs.
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For example, quiet – quietly, nice – nicely, clear – clearly.
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Can you use these adverbs in a sentence?
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Pause the video and write down three sentences using these adverbs.
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Of course, there are many possibilities.
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Here are some suggestions.
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Everyone was sitting quietly and reading.
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He sings very nicely.
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You clearly told me that you would be here at 10.30.
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However, even here you can't just think add ly to an adjective.
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It doesn't always work.
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First, if an adjective ends with Y, you need to change the Y to an ILY to make it an adverb.
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For example, healthy healthily, lazy lazily, happy happily.
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Secondly, some words don't change their form.
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The same word can be either an adjective or an adverb.
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For example, he's a really fast worker.
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He works really fast.
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You're a better dancer than you used to be.
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You dance better than you used to.
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Fast and better can be used as adjectives or adverbs, and the form of the word doesn't change.
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Thirdly, some adjectives already end in ly, like ugly, friendly, likely, or oily.
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These adjectives can't be made into adverbs.
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Finally, some adverbs are irregular.
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Words which don't change, like fast or better, are examples of irregular adverbs.
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There's one more important one.
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What's the adverb for the adjective good?
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The answer is well.
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For example, she's a good writer.
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She writes well.
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Now, you know how to form adverbs from adjectives.
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Remember that you don't need to form most adverbs.
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Most adverbs are ready for you to use, and you don't have to do anything to them.
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So now seems like a good time to ask a new question.
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What's the difference between adjectives and adverbs?
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Hopefully you have enough information from parts one and two to answer this question.
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Do you know the answer?
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Adjectives and adverbs both describe other words.
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Adjectives describe nouns.
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For example, are you a good cook?
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He has a loud voice.
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My computer is so slow.
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Adverbs describe everything else – verbs, adjectives, adverbs, and whole sentences.
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That sounds easy, right?
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So, let's test your skills.
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Look at four sentences.
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Is the word in red an adjective or an adverb?
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It's unlikely that we'll be there on time.
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I found the exam really hard.
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I worked really hard preparing for the exam.
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He hardly studied at all, but he got a high score.
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What do you think?
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Pause the video if you want more time to think about it.
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Unlikely and hard are adjectives.
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Hard and hardly are adverbs.
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Did you get the right answers?
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There are two things to pay attention to here.
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One.
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The form of the word doesn't tell you if it's an adjective or an adverb.
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One likely ends in ly, but it's not an adverb, it's an adjective.
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Hard in the third sentence doesn't end in ly, but it's an adverb, which describes a verb.
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Two, the same word can be an adjective or an adverb in different sentences, like hard, which is an adjective in the second sentence,
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but an adverb in the third sentence.
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So, what can you do here?
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You can't depend on memory.
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If you think something like, heart is an adjective, that won't work all the time.
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Don't look at the form of the word.
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Look at what the word does in the sentence.
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Does the word describe a noun?
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It's an adjective.
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Does it describe something else?
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A verb, an adjective, another adverb, or the whole sentence?
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It's an adverb.
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Next, look at one more important question.
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How do you use adverbs in a sentence?
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More specifically, where should you put the adverb?
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Let's start with a simple point.
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Word order rules for adverbs in English are complicated.
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There are many rules, and as usual, the rules don't work all of the time.
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So, if you want to use an adverb and you're not sure where it should go in the sentence, trust your instinct first.
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If it sounds right, it probably is.
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If you want to understand word order rules in depth, you need to divide adverbs into five different categories.
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You already saw these categories in part one, although we didn't give them names.
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Let's review now.
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Adverbs of manner describe a verb.
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They describe how someone does something.
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For example, fast, lazily, or well.
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Adverbs of time and place describe where or when something happens.
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For example, yesterday, here, or in five minutes.
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Adverbs of frequency describe how often something happens.
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For example, often, sometimes, or or never.
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Adverbs of degree mostly add information to other adjectives or adverbs.
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For example, very, to, or a little.
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Comment adverbs describe a whole sentence or situation, for example, unfortunately, basically, or obviously.
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Here you have five categories of adverb.
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Mostly, where you put the adverbs depends on the type of adverb it is.
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So for example, comment adverbs follow different rules to adverbs of manner.
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Mostly.
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Why mostly?
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Of course there are exceptions.
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Trust your instinct when you can.
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Now let's look at how to use these different types of adverbs in an English sentence.
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Adverbs of manner go after the verb or verb phrase which they describe.
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For example, he drives slowly.
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She sings well.
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Here you have very simple examples, a verb followed by an adverb.
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Remember that adverbs of manner can also follow a verb phrase.
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For example, she didn't handle a situation well.
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Adverbs of time and place usually go at the end of a sentence or phrase, like this.
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Let's leave in half an hour.
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Is there a bank nearby?
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If you have both, then adverbs of place go before adverbs of time.
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She was here ten minutes ago.
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Adverbs of frequency usually go before the main verb.
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For example, I usually get up early.
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They hardly ever talk to each other.
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There's one important exception here.
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If the main verb is be, adverbs of frequency go after it.
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He isn't often so talkative.
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Adverbs of degree go before the word they describe.
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It's absolutely freezing in here.
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She took the news very calmly.
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Comment adverbs usually go at the beginning of the sentence.
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Basically, you've got two options.
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Eventually, we had to admit that things weren't going how we expected.
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That's a lot of rules.
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It's good to have an idea of the rules, or know where to find them in case you want to look something up.
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However, you don't need to carry all of these in your head all of the time.
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Remember that you can and should use your instinct.
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Finally, here are two important points which you can carry in your head and which you should remember.
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If the verb has two parts, most adverbs will go in the middle before the main verb.
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Try it.
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Look at five sentences and put the adverb in the right place.
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Pause the video and start again when you think you have the answers.
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Ready?
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Let's look at the answers.
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1. They didn't even tell us they'd be late.
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2. I've just spoken to her.
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3. He's quickly becoming one of our most valuable team members.
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4. I can probably do it by next Wednesday.
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5. She hasn't always been like that.
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Did you get them all right?
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This is a useful rule, and many of the mistakes that English learners make with adverb word order are related to this rule.
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So remember it.
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We said before that there are two important points.
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What's the second?
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There can be more than one possible position for an adverb.
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For example, he can be very moody sometimes.
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Sometimes, he can be very moody.
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Both of these are possible.
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The first is more common, but the second is also correct, and you might use this if you You want to emphasize the word sometimes.
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So if you have two choices and you aren't sure which is right, maybe they both are!
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Hopefully this lesson helped you understand English adverbs and how to use them.
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Want more practice?
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Check out the full version of this lesson on OxfordOnlineEnglish.com.
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You can check your understanding of this lesson with a quiz.
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Thanks for watching!
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See you next time!
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15 woorden uit de video die het leren waard zijn, met uitspraak en betekenis:
| Woord | Uitspraak | Betekenis |
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| verb zelfstandig naamwoord | /vɝb/ | werkwoord |
| lesson zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈlɛs.ən/ | les |
| phrase zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈfɹeɪ̯z/ | uitspraak |
| pause zelfstandig naamwoord | /pɔːz/ | pauze |
| frequency zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈfɹiːkwənsi/ | frequentie |
| instinct zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈɪn.stɪŋkt/ | instinct |
| exception zelfstandig naamwoord | /əkˈsɛpʃən/ | uitzondering |
| unlikely bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ʌnˈlaɪkli/ | onwaarschijnlijk |
| examination zelfstandig naamwoord | /ɪɡˌzæm.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/ | onderzoek |
| depend werkwoord | /dɪˈpɛnd/ | afhangen |
| irregular bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ɪˈɹɛɡ.jə.lɚ/ | onregelmatig |
| noun zelfstandig naamwoord | /naʊn/ | zelfstandig naamwoord, substantief |
| complicated bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˈkɑm.plɪˌkeɪ.tɪd/ | ingewikkeld, gecompliceerd |
| worker zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈwɝ.kɚ/ | arbeider, arbeidster |
| skill zelfstandig naamwoord | /skɪl/ | bekwaamheid, vaardigheid |
Phrasal verbs die je zult horen
| Woord | Betekenis |
|---|---|
| write down werkwoord | opschrijven, neerschrijven |
| check out werkwoord | onderzoeken |
| get up werkwoord | opstaan |
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De structuren die de spreker het meest gebruikt, met de exacte woorden uit de video:
| Structuur | In de video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect have/has + voltooid deelwoord — iets uit het verleden dat nu nog telt | we've seen · I've just spoken · hasn't always been |
| Lijdende vorm be + voltooid deelwoord — het gaat om wat er gebeurt, niet om wie het doet | can be used · can't be made |
| Advies met “should” should + werkwoord — zeggen wat een goed idee is | should you put · should use · should remember |
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- De klanken “sh” en “zh”: exception /əkˈsɛpʃən/, examination /ɪɡˌzæm.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/, suggestion /səˈd͡ʒɛst.ʃən/
- Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: examination /ɪɡˌzæm.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/, irregular /ɪˈɹɛɡ.jə.lɚ/, complicated /ˈkɑm.plɪˌkeɪ.tɪd/, incredibly /ɪŋˈkɹɛdɪbli/, fortunately /ˈfɔɹ.t͡ʃə.nɪt.li/
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