Adverbs Word Order Exercises

Adverbs play a vital role in adding depth and clarity to our sentences. They tell us how, when, where, how often, and to what extent an action takes place.

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Which sentence is incorrect?

We often visit our grandparents.

We visit our grandparents often.

Often we visit our grandparents.

We visit often our grandparents.

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Choose the correct sentence:

She answered the question politely.

She politely answered the question.

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Choose the correct placement of “hardly”:

Can hardly I believe the news.

Believe the news I hardly can.

I can hardly believe the news.

Hardly I can believe the news.

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Correct placement of “probably”:

He probably will come later.

He will probably come later.

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Pick the correct word order:

You must not drive quickly in the rain.

Drive you must not quickly in the rain.

You must not quickly drive in the rain.

Quickly drive you must not in the rain.

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Find the correct order:

He ran quickly to the store.

He quickly ran to the store.

Ran he quickly to the store.

Quickly he ran to the store.

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Which sentence is incorrect?

Never he is late.

He never arrives late.

He is never late.

He never is late.

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Pick the correct placement of “usually”:

I am usually tired at night.

I am tired usually at night.

I usually am tired at night.

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Choose the correct sentence:

I can never forget that day.

Never I can forget that day.

I forget never that day.

I never can forget that day.

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Which word order is correct?

You should read the instructions carefully carefully.

You should carefully read the instructions.

You carefully should read the instructions.

Carefully you should read the instructions.

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Correct placement of “sometimes”:

He calls me sometimes.

He sometimes calls me.

Sometimes he calls me.

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Place “recently” correctly:

They have __ moved to the city.

have recently

recently

recently have moved

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Correct placement of “hardly ever”:

Hardly he is ever late.

He hardly is ever late.

He is hardly ever late.

He hardly ever is late.

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Place the adverb correctly:

She __ goes out at night.

goes rarely

rarely

rarely goes out

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Correct placement of “too”:

Too he is smart.

He too is smart.

He is too smart.

He is smart too.

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Which is the correct sentence?

Sometimes they go to the park.

They go sometimes to the park.

They go to the park sometimes.

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Which is incorrect?

Solve easily she can the puzzle.

She easily can solve the puzzle.

She can easily solve the puzzle.

Easily she can solve the puzzle.

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Choose the correct sentence:

Late they are usually.

They usually are late.

Usually they are late.

They are usually late.

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Correct adverb placement:

She spoke fluently French.

Spoke she fluently French.

She spoke French fluently.

Fluently she spoke French.

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Correct adverb placement:

I have __ finished my homework.

have already finished

finished already

already

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Which is the correct word order?

Always he speaks kindly.

He always speaks kindly.

Kindly he always speaks.

He speaks always kindly.

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Correct placement of “always”:

I always am happy.

I am always happy.

Happy I am always.

Always I am happy.

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Find the incorrect sentence:

I almost forgot to call her.

I forgot almost to call her.

I forgot to call her almost.

Almost I forgot to call her.

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Where should the adverb be placed in this sentence?

She __ writes letters.

writes always

always

writes always letters

always writes

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Choose the correct sentence:

Often I eat breakfast late.

I eat often breakfast late.

I often eat breakfast late.

I eat breakfast often late.

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Which is the correct order?

Opened the box carefully he.

He opened carefully the box.

Carefully he opened the box.

He carefully opened the box.

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Find the correct word order:

He drives __ to work.

quickly always

always quickly

drives always quickly

quickly always drives

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Pick the correct sentence:

We eat never late at night.

Late at night we eat never.

We never eat late at night.

Eat never we late at night.

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Place the adverb in the correct position:

She plays the piano __.

plays beautifully

plays piano beautifully

beautifully

beautifully plays

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Which sentence is incorrect?

They already have left.

They have already left.

Already they have left.

They have left already.

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