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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Choose the correct sentence:

Often I eat breakfast late.

I often eat breakfast late.

I eat breakfast often late.

I eat often breakfast late.

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Choose the correct placement of “hardly”:

Believe the news I hardly can.

I can hardly believe the news.

Hardly I can believe the news.

Can hardly I believe the news.

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Place the adverb correctly:

She __ goes out at night.

goes rarely

rarely goes out

rarely

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Choose the correct sentence:

Never I can forget that day.

I never can forget that day.

I forget never that day.

I can never forget that day.

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Correct adverb placement:

Spoke she fluently French.

She spoke French fluently.

She spoke fluently French.

Fluently she spoke French.

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Choose the correct sentence:

Late they are usually.

They are usually late.

Usually they are late.

They usually are late.

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Which is the correct word order?

He speaks always kindly.

Always he speaks kindly.

Kindly he always speaks.

He always speaks kindly.

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Where should the adverb be placed in this sentence?

She __ writes letters.

writes always letters

always writes

writes always

always

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Pick the correct placement of “usually”:

I usually am tired at night.

I am tired usually at night.

I am usually tired at night.

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Correct placement of “probably”:

He probably will come later.

He will probably come later.

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Correct placement of “sometimes”:

He calls me sometimes.

Sometimes he calls me.

He sometimes calls me.

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Correct placement of “hardly ever”:

He is hardly ever late.

He hardly is ever late.

He hardly ever is late.

Hardly he is ever late.

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Find the correct word order:

He drives __ to work.

quickly always

always quickly

quickly always drives

drives always quickly

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Place the adverb in the correct position:

She plays the piano __.

plays piano beautifully

plays beautifully

beautifully

beautifully plays

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Pick the correct word order:

Drive you must not quickly in the rain.

You must not drive quickly in the rain.

Quickly drive you must not in the rain.

You must not quickly drive in the rain.

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Which is the correct sentence?

They go to the park sometimes.

They go sometimes to the park.

Sometimes they go to the park.

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Which sentence is incorrect?

He never is late.

He never arrives late.

He is never late.

Never he is late.

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Correct placement of “always”:

Always I am happy.

I always am happy.

I am always happy.

Happy I am always.

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Place “recently” correctly:

They have __ moved to the city.

have recently

recently have moved

recently

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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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Choose the correct sentence:

She politely answered the question.

She answered the question politely.

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Which sentence is incorrect?

We visit often our grandparents.

We often visit our grandparents.

Often we visit our grandparents.

We visit our grandparents often.

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Find the incorrect sentence:

I forgot to call her almost.

Almost I forgot to call her.

I forgot almost to call her.

I almost forgot to call her.

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Correct placement of “too”:

He is too smart.

Too he is smart.

He is smart too.

He too is smart.

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Which word order is correct?

You carefully should read the instructions.

Carefully you should read the instructions.

You should carefully read the instructions.

You should read the instructions carefully carefully.

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Correct adverb placement:

I have __ finished my homework.

have already finished

already

finished already

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Which is incorrect?

She easily can solve the puzzle.

Solve easily she can the puzzle.

Easily she can solve the puzzle.

She can easily solve the puzzle.

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Pick the correct sentence:

We never eat late at night.

Late at night we eat never.

We eat never late at night.

Eat never we late at night.

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Which is the correct order?

He carefully opened the box.

He opened carefully the box.

Carefully he opened the box.

Opened the box carefully he.

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Which sentence is incorrect?

They have left already.

Already they have left.

They have already left.

They already have left.

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