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 is the correct sentence?

They go sometimes to the park.

They go to the park sometimes.

Sometimes they go to the park.

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Find the correct word order:

He drives __ to work.

drives always quickly

always quickly

quickly always

quickly always drives

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Which sentence is incorrect?

Already they have left.

They already have left.

They have already left.

They have left already.

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Place “recently” correctly:

They have __ moved to the city.

have recently

recently

recently have moved

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Correct adverb placement:

She spoke French fluently.

She spoke fluently French.

Spoke she fluently French.

Fluently she spoke French.

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Correct placement of “hardly ever”:

He hardly is ever late.

He hardly ever is late.

He is hardly ever late.

Hardly he is ever late.

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Which word order is correct?

You carefully should read the instructions.

You should carefully read the instructions.

You should read the instructions carefully carefully.

Carefully you should read the instructions.

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Which sentence is incorrect?

He never is late.

Never he is late.

He never arrives late.

He is never late.

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Find the correct order:

Quickly he ran to the store.

Ran he quickly to the store.

He ran quickly to the store.

He quickly ran to the store.

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Pick the correct word order:

Quickly drive you must not in the rain.

You must not quickly drive in the rain.

Drive you must not quickly in the rain.

You must not drive quickly in the rain.

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Which sentence is incorrect?

We often visit our grandparents.

We visit often our grandparents.

Often we visit our grandparents.

We visit our grandparents often.

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Correct placement of “too”:

Too he is smart.

He is smart too.

He too is smart.

He is too smart.

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Correct placement of “sometimes”:

He calls me sometimes.

Sometimes he calls me.

He sometimes calls me.

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Pick the correct placement of “usually”:

I am tired usually at night.

I usually am tired at night.

I am usually tired at night.

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Which is the correct order?

Carefully he opened the box.

He opened carefully the box.

He carefully opened the box.

Opened the box carefully he.

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Correct adverb placement:

I have __ finished my homework.

finished already

already

have already finished

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Which is incorrect?

Solve easily she can the puzzle.

Easily she can solve the puzzle.

She easily can solve the puzzle.

She can easily solve the puzzle.

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Find the incorrect sentence:

I almost forgot to call her.

I forgot to call her almost.

Almost I forgot to call her.

I forgot almost to call her.

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Choose the correct sentence:

I forget never that day.

I can never forget that day.

I never can forget that day.

Never I can forget that day.

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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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Place the adverb correctly:

She __ goes out at night.

goes rarely

rarely

rarely goes out

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Correct placement of “probably”:

He probably will come later.

He will probably come later.

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Choose the correct sentence:

I eat often breakfast late.

Often I eat breakfast late.

I eat breakfast often late.

I often eat breakfast late.

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Place the adverb in the correct position:

She plays the piano __.

plays beautifully

beautifully

plays piano beautifully

beautifully plays

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Which is the correct word order?

Kindly he always speaks.

He speaks always kindly.

He always speaks kindly.

Always he speaks kindly.

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Choose the correct sentence:

She politely answered the question.

She answered the question politely.

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Correct placement of “always”:

I am always happy.

I always am happy.

Always I am happy.

Happy I am always.

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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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Choose the correct placement of “hardly”:

Hardly I can believe the news.

Can hardly I believe the news.

Believe the news I hardly can.

I can hardly believe the news.

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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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