词组 | manner place and time |
释义 | Contents overview manner, place and time201 manner, place and timeAdverbials of manner, place and time usually go in end position, often in that order.1mannerAdverbials of manner say how something happens or is done.Examples: angrily, happily, fast, slowly, well, badly, nicely, noisily, quietly, hard, softlyHe drove off angrily.She read the notice slowly.You speak English well.Jack works really hard.Adverbials in -ly can also go in mid-position if the adverb is not the main focus of the message.She angrily tore up the letter.I slowly began to feel better again.Mid-position (after all auxiliary verbs) is especially common with passive verbs.The driver has been seriously injured2placeExamples: upstairs, around, here, to bed, in London, out of the windowThe children are playing upstairs.Come and sit here.Don't throw orange peel out of the window.She's sitting at the end of the garden.Front position is also possible, especially in literary writing and if the adverbial is not the main focus of the message. In this case the verb often comes before the subject (271.1).On the grass sat an enormous frog.Down came the rain.Here and there often begin clauses. Note the word order in Here/There is, Here comes and There goes.Here comes your bus. (not Here your bus comes.)There's Alice.There goes our train!Pronoun subjects come directly after here and there.Here it comes. (not Here comes it.)There she is. (not There is she.)Adverbials of direction (movement) come before adverbials of position.The children are running around upstairs.3time and definite frequencyExamples: today, afterwards, in June, last year, finally, before, eventually, already, soon, still, last, daily, weekly, every yearI'm going to London today.What did you do afterwards?She has a new hairstyle every week.Front position is also common if the adverbial is not the main focus of the message.Today I'm going to London.Every week she has a new hairstyle.Finally, eventually, already, soon and last can also go in mid-position.4orderMost often, adverbials of manner, place and time go in that order.Put the butter in the fridge at once. (not … at once in the fridge.)Let's go to bed early. (not … early to bed.)I worked hard yesterday.She sang beautifully in the town hall last night.Previous Next |
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