{"id":673,"date":"2016-03-04T06:41:56","date_gmt":"2016-03-04T11:41:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.teachenglishworld.com\/?page_id=673"},"modified":"2016-03-04T07:02:00","modified_gmt":"2016-03-04T12:02:00","slug":"adverbs-of-place","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.teachenglishworld.com\/?page_id=673","title":{"rendered":"ADVERBS OF PLACE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.teachenglishworld.com\/?page_id=513\">English Grammar<\/a>\u00a0&gt;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.teachenglishworld.com\/?page_id=645\">Adverbs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Adverbs of place tell us where something happens. They are usually placed after the main verb or after the clause they modify. Adverbs of place do not modify adjectives or other adverbs.<\/p>\n<p>EXAMPLES<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>John looked <strong>around<\/strong> but he couldn&#8217;t see the monkey.<\/li>\n<li>I searched <strong>everywhere<\/strong> I could think of.<\/li>\n<li>I&#8217;m going <strong>back<\/strong> to school.<\/li>\n<li>Come <strong>in<\/strong>!<\/li>\n<li>They built a house <strong>nearby<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>She took the child <strong>outside<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>HERE AND THERE<\/p>\n<p><em>Here<\/em> and <em>there<\/em> are common adverbs of place. They give a location relative to the speaker. With verbs of movement, <em>here<\/em> means &#8220;towards or with the speaker&#8221; and <em>there<\/em> means &#8220;away from, or not with the speaker&#8221;.<\/p>\n<style><!--\n.demo { border:1px solid #C0C0C0; border-collapse:collapse; padding:5px; } .demo th { border:1px solid #C0C0C0; padding:5px; background:#F0F0F0; } .demo td { border:1px solid #C0C0C0; padding:5px; }\n--><\/style>\n<table class=\"demo\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Sentence<\/th>\n<th>Meaning<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a0Come here!<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0Come towards me.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a0The table is in here.<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0Come with me; we will go see it together<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a0Put it there.<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0Put it in a place away from me.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a0The table is in there.<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0Go in; you can see it by yourself.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><em>Here<\/em> and <em>there<\/em> are combined with prepositions to make many common adverbial pharses.<\/p>\n<p>EXAMPLES<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What are you doing <strong>up there<\/strong>?<\/li>\n<li>Come <strong>over here<\/strong> and look at what I found!<\/li>\n<li>The baby is hiding <strong>down there<\/strong> under the table.<\/li>\n<li>I wonder how my driver&#8217;s license got stuck <strong>under here<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here and there are placed at the beginning of the sentence in exclamations or when emphasis is needed. They are followed by the verb if the subject is a noun or by a pronoun if the subject is a pronoun.<\/p>\n<p>EXAMPLES<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Here<\/strong> comes the bus!<\/li>\n<li><strong>There<\/strong> goes the bell!<\/li>\n<li><strong>There<\/strong> it is!<\/li>\n<li><strong>Here<\/strong> they are!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>ADVERBS OF PLACE THAT ARE ALSO PREPOSITIONS<\/p>\n<p>Many adverbs of place can also be used as prepositions. When used as prepositions, they must be followed by a noun.<\/p>\n<style><!--\n.demo {\nborder:1px solid #C0C0C0;\nborder-collapse:collapse;\npadding:5px;\n}\n.demo th {\nborder:1px solid #C0C0C0;\npadding:5px;\nbackground:#F0F0F0;\n}\n.demo td {\nborder:1px solid #C0C0C0;\npadding:5px;\n}\n--><\/style>\n<table class=\"demo\">\n<caption>\u00a0<\/caption>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Word<\/th>\n<th>Used as an adverb of place, modifying a verb<\/th>\n<th>Used as a preposition<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a0around<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0The marble <strong>rolled around<\/strong> in my hand.<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0I am wearing a necklace<strong> around my neck.<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a0behind<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0Hurry! You are <strong>getting behind<\/strong>.<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0Let&#8217;s hide <strong>behind the shed.<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a0down<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0Mary<strong> fell down<\/strong>.<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0John made his way carefully <strong>down the cliff.<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a0in<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0We decided to <strong>drop in<\/strong> on Jake.<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0I dropped the letter<strong> in the mailbox.<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a0off<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0Let&#8217;s <strong>get off<\/strong> at the next stop.<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0The wind blew the flowers <strong>off the tree.<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a0on<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0We<strong> rode on<\/strong> for several more hours.<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0Please put the books <strong>on the table.<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a0over<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0He <strong>turned over<\/strong> and went back to sleep.<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0I think I will hang the picture<strong> over my bed.<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>ADVERBS OF PLACE ENDING IN -WHERE<\/p>\n<p>Adverbs of place that end in &#8211;<em>where<\/em> express the idea of location with specifying a specific location or direction.<\/p>\n<p>EXAMPLES<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I would like to go <strong>somewhere<\/strong> warm for my vacation.<\/li>\n<li>Is there <strong>anywhere<\/strong> I can find a perfect plate of spaghetti around here?<\/li>\n<li>I have <strong>nowhere<\/strong> to go.<\/li>\n<li>I keep running in to Sally <strong>everywhere<\/strong>!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>ADVERBS OF PLACE ENDING IN -WARDS<\/p>\n<p>Adverbs of place that end in &#8211;<em>wards<\/em> express movement in a particular direction.<\/p>\n<p>EXAMPLES<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cats don&#8217;t usually walk <strong>backwards<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The ship sailed <strong>westwards<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The balloon drifted <strong>upwards<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>We will keep walking <strong>homewards<\/strong> until we arrive.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Be careful: <em>Towards<\/em> is a preposition, not an adverb, so it is always followed by a noun or a pronoun.<\/p>\n<p>EXAMPLES<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>He walked <strong>towards the car<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>She ran<strong> towards me<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>ADVERBS OF PLACE EXPRESSING BOTH MOVEMENT &amp; LOCATION<\/p>\n<p>Some adverbs of place express both movement &amp; location at the same time.<\/p>\n<p>EXAMPLES<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The child went <strong>indoors<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>He lived and worked <strong>abroad<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Water always flows <strong>downhill<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The wind pushed us <strong>sideways<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>English Grammar\u00a0&gt;\u00a0Adverbs Adverbs of place tell us where something happens. They are usually placed after the main verb or after the clause they modify. Adverbs of place do not modify adjectives or other adverbs.&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-673","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.teachenglishworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/673","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.teachenglishworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.teachenglishworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.teachenglishworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.teachenglishworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=673"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.teachenglishworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/673\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":676,"href":"http:\/\/www.teachenglishworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/673\/revisions\/676"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.teachenglishworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}