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Oxford Online English, Adverbs in English - Learn All About English Adverbs

Adverbs in English - Learn All About English Adverbs

Hi, I'm Stephanie.

Welcome to Oxford Online English!

In this lesson, you can learn about adverbs.

What do adverbs do?

What's the difference between adjectives and adverbs?

How do you use adverbs in English?

You can learn the answers to these questions in this lesson.

Let's start with a challenge.

Can you write down five English adverbs?

Pause the video and do it now.

Ready?

I'm guessing you wrote down words ending with -ly.

For example:

quickly slowly

Or: clearly

These are all adverbs.

However, there are many other adverbs.

Many of them don't end with -ly, like these:

fast too

Or: often

Many adverbs aren't just one word.

Adverbs can be two words, or even whole phrases.

For example:

last week in a very strange way

for the last six years

So you might be thinking: what do adverbs actually do?

What are adverbs?

Adverbs are describing words.

They add information to something else in your sentence.

Adverbs can describe many different things.

You can use an adverb to describe a verb, like this:

He speaks very loudly.

Does everyone drive that fast in this city?

I think I sound better than I did the first time.

The adverbs add information to the verbs

These adverbs all describe the verbs by saying how someone did something.

For example, look at the first sentence: he speaks very loudly.

The adverb loudly tells you how he speaks.

You can also use adverbs to add information to verbs in other ways.

For example:

I kind of enjoyed it, but it could have been better.

We talked a little, but we didn't have time to discuss everything.

What else?

Well, you can use an adverb to show when, where, or how often something happens.

For example:

Let's meet at eight o'clock.

She moved overseas after she graduated.

I don't often have time to cook for myself.

Remember that adverbs can be phrases; adverbs aren't always single words.

Another point: adverbs can add information to adjectives, or even to other adverbs!

How does this work?

Can you think of any examples of this?

Here are some examples:

It was a really exciting trip.

It's too hot in here.

She works incredibly hard.

You can see two examples where an adverb describes an adjective…

…and one example where an adverb describes another adverb.

Remember that hard here is an adverb, because it describes a verb, works.

Is that everything?

No, not quite!

Adverbs can do one more thing.

Adverbs can also express your opinion about a situation.

Look at three sentences:

She's obviously the best of the candidates we've seen so far.

Apparently, they're not sure they want to get married any more.

Fortunately, we were able to recover most of the files.

These adverbs are different because they don't just add information to one word; they add

information to the whole sentence.

So, you can see that adverbs can do many, many different things.

They can describe verbs, adjectives, other adverbs, or even whole sentences.

But, there's a connection.

Do you remember what we said at the start of this section?

Adverbs describe other things.

They add information to something else in your sentence.

Now, let's look at our next question: how do you form adverbs?

Actually, this question isn't always relevant.

For most English adverbs, you don't need to ‘form' them.

They just exist!

For example: too, very, sometimes, always, here and soon are all adverbs, and you don't

need to do anything to them.

So, why ask the question at all?

For some adverbs, you can form them from adjectives.

This is mostly true for adverbs which describe verbs: adverbs which describe how someone

does something.

For example, slow is an adjective.

How can you make an adverb from it?

Look at a sentence and complete the missing word:

He eats very s.

Do you know the answer?

The answer is slowly.

You add -ly to the adjective to make an adverb.

This is the same for many adverbs which describe verbs.

For example:

quiet → quietly nice → nicely

clear → clearly

Can you use these adverbs in a sentence?

Pause the video and write down three sentences using these adverbs.

Of course, there are many possibilities!

Here are some suggestions:

Everyone was sitting quietly and reading.

He sings very nicely.

You clearly told me that you would be here at ten thirty.

However, even here, you can't just think ‘add -ly to an adjective'.

It doesn't always work!

First, if an adjective ends with -y, you need to change -y to -ily to make an adverb.

For example:

healthy → healthily lazy → lazily

happy → happily

Secondly, some words don't change their form.

The same word can be either an adjective or an adverb.

For example:

He's a really fast worker.

He works really fast.

You're a better dancer than you used to be.

You dance better than you used to.

Fast and better can be used as adjectives or adverbs, and the form of the word doesn't

change.

Thirdly, some adjectives already end in -ly like ugly, friendly, likely or oily.

These adjectives can't be made into adverbs.

Finally, some adverbs are irregular.

Words which don't change, like fast or better, are examples of irregular adverbs.

There's one more important one: what's the adverb from the adjective good?

The answer is well.

For example:

She's a good writer.

She writes well.

Now, you know how to form adverbs from adjectives.

Remember that you don't need to ‘form' most adverbs.

Most adverbs are ready for you to use, and you don't have to do anything to them!

So, now seems like a good time to ask a new question: what's the difference between

adjectives and adverbs?

Hopefully, you have enough information from parts one and two to answer this question.

Do you know the answer?

Adjectives and adverbs both describe other words.

Adjectives describe nouns.

For example:

Are you a good cook?

He has a loud voice.

My computer is so slow!

Adverbs describe everything else: verbs, adjectives, adverbs and whole sentences.

That sounds easy, right?

So, let's test your skills!

Look at four sentences.

Is the word in red an adjective or an adverb?

It's unlikely that we'll be there on time.

I found the exam really hard.

I worked really hard preparing for the exam.

He hardly studied at all, but he got a high score!

What do you think?

Pause the video if you want more time to think about it.

Unlikely and hard are adjectives.

Hard and hardly are adverbs.

Did you get the right answers?

There are two things to pay attention to here.

One: the form of the word doesn't tell you if it's an adjective or an adverb.

Unlikely ends in -ly, but it's not an adverb; it's an adjective.

Hard in the third sentence doesn't end in -ly, but it's an adverb which describes

a verb.

Two: the same word can be an adjective or an adverb in different sentences, like hard,

which is an adjective in the second sentence, but an adverb in the third sentence.

So, what can you do here?

You can't depend on memory.

If you think something like, ‘Hard is an adjective', that won't work all the time.

Don't look at the form of the word; look at what the word does in the sentence.

Does the word describe a noun?

It's an adjective.

Does it describe something else: a verb, an adjective, another adverb, or the whole sentence?

It's an adverb.

Next, let's look at one more important question: how do you use adverbs in a sentence?

More specifically: where should you put the adverb?

Let's start with a simple point: word order rules for adverbs in English are complicated.

There are many rules, and as usual the rules don't work all of the time.

So, if you want to use an adverb and you're not sure where it should go in the sentence,

trust your instinct first.

If it sounds right, it probably is.

If you want to understand word order rules in depth, you need to divide adverbs into

five different categories.

You already saw these categories in part one, although we didn't give them names.

Let's review now!

Adverbs of manner describe a verb.

They describe how someone does something.

For example: fast, lazily, or well.

Adverbs of time and place describe where or when something happens.

For example: yesterday, here, or in five minutes.

Adverbs of frequency describe how often something happens.

For example: often, sometimes, or never.

Adverbs of degree mostly add information to other adjectives or adverbs.

For example: very, too, or a little.

Comment adverbs describe a whole sentence or situation.

For example: unfortunately, basically, or obviously.

Here you have five different categories of adverb.

Mostly, where you put the adverb depends on the type of adverb it is.

So, for example, comment adverbs follow different rules to adverbs of manner.

‘Mostly'?

Why ‘mostly'?

Of course, there are exceptions!

Remember, trust your instinct when you can.

Now, let's look at how to use these different types of adverb in an English sentence.

Adverbs of manner go after the verb or verb phrase which they describe.

For example:

He drives slowly.

She sings well.

Here, you have very simple examples: a verb followed by an adverb.

Remember that adverbs of manner can also follow a verb phrase.

For example:

She didn't handle the situation well.

Adverbs of time and place usually go at the end of the sentence or phrase, like this:

Let's leave in half an hour.

Is there a bank nearby?

If you have both, then adverbs of place go before adverbs of time:

She was here ten minutes ago.

Adverbs of frequency usually go before the main verb.

For example:

I usually get up early.

They hardly ever talk to each other.

There's one important exception here: if the main verb is be, adverbs of frequency

go after it:

He isn't often so talkative.

Adverbs of degree go before the word they describe:

It's absolutely freezing in here!

She took the news very calmly.

Comment adverbs usually go at the beginning of the sentence:

Basically, you've got two options.

Eventually, we had to admit that things weren't going how we expected.

That's a lot of rules!

It's good to have an idea of the rules, or know where to find them in case you want

to look something up.

However, you don't need to carry all of these in your head all the time.

Remember that you can (and should) use your instinct.

Finally, here are two important points which you can carry in your head and which you should

remember:

One: if the verb has two parts, most adverbs will go in the middle, before the main verb.

Try it: look at five sentences, and put the adverb in the right place.

Pause the video, and start again when you think you have the answers.

Ready?

Let's look at the answers:

1.

They didn't even tell us they'd be late.

2.

I've just spoken to her.

3.

He's quickly becoming one of our most valuable team members.

4.

I can probably do it by next Wednesday.

5.

She hasn't always been like that.

Did you get them all right?

This is a useful rule, and many of the mistakes that English learners make with adverb word

order are related to this rule, so remember it!

We said before that there are two important points.

What's the second?

There can be more than one possible position for an adverb.

For example:

He can be very moody sometimes.

Sometimes, he can be very moody.

Both of these are possible.

The first is more common, but the second is also correct, and you might use this if you

want to emphasise the word sometimes.

So, if you have two choices, and you aren't sure which is right, maybe they both are!

Hopefully this lesson has helped you to understand English adverbs and how to use them.

Want more practice?

Check out the full version of this lesson on Oxford Online English dot com.

You can check your understanding of this lesson with a quiz.

Thanks for watching!

See you next time!

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Hi, I'm Stephanie.

Welcome to Oxford Online English!

In this lesson, you can learn about adverbs. |||||||прислівники

What do adverbs do?

What's the difference between adjectives and adverbs? ||||прикметники||прислівники

How do you use adverbs in English?

You can learn the answers to these questions in this lesson.

Let's start with a challenge. Beginnen wir mit einer Herausforderung.

Can you write down five English adverbs?

Pause the video and do it now.

Ready?

I'm guessing you wrote down words ending with -ly. ||||||||-ly حدس می زنم کلماتی را که با -ly ختم می شوند را یادداشت کرده اید.

For example: مثلا:

quickly slowly به سرعت به آرامی

Or: clearly Oder: deutlich یا: به وضوح

These are all adverbs. |||прислівники اینها همه قید هستند.

However, there are many other adverbs. با این حال، بسیاری از قیدهای دیگر وجود دارد.

Many of them don't end with -ly, like these: بسیاری از آنها به -ly ختم نمی شوند، مانند موارد زیر:

fast too auch schnell سریع هم

Or: often یا: اغلب

Many adverbs aren't just one word. بسیاری از قیدها فقط یک کلمه نیستند.

Adverbs can be two words, or even whole phrases. قیدها می توانند دو کلمه یا حتی عبارت کامل باشند.

For example:

last week in a very strange way letzte Woche auf eine sehr seltsame Weise هفته گذشته به روشی بسیار عجیب

for the last six years für die letzten sechs Jahre برای شش سال گذشته

So you might be thinking: what do adverbs actually do? ||||在想||||| Možná si tedy říkáte: co vlastně dělají příslovce? بنابراین ممکن است فکر کنید: قیدها در واقع چه کار می کنند؟

What are adverbs? Was sind Adverbien? قید چیست؟

Adverbs are describing words. قیدها توصیف کننده کلمات هستند.

They add information to something else in your sentence. آنها اطلاعاتی را به چیز دیگری در جمله شما اضافه می کنند.

Adverbs can describe many different things. قیدها می توانند چیزهای مختلفی را توصیف کنند.

You can use an adverb to describe a verb, like this: می توانید از یک قید برای توصیف یک فعل استفاده کنید، مانند این:

He speaks very loudly. Er spricht sehr laut. او خیلی بلند صحبت می کند.

Does everyone drive that fast in this city? Jezdí v tomhle městě všichni tak rychle? Fahren in dieser Stadt alle so schnell? آیا همه در این شهر با این سرعت رانندگی می کنند؟

I think I sound better than I did the first time. Ich denke, ich klinge besser als beim ersten Mal. فکر می کنم صدایم بهتر از بار اول است.

The adverbs add information to the verbs قیدها اطلاعاتی را به افعال اضافه می کنند

These adverbs all describe the verbs by saying how someone did something. این قیدها همگی افعال را با بیان اینکه چگونه کسی کاری انجام داده است توصیف می کنند.

For example, look at the first sentence: he speaks very loudly.

The adverb loudly tells you how he speaks.

You can also use adverbs to add information to verbs in other ways. همچنین می توانید از قیدها برای افزودن اطلاعات به افعال به روش های دیگر استفاده کنید.

For example:

I kind of enjoyed it, but it could have been better. Sice jsem si to užil, ale mohlo to být lepší. Es hat mir irgendwie Spaß gemacht, aber es hätte besser sein können. یه جورایی لذت بردم ولی میتونست بهتر باشه

We talked a little, but we didn't have time to discuss everything. Trochu jsme si povídali, ale nestihli jsme vše probrat. Wir unterhielten uns ein wenig, aber wir hatten keine Zeit, alles zu besprechen. کمی با هم صحبت کردیم، اما وقت نکردیم درباره همه چیز بحث کنیم.

What else? Was sonst? چه چیز دیگری؟

Well, you can use an adverb to show when, where, or how often something happens. خوب، شما می توانید از یک قید برای نشان دادن زمان، مکان یا هر چند وقت یکبار استفاده کنید.

For example:

Let's meet at eight o'clock. بیا ساعت هشت همدیگر را ببینیم.

She moved overseas after she graduated. |||||закінчила Po ukončení studia se přestěhovala do zahraničí. Sie zog nach ihrem Abschluss ins Ausland.

I don't often have time to cook for myself. Nemám často čas vařit pro sebe. Ich habe nicht oft Zeit, selbst zu kochen.

Remember that adverbs can be phrases; adverbs aren't always single words.

Another point: adverbs can add information to adjectives, or even to other adverbs!

How does this work?

Can you think of any examples of this? Fallen Ihnen dafür Beispiele ein?

Here are some examples:

It was a really exciting trip. Byl to opravdu vzrušující výlet. Es war eine wirklich aufregende Reise.

It's too hot in here. Es ist zu heiß hier drin.

She works incredibly hard. Pracuje neuvěřitelně tvrdě.

You can see two examples where an adverb describes an adjective…

…and one example where an adverb describes another adverb.

Remember that hard here is an adverb, because it describes a verb, works.

Is that everything? Ist das alles?

No, not quite! Ne, ne tak docela!

Adverbs can do one more thing.

Adverbs can also express your opinion about a situation.

Look at three sentences:

She's obviously the best of the candidates we've seen so far. |obviamente||||||||| Je evidentně nejlepší z kandidátů, které jsme zatím viděli. Sie ist offensichtlich die beste der Kandidaten, die wir bisher gesehen haben.

Apparently, they're not sure they want to get married any more. aparentemente|||||||||| Zjevně si nejsou jisti, že se chtějí ještě oženit. Anscheinend sind sie sich nicht sicher, ob sie noch heiraten wollen.

Fortunately, we were able to recover most of the files. felizmente||||||||| Naštěstí se nám většinu souborů podařilo obnovit. Glücklicherweise konnten wir die meisten Dateien wiederherstellen.

These adverbs are different because they don't just add information to one word; they add

information to the whole sentence.

So, you can see that adverbs can do many, many different things.

They can describe verbs, adjectives, other adverbs, or even whole sentences.

But, there's a connection. Ale je tu souvislost. Aber es gibt eine Verbindung.

Do you remember what we said at the start of this section?

Adverbs describe other things.

They add information to something else in your sentence.

Now, let's look at our next question: how do you form adverbs? Schauen wir uns nun unsere nächste Frage an: Wie bildet man Adverbien?

Actually, this question isn't always relevant. Ve skutečnosti tato otázka není vždy relevantní. Eigentlich ist diese Frage nicht immer relevant.

For most English adverbs, you don't need to ‘form' them.

They just exist! Prostě existují! Es gibt sie einfach!

For example: too, very, sometimes, always, here and soon are all adverbs, and you don't

need to do anything to them.

So, why ask the question at all? Proč se tedy vůbec ptát? Warum also überhaupt die Frage stellen?

For some adverbs, you can form them from adjectives. Bei manchen Adverbien kannst du sie aus Adjektiven bilden.

This is mostly true for adverbs which describe verbs: adverbs which describe how someone

does something.

For example, slow is an adjective.

How can you make an adverb from it?

Look at a sentence and complete the missing word:

He eats very s________.

Do you know the answer?

The answer is slowly.

You add -ly to the adjective to make an adverb.

This is the same for many adverbs which describe verbs.

For example:

quiet → quietly nice → nicely |||gentil

clear → clearly klar → klar

Can you use these adverbs in a sentence?

Pause the video and write down three sentences using these adverbs.

Of course, there are many possibilities!

Here are some suggestions:

Everyone was sitting quietly and reading. Všichni tiše seděli a četli. Alle saßen still da und lasen.

He sings very nicely. Moc hezky zpívá.

You clearly told me that you would be here at ten thirty. Jasně jsi mi řekl, že tu budeš v půl desáté. Du hast mir klar gesagt, dass du um halb zehn hier sein würdest.

However, even here, you can't just think ‘add -ly to an adjective'. Ani zde však nelze myslet jen na ‚přidat -ly k přídavnému jménu‘. Aber auch hier können Sie nicht einfach denken: 'Hinzufügen -ly zu einem Adjektiv'.

It doesn't always work! Ne vždy to jde!

First, if an adjective ends with -y, you need to change -y to -ily to make an adverb.

For example:

healthy → healthily lazy → lazily |||lazily zdravý → zdravě líný → líný

happy → happily šťastně → šťastně

Secondly, some words don't change their form.

The same word can be either an adjective or an adverb. Stejné slovo může být buď přídavné jméno, nebo příslovce.

For example:

He's a really fast worker. Je to opravdu rychlý pracant. Er ist ein wirklich schneller Arbeiter.

He works really fast. Er arbeitet sehr schnell.

You're a better dancer than you used to be. Jsi lepší tanečník, než jsi býval. Du bist ein besserer Tänzer als früher.

You dance better than you used to. Tančíš lépe než dřív. Du tanzt besser als früher.

Fast and better can be used as adjectives or adverbs, and the form of the word doesn't

change.

Thirdly, some adjectives already end in -ly like ugly, friendly, likely or oily. ||||||||||||oleoso Za třetí, některá přídavná jména již končí na -ly jako ošklivý, přátelský, pravděpodobný nebo mastný.

These adjectives can't be made into adverbs. Z těchto přídavných jmen nelze udělat příslovce.

Finally, some adverbs are irregular. Schließlich sind einige Adverbien unregelmäßig.

Words which don't change, like fast or better, are examples of irregular adverbs. Slova, která se nemění, jako rychle nebo lépe, jsou příklady nepravidelných příslovcí.

There's one more important one: what's the adverb from the adjective good? Je tu ještě jeden důležitý: jaké je příslovce z přídavného jména dobrý?

The answer is well.

For example:

She's a good writer. Sie ist eine gute Autorin.

She writes well.

Now, you know how to form adverbs from adjectives.

Remember that you don't need to ‘form' most adverbs. Denken Sie daran, dass Sie die meisten Adverbien nicht „bilden“ müssen.

Most adverbs are ready for you to use, and you don't have to do anything to them!

So, now seems like a good time to ask a new question: what's the difference between Zdá se tedy, že nyní je vhodný čas položit si novou otázku: jaký je mezi tím rozdíl

adjectives and adverbs?

Hopefully, you have enough information from parts one and two to answer this question. Doufejme, že máte dostatek informací z první a druhé části, abyste na tuto otázku odpověděli.

Do you know the answer?

Adjectives and adverbs both describe other words. Přídavná jména a příslovce popisují jiná slova.

Adjectives describe nouns. Přídavná jména popisují podstatná jména.

For example:

Are you a good cook? Jsi dobrý kuchař?

He has a loud voice. Má vysoký hlas.

My computer is so slow! Můj počítač je tak pomalý!

Adverbs describe everything else: verbs, adjectives, adverbs and whole sentences.

That sounds easy, right? To zní jednoduše, že?

So, let's test your skills! Pojďme si tedy otestovat své schopnosti!

Look at four sentences.

Is the word in red an adjective or an adverb?

It's unlikely that we'll be there on time. |improvável|||||| Je nepravděpodobné, že tam budeme včas.

I found the exam really hard. Zkouška mi přišla opravdu těžká.

I worked really hard preparing for the exam. Pracoval jsem opravdu tvrdě na přípravě na zkoušku.

He hardly studied at all, but he got a high score! Téměř vůbec se neučil, ale získal vysoké skóre!

What do you think?

Pause the video if you want more time to think about it.

Unlikely and hard are adjectives. Nepravděpodobná a tvrdá jsou přídavná jména.

Hard and hardly are adverbs.

Did you get the right answers? Dostali jste správné odpovědi?

There are two things to pay attention to here. Zde je třeba věnovat pozornost dvěma věcem.

One: the form of the word doesn't tell you if it's an adjective or an adverb.

Unlikely ends in -ly, but it's not an adverb; it's an adjective.

Hard in the third sentence doesn't end in -ly, but it's an adverb which describes

a verb.

Two: the same word can be an adjective or an adverb in different sentences, like hard,

which is an adjective in the second sentence, but an adverb in the third sentence.

So, what can you do here? Takže, co tady můžete dělat?

You can't depend on memory. Nemůžete se spoléhat na paměť.

If you think something like, ‘Hard is an adjective', that won't work all the time. Pokud si myslíte něco jako: ‚Tvrdý je přídavné jméno‘, nebude to vždy fungovat.

Don't look at the form of the word; look at what the word does in the sentence.

Does the word describe a noun?

It's an adjective.

Does it describe something else: a verb, an adjective, another adverb, or the whole sentence?

It's an adverb.

Next, let's look at one more important question: how do you use adverbs in a sentence? Dále se podívejme na jednu důležitou otázku: jak používáte příslovce ve větě?

More specifically: where should you put the adverb? Přesněji: kam byste měli dát příslovce?

Let's start with a simple point: word order rules for adverbs in English are complicated. Commençons|||||||||||||| Začněme jednoduchým bodem: pravidla slovosledu pro příslovce v angličtině jsou komplikovaná.

There are many rules, and as usual the rules don't work all of the time. Existuje mnoho pravidel a jako obvykle pravidla nefungují vždy.

So, if you want to use an adverb and you're not sure where it should go in the sentence,

trust your instinct first. důvěřuj nejprve svému instinktu.

If it sounds right, it probably is. Pokud to zní správně, pravděpodobně je.

If you want to understand word order rules in depth, you need to divide adverbs into Pokud chcete do hloubky porozumět pravidlům slovosledu, musíte příslovce rozdělit na

five different categories.

You already saw these categories in part one, although we didn't give them names. Tyto kategorie jste již viděli v první části, i když jsme jim nedali názvy.

Let's review now! Pojďme na recenzi!

Adverbs of manner describe a verb. ||de maneira||| Příslovce způsobu popisují sloveso.

They describe how someone does something. Popisují, jak někdo něco dělá.

For example: fast, lazily, or well.

Adverbs of time and place describe where or when something happens. Příslovce času a místa popisují, kde nebo kdy se něco děje.

For example: yesterday, here, or in five minutes. Například: včera, tady nebo za pět minut.

Adverbs of frequency describe how often something happens. Příslovce frekvence popisují, jak často se něco děje.

For example: often, sometimes, or never.

Adverbs of degree mostly add information to other adjectives or adverbs. Příslovce stupně většinou přidávají informace k jiným přídavným jménům nebo příslovcím.

For example: very, too, or a little.

Comment adverbs describe a whole sentence or situation. comentário||||||| Příslovce komentáře popisují celou větu nebo situaci.

For example: unfortunately, basically, or obviously. ||infelizmente||| Například: bohužel, v zásadě nebo zjevně.

Here you have five different categories of adverb.

Mostly, where you put the adverb depends on the type of adverb it is. To, kam příslovce vložíte, většinou závisí na typu příslovce.

So, for example, comment adverbs follow different rules to adverbs of manner.

‘Mostly'?

Why ‘mostly'? |principalmente Warum „meistens“?

Of course, there are exceptions! Samozřejmě existují výjimky! Natürlich gibt es Ausnahmen!

Remember, trust your instinct when you can. Pamatujte, věřte svému instinktu, když můžete.

Now, let's look at how to use these different types of adverb in an English sentence.

Adverbs of manner go after the verb or verb phrase which they describe. Adverbien der Art stehen nach dem Verb oder der Verbphrase, die sie beschreiben.

For example:

He drives slowly.

She sings well.

Here, you have very simple examples: a verb followed by an adverb. Zde máte velmi jednoduché příklady: sloveso následované příslovcem. Hier haben Sie sehr einfache Beispiele: ein Verb gefolgt von einem Adverb.

Remember that adverbs of manner can also follow a verb phrase.

For example:

She didn't handle the situation well. Situaci nezvládla dobře. Sie hat die Situation nicht gut gemeistert.

Adverbs of time and place usually go at the end of the sentence or phrase, like this:

Let's leave in half an hour. Necháme za půl hodiny vyrazit. Lass uns in einer halben Stunde gehen.

Is there a bank nearby? Je poblíž nějaká banka? Gibt es eine Bank in der Nähe?

If you have both, then adverbs of place go before adverbs of time:

She was here ten minutes ago. Byla tu před deseti minutami. Sie war vor zehn Minuten hier.

Adverbs of frequency usually go before the main verb. Häufigkeitsadverbien stehen normalerweise vor dem Hauptverb.

For example:

I usually get up early. Obvykle vstávám brzy. Ich stehe normalerweise früh auf.

They hardly ever talk to each other. Málokdy spolu mluví. Sie reden kaum noch miteinander.

There's one important exception here: if the main verb is be, adverbs of frequency

go after it:

He isn't often so talkative. ||||falador Není často tak hovorný. Er ist nicht oft so gesprächig.

Adverbs of degree go before the word they describe:

It's absolutely freezing in here! ||está absolutamente congelante aqui!|| Tady totálně mrzne! Es ist absolut eiskalt hier!

She took the news very calmly. |||||calmamente Zprávu přijala velmi klidně. Sie nahm die Nachricht sehr gelassen.

Comment adverbs usually go at the beginning of the sentence: Kommentaradverbien stehen normalerweise am Anfang des Satzes:

Basically, you've got two options. V zásadě máte dvě možnosti. Grundsätzlich hast du zwei Möglichkeiten.

Eventually, we had to admit that things weren't going how we expected. Nakonec jsme si museli přiznat, že věci nejdou tak, jak jsme očekávali. Irgendwann mussten wir zugeben, dass die Dinge nicht so liefen, wie wir es erwartet hatten.

That's a lot of rules! To je hodně pravidel!

It's good to have an idea of the rules, or know where to find them in case you want Je dobré mít představu o pravidlech, případně vědět, kde je v případě potřeby najít

to look something up. aby si něco vyhledal. etwas nachschlagen.

However, you don't need to carry all of these in your head all the time. |||||carregar||||||mente||| Není však nutné, abyste toto všechno nosili stále v hlavě. All dies müssen Sie jedoch nicht ständig im Kopf haben.

Remember that you can (and should) use your instinct. Pamatujte, že můžete (a měli byste) používat svůj instinkt.

Finally, here are two important points which you can carry in your head and which you should Na závěr jsou zde dva důležité body, které můžete nosit v hlavě a které byste měli

remember:

One: if the verb has two parts, most adverbs will go in the middle, before the main verb. Erstens: Wenn das Verb zwei Teile hat, stehen die meisten Adverbien in der Mitte vor dem Hauptverb.

Try it: look at five sentences, and put the adverb in the right place.

Pause the video, and start again when you think you have the answers.

Ready?

Let's look at the answers:

1.

They didn't even tell us they'd be late. Ani nám neřekli, že přijdou pozdě. Sie haben uns nicht einmal gesagt, dass sie zu spät kommen würden.

2. 2.

I've just spoken to her. Právě jsem s ní mluvil. Ich habe gerade mit ihr gesprochen.

3.

He's quickly becoming one of our most valuable team members. Rychle se stává jedním z nejcennějších členů našeho týmu. Er entwickelt sich schnell zu einem unserer wertvollsten Teammitglieder.

4.

I can probably do it by next Wednesday. Snad to stihnu do příští středy. Das schaffe ich wahrscheinlich nächsten Mittwoch.

5.

She hasn't always been like that. Nebyla vždy taková. Sie war nicht immer so.

Did you get them all right? Dostali jste je všechny v pořádku?

This is a useful rule, and many of the mistakes that English learners make with adverb word

order are related to this rule, so remember it! pořadí souvisí s tímto pravidlem, tak si to zapamatujte!

We said before that there are two important points.

What's the second? Co je to druhé?

There can be more than one possible position for an adverb.

For example:

He can be very moody sometimes. ||||mal-humorado| Někdy dokáže být velmi náladový.

Sometimes, he can be very moody.

Both of these are possible.

The first is more common, but the second is also correct, and you might use this if you První je běžnější, ale druhý je také správný a můžete jej použít, pokud ano

want to emphasise the word sometimes. chci to slovo někdy zdůraznit. bazen kelimeyi vurgulamak istiyorum.

So, if you have two choices, and you aren't sure which is right, maybe they both are! Takže, pokud máte dvě možnosti a nejste si jisti, která je správná, možná jsou obě!

Hopefully this lesson has helped you to understand English adverbs and how to use them. Doufáme, že vám tato lekce pomohla pochopit anglická příslovce a jak je používat.

Want more practice? Chcete více praxe?

Check out the full version of this lesson on Oxford Online English dot com. Podívejte se na plnou verzi této lekce na Oxford Online English dot com.

You can check your understanding of this lesson with a quiz. Své porozumění této lekci si můžete ověřit v kvízu.

Thanks for watching! Díky za sledování!

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