English grammar
The position of adverbs 📕
Many adverbs and adverbials go at the end of the sentence. The basic order is:
| Subject + verb + object | How? | Where? | When? |
| She plays the piano | beautifully | at the concert | every year. |
| We worked | hard | in the garden | yesterday. |
Rule: place before time
✓ I went to the cinema yesterday.
✗ I went yesterday to the cinema.
Do not put an adverb between the verb and the object
In English, the verb and the object stay together.
✓ She speaks English very well.
✗ She speaks very well English.
✓ I like coffee very much.
✗ I like very much coffee.
Time at the start
Time expressions can also go first, for emphasis. The word order after them does not change.
Yesterday I went to the cinema.
On Monday we have a meeting.
💡 In English, the subject comes before the verb also after a time word: Yesterday I went, not Yesterday went I.