Adverbs Word Order

A. Some adverbs (always, also, probable, all, both) go with the verb in the middle of a sentence.
A1. If verb is one word (drive, fell, cooked etc.), the adverb usually goes before the verbs.
A2. These adverbs (always, often, also etc.) go before have.
A3. But adverbs go after am/ is/ are/ was/ were
A4. Verb is two or more words (can remember; doesn’t eat), the adverb usually goes after the first verb (can, doesn’t, will etc.)
A5. Probably goes before a negative (isn’t/ won’t etc.)

B. Sometimes we use is/ will/ did etc. instead of repeating part of a sentence.
B1. We normally put always/ never etc. before the verb in sentences like above.

C. The verb and the object normally go together, not usually put other words between them.
C1. the verb and the place (where?) go together
C2. If verb has an object, the place comes after the ‘verb + object’
C3. Time (when?/ how often?/ how long?) usually goes after place.
C4. It is often possible to put time at the beginning of the sentence.

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