## Word order

### Word order: position of adverbs

Place and time:

Adverbs (bijwoorden) that indicate time or place are called: Adverbs of place and time. They are usually put at the end of a sentence:

- I parked the car on our driveway.
- They drove together, all the way to spain.
- We went to the cinema yesterday.
- I fell ill, last week.

If you want to stress the importance of the time; you may put the time at the beginning of the sentence:

- Yesterday I discussed this bit of grammar with you. Did you forget?
- Tonight, I really have to work on my homework that's due tomorrow.

If there's both a time and a place in a sentence, the place is always before the time:

- We went to Germany, last summer.
- I had class in B114 an hour ago.

Adverbs of manner:

Adverbs that inidicate how something happens are adverbs of manner. (really, incredibly, terribly, etc). They are put before the word they give information about, if that's an adverb (bijwoord) or and adjective (bijvoeglijk naamwoord):

- I'm very angry with you right now.
  - 'very' states the manner of anger. It's not just angry, but even more: very angery.
- He drives really dangerously.
  - He doesn't just drive dangerously, but really dangerously.

If the adverb of manner says something about a verb, it's placed at the end of a sentence...

- To understand it all, you have to read very carefully.
- You have to ask it very politely.

... or before the verb:

- He quietly sat there and waited for her.
- They truly felt awful about what happened.

Adverbs of frequency:

Adverbs that indicate how often something occurs, are called adverbs of frequency. They're usually placed before the verb...

- I always walk to school
- He never does his homework.

... or after a form of 'to be' (am / is / are)

- I am sometimes late for school.
- She is always looking at her phone.
- We are never late for soccer training.