ADVERBS OF PLACE

Adverbs of place ( These answer the question where? ) are also known as adverbs of location. They express where the verb action is carried out.They are usually placed after the main verb or after the object. These answer the question where?




Examples


after the main verb:

• I looked everywhere
• John looked away, up, down, around...
• I'm going home, out, back
• Come in
  after the object:
• They built a house nearby
• She took the child outside    
• Common Adverbs of Place
• 'Here' and 'there'
  With verbs of movement, here means towards or with the speaker:
  • Come here (= towards me)
  • It's in here (= come with me to see it)
  There means away from, or not with the speaker:
  • Put it there (= away from me)
  • It's in there (= go by yourself to see it)
  Here and there are combined with prepositions to make many common adverbial phrases:

  down here, down there;over here, over there;under here, under there;up here, up there

  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:
  • Here comes the bus. (followed by the verb)
  Or by a pronoun if this is the subject (it, she, he etc.):
  • Here it is! (followed by the pronoun)
  • There she goes! (followed by the pronoun

  Examples:

  about, across, along, around, behind, by, down, in, off, on, over, round, through, under, up.

  Go to Prepositions or Phrasal Verbs

  Other adverbs of place: ending in '-wards', expressing movement in a particular direction:

  backwards forwards downwards upwards inwards outwards

  northwards southwards eastwards westwards homewards onwards