Adverbs of Place

Adverbs of Place tell us where something happens.

Examples are: upstairs, here, there, nearby, everywhere, in, out etc.

• She looked for him everywhere.
  
• Please come in.
  
• They bought a house nearby.
  
• He lives here.
  
• The boss has gone out.
  
• He was seen nowhere.
  

Certain adverbs of place express both movement and location.

Examples are: ahead, abroad, overseas, uphill, downhill, sideways, indoor, outdoors etc.

• My parents live abroad.
  
• They climbed uphill.
  
• She fell backwards.
  

Position

They are normally placed at the end of a clause.

• She took him out.
  
• They all went away.
  
• We went ahead.
  
• The children were playing upstairs.
  
• He jumped out.
  

They can also come at the beginning of a clause. This is common in literary writing.

• On the hilltop an old castle stood majestically.
  
• At around the corner there is a big banyan tree.
  
• Out he jumped.
  
• Upstairs the children were playing.
  

See also

Common errors with adverbs New!
Common errors with conjunctions New!
Expressing a condition
Expressing a concession or contrast
Common errors with adjectives
Common errors with pronouns
Common errors with nouns and noun phrases
Causative use of Have
Indirect questions

More CBSE English Grammar worksheets

Passive voice worksheet | Simple past tense
Passive voice worksheet | Past continuous tense
Passive voice worksheet | Simple future tense
Passive voice worksheet | Future perfect tense