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Gramtica

A continuacin se indican las reglas generales sobre la colocacin del

adverbio en la oracin, si bien hay numerosas excepciones

1.- Adverbio de modo

Ejemplos:

carefully, honestly, quickly, silently, happily, quietly, well, badly...

Se coloca detrs del verbo:

She eats quickly

O si la oracin lleva complemento, detrs de ste.Nunca entre el verbo y elcomplemento:

She eats the apple quickly

La regla anterior vara si elcomplemento va precedido de unapreposicin, ya que entonces eladverbiose puede colocardelante de lapreposicin o detrs del complemento:

He looks for his keys desperately

He looks desperatelyfor his keys

Si elobjeto es una oracineladverbiose suele colocardelante del verbo:

He carefullylooks afterall the children that live with him

2.- Adverbio de lugar

Ejemplos:

down, up, everywhere, nowhere, here, there, somewhere, away, inside,

upstairs...

Eladverbiose coloca detrs del verbo(si no lleva complemento):

He wentabroad

O si la oracin lleva complemento, detrs de ste.

He sent his son abroad

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Si elcomplementova precedido de una preposicinse colocaigualmente detrsde dicho complemento:

He went with his wife abroad

3.- Adverbio de tiempo

Ejemplos:

soon, lately, today, tomorrow, yesterday, now, afterwards, recently, yet, still...

Se puede colocar alprincipioo alfinalde la oracin:

YesterdayI played tennis

I played tennis yesterday

4.- Adverbio de freuencia

Ejemplos:

always, never, often, frequently, twice, seldom, once, sometimes, usually...

Su colocacinva a depender del verbo:

a) Con verbos simples:

a.1) Verbo "to be": detrs del verbo:

He is alwaysat home

a.2) Otros verbos: delante del verbo:

He neveranswers the phone

b) Con verbos compuestos:detrs del auxiliar:

He has oftentravelled to England

c) Con oraciones interrogativas:auxiliar+sujeto+adverbio

Do you play tennis often?

d) Con oraciones negativas:detrs del auxiliar:

I haven'teverdanced Rock & Roll

5.- Adverbios de oracin

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Son aquellos adverbios que matizan el sentido completo de la oracin.

Expresan la opinin del emisor.

Ejemplos:

evidently, probably, apparently, clearly, certainly, naturally, luckily,officially...

Regla general: puede ir al pr incipio o al f inal de la oracin(en ocasionesalgunos de ellos tambin pueden ir en posiciones intermedias).

Evidentlyyour car is one of the most expensive in the market

Your car is one of the most expensive in the market, evidently

Naturallyyou can do whatever you want

You can do whatever you want, naturally

6.- Adverbios de grado

Ejemplos:

much, very, quite, pretty, nearly, rather, completely, rarely, entirely, almost,extremely...

Se coloca delante del verbo, adverbio o adjetivoal que modifica.

Si el verbo es compuestose coloca detrs del auxil iar .

He is completelycrazy

She plays tennis quitewell

He almostdied from tuberculosis

This couple have completelyfinished their relationship

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1.- Escribe nuevamente las siguientes frases incluyendo en el lugarcorrespondiente el adverbio que figura entre parntesis(adems de la

solucin que aqu se da podra haber en algunos casos alguna otra

alternativa)

1. The kids play and it is impossible tosleep (noisily)

2. Henry will know the results of hismaths exam (soon)

3. You cant find that book. It is notublished any more (anywhere)

4. My boss is travellingabroad(always)

5. I felt very sick and had to call thedoctor(recently)

6. My client answered all the questionsthe judge asked him (correctly)

7. Tomorrow the weather will be alittle bit better(perhaps)

8. The parents waited for theirdaughter(impatiently)

9. This flat is in a worse condition thanwe expected(certainly)

10. Your brother isn't. I think he left onehour ago (upstairs)

11. My son behaves badly. I amdesperate (always)

12. John is not here; he hasgone (downstairs)

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13. This man is crazy. We should callthe police (completely)

14. My girlfriend arrived at thearty (very late)

15. Emma has finished herhomework(almost)

16. The dog ran with the ball in itsmouth (away)

17. He didn't go to work because he hada very bad toothache (yesterday)

18. Linda has been very friendly with usand I don't know the reason (never)

19. I haven't seen my neighbours;robably they are away (lately)

20. Caroline is thin and should go to thedoctor(extremely)

21. His secretary answers the phone andit is impossible to contact

him (never)

22. The mother looks at herbaby (affectionately)

23. The cause of this accident has beena human error(officially)

24. I cant find your brother(anywhere)

25. We have paid our telephonebills (periodically)

26. I have understood your explanation;could you repeat it again? (hardly)

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27. My daughter listens tomusic (silently)

28. That man is drunk; he cannot drivein this condition (completely)

29. He decided to leave his job and hemoved away (eventually)

1.- Escribe nuevamente las siguientes frases incluyendo en el lugarcorrespondiente el adverbio que figura entre parntesis(adems de la

solucin que aqu se da podra haber en algunos casos alguna otra

alternativa)

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0 Respuestas Correctas

1. The kids play noisily and it isimpossible to sleep

2. Henry will know the results of hismaths exam soon

3. You cant find that book anywhere.It is not published any more

4. My boss is always travelling abroad

5. Recently I felt very sick and had tocall the doctor

6. My client correctly answered all thequestions the judge asked him

7. Perhaps tomorrow the weather willbe a little bit better

8. The parents waited for theirdaughter impatiently

9. Certainly this flat is in a worsecondition than we expected

10. Your brother isn't upstairs. I thinkhe left one hour ago

11. My son always behaves badly. I amdesperate

12. John is not here; he has gonedownstairs

13. This man is completely crazy. Weshould call the police

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14. My girlfriend arrived at the partyvery late

15. Emma has almost finished herhomework

16. The dog ran away with the ball in itsmouth

17. Yesterday he didn't go to workbecause he had a very bad

toothache

18. Linda has never been very friendlywith us and I don't know the reason

19. I haven't seen my neighbours lately;robably they are away

20. Caroline is extremely thin andshould go to the doctor

21. His secretary never answers thehone and it is impossible to contact

him22. The mother looks at her baby

affectionately

23. Officially the cause of this accidenthas been a human error

24. I cant find your brother anywhere

25. We have periodically paid ourtelephone bills

26. I have hardly understood yourexplanation; could you repeat it

again?

27. My daughter listens to music silently

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28. That man is completely drunk; hecannot drive in this condition

29. Eventually he decided to leave hisob and he moved away