Adverbs of place & movement
These adverbs add information about place and movement.
- The children are playing outside.
- They took the dog outside.
- He went upstairs to use the bathroom.
- Let me take your bags upstairs.
They usually come after the main verb – or the object, if there is one.
- I see my parents every weekend because they live nearby.
- I don’t see my brother very often because he lives far away / miles away.
‘Here’ and ‘there’ are common adverbs of place:
- He has worked here for ten years.
- When he went to Australia, he stayed there for three weeks.
- Come here!
- Wait there!
We can also use ‘here’ and ‘there’ at the beginning of a sentence for emphasis:
- Here comes the bus. At last!
- Here it is! I’ve been looking for it for ages!
- There you are! Why are you so late?
Note: The verb often comes before the subject – unless it is a pronoun.
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Some adverbs of place end in ‘-where’:
- I don’t want to go anywhere cold… I’d prefer to go somewhere really hot.
- I’ve looked everywhere for my keys… but I can’t find them anywhere.
Some adverbs of place end in ‘-wards’:
- Please move your chair forwards.
- Can you say the alphabet backwards?
- The pilot turned northwards to try and avoid the storm.
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Be careful with ‘towards’. It’s a preposition so you need to use it with an object:
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