Adverb of Place.pptx

Adverb of Place for 3rd grader

1. ADVERBs OF PLACE

2. Adverbs of place An adverb of place tells us where the action was carried out. To identify it we can ask a question starting with where.

3. Word lIST here, there, home, abroad, outside, nowhere, anywhere, aside, elsewhere, upstairs, somewhere, underground, upwards

4. Many adverbs of place also function as prepositions: up, by, off, in, next, over, besides, across, under, behind, around

5. GRAMMAR FACT An adverbs of place are usually placed after the main verb or after the object .

6. After the main verb: The cat looked away/up/down/around. I’m going home/out.

7. After the object: They built a hut nearby. He took the child outside.

8. Put the cake there. After a long day at work, we headed homewards. Please bring that book here. My grandfather’s house is nearby.

9. Sue is planning to find a new job abroad. He put the book on the shelf above. Can you say the alphabet backwards?  Please see the examples below. She told the children not to go far from home.

10. Fill in the blanks with suitable adverbs of place. The kitchen is ____________. We have been looking for you ________. There is a bucket lying ________. We could not find our puppy ________. The boys were studying ________.

11. Underline the adverbs of place. Lea stayed here for a week. We could not find John anywhere. Miss James has just gone out. The painter painted the picture there. We are going abroad next month. Mary stays upstairs.

12. Use the adverbs you underlined above to make sentences of your own.