Types of Adverbs: Adverbs of Place

There are five types of adverbs in the English language. Adverbs of place answer the question "Where?" and describe the location, position, or direction of someone or something. They tell us where the action takes place.

The most commonly used adverbs of place are here/there, but there are also many others, including near/far, inside/outside, upstairs/downstairs, up/down, away, around, over, between, etc.

Placement in a Sentence

Rule 1: Adverbs of place come after the object in a sentence.

Rule 2: If there is no object in a sentence, adverbs of place come after the main verb.

Rule 3: We use here when the position is near the speaker, and we use there when the position is further away. These two words can go at the beginning or the end of a phrase.

Rule 4: We use the adverbs of place somewhere, everywhere, anywhere, and nowhere to refer to unspecified locations.