Adverbs of Place

Objectives: i. Define adverbs ii. Identify adverbs iii. Make sentences using adverbs of place. Adverbs are words that add meaning to verbs. They tell us more about verbs. Today we shall look at adverbs of place. These are words that answer the question: “where?” Read the poem below and identify all the words that answer the question: “where?” Called away I meant to do my work today…/ But a brown bird sang in the apple tree,/ And a butterfly flitted across the field,/ And all the leaves were calling me./ And the wind went sighing over the land,/ Tossing the grasses to and fro,/ And a rainbow held out its shining hand…/ So what could I do but laugh and go?/ By Richard Le Gallienne Most adverbs of place are made of a group of words. In the poem “Called away” the adverbs of place are in the apple tree, across the field, over the land and to and fro. Now that we have the answers, we shall ask the questions and supply the answers in complete sentences. a) Where did the bird sing? It sang in the apple tree. b) Where did the butterfly flit? The butterfly flitted across the field. c) Where did the wind go? The wind went over the land. d) Where did the wind toss the grass? It tossed the grass to and fro. Now list all the places you visited during your vacation. Get a friend to ask you the question, “Where did you visit?”. Supply the answers from your list. Notice, when names of places answer the question “where”, they are no longer nouns. They have become adverbs of place. You can extend this lesson by asking your friends to list the places they visited and then ask them the same question they had asked you. Let them supply the answers based on the list. Make sure they make complete sentences. Well, we have come to the end of this lesson. I hope that you are now able to use adverbs of place confidently.