一、作定语时的位置:一般要放在所修饰的名词之后。如:
The weather tomorrow will be fine.明天的天气晴朗。
二、修饰形容词时的位置:一般放在被修饰的词之前。如:
She looks quite young.她看上去很年青。
但副词enough却要放在所修饰的形容词或副词之后。如:
You’re old enough to go to school.你够上年的年龄了。
三、修饰动词时的位置:有以下几种不同情况:
1. 频度副词通常放在行为动词前面,或者be动词、情态动词或助动词后面。如:
He always gets up early.他总是起得很早。
He is seldom late for school.他很少上学迟到。
He can never understand you.他永远也理解不了你。
I have never told lies to you.我从未向你说过谎。
特别注意
(A)有多个助动词时,副词一般放在第一个助动词后。如:
You should often have gone to see your parents.你本应该经常去看你父母的。
(B)有时为了强调usually, sometimes, occasionally等常放在句首;often可与very或quite一起放于句尾。如:
Usually I get up early.通常我起得早。
We have been there quite often.我们经常去那里。
I若没有行为动词时,则要位于be动词、情态动词或助动词之前。如:
―Have you ever seen a tiger? ―No, I never have.你见过老虎吗?从未见过。
2. 表示确定时间的副词,通常放于句未,也可围起置于句首。如:
I saw him yesterday. 或Yesterday I saw him.我昨天看见了他。
3. 表示地点的副词常放在句未。如:
Mr. Li was born here.李先生在这里出来的。
4. 表示方式的副词常放在句未,也可放在其它位置,但通常不放在动词与宾语之间。如:
He closed the door quietly.他轻轻地关上门。
He quietly closed the door.
Quietly he closed the door.
特别注意:表示评估的well,badly,hard等只放在句尾。例如:
The boss pays his staff very well/badly.这个老板给他职员的工资很高/低。