Adverbials - 2-

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-Adverbials of place:


-We use adverbials of place to describe:
1)adverbials of location:
-We use prepositions to talk about where someone or something is:

above	among	at	behind	below	beneath
beside	between	by	in	in between	inside
near	next to	on	opposite	outside	over
round	through	under	underneath

-He was standing by the table.
-She lives in a village near Glasgow.
-You’ll find it in the cupboard.


-We use phrases with of as prepositions:

at the back of	at the top of	at the bottom of	at the end of
on top of	at the front of	in front of	in the middle of

-There were some flowers in the middle of the table.
-Sign your name here – at the bottom of the page.
-I can’t see. You’re standing in front of me.

-We can use rightas an intensifier with some of these prepositions:

-He was standing right next to the table.
-There were some flowers right in the middle of the table.
-There’s a wood right behind our house.
2)adverbials of direction:

Direction:
-We also use prepositional phrases to talk about direction:

across	along	back	back to	down	into
onto	out of	past	through	to	towards

-She ran out of the house.
-Walk past the bank and keep going to the end of the street.

-We also use adverbs and adverb phrases for [b]place and direction:

abroad	away	anywhere	downstairs	downwards
everywhere	here	indoors	inside	nowhere
outdoors	outside	somewhere	there	upstairs

-I would love to see Paris. I’ve never been there.
-The bedroom is [b]upstairs.
-It was so cold that we stayed indoors.

-We often have a preposition at the end of a clause:

-This is the room we have our meals in.
-The car door is very small so it’s difficult to get into.
-I lifted the carpet and looked underneath:
3)Adverbials of distance:

-We use adverbials of distance to show how far things are:

-Birmingham is 250 kilometres from London.
-Birmingham is 250 kilometres away from London.
-It is 250 kilometres from Birmingham to London.

-Sometimes we use a preposition at the end of a clause:

We were in London. Birmingham was 250 kilometres away.
Birmingham was 250 kilometres off.
-I lifted the carpet and looked underneath.