Adverbs and Prepositions
Adverbs are words or groups of words which tell time, place, frequency or manner.
I ate my lunch yesterday.
I ate at that restaurant last week. |
She went there.
She went downtown. |
Prepositions are usually followed by objects in prepositional phrases. They can also be used to indicate time, place, frequency, duration, reason, manner, or to show contrast.
I ate my lunch at noon.
I ate in the cafeteria. |
She went to the store.
She walked into the house. |
*Do not use adverbs as objects of prepositions.
I went to somewhere.
I was busy at last night.
John works in downtown.
She came to home on yesterday. |
I went somewhere.
I was busy last night.
John works downtown.
She came home yesterday. |
Be careful with words such as home, downtown, today, next/last week, etc. which are sometimes used as adverbs and sometimes used as nouns.
I will go back tomorrow.
She went home last night.
Next week I will travel to Iowa. |
Tomorrow is another day.
They built a home in Oregon.
Next week is my vacation. |