Adverbs of Place ListAlphabetical list of common single-word place adverbsabout above abroad anywhere away back backwards (also backward) behind below down downstairs east (etc) elsewhere far here in indoors inside near nearby off on out outside over there towards under up upstairs where Common suffixes- -wards or -ward (backwards, downwards, eastward, forwards, homewards, upwards)
- -where (anywhere, everywhere, nowhere, somewhere)
Note that some adverbs can also be prepositions. - She was waiting with a red scarf on. (adverb)
- She put the red scarf on the table. (preposition)
See also: grammar of adverbs |