Ideally, they focus our attention on a particular part of a sentence. Note that adverbs of focus are normally placed in front of, or next to the words they seek to modify or those to which our ...

When you move “quickly” to another position in the sentence, it can seem to suggest the watching was quick, not the running. That’s nonsense. But adverbs don’t always modify verbs.

"Nicely" is the adverb here as it describes how the Gorilla Monster is playing with the train. He quickly ate his breakfast. In the sentence above, the adverb 'quickly' appears before the verb 'ate'.

"Nicely" is the adverb here as it describes how the Gorilla Monster is playing with the train. He quickly ate his breakfast. In the sentence above, the adverb 'quickly' appears before the verb 'ate'.