Adverbs of place tell us wheresomething happens.

They are usually placed after the main verb or after the object:

Examples:

after the main verb:

I looked everywhere

John looked away, up, down, around...

I'm going home, out, back

Come in

after the object:

They built a house nearby

She took the child outside

Common Adverbs of Place

'Here' and 'there'

With verbs of movement, here means towards or with the speaker:

Come here (= towards me)

It's in here (= come with me to see it)

There means away from, or not with the speaker:

Put it there (= away from me)

It's in there (= go by yourself to see it)

Here and there are combined with prepositions to make many common adverbial phrases:

down here, down there;

over here, over there;

under here, under there;

up here, up there

Here and there are placed at the beginning of the sentence in exclamations or when emphasis is needed.

They are followed by the verb if the subject is a noun:

Here comes the bus. (followed by the verb)

Or by a pronoun if this is the subject (it, she, he etc.):

Here it is! (followed by the pronoun)

There she goes! (followed by the pronoun)

NOTE: most common adverbs of place also function as prepositions.

Examples:

about, across, along, around, behind, by, down, in, off, on, over, round, through, under, up.

Go to Prepositions or Phrasal Verbs

Other adverbs of place: ending in '-wards', expressing movement in a particular direction:

backwards

forwards

downwards

upwards

inwards

outwards northwards

southwards

eastwards

westwards

homewards

onwards

Examples:

Cats don't usually walk backwards.

The ship sailed westwards.

BE CAREFUL! 'Towards' is a preposition, not an adverb, so it is always followed by a noun or a pronoun:

He walked towards the car.

She ran towards me.

expressing both movement and location:

ahead, abroad, overseas, uphill, downhill, sideways, indoors, outdoors

Examples:

The child went indoors.

He lived and worked abroad.

Adverbs of Place 地点副词

about

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)