Placement of adverbs
Adverbs modifying verbs can appear in various positions: at the beginning or end of a sentence, before or after a verb, or between a helping verb and its main verb.
Slowly, we drove along the rain-slick road.
Mia handled the teapot very carefully.
Martin always wins our tennis matches.
Christina is rarely late for our lunch dates.
My daughter has often spoken of you.
The election results were being closely followed by analysts.
However, an adverb cannot appear between a verb and its direct object.
The adverb carefully cannot appear between the verb, wrapped, and its direct object, the gift.