Typical mistakes:
I went at once there.
I think we should go early to bed.
Come at four o'clock to my office.
She went quickly home.
1. The order of adverbs (and adverb phrases) in end-position depends partly on questions of rhythm and emphasis, so it is difficult to give exact rules. In general, however, we put adverbs of manner 'how' before adverbs of place 'where', and adverbs of time 'when' come last of all.
I went there | at once. (place before time)
Come to my office | at four o'clock. (place before time)
I worked hard | yesterday. (manner before time)
She sang perfectly | in the town hall | last night. (manner before place before time)
With verbs of movement like come, go arrive, it is often more natural to put an adverb of place (destination) first, before and adverb of manner.
2. Adverbs of place can refer to direction (like backwards) or position (like in London). Adverbs of direction usually come before adverbs of position.
I went to school | in York.
Who's the man walking around | in the garden?
I think they're moving the piano into another room | upstairs.
When there are two adverbs of position, the larger place is mentioned last.
I studied in a drama school | in Madrid.
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