"I’ve been also" or "I've also been"?

In:

I've also been in Paris.

have is an auxiliary verb and also is an adverb. been is the main verb of the sentence. In general, we put the adverb before the 'main' verb, the verb it is describing, and here "also" is modifying "been". In the same way that we don't put adjectives after nouns, we don't put adverbs after verbs.

I've been also in Paris.

This sounds extremely awkward. In English we never put the adverb between the verb and the object.

In general there are three rules for placing adverbs in a sentence:

• At the end of the sentence

I go to Paris often

• At the beginning of the sentence

Often, I go to Paris.

• In the middle, between the subject and the verb, or the auxiliary verb and the main verb.

I often go to Paris.