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Word-order great still problem you for is? Unscramble the sentences in these exercises and see what an English sentence should look like.
Some of the earlier exercises include some helpful hints to take a peek at while you are unscrambling -- but just to make sure you are thoroughly prepared we'll give them to you here as well:
Remember the
usual order of any English sentence is: subject / all
verbs / indirect object [=meew. vw.] / direct object
[=lijd.vw.] / how / where / when (sometimes time goes in
front)
So, for example: They / should (never) have given / you /
such a fright / by shouting "boo" all of a
sudden / in the playground / during the afternoon break.
If the indirect
object starts with "to" or "for", it
comes after the direct object.
So, for example: She / offered / the old lady / her
umbrella. Or: She / offered / her umbrella / to the old
lady.
It hardly ever
happens that all parts are present; the basic word-order
to remember is therefore:
subject / all verbs / objects / everything else
The only things
that can come between the verbs are not, the
adverbs of frequency (that means adverbs which say how
often something happens, like never, often,
usually, sometimes, always)
and the adverbs just, already, and (in
some cases) only. The rules? Here they are:
* if there is one verb and it is not BE, the adverb goes
in front of it
She never eats meat
* if there is one verb and it is BE, the adverb goes
after it
He is already six feet four and he's only
sixteen!
Well, you should be
ready now to tackle some English sentences, so good luck!
You can go to each of the exercises from here, or you can move
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button ( =>), except in the Easy exercises.