Word Order

Arrange the words to make affirmative sentences.. Place time expressions at the end of the sentences.. Arrange the words to make affirmative sentences.. Arrange the words to make negativ

Word Order In Affirmative Sentences

1 Arrange the words to make affirmative sentences Place time expressions at the end of the sentences.

1 go / now / home / will / I →

2 give / the present / tomorrow / we / him / will →

3 her / met / last night / at / we / the station →

4 was / last week / he / in hospital →

5 in Greece / spend / I / will / next year / my holiday →

6 must / at five o'clock / leave / we / the house →

7 the library / take / I / the book / will / today / to →

8 my mum / breakfast / in the morning / made →

9 tonight / want / to the cinema / to go / we →

10 wrote / last week / they / at school / a test →

ANSWER KEY

1 I will go home now

2 We will give him the present tomorrow

3 We met her at the station last night

4 He was in hospital last week

5 I will spend my holiday in Greece next year

6 We must leave the house at five o'clock

7 I will take the book to the library today

8 My mum made breakfast in the morning

9 We want to go to the cinema tonight

10 They wrote a test at school last week

2 Arrange the words to make affirmative sentences.

like / I / you →

French / I / speak →

hates / pigeons / he →

they / song / a / sing →

sell / flowers / we →

you / see / me / can →

buy / milk / he / wants to →

feed / you / my / cat / can →

sister / has / my / got / a dog →

must / the book / read / you →

ANSWER KEY

like / I / you → I like you

French / I / speak → I speak French

hates / pigeons / he → He hates pigeons

they / song / a / sing → They sing a song

sell / flowers / we → We sell flowers

you / see / me / can → You can see me

buy / milk / he / wants to → He wants to buy milk

feed / you / my / cat / can → You can feed my cat

sister / has / my / got / a dog → My sister has got a dog

must / the book / read / you → You must read the book

3 Arrange the words to make negative sentences Place time expressions at the end of the sentences.

our holiday / will / at home / we / not / spend / next year

→

did / I / him / see / not / last night / at the disco

→

to a party / not / we / tonight / going / are

→

will / a letter / not / next week / send / you / she

→

not / the truth / did / he / tell / you

→

to the cinema / we / want / not / do / tonight / to go

→

play / in the bar / did / he / last week / not / the piano

→

not / now / she / in England / is

→

eat / in winter / ice-cream / do / not / I

→

right now / have / not / we / time / do

→

ANSWER KEY

our holiday / will / at home / we / not / spend / next year

→ We will not spend our holiday at home next year

did / I / him / see / not / last night / at the disco

→ I did not see him at the disco last night

to a party / not / we / tonight / going / are

→ We are not going to a party tonight

will / a letter / not / next week / send / you / she

→ She will not send you a letter next week

not / the truth / did / he / tell / you

→ He did not tell you the truth

to the cinema / we / want / not / do / tonight / to go

→ We do not want to go to the cinema tonight

play / in the bar / did / he / last week / not / the piano

→ He did not play the piano in the bar last week

not / now / she / in England / is

→ She is not in England now

eat / in winter / ice-cream / do / not / I

→ I do not eat ice-cream in winter

right now / have / not / we / time / do

→ We do not have time right now

Complete the sentences with the words in brackets Place time expressions at the end of the sentences She is in great form because (every week / goes / she / to the gym)

I think (likes / Susan / you)

I can't talk to you because (time / do not have / I / now)

We are glad that (at home / did not leave / we / our umbrella

I will miss him when (to Chicago / moves / he)

They don't know where (have left / the key / they)

Ring me if (have / you / a problem)

I'd like to know why (her holiday / does not spend / she / in France

They told him that (wanted to play / they / tennis)

He was reading the paper while (she / in the garden / was working)

ANSWER KEY

She is in great form because she goes to the gym every week

I think (likes / Susan / you)

I can't talk to you because (time / do not have / I / now)

We are glad that (at home / did not leave / we / our umbrella

I will miss him when (to Chicago / moves / he)

They don't know where (have left / the key / they)

Ring me if (have / you / a problem)

I'd like to know why (her holiday / does not spend / she / in France

They told him that (wanted to play / they / tennis)

He was reading the paper while (she / in the garden / was working)

Position of Time Expressions

Decide where to place the time expressions (The sentences are similar to allow you to concentrate

on the time expressions.)

We went to the cinema yesterday

We went yesterday to the cinema

Both sentences are correct

We often go to the cinema

We go often to the cinema

Both sentences are correct

Next Tuesday I will go to the cinema

I will go to the cinema next Tuesday

Both sentences are correct

They never go to the cinema

They go to the cinema never

Both sentences are correct

She goes every Sunday to the cinema

She goes to the cinema every Sunday

Both sentences are correct

I seldom am at the cinema

I am seldom at the cinema

Both sentences are correct

I don't go to the cinema every week

I don't go every week to the cinema

Both sentences are correct

Francis does not always go to the cinema

Francis does not go to the cinema always

Both sentences are correct

Do frequently you go to the cinema?

Do you frequently go to the cinema?

Both sentences are correct

My friends didn't go to the cinema on Friday

On Friday my friends didn't go to the cinema

Both sentences are correct

ANSWER KEY

1 We went to the cinema yesterday

2 We often go to the cinema

3 Both sentences are correct

4 They never go to the cinema

5 She goes to the cinema every Sunday

6 I am seldom at the cinema

7 I don't go to the cinema every week

8 Francis does not always go to the cinema

9 Do you frequently go to the cinema?

10 Both sentences are correct.

Questions 1

Arrange the words to make questions

do / a dog / you / have →

you / coffee / do / like →

speak/ she / English / does →

he / can / dance -

play / at / you / the weekends / do / tennis →

go / last night / out / you / did →

the train / when / leave / does →

him / she / did / the truth / tell / why →

on / they / holiday / are →

she / Australia / from / is →

KEY

do / a dog / you / have → Do you have a dog?

you / coffee / do / like → Do you like coffee?

speak/ she / English / does → Does she speak English?

he / can / dance - Can he dance?

play / at / you / the weekends / do / tennis → Do you play tennis at the weekends?

go / last night / out / you / did → Did you go out last night?

the train / when / leave / does → When does the train leave?

him / she / did / the truth / tell / why → Why did she tell him the truth?

on / they / holiday / are → Are they on holiday?

she / Australia / from / is → Is she from Australia?

Questions 2

Ask for the subject (in bold print) Use 'who' (for people) or 'what' (for everything else) Gareth speaks English →

Mandy plays the guitar →

John is from Australia →

Our room is on the second floor →

You will meet them next week →

My bike is blue →

The show started early →

My computer doesn't work →

Her brother went to Canada last year →

Your friends don't like pizza →

KEY

Gareth speaks English → Who speaks English?

Mandy plays the guitar → Who plays the guitar?

John is from Australia → Who is from Australia?

Our room is on the second floor → What is on the second floor?

You will meet them next week → Who will meet them next week?

My bike is blue → What is blue?

The show started early → What started early?

My computer doesn't work → What doesn't work?

Her brother went to Canada last year → Who went to Canada last year?

Your friends don't like pizza → Who doesn't like pizza?

Adverbs of Manner

Rewrite the sentences and put the adverbs in correctly.

She speaks (slowly) →

They sang (wonderfully) →

He treated her (respectfully) →

John speaks English (well) →

The dog barks (loudly) →

My sister plays the piano (awfully) →

She met him (secretly) →

The children laughed (happily) →

She hurt her leg (badly) →

They sneaked out of the house (quietly) →

KEY

She speaks (slowly) → She speaks slowly

They sang (wonderfully) → They sang wonderfully

He treated her (respectfully) → He treated her respectfully

John speaks English (well) → John speaks English well

The dog barks (loudly) → The dog barks loudly

My sister plays the piano (awfully) → My sister plays the piano awfully

She met him (secretly) → She met him secretly

The children laughed (happily) → The children laughed happily

She hurt her leg (badly) → She hurt her leg badly

They sneaked out of the house (quietly) → They sneaked out of the house quietly

Adverbs of Place

Make sentences and put the adverbs (in italic print) in correctly (behind the verb or object)

is / over there / the cinema -

inside / go / let's -

the kitchen / downstairs / is -

playing / the kids / are / outside -

she / not / been / here / has -

the bathroom / is / upstairs -

were / everywhere / we / for / looking / you -

we / anywhere / you / find / couldn't -

? / there / a post office / nearby / is -

must / we / walk / back home –

KEY

is / over there / the cinema - The cinema is over there

inside / go / let's - Let's go inside

the kitchen / downstairs / is - The kitchen is downstairs

playing / the kids / are / outside - The kids are playing outside

she / not / been / here / has - She has not been here

the bathroom / is / upstairs - The bathroom is upstairs

were / everywhere / we / for / looking / you - We were looking for you everywhere

we / anywhere / you / find / couldn't - We couldn't find you anywhere

? / there / a post office / nearby / is - Is there a post office nearby?

must / we / walk / back home - We must walk back home

Adverbs of Time

Arrange the words to make sentences Place time expressions at the end of the sentence haven't / recently / seen / I / him -

I'll / you / see / soon -

afterwards / met / at the pub / him / we -

help / immediately / I / need -

was / arrogant / he / then / very -

? / now / are / where / you -

? / to go / where / you / do / want / today -

? / do / yesterday / did / you / what -

as soon as possible / you / him / the truth / tell / should -

hasn't won / lately / my team –

KEY

haven't / recently / seen / I / him - I haven't seen him recently

I'll / you / see / soon - I'll see you soon

afterwards / met / at the pub / him / we - We met him at the pub afterwards

help / immediately / I / need - I need help immediately

was / arrogant / he / then / very - He was very arrogant then

? / now / are / where / you - Where are you now?

? / to go / where / you / do / want / today - Where do you want to go today?

? / do / yesterday / did / you / what - What did you do yesterday?

as soon as possible / you / him / the truth / tell / should - You should tell him the truth as soon as possible hasn't won / lately / my team - My team hasn't won lately

Adverbs of Frequency

Rewrite the sentences and put the adverbs in correctly.

I have been to London (often) →

Have you been to Boston? (ever) →

He plays golf on Sundays (sometimes) →

The weather is bad in November (always) →

It rains in California (never) →

We have fish for dinner (seldom) →

She will see him (rarely) →

Peter doesn't get up before seven (usually) →

They do not play tennis on Sundays (always) →

Mary watches TV (hardly / ever) →

KEY

I have been to London (often) → I have often been to London

Have you been to Boston? (ever) → Have you ever been to Boston?

He plays golf on Sundays (sometimes) → He sometimes plays golf on Sundays

The weather is bad in November (always) → The weather is always bad in November

It rains in California (never) → It never rains in California

We have fish for dinner (seldom) → We seldom have fish for dinner

She will see him (rarely) → She will rarely see him

Peter doesn't get up before seven (usually) → Peter doesn't usually get up before seven

They do not play tennis on Sundays (always) → They do not always play tennis on Sundays

Mary watches TV (hardly / ever) → Mary hardly ever watches TV

Adverbs Mix

Rewrite the sentences and put the adverbs in correctly.

We were in London (last week) →

He walks his dog (rarely) →

She waited (patiently) →

My father goes fishing (always) →

Your bedroom is (upstairs) →

We don't go skiing (in summer) →

Cats can hear (well) →

I saw him (there) →

The girl speaks English (fluently) →

I have seen that film (never) / (before) →

KEY

We were in London (last week) → We were in London last week

He walks his dog (rarely) → He rarely walks his dog

She waited (patiently) → She waited patiently

My father goes fishing (always) → My father always goes fishing

Your bedroom is (upstairs) → Your bedroom is upstairs

We don't go skiing (in summer) → We don't go skiing in summer

Cats can hear (well) → Cats can hear well

I saw him (there) → I saw him there

The girl speaks English (fluently) → The girl speaks English fluently

I have seen that film (never) / (before) → I have never seen that film before

In questions, the word order subject-verbs-object is the same as in affirmative sentences The only thing that’s different is that you usually have to put the auxiliary verb (or the main verb “be”) before the subject Interrogatives are put at the beginning of the sentences:

interrogative auxiliary verbsubject other verb(s) indirect object direct object place

time

yesterday?