The basic word order of an English
sentence
The meaning of an
English sentence depends on the word order.
1. We put the subject before the verb and the object
after the verb:
The cook I burnt I the
dinner.
2. Adverbials (How?,
Where?, When?) usually come after the verb or after the object:
He read the note quickly.
(How?) I waited at the corner (Where?) till 11.30.
(When?)
3. The basic word order of a sentence that is not a
question or a command is usually:
subject + verb +
object + adverbials
How?
Where? When?
I bought a hat
yesterday.
The children have
gone home.
We ate our meal in
silence.
4.
We also put the time reference at the beginning: Yesterday I bought a hat.
Write
:
Rewrite the sentences that don't
make sense.
Mark all the sentences in the
exercise S V O to show Subject, Verb, Object.
a)
Has set John Bailey a new high-jump record…..
(S) John Bailey (V) has set (O) a new high-jump record….
b)
The passport examined the passport officer.
......................................................................................
c)
These biscuits don't like the dogs.
......................................................................................................
d)
The shop assistant is wrapping the parcel.
.........................................................................................
e)
Have seen the visitors the new buildings.
...........................................................................................
f)
My father didn't wash the dishes.
.......................................................................................................
g)
The pipe is going to fix the plumber.
...................................................................................................
h)
Will the goalkeeper catch the ball?
.....................................................................................................
i)
Has the meal enjoyed the guest?
.......................................................................................................
The forms of a sentence
1) A sentence can
take any one of four forms:
- a statement: The
shops close/don’t close at 7 tonight.
- a question: Do
the shops close at 7 tonight?
- a command: Shut
the door./Don’t shut the door.
-an exclamation: What a slow train
this is!
2) When we write a
sentence, we must begin with a capital letter and end with a full stop (.), a question
mark (?), or an exclamation mark (!).
If there are quotations
marks around spoken words in a sentence, we put other punctuation marks inside
them:
‘I’m tired, ‘she said.
(Not ‘I’m tired’, she said.)
Write:
a Arrange these
groups of words in the right order. Add (.), (?) or (!).
b Describe each
sentence as a statement, question, command or exclamation: S, Q, C or E.
1)
the coffee I don't spill...... Don’t spill the
coffee .......................................................(c)
2)
today's papers I have you seen...................................................................................
( )
3)
to meet you I how nice...............................................................................................
( )
4)
my umbrella I where did you put.............................................................................
..( )
5)
arrived I the train I fifteen minutes late......................................................................
( )
6)
on time the
plane I won't arrive..................................................................................
( )
7)
this
electricity bill I I can't pay..................................................................................
( )
8)
for me I please I open the door...................................................................................
( )
9)
the nearest
hotel I where's I he asked........................................................................
( )
Context
Write: Read this story and arrange the words in
each sentence in the right order.
Add capital letters and (,), (.),
(!) or (?) in the right places.
A QUIET SORT OF PLACE!
1)
my car I I parked I in the centre of the village
….I
parked my car in the centre of the village.
2)
near a bus stop I an old man I I saw
...................................................................................................
3)
'beautiful
village I what a' I I exclaimed
...............................................................................................
4)
'live here I how many people'
..............................................................................................................
5)
'seventeen people I there are' I the old man said
...............................................................................
6)
'here I have you lived I how long'
........................................................................................................
7)
'all my life I I have lived here'
..............................................................................................................
8)
'isn't it I it's a quiet sort of place'
.........................................................................................................
9)
'here I a quiet life I we live ...................................................................................................................
10) a cinema I we don't have I or a
theatre
...............................................................................................
11) our school I five years ago I was
closed
.............................................................................................
12) only one shop I we have
....................................................................................................................
13) calls I
a bus I once a day
....................................................................................................................
14) here I
in 55 B.C. I came I the Romans
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