Word order exercises beginners

1. Make sentences (составьте предложения).

• a friend sportsman is my.
• play tomorrow will he football.
• love things I beautiful.
• musicians are parents his.
• are tea now they drinking.
• do tomorrow the my morning I in homework will.
• autumn Barcelona was her in last sister.
• to evening gym he the going in the likes.
• to went they yesterday school.
• teacher week bit boy last this a.

2. Translate (переведите).

• Завтракаю я обычно в 8 часов.
• В ресторане находилась его жена.
• Через 2 недели они поедут в Америку.
• На вечеринке был Том с друзьями.
• В Лондоне часто идет дождь.
• В прошлые выходные погода была ужасная.
• Выгуливает собаку он 2 раза в день.
• Мы на следующей неделе поедем в деревню.
• Ученики на уроках слушают учителя.
• Вчера в магазине я купила хорошие книги.

3. Find mistakes and write right sentences (найдите ошибки и напишите правильные предложения).

• I think, I’ll tomorrow in the evening go to cinema.
• She very much loves her parents.
• In Paris we were in July last year.
• I’m sure, they will in these competitions win.
• Yesterday I too late went to bed.
• James very well speaks English.
• I’ll call in private my coach.
• We don’t like at all cooking.
• Last Friday very interesting cartoons children watched.

Ответы.

Упражнение 1

— My friend is a sportsman.

— Tomorrow he will play football.

— I love beautiful things.

— His parents are musicians.

— They are drinking tea now.

— I will do my homework tomorrow in the morning.

— Her sister was in Barcelona last autumn.

— He likes going to the gym in the evening.

— They went to school yesterday.

— This boy bit a teacher last week.

Упражнение 2

— I usually have breakfast at 8 a.m.

— His wife was in the restaurant.

— They will go to the USA in 2 weeks.

— Tom with his friends were at the party.

— It often rains in London.

— The weather was awful last weekend.

— He takes his dog out for a walk twice a day.

— We will go to the village next week.

— Pupils listen to the teacher at lessons.

— I bought good books in the shop yesterday.

Упражнение 3

— I think, I’ll go to cinema tomorrow in the evening.

— She loves her parents very much.

— We were in Paris in July last year.

— I’m sure, they will win in these competitions.

— I went to bed too late yesterday.

— James speaks English very well.

— I’ll call my coach in private.

— We don’t like cooking at all.

— Children watched very interesting cartoons last Friday.

WORD ORDER

1. Put the words in the right order.

1. like, he, his homework, in the evening, doesn’t, he, to do

2. usually, we, on weekends, meet, friends, our

3. is, table, sitting, he, the, at

4. didn’t, to, Peter, party, the, go

5. in, we, New Year, celebrate, December

6. used, children, computer, play, to, games.

7. school, on, weekends, we, don’t, to, go

8. can, help, cake, to, the, I, you, cook

9. are, they, to, next, going, visit, Paris, summer

10. Mike, the, is, Internet, now, surfing

1. Put the words in the right order in sentences.

1. to the park, go, I, won’t, I, have, if, much work

2. the weather, fine, is, if, tomorrow, will go, on, we, a picnic

3. if, save, enough, I, will, money, buy, car, a new

4.pass, my exams, I, if, will, to, I, the University, go

5. I, my work, when, finish, watch, I, TV, will

1. Find mistakes in the sentences and write down correct ones.

1. My mother me walk after 9 o’clock told not to in the evening.

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2. Michael promised with homework to help me.

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3. were reading a book for two hours they.

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4. We at 7 o’clock in the morning get up.

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5. I usually don’t go on weekdays to the shop.

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The word order is very rigid in English. The most important rule is Subject — Predicate — Object. We usually use this word order to form an English sentence.

Nick bought a pair of skis. He met his best friend.

In questions an auxiliary verb is put at the beginning of the question.

Did Nick buy a pair of skis? Could he meet his best friend?

Adverbs of frequency

Adverbs of frequency (often, sometimes, always, usually, …) are usually put between the subject and the predicate, but they can also go in front position (except always, ever and never) or in end position.

Nick usually buys a pair of skis every year. He often meets his best friend. We don’t visit them very often. Sometimes they go to the movies on Sundays.

NOTE: A verb sometimes consists of two or more words. Then the adverb of frequency has to be put between them.

I can never remember his name. Ann doesn’t usually get up early. Your car has probably been stolen.

NOTE: Adverbs of frequency go before have to.

Example: We always have to wait a long time for the bus.

NOTE: Adverbs of frequency go after am, is, are, was or were. But in questions the adverb is put after the subject.

Example: You are never on time. Are they always on holidays in July?

Adverbs of manner, place and time

Adverbs of manner come before adverbs of place. Adverbs of places come before adverbs of time. We usually write these adverbs at the end of the sentence.

Nick bought a new pair of skis in Innsbruck yesterday. He practiced hard on the ski slope last week.

Adverbs can also be put at the front of the sentence when this information is important.

Last weekend he took some lessons on a ski slope. After dinner he met his friends.

If there are two adverbs of time, the more precise one comes first.

He is going to have a skiing lesson at 10 a.m. on Monday.

EXERCISES

Word order with the adverbs of frequency — Exercise 1

Word order with the adverbs of frequency — Exercise 2

Word order with the adverbs of frequency — Exercise 3

Word order in the present simple and past simple — Exercise

Word order in the present, past and future — Exercise

Word order in the present and past simple — Exercise — short sentences

Word order — forming questions in the present simple — Exercise

Word order — Exercise 8 — intermediate exercise

Word order — Exercise 9 — intermediate exercise

Word order — Exercise 10 — intermediate exercise