Unit 93 · Word order
He speaks English very well. (word order 1)
Study
A
verb + object
| Sue | bought | some new shoes | yesterday. |
| subject | verb | object |
The verb (bought) and the object (some new shoes) are usually together. We say:
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Sue bought some new shoes yesterday.
(not Sue bought yesterday some new shoes)
| verb + object | ||
| He speaks | English very well. | (not He speaks very well English) |
| I like | Italian food very much. | (not I like very much ...) |
| Did you watch | TV all evening? | (not ... watch all evening TV) |
| Paul often wears | a black hat. | (not Paul wears often ...) |
| We invited | a lot of people to the party. | |
| I opened | the door slowly. | |
| Why do you always make | the same mistake? | |
| I'm going to borrow | some money from a friend. |
B
where and when
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We went to a party last night.
| where? | when? |
Place (where?) is usually before time (when?). We say:
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We went to a party last night.
(not We went last night to a party)
| place (where?) | + | time (when? how long? how often?) | ||
| Lisa walks | to work | every day. | (not ... every day to work) | |
| Will you be | at home | this evening? | (not ... this evening at home) | |
| I usually go | to bed | early. | (not ... early to bed) | |
| We arrived | at the airport | at 7 o'clock. | ||
| They've lived | in the same house | for 20 years. | ||
| Joe's father has been | in hospital | since June. |
Exercises (3)
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Right or wrong? Correct the sentences that are wrong.
- 1Did you watch all evening TV?Did you watch TV all evening?example
- 2Sue bought some new shoes yesterday.
- 3I like very much this picture.
- 4Tom started last week his new job.
- 5I want to speak English fluently.
- 6Jessica bought for her friend a present.
- 7I drink every day three cups of coffee.
- 8Don't eat your dinner too quickly!
- 9I borrowed from my brother fifty pounds.
Put the words in order.
- 1(the door / opened / I / slowly)I opened the door slowly.example
- 2(a new phone / I / last week / got)
- 3(finished / Paul / quickly / his work)
- 4(Emily / very well / French / doesn't speak)
- 5(a lot of shopping / did / I / yesterday)
- 6(London / do you know / well?)
- 7(we / enjoyed / very much / the party)
- 8(the problem / carefully / I / explained)
- 9(we / at the airport / some friends / met)
- 10(did you buy / in England / that jacket?)
- 11(every day / do / the same thing / we)
- 12(football / don't like / very much / I)
Put the words in order.
- 1(to work / every day / walks / Lisa)Lisa walks to work every day.example
- 2(at the hotel / I / early / arrived)
- 3(goes / every year / to Italy / Julia)
- 4(we / since 1998 / here / have lived)
- 5(in London / Sue / in 1990 / was born)
- 6(didn't go / yesterday / Paul / to work)
- 7(to a wedding / last weekend / went / Helen)
- 8(I / in bed / this morning / my breakfast / had)
- 9(in September / Amy / to university / is going)
- 10(I / a beautiful bird / this morning / in the garden / saw)
- 11(many times / have been / my parents / to the United States)
- 12(my umbrella / I / last night / left / in the restaurant)
- 13(to the cinema / tomorrow evening / are you going?)
- 14(the children / I / took / this morning / to school)