Word Order 2

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 1

Instructie

Je krijgt 10 zinnen met woorden die door elkaar staan, daarmee moet je goede zinnen maken.

Je krijgt ook nog 5 meerkeuze zinnen waarbij je de woorden, die tussen haakjes staan, op de juiste plaats moet zetten.

Goal for today

At the end of the lesson, I can explain how to create correct simple sentences in the right order.

Word Order

What you need to know

For correct simple sentences, you use mostly the same word order: Wie - doet - wat - waar - wanneer

For example: Kevin - plays - basketball - outside - every Monday

eats - every day - Gina - pizza

to Rotterdam - went - yesterday - we

was - Melanie - last year - in Scotland

can come - tomorrow - I - to school

Edmund Hillary – in 1919 – in New Zealand
– was born

he – in 1953 – to reach the top of Mount Everest – the first man – was

a book – about his adventures – he – in 1955 – wrote

fell ill – in 1961 – in Nepal – he – while climbing a mountain

in a plane crash – he – both his wife and daughter – in 1975 – lost

37 years later – climbed – his son Peter – Mount Everest

My brother does his homework. (never)

1. My brother never does his homework
2. My brother does never his homework.

My classmates were bored. (sometimes)

1. My classmates sometimes were bored.
2. My classmates were sometimes bored.

I go to bed early. (usually)

1. I go usually to bed early.
2. I usually go to bed early.

Denise plays the guitar. (always)

1. Denise always plays the guitar.
2. Denise plays always the guitar.

We are ill. (seldom)

1. We seldom are ill.
2. We are seldom ill.

Let's practice

What: You are going to write an email to Mr. Burns. He works at the telephone shop called "Planetphones". You bought a phone at his store but it didn't turn on when you got home. You bought the phone last friday around 1 o' clock in the afternoon. Tell him who you are and what your problem is. Be sure to start and end your email in a proper way. Add all given info to your email.

How: You will do this individually. Use correct sentence structures!

Help: You may use google translate but only for words.

Done?: Turn in your letter at the end of the lesson.