Word Order

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo g
• Leerjaar 3,4

Word order

grammar

Most common word order

who - does - what - where - when

• John lost his phone at school yesterday.
• My mother met my father at the cinema twenty years ago.
• I listen to music every day.
• Elin is hanging out at a friend's house right now.
  

Word order

Engels heeft vaak een vaste woordvolgorde.

1. Het onderwerp (wie/wat)
2. Alle werkwoorden (doet)
3. Lijdend voorwerp (wat)
4. Plaats (waar)
5. Tijd (wanneer)

Voorbeeld

Keith used to watch television in his room at bedtime.

Wie    -         doet        -          wat        -     waar       -      wanneer.

Stappenplan:

1. onderwerp                         WIE

2. werkwoord(en)               DOET

3. lijdend voorwerp            WAT

4. plaats                                  WAAR

5. tijd                                        WANNEER

wie

doet

wat

waar

wanneer

The parents

bring

to football training

every Sunday

their son

Wie

doet

wat

waar

wanneer

Jacky and Pete

aren't going

to the cinema

tonight

Choose the sentence with the correct word order.

1. He swims every day in the canal.
2. He swims in the canal every day.

Correct word order:
Billy / to his friend /
five minutes ago / went

1. Billy went to his friend five minutes ago
2. Billy went five minutes ago to his friend
3. Billy five minutes ago went to his friend.
4. Five minutes ago Billy went to his friend

Correct word order:
her / in town / yesterday / I / met

1. I met her in town yesterday.
2. I met her yesterday in town.
3. I yesterday met her in town.
4. I met yesterday her in town.

Choose the sentence with the correct word order.

1. My sister got married last year.
2. My sister got last year married.
3. My sister last year got married.

Word order : wat moet je weten

Wie-doet- wat-waar-wanneer

OW- WW- LV- plaats- tijd

                                 Herhaling vorige les 

all evening - played - football - they

walks - to work - Liz - every day

goes - every year - to Italy - Julia

in London - Sue - in 2004 - was born

And?

How did it go?

If you haven't made any mistakes at all .. look at you go!!! 

If you have made some mistakes, no worries, you will get there eventually. 

You just need more practice, give yourself some time!   

Wie-doet-wat-waar-wanneer

He had a drink at the pub last night