Word Order

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

Good afternoon everyone!

Today's lesson plan:

Word order (woordvolgorde)

Bijwoorden van frequentie

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)

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. Doesn't she go in the weekends out?
2. Doesn't she go out in the weekends?

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.

Bijwoorden van Frequentie

Woorden die aangeven hoe vaak je iets doet

Waar staan deze woorden in een zin?

De bijwoorden van frequentie 

(bv. always, usually, regurlarly, sometimes, rarely, seldom, never) staan voor het werkwoord.

Behalve .............

Bij de werkwoorden :

Am/are/is/was/were (to be_) zetten 

we het bijwoord van Frequentie 

achter het werkwoord

He is never late

She was always happy

Choose the sentence with the correct word order.

1. We are never in a position to complain.
2. We never are in a position to complain.

Correct word order:
summer / we / here / are / in / usually

1. Usually we are here in summer.
2. We usually are here in summer.
3. We are usually in summer here.
4. We are usually here in summer.

Choose the sentence with the correct word order.

1. They often go out in the weekends.
2. They go often out in the weekends.