Word order

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• Middelbare school
• vmbo t
• Leerjaar 3

word order

What did you learn
last week?

What are you going to learn?

• At the end of this lesson you will be able to put words in the correct order to make a meaningful sentence.
• At the end of this lesson you will know the difference between an adjective and an adverb and will be able to use the correct form in a sentence.

D/DA: BV2_03.07

Word Order

What is the correct word order?

1. You there went last Monday.
2. You there last Monday went.
3. You went last Monday there.
4. You went there last Monday.

Word Order

What is the correct word order?

1. Billy went next door to his friend five minutes ago.
2. Billy went to his friend next door five minutes ago.

Word Order

What is the correct word order?

1. See you next Monday at the Google Meet.
2. See you at the Google Meet next Monday.

EXAMPLE:

Peter liep vanmiddag samen met Patrick naar zijn huis.

Peter walked together with Patrick to his house this afternoon.

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

Please choose the right word order

Wie

Doet

Wat (wie)

Waar 

Wanneer

wie?

doet?

wat?

waar?

wanneer?

Word Order

we

in the park

go

roller-skating

every Saturday

wie

doet

wat

waar

wanneer

Word Order

Carolyn

in summer

walking

on the beach

enjoys

wie?

doet?

wat?

waar?

wanneer?

Word Order

George

outside

tennis

played

last summer

wie

doet

wat

waar

wanneer

Word Order

Carolyn

right now

her dog

in the park

is walking

wie?

doet?

wat?

waar?

wanneer?

Word Order

We

at the canteen

eat

lunch

most days

Word order

he

played

beautifully

the flute

yesterday

Word Order

seem

incredibly

nice

people

they

Word Order

to

now

I

have

work

Word Order

booked

tickets.

She

has

the

Word Order

they

going

where

tonight?

are

Word Order

my

is

movie

Harry Potter

favourite

Word Order

where

are

you

living

now?

Word Order

to

tomorrow

they

skiing

go

want

Word Order

currently

is

there

Anna

staying

What is the correct word order?

We

have been practicing

word order

last week

Word order

on time

he

was

usually

Before,

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.

adjectives and adverbs

warming up

A little girl skipped joyfully along the path in the park. There she saw a friendly dog wagging its tail. The colourful flowers in the park bloomed beautifully and she saw a fast car zoom quickly down the road. The cozy house she was walking to stood peacefully on the quiet street next to the park.

Grammar: adjectives and adverbs

Adjectives:

• Describe nouns and pronouns.
  
• Can come before nouns.
  
• Example: I have a black cat.
  
• Black describes what colour the cat is.
  
• Adverbs:
  
• Are used to describe verbs, adjectives or other adverbs.
  
• They are often made by adding 'ly' to the adjective.
  
• Example: I walked slowly

adjective and adverb mix up

Please write down the right form of the adjectives and/or adverbs.

1. The fat/fatly cat walked slow/slowly through the dark alley.
   
2. She sang beautiful/beautifully during the talent show.
   
3. The bigly/big tree swayed peaceful/peacefully in the wind.
   
4. The cleverly/clever student answered the question correct/correctly in class.
   
5. The blue/bluely bird chirped loud/loudly in the early morning.
   

1. Choose the correct form.
It was an __________ hot day.

1. extreme
2. extremely

2. Choose the correct form.
She danced __________ at the party?

1. gracefully
2. graceful

3. Choose the correct form.
The movie was __________ boring, we left halfway through.

1. incredible
2. incredibly

4. Choose the adverb in the sentence: 'She quickly finished her homework.'

1. finished
2. she
3. quickly
4. homework

5. Identify the adjective in the following sentence: 'The beautiful flowers bloomed in the garden.'

1. beautiful
2. bloomed
3. flowers
4. garden

Grammar: adjectives and adverbs

Some word do not change, so they can either be adverbs and adjectives. Example:

Adjective	Adverb
fast	fast
early	early
late	late
good	well
hard	hard