Word Order Unit 5

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 4,5

Word Order

Objectives

Today we'll practice

-  basic word order 

- word order adverbs of frequency

First, back to the basics

Wie doet wat waar wanneer

             O              ww              lv             plaats                    tijd

     subject         verb          object      where                  when

EXAMPLE:

Peter liep vanmiddag samen met Bill naar zijn huis.

Peter walked together with Bill 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.
  

Stappenplan:

1. onderwerp                         WIE

2. werkwoord(en)               DOET

3. lijdend voorwerp            WAT

4. plaats                                  WAAR

5. tijd                                        WANNEER

De tijd kan ook aan het begin van de zin worden gezet!

wie

doet

wat

waar

wanneer

The parents

bring

to football training

every Sunday

their son

Wie

doet

wat

waar

wanneer 

Celine and Noa

aren't going

to the cinema

tonight

Choose the sentence with the correct word order.

1. Luca swims every day in the canal.
2. Luca 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:
Britt / in town / yesterday / I / met

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

Adverbs of frequency

Waar staan deze woorden in een zin?

Wat valt op aan deze 3 zinnen?

I am never late.

I always go to school by train.

I have never been there before.

I don't often read English books.  

• Adverbs of frequency staan VOOR het werkwoord
  
• Adverbs of frequency staan ACHTER een vorm van to be
  
• Adverbs of frequency staan na het eerste werkwoord en voor het tweede werkwoord

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.

Can you let me know.....

1. ....what the price is.
2. ...what is the price.
3. ....what the price is?
4. ....what is the price?

Choose the sentence with the correct word order.

1. Have ever you read a novel by J.R.R. Tolkien?
2. Have you read ever a novel by J.R.R. Tolkien?
3. Have you read a novel by J.R.R. Tolkien ever?
4. Have you ever read a novel by J.R.R. Tolkien?

Strengthen the basics

1. Go over the set of exercises together and look at how you are suppose to do this
   
   
2. Work up to doing the exercises by yourself

Challenge me!

1. work on the exercises individually

2. Do the challenge exercise

and hand it in at the end of class

Choose the sentence with the correct word order.

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

Choose the sentence with the correct word order.

1. Who gives never a straight answer?
2. Who gives a straight answer never?
3. Who never gives a straight answer?
4. Who gives a straight never answer?

Stepping Stones

Book B: Theme 5, C. P69-  71,

Ex 15. A, B & C