woordvolgorde

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo g
• Leerjaar 2,3

Woordvolgorde

Voorbeeld

Keith watches television in his room at night.

Wie    -   doet     -    wat        -     waar     -    wanneer.

Vraagwoorden

Als je een vraag maakt met een vraagwoord, staat het vraagwoord altijd aan het begin van de zin.

When does the film start?

De vraagwoorden who, what en which kunnen het 

onderwerp van de vraag worden.

What happened next?

Werkwoorden

De werkwoorden in een zin staan vaak bij elkaar. Dit is het 

werkwoordelijk gezegde.

I live in my house

Bij vragen komt er een werkwoord voor het onderwerp te staan.

Do you live here?

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.

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:
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.

Tijdsbepaling

Vaak kan de tijdsbepaling ook vooraan in de zin staan.

Billy goes to his friend tomorrow.

Tomorrow Billy goes to his friend.

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

wie

doet

wat

waar

wanneer

The parents

bring

to football training

every Sunday

their son

Wie

doet

wat

waar

waar

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?

Bijwoorden van Frequentie

woorden die aangeven hoe vaak je iets doet

Waar staan deze woorden in een zin?

Behalve bij:

Vorm van To Be (am, is, are, was, were)

Dan: achter het werkwoord:

She is never on time.

He is always complaining

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 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.

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?

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?

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.