Word order, adverbs of manner

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• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 2

Word order, adverbs of manner

De standaard woordvolgorde

De volgorde in het Engels bij positieve en negatieve zinnen is:

Onderwerp - werkwoord(en) - lijdend voorwerp / meewerkend voorwerp - plaats - tijd

of met andere woorden:

Wie - doet - wat/wie - waar - wanneer

Enkele voorbeelden

wie doet wat waar wanneer

The man didn't play guitar in France yesterday.

The boys have been eating candy all day.

He was born in The Netherlands in 1985.

They bought a dog for their aunt from the petshop yesterday.

Wat zijn adverbs of frequency?

Adverbs of frequency zijn woorden die aangeven hoe vaak iets gebeurt. Enkele voorbeelden zijn:

I often go to work.

She has never done any chores.

We are sometimes late for class.

We don't normally do any homework.

De positie van adverbs of frequency

1. Voor het hoofdwerkwoord

I often play guitar.

She has never played guitar.

She does not often go home in summer.

2. na een vorm van be (am/is/are/was/were)

I am always on time for my lessons.

Wat zijn adverbs of manner?

Adverbs of frequency zijn woorden die aangeven hoe (wat voor manier)  iets gebeurt. Enkele voorbeelden zijn:

I'm very angry with you.

He left the shop quietly

He quickly walked away

My uncle drives really dangerously

De positie van adverbs of manner

1. Voor het hoofdwerkwoord

He quietly left the building

She nervously waited for the train

2. Aan het einde van een zin

He left the building quietly

He drives very dangerously

3. Voor de adjective of adverb waar het iets over zegt

She is really quick

I am very angry with you

Exercise 1

Put the words in the correct order to make a sentence

Zet de woorden in de juiste volgorde om een zin te maken

10 Questions

1. he / visits / often / you

go swimming / sometimes / on Sundays / I

2. angry / we / sometimes / are

3. in our house / cold / it / often / is

4. usually / is / hungry / Sam / after school

5. goes / never / my cousin / cycling

6. Mark and Ted / books / hardly ever / read

7. I / my homework / in my room / do / always

8. snows / in this area / rarely / it

9. rarely / am / for / late / school / morning / the / in / I

10. Sam / goes / occasionally / with / out / his / friends

11. usually / to / work / He / walks

12. late / They / often / arrive / to / class

13. fast food / She / rarely / eats

14. go out / for dinner / Fridays / We / sometimes / on

15. gym / I / go to / often / the

16. English / speaks / fluently / She

17. carefully / on / icy roads / He / drives

18. the concert / beautifully / the song / They / at / sang

19. quickly / the puzzle / solved / He

20. gracefully / at the ball / danced / She

Exercise 2

Write correct answers to these questions using the adverb of frequenty in brackets (haakjes)

v.b.:

How often do you go out with friends? (rarely)              

I rarely go out with friends.

How often do you surf the net? (frequently)

How often do you play boardgames? (never)

How often does your mum do the shopping? (she - always)

How often does your best friend call you? (he - often)

How often does your English teacher speak Chinese? (she - rarely)

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