Word order

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Word order

Lesson goals for today:

You will be able to identify the subject, verb and object in a sentence

You will be able to place these in the correct order in a sentence

You will know where to put the place and time in a sentence

You will be able to write and speak sentences using the correct word order.

Make a sentence with the following words:

chases

man

dog

a

the

Subject - Verb - Object

For word order we need to know the following:

The subject of a sentence

The verb

The object

Identify the S-V-O

The dog chases a man.

The man chases a dog.

Subject Verb Object

The dog  chases a man.

The man chases a dog.

Identify the S-V-O

I ate Chinese last night.

Identify the S-V-O

John is meeting Mark in the office at 10am.

Identify the S-V-O

President Trump visited the Queen at Buckingham Palace last year.

Identify the S-V-O

10 minutes ago the dog was chasing the man in the park.

Subject Verb Object

I ate chinese last night.

John is meeting Mark in the office at 10am.

President Trump visited the Queen at Buckingham Palace last year.

10 minutes ago the dog was chasing the man in the park.

hey, there are words left over!

Place, Time

I ate Chinese last night.

John is meeting Mark in the office at 10am.

President Trump visited the Queen at Buckingham Palace last year.

10 minutes ago the dog was chasing the man in the park.

Place and Time

Place goes at the end of a sentence

e.g. Tim is visiting his cousin in London.

Time goes at the beginning OR at the end

eg Last night I watched television / I watched television last night

Practice time!

Ex D: What did you do at the weekend?

Work in pairs:

Ask each other about last weekend. 

Name at least 3 activities you did, make sure to include where it happened and when it happened!

Word order game

Create as many sentences 

as possible with the word

blocks.

What did you learn today?

You are able to identify the subject, verb and object in a sentence.

You are able to place these in the correct order in a sentence.

You know where to put the place and time in a sentence.

You are able to write and speak sentences using the correct word order.