Word order

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo g
• Leerjaar 4

Goals

At the end of this lesson...

• You know how to make correct sentences in English

Word order - Woordvolgorde

Word order

Bepalingen van plaats en tijd

Bepaling van tijd           wanneer?

Frank went to his colleague 5 minutes ago.

She eats a bar of chocolate every day.

De bepaling van tijd staat achteraan in de zin

Bepalingen van plaats en tijd

Bepaling van plaats           waar?

The caretaker was sweeping in the hall.

I bought groceries for my mother at the supermarket.

De bepaling van plaats staat achteraan in de zin

Bepalingen van plaats en tijd

Waar en wanneer samen in één zin?

Eerst plaats, dan tijd!!

I saw a racoon running across the street some days ago.

We were playing tennis in the backyard yesterday.

The caretaker was sweeping the hall on his day off.

Sleepvraag

Een zin kan uit 5 onderdelen bestaan. Zet deze in de juiste volgorde

Wie

Doet

Wat/Wie

Waar 

Wanneer

wie

doet

wie

waar

wanneer

The parents

bring

to football training

every Sunday

their son

Wie

doet

wat

waar

wanneer

Jacky and Pete

aren't going

to the cinema

tonight

Choose the sentence with the correct word order.

1. He swims every day in the canal.
2. He swims in the canal every day.
3. In the canal he swims every day.
4. Swims he in the canal every day.

Correct word order:
Billy / to his friend /
five minutes ago / went

1. Billy 5 minutes ago went to his friend.
2. Billy went five minutes ago to his friend
3. Billy went to his friend five minutes ago
4. Five minutes ago Billy went to his friend

Correct word order:
her / in town / yesterday / I / met / at the pub

1. I met her in town at the pub yesterday.
2. I met her yesterday in town at the pub.
3. I yesterday met her athe the pub in town.
4. I met yesterday her at the pub town yesterday.

Choose the sentence with the correct word order.

1. My sister got last year married to her husband.
2. My sister got married to her husband last year.
3. My sister last year got married to her husband.
4. Last year my sister got married to her husband.

Denise – plays – at home - the guitar – every day - .

has been - since June - in hospital - Jim's father - .

Make a correct sentence:
We – at that restaurant - food – Italian – on Sundays – eat - .

Jacky - at school - this morning - ate -
her breakfast - .

eating – Daniel – likes – with his friends – pizza -.

Bijwoorden van Frequentie

Woorden die aangeven hoe vaak je iets doet :-)

Waar staan deze woorden in een zin?

De bijwoorden van frequentie 

(bv. always, usually, regurlarly, sometimes, rarely, seldom, never) staan voor het werkwoord (bij 1 werkwoord in de zin).

Behalve .............

Bij het werkwoord 'to be' :

Bij am/ are/ is/ was / were zetten 

we het bijwoord van Frequentie 

achter het werkwoord

He is rarely late

She was always happy

2 of meer werkwoorden in de 

zin :

Bijwoord van frequentie staat 

er tussenin.

I have never seen him before. 

You can always count on me.

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.
3. We are in a position to complain never.
4. Never we are in a position te 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. 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.

Choose the sentence with the correct word order.

1. They often go out in the weekends.
2. They go often out in the weekends.
3. Often they go out in the weekends.
4. They go out often in the weekends.

nine – usually – soccer – on – she – Thursdays – at – has – practice - .

during – me – the – schoolyard – teacher – our break – compliment – gave – a – the – in- .

Vondelpark - I - soccer - agreed - next - in the - to play- with - Sunday - some friends - .

in 1916 – in London – the first British theme park – opened - .

Homework:

• Make ex. 5 and 6 page 39/40