word order

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 2,3

Today 

Explanation Word Order (time, place and adverbs)

Practice together

Practice on your own 

Voorbeeld

Keith used to watch television in his room at bedtime.

Wie    -         doet        -          wat        -     waar       -      wanneer.

Subject - Verb - Object - Place - Time (Time can also be put at the beginning of the sentence) 

Wie

doet

wat

waar

wanneer

Jacky and Pete

aren't going

to the cinema

tonight

wie

doet

wat

waar

wanneer

The parents

bring

to football training

every Sunday

their son

Choose the sentence with the correct word order.

1. He swims every day in the canal.
2. He swims in the canal every day.

Choose the sentence with the correct word order.

1. My sister got married last year.
2. Last year my sister got married.
3. My sister last year got married.

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?

Adverbs (bijwoorden)

Een adverb (bijwoord) geeft aan hoe iets gebeurt (hoe snel, hoe vaak, hoe mooi, enzovoort).

Een adverb staat in het algemeen vóór het woord waarover het iets zegt.

Voorbeelden:

- Regularly

- Hardly 

- Really 

vóór een bijvoeglijk naamwoord of een ander bijwoord

You're going to become extremely popular.

She works really seriously on the journal.

vóór het hoofdwerkwoord:

She regularly asks me to write for her website.

He usually has a lot of cool ideas.

I can hardly believe my eyes.

maar ná een vorm van to be: 

I am truly sorry.

They are usually late.

It is not exactly a sin to chew gum, is it? (Let op de plaats van not.)

1. He _________ listens __________ to the radio.

2. They ___________ read ___________ a book.

3. Tom _________ is _________ very friendly. 

4. Pete _________ gets _________ angry. 

5. We _________ are _________ on time. 

Sleep het bijwoord op de juiste plek

often

sometimes

usually

never

always

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. 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. 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:
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:
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.

Meer oefenen in Unit 6 

Exercises: 2 (L1), 3(L1), 36(L4), 39(L4), 40(L4)