Word Order

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo g
• Leerjaar 3,4

Word order

grammar

Most common word order

who - does - what - where - when

• John lost his phone at school yesterday.
• My mother met my father at the cinema twenty years ago.
• I listen to music every day.
• Elin is hanging out at a friend's house right now.
  

Word order

Engels heeft vaak een vaste woordvolgorde.

1. Het onderwerp (wie/wat)
2. Alle werkwoorden (doet)
3. Lijdend voorwerp (wat)
4. Plaats (waar)
5. Tijd (wanneer)

Voorbeeld

Keith used to watch television in his room at bedtime.

Wie    -         doet        -          wat        -     waar       -      wanneer.

Stappenplan:

1. onderwerp                         WIE

2. werkwoord(en)               DOET

3. lijdend voorwerp            WAT

4. plaats                                  WAAR

5. tijd                                        WANNEER

wie

doet

wat

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. Doesn't she go in the weekends out?
2. Doesn't she go out in the weekends?

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:
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:
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.

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.

Wie-doet-wat-waar-wanneer

He had a drink at the pub last night

Bijwoorden regel uitzondering

Om de uitzonderingsregel te begrijpen heb je kennis over drie nodig: 

1. Wat zijn bijwoorden

2. Wat zijn hulpwerkwoorden

3. Wat is 'To be' 

Bijwoorden van Frequentie

woorden die aangeven hoe vaak je iets doet

Hulpwerkwoorden Engels

Hulpwerkwoorden 

Can - Could - Should - Must - Will  - May - Have - Has - Might

To be

Am / is / are / was / were

Word Order - let op!! 

Bijwoorden van frequentie 

- Deze staan VOOR het hoofdwerkwoord

- Achter het hulpwerkwoord 

- Achter het werkwoord TO BE 

VOORBEELD 

bijwoorden zijn bijvoorbeeld: never, usually, always etc.

bijwoord staat:

VOOR het werkwoord: I never loved you.

ACHTER het HULPWERKWOORD: I have always loved you

ACHTER de vorm van TO BE: I am always in love.

Wat is de juiste plek van de adverb

1. My sister never has gone to New York.
2. My sister has gone never to New York.
3. Never my sister has gone to New York.
4. My sister has never gone to New York.

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. 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.

We have never seen an alien.

1. Correct
2. Incorrect

They take every monday photos.

1. Correct
2. Incorrect