Woordvolgorde

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo, mavo, havo
• Leerjaar 2

Word Order

First, back to the basics

Wie doet wat waar wanneer

             O              ww              lv             plaats                    tijd

     subject         verb          object      where                  when

EXAMPLE:

Peter liep vanmiddag samen met Patrick naar zijn huis.

Peter walked together with Patrick to his house this afternoon.

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.
  

Stappenplan:

1. onderwerp                         WIE

2. werkwoord(en)               DOET

3. lijdend voorwerp            WAT

4. plaats                                  WAAR

5. tijd                                        WANNEER

De tijd kan ook aan het begin van de zin worden gezet!

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. 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.

Thema 3 - Part E - grammar 5

Vaste woordvolgorde: WIE - DOET - WAT - WAAR - WANNEER

He watched a film at home last weekend.

WIE: he

DOET: watched

WAT: a film

WAAR: at home

WANNEER: last weekend

Adjectives

Adjectives en plaats

Bijvoeglijke naamwoorden kunnen ook achter het werkwoord, bij deze werkwoorden

To taste = It tastes wonderful

To smell = It smells delicious

To be = You are beautiful

To feel = I feel great

To appear = It appears to be great

To sound = The music sounds amazing

To look = That shirt looks great on you

To seem = They seem focussed on their singing carreers

Adjectives

Place the adjective in the correct place in the sentence.

I love my                  bike                   .

Her new dress                     looks                    . 

He                    seems                    .

blue

amazing

kind

Sleep de goede adjectives naar de zinnen.

1. She is                           (aardig)      

     

2. We are driving a                          (grijs) car.

3. She is having a                         (koud) dish.

4. They seem                                 (grappig).

5. It appears                                   (speels)

kind

cold

grey

playful

funny

She is eating a red apple

She smelled a stinky sock

The wet dog is smiling

The happy man is jumping

I took a picture of a smiling dog

The apple is red.

The sock was stinky

The dog is wet

The man is happy

The dog is smiling

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Waar in de zin zet je een adjective?