Grammar for writing

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Grammar tips for writing

Een (A/An)

A gebruik je voor woorden die beginnen met een medeklinker: - A woman - A shoe	AN gebruik je voor woorden die beginnen met een klinker - An apple - An egg
Maar ook als een klinker klinkt als een medeklinker: - ''u'' klinkt als ''you'' -> A university - ''o'' klinkt als ''w'' -> A one-room apartment	Maar ook als een medeklinker,klinkt als een klinker: - een stomme ''h'' -> an hour - een afkorting -> an NBC reporter

..... snake

1. A
2. An

... unicorn

1. A
2. An

... interesting idea

1. A
2. An

...hour

1. A
2. An

Woordvolgorde + bijwoorden van frequentie

Voorbeeld

Keith       watches           television     in his room      at bedtime.

Wie    -         doet        -          wat        -         waar       -           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 yearmarried.
3. My sister last year got married.

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.

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

Bij het werkwoord : to be

Am/ are/ is  zetten 

we het bijwoord  achter het werkwoord

He is never late

She was always happy

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:
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.

always / at nine o'clock / out of the garage / in the morning / drives / his car / he

he / to town / after breakfast / often / Mrs Hodges / takes

a parking place / near the shops / they / find / rarely

sometimes / in a garage / Mr Hodges / his car / parks

often / have / at about three o'clock / a cup of tea / they / at the hotel / in the afternoon

meet / at the sports ground / they / after dinner / always / their friends

hardly / last year / could / ski / he