Word orders of affirmative sentence

Subject I Max We Sue Verb play reads can speak is singing Object football. books. English. a nice song.

I and I

play

football

like

table tennis.

If you are a more advanced learner, remember the following rule:

subject verb(s9 indirect object direct object

place

time

will tell

you

the story

at school tomorrow.

Expressions ( adverbs) place and time in sentence

Time Subject I They My friend Every Saturday Peter Verb have play is swimming watches TV Object breakfast handball Place in the kitchen. in the gym in the pool. at home. every Monday. Time

Expressions ( adverbs) of frequency

The position of these adverbs is: before the main verb Adverb of frequency I Peter Mandy can has always usually sometimes

Verb get up play got at 6.45. football on Sundays. lots of homework.

after a form of to be am, are, is (was, were) Adverb of frequency never late.

Verb Susan is

The adverbs often, usually, sometimes and occasionally can go at the beginning of a sentence

Position of Adverbs
Adverb of Manner
(e.g.: slowly, carefully, awfully) These adverbs are put behind the direct object (or behind the verb if there's no direct object).

subject

verb(s)

direct object

adverb

He

drove

the car

carefully.

He

drove

carefully.

Exercise on adverbs of manner

Adverbs of Place
(e.g.: here, there, behind, above) Like adverbs of manner, these adverbs are put behind the direct object or the verb.

subject

verb(s)

direct object

adverb

didn't see

him

here.

He

stayed

behind.

Exercise on adverbs of place

Adverbs of Time
Adverbs of time are usually put at the end of the sentence.

subject verb(s) indirect object direct object

time

will tell you

the story

tomorrow.

If you don't want to put emphasis on the time, you can also put the adverb of time at the beginning of the sentence.

time

subject verb(s) indirect object direct object

Tomorrow I

will tell you

the story.

Exercise on adverbs of time

Adverbs of Frequency
(e.g.: always, never, seldom, usually) Adverbs of frequency are put directly before the main verb. If 'be' is the main verb and there is no auxiliary verb, adverbs of frequency are put behind 'be'. Is there an auxiliary verb, however, adverbs of frequency are put before 'be'.

subject auxiliary/be adverb

main verb

object, place or time

often

go swimming in the evenings.

He

doesn't

always

play

tennis.

We

are

usually

here in summer.

have

never

been

abroad.

Adjectives Pridevi idu ispred imenica

Apart from determiners and modifiers (which are special types of adjectives), the other adjectives are advisedly arranged in a non-jarring sequence, according to the category to which each adjective belongs. the adjectives are easily arranged in an order according to the mnemonic OpSiShACOM for Opinion, Size, Shape, Age, Colour, Origin, and Material.