Exercises on English Word Order

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Word Order in Affirmative Sentences 1

Arrange the words to make affirmative sentences. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. like / I / you
I like you.

S+V+O

French / I / speak hates / pigeons / he they / song / a / sing sell / flowers / we you / see / me / can buy / milk / he / wants to feed / you / my / cat / can sister / has / my / got / a dog

10. must / the book / read / you

subject verb(s9 indirect object direct object

place

time

will tell

you

the story

at school tomorrow

Arrange the words to make affirmative sentences. Place time expressions at the end of the sentences. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. go / now / home / will / I
I w ill go hom

give / the present / tomorrow / we / him / will her / met / last night / at / we / the station was / last week / he / in hospital in Greece / spend / I / will / next year / my holiday must / at five o'clock / leave / we / the house

NEGATIVE SENTENCES

subject

verbs

indirect object direct object

place

time

will not tell you

the story

at school tomorrow

Arrange the words to make negative sentences. Place time expressions at the end of the sentences. 1. our holiday / will / at home / we / not / spend / next year 2.
We w ill not s

did / I / him / see / not / last night / at the disco

3.

to a party / not / we / tonight / going / are

4.

will / a letter / not / next week / send / you / she

5.

not / the truth / did / he / tell / you

6.

to the cinema / we / want / not / do / tonight / to go

7.

play / in the bar / did / he / last week / not / the piano

8.

not / now / she / in England / is

9.

eat / in winter / ice-cream / do / not / I

10. right now / have / not / we / time / do

In questions, the word order subject-verbs-object is the same as in affirmative sentences. The only thing thats different is that you usually have to put the auxiliary verb (or the main verb be) before the subject. Interrogatives are put at the beginning of the sentences:

interrogative

auxiliary verb

subject

other verb(s)

indirect object

direct object

place

time

What

would

you

like to tell

me

Did

you

have

a party

in your flat

yesterday?

When

were

you

here?

Arrange the words to make questions. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. do / a dog / you / have you / coffee / do / like speak/ she / English / does he / can / dance play / at / you / the weekends / do / tennis go / last night / out / you / did the train / when / leave / does him / she / did / the truth / tell / why on / they / holiday / are
Do you have

You dont use an auxiliary verb if you ask for the subject. In this case the interrogative simply takes the place of the subject. Ask for the subject (in bold print). Use 'who' (for people) or 'what' (for everything else). 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Gareth speaks English. Mandy plays the guitar. John is from Australia. Our room is on the second floor. You will meet them next week. My bike is blue. The show started early. My computer doesn't work. Her brother went to Canada last year.
Who speaks