WORD ORDER 1

VERB + OBJECT
I like children very much Do you clean the house every

PLACE & TIME

Tom walks to school every

weekend

morning She has been in Canada since April You really shouldnt go to bed so late.

S+ v+ o+adv
Adjective +ly
Easy Beautiful Quick

adverb
Easily Beautifully Quickly

WORD ORDER 2
Some adverbs ( for example, Always, also ,probably) go

with the verb in the middle of a sentence. Tom always goes to work by car We were feeling very tired and we were also very hungry Your car has probably been stolen.

If the verb is one word ( goes, cooked), the adverb ussualy goes before the verb.
Lucy hardly watches televison and rarely reads

newspaper.

Notes
Adverbs go after am, is , are , was, were
Why are you always late? These adverbs ( mentioned aboved) go before have

to Jim never phones me . I always have to phone him.

 If the verbs is two or more words ( can remember,

doesnt smoke, has been stolen, etc), the adverbs goes after the first verb. My parents have always lived in London The house was only built a year ago.

Notes
Probably goes before the negative
I probably wont see you.

All & both

We all felt ill after the meal
My parents are both teachers.

Exercises
Everybody enjoyed the party very much.
Tom walks every morning to work. Jim doesnt like very much football.

I drink three or four cups of coffee every morning.

I ate quickly my dinner and went out. Are you going to invite to the party a lot of people?

 The party/very much/everybody enjoyed Everybody

enjoyed the party very much. We won/ easily/ the game Diane /quite well/ speaks German Diane/ always/ speaks German Tim /all the time/ watches/ television Some money/I borrowed/ a friend of mine. Good + ly well

 I have usually a shower when I get up.

We soon found the solution to the problem Jane has always to hurry in the morning because he

gets up so late. We were all tired so we all fell asleep. She always says shell phone me but she never does. I did some shopping and I went also to the bank.

 Where is Jim?. He home early. ( gone / has/ probably)

My sight isnt very good. I ..with glasses (

read/only/can) Im afraid I ..early tomorrow.( probably/be/wont) I m afraid I probably wont be early tomorrow If we hadnt taken the same train, we would never have met each other. (never/met/would/have) Are you tired? yes, I ..at this time of day ( am/ always)

 I .. Her name . ( remember, never, can )

I .. Sugar in coffee ( take, usually) I .. Hungry when I get home from work ( am/

usually) They live in the same street as me but I to them ( never, have, spoken)

Right or wrong ?

Tom goes always to work by car I cleaned the house and also cooked the dinner. I have usually a shower when I get up. We soon found the solution to the problem. Steve gets hardly angry I did some shopping and went also to the bank. Jane has always to hurry in the morning because she gets up so late. We all were tired so we all fell asleep She always says shell phone me but she never does.

Rewrite
Ann doesnt drink tea/ often.
We were on holiday/ all. We were staying at the same hotel/all.

We enjoyed ourselves/all.
Catherine is very generous/always I dont have to work on Saturday/ usually.

 Do you watch television in the evenings?/ always.

Martin is learning French. He is learning Italian / also. That hotel is very expensive/probably.

It costs a lot to stay there / probably.

I cant help you./ probably.