SENTENCE STRUCTURE – The Sentence Train

SENTENCE STRUCTURE – The Sentence Train

Subject Verb Object Where? When?

Which is correct? A. She eats every Friday fish.
B. She eats fish every Friday.

A. Sometimes I play tennis on Sundays.
B. I play sometimes tennis on Sundays.

A. I did quickly my homework.
B. I did my homework quickly.

A. I did my homework in a hurry.
B. I in a hurry did my homework.

A. You played yesterday very well.
B. You played very well yesterday.

A. I yesterday saw a good movie on TV.
B. I saw on TV a good film yesterday.
C. I saw a good film on TV yesterday.

Where shall I put the adverbs?

- Adverbs of frequency (always, sometimes) come ___________________________

- Adverbs of manner (quickly, very well) come ______________________________

EXERCISE. Unscramble the following sentences.

1. the / car / bought / I / yesterday

2. where / you / born / were / ?

3. my / brother / work / and / the / company / I / same / for

4. library / book / returned / to / days / two / jane / ago / the / the

5. arrives / usually / from / Germany / truck / at / the / 10.00 / in the morning

6. markets / different / sell / products / our / we / in

7. much / do / these / cost / apples / how / ?

8. currently / you / on / working / are / what / ?

9. is / company / the / technologies / new / this / investing / in / year

10. always / your / come / so / late / daughter / does / school / from / ?

11. tests / finish / week / we / next / will / these

12. director / guests / to / invited / French / a / the / our / restaurant

13. having / a / three / suppliers / I / with / meeting / hours / in / am

14. for / presentation / is / who / responsible/ the / ?