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Unit 1 English word order…………………………………………….……….. Statements ………………………………………………………………………. Negative statements……………………………………………………………... Inversion………………………………………………………………………… Questions………………………………………………………………………… Imperative and impersonal statements…………………………………………...
Unit 2 Parts of speech …………………………………………………………. The noun………………………………………………………………...………. The article……………………………………………………………………….. The pronouns……………………………………………………………………. The adjectives…………………………………………………………………… Appendix |
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WORD ORDER. STATEMENTS
Grammar is the art of putting the right words in the right places.
Subject |
Predicate |
Object |
Adverbials |
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how |
where |
when |
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Direct word order
s English words have hardly any inflexions and their relation to each other is shown by their place in the sentence and not by their form, word order in English is fixed.
Ex.1 Put the following words in the right order to make a statement.
Mrs. Winter the little girl to the next village
with a message one December day sent
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So as you see there are two variants of one and the same sentence.
A sentence that makes a statement begins with a capital letter and ends with a period.
Ex.2 Reading the story rearrange the words to make the statements.
A quiet sort of place!
1.
my car| I parked| in the centre of the village
2. near a bus stop| an old man | I saw
3. beautiful village| what a | I exclaimed
4. live here | how many people
5. seventeen people| there are | the old man said
6. here| have you lived| how long
7. all my life | I have lived here
8. isn’t it | it’s a quiet sort of place
9. here | a quiet life | we live
10. a cinema | we don’t have | or a theatre
11. our school | five years ago | was closed
12. only one shop | we have
13. calls | a bus | once a day
14. here | in 55 BC | came | the Romans
15. since then | has happened | nothing
Ex.3 Read the following sentences; use the chart to figure out their structure
Subject |
Predicate |
Object |
Adverbial modifier of |
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manner |
place |
time |
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E
dith
has a lot of friends. S + P + O
Noris works in the garden. __________________________
George works as a pilot. __________________________
Leon travels a lot. __________________________
Irine loves flowers. __________________________
Sarah lives in a village. __________________________
Heather wakes at seven. __________________________
William loves singing in the shower. __________________________
Olive adores travelling around the country. __________________________
Richard hates cooking together with his wife. __________________________
Dorothy can’t stand someone singing bad. __________________________
Orlando is an actor. __________________________
Rose is beautiful. __________________________
Dick looks like a star. __________________________
Edward is abroad. __________________________
Remember all of them!!!
Ex.4 Read this story and rearrange the words in each sentence in the right order.