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Unit Two. Word order. Word order. A sentence must have a subject and a verb . E.g. subject verb Emma goes to secondary school. Sometimes, the subject can be omitted in a sentence because it is clear who or what the subject is. This is common when we give
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Unit Two Word order
Word order A sentence must have a subject and a verb. E.g. subjectverb Emmagoes to secondary school.
Sometimes, the subject can be omitted in a sentence because it is clear who or what the subject is. This is common when we give commands or instructions. Here the speaker is telling you (the subject) to do something.
Example Open the window. verbobject
1. a use pencil 2. books write your in 3. at blackboard the look 4. practise dialogue this PracticeThese are the commands Mr Chan used in Emma’s first English lesson. Put the words in the correct order.
How can the words be arranged in a sentence if the sentence contains different parts of speech?e.g. went to, the Parkin’shop, Jack, happily, this morning. Ans: Jack went to the Parkin’ shop happily this morning .
The word order should be like this: They playedhappilyin his homeyesterday. Susangivesme 10 dollars every day.. They are studyingvery hardin the library now. Susanwill doher projecttomorrow. It rained heavily in H.K. last Sunday. Subj verbobj adverb place time
But the word order can also be like this : 1.Last night, she didn’t sleep well. (time) (subj) (verb) (adverb) 2.She always obeys her parents. (subj)(adv) (verb) (obj)