English Grammar Made Easy The Word Order

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English Grammar Made EasyThe Word Order

• By
• Dr. Khalid M. Bahaa El-Din

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Word Order

• A- English sentence usually starts with
• ?????? ?? ????? ?????????? ???? ??????? ?????
  ??????? ?? ??? ??????? ??? ?????? ???
  ??????

Subject
verb
object
manner
place
Time
The child played games
quietly in his room yesterday A sentence
could also start with time
Subject
verb
object
manner
place
Time
Yesterday The Child played games
quietly in his room
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Word Order

• B- With Verb to be
• ???? ????? ??? ??????? ?? ??? (verb to be )
• The adjective could be used attributively
• Ex That is a new house
• That is a fast car.
• The adjective could be used predicatively
• Ex That house is new.

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Word Order

• C- Adverbs of frequency
• ???? ???????
• Always, never, ever, usually, sometimes, often,
  nearly, seldom, rarely etc.
• 1- Frequency adverbs are placed before the verb
• ???? ???? ??????? ??? ????? ???????.
• Ex. He always studies at six p.m.

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Word Order

• 2- Frequency adverbs are also placed after the
  auxiliary verbs.
• ???? ???? ??????? ??? ????? ???????.
• Ex. He has never come late.
• 3- Frequency adverbs are placed after verb (to
  be).
• ??? ??? (verb to be ) ?? ????? ??????? ???? ???
  ??????? ????.
• Ex. She is always late.
• He is usually sick. She is always young
• You are always sweet.
• He is always angry.

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Word Order

• D- Important Patterns
• 1. Subject (????) verb (???)
• Ex. Birds (subject) sing (verb)
• 2. Subject (????) verb (???) complement
• Ex. He (subject) is (verb) rich (complement)

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Word Order

• 3. Subject (????) verb (???) Direct Object
  (????? ?? ?????)
• Ex. The Postman (subject) delivers (verb)
  letters (direct object)
• 4. Subject (????) verb (???) indirect object
  (????? ?? ??? ?????) direct object (?????
  ?????)
• Ex. I (subject) gave (verb) him (indirect
  object) a lesson (direct object)

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Word Order

• 5. Subject (????) verb (???) direct object
  (????? ?? ?????) preposition (??? ??)
  indirect object (????? ?? ??? ?????)
• Ex. I (subject) sent (verb) a letter (object)
  to (preposition) my father (indirect object)
• 6. Subject (????) verb (???) infinitive
  (????)
• Ex. I (subject) expect (verb) to learn
  (infinitive) English here.

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Word Order

• Ali drove his car very fast on the road
  yesterday.
• Does Hassan play football everyday?
• My friends play football in the club everyday.
• The boy wrote his homework quietly in the room
  last night.
• Quiet please
• Noise
• I come by car to Huraimla every day
• Ahmed drank water in the kitchen yesterday.
• Yesterday, I read an English book loudly at home.
• Last week, My car collided with another car in
  Huraimla.

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Word Order

• Hady Played football well at the club yesterday.
• He has never been to England.
• They are always early.
• My father drove his car fast in the street
  yesterday.
• Eight year ago, I lived in a big terraced house.
• He has never been to the US.
• He gave me (indirect object) a flower (direct
  object)
• I wrote him a letter.
• I bought my mother some food.

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Verb to be

• Present Past Past
  Participle
• I am was
• He
• She is was
  been
• It
• We
• You are were
• They
• I have been to England two times.
• He is always busy.