Put the words in the right order to make up a sentence.

1. time/he/on/always/come/his/to/does/classes?

2. you/to/can/evening/airport/this/me/take/the?

3. long/studied/English/how/you/have?

4. English/well/father/as/does/mother/speak/as?

5. delivers/your/in/who/newspaper/morning/the?

6. Kate/for/waiting/is/who?

7. rich/did/want/he/to/and/be/famous?

8. afford/this/can/holiday/a/year/you?

9. an/did/last/accident/he/have/week?

10. married/last/they/get/did/month?

11. told/to/him/before/six o'clock/who/come?

12. the/any/were/iri/photographs/there/bag?

13. sent/doctor/they/have/for/a?

14. listening/the/are/students/what/to?

15. advised/the/police/accident/who/you/tell/about/to/ the?

16. to/ride/like/horse/would/a/you/learn/to?

STATEMENTS WITH DIRECT AND INDIRECT OBJECTS

/'// tell my sister the truth.

I'll tell her the truth.

I'll tell the truth to my sister.

Put the words in the right order to make up a sentence.

1. to/pass/plate/John/please/the

2. thcm/haven't/told/I/accident/about/the

3. to/children/the/I/taking/Zoo/am/the

4. didnVpockct/elder/to/I/money/son/any/send/my

5. you/if/mind/ask/questions/do/I/some?

6. good/was/idea/it/a/to/him/way/ask/the

7. trying/skates/put/Mr Winkle/was/to/on/his

8. want/from/anything/him/I/to/don't/take

9. director/vvith/his/not/satisfied/the/was/secretary

10. says/him/anything/he/nobody/told

11. got/a/test/the/he/mark/very/for/good

12. me/forget/send/a/to/don't/post-card

POSITION OF ADVERBIAL MODIFIERS OF PLACE AND TIME IN A SENTENCE

Note that the place is usually put before the time. I didn 't see you at the party on Saturday night. I've been walking around the town all morning. We learned a lot of things at school today.

Put the words in the right order to make up a sentence.

1. the/haven't/since/been/I/last/to/year/theatre

2. don't/to/Sundays/go/on/we/school

3. students/last/meeting/the/to/didn't/Wednesday/come/the

4. evening/the/at/walk/he/for/in/usually/a/goes/five o'clock

5. to/going/London/next/few/am/a/I/days/week/for

6. Sweden/left/ago/she/town/two/her/for/years

7. should/the/to/every/dentist/months/you/go/six

8. I'll/to/tonight/think/early/go/bed/I

9. drives/work/every/to/Ann/car/her/day 10. sure/are/there/by/get/8 o'clock/we/to

WORD ORDER IN STATEMENTS CONTAINING ADVERBS

He always goes to work by car.

My parents have always lived in London.

I have never seen such a professional performance

before.

We are not always late. We are usually on time.

She doesn 't usually smoke.

Have you finished writing the letter yet?

He is still writing the letter.

Note: Adverbs of frequency (always, often, seldom, never, ever, usually, normally, rarely, etc) and the adverbs already, almost, hardly, nearly, still come after the auxiliary verb but before the main verb. In short answers they are put before the auxiliary: She often goes to London on business. - Yes, she often does.

Put the words in the right order to make up a sentence.

1. don't/work/on/I/Sundays/usually/to/have

2. has/probably/home/gone/he/early

3. you/take/a/ever/don't/break?

4. this/before/seen/you/ever/have/painting?

5. posted/have/yet/letter/you/the?

6. they/at/talking/about/5 o'clock/were/football/still

7. says/never/late/he/for/is/his/work/he

8. name/I/remember/his/can/never

9. television-set/often/our/down/breaks 10. has/very/always/been/she/generous

THE ORDER OF ADJECTIVES BEFORE A NOUN