UNIT 109. Word order 1: verb + object; place and time ENGLISH GRAMMAR IN USE FOR INTERMEDIATE

ENGLISH GRAMMAR IN USE FOR INTERMEDIATE

UNIT 109. Word order 1: verb + object; place and time

A	Verb +object The verb and the object normally go together. We do not usually put other words between them:
B	Place and time Usually the verb and the place (where?) go together: go home live in a city walk to work etc. If the verb has an object, the place comes after the verb+ object: take somebody home meet a friend in the street Time (when? /how often? /how long?) usually goes after place: It is often possible to put time at the beginning of the sentence: √ On Monday I'm going to Paris. Every morning Ben walks to work. √ Some time words {for example, always/never/usually) go with the verb in the middle of the sentence. See Unit 110.

EXERCISES

109.1	Is the word order right or wrong? Correct the sentences where necessary. 1 Everybody enjoyed the party very much. _____ OK ____________ 2 Ben walks every morning to work. __Ben walks to work every morning _ 3 Joe doesn’t like very much football. I drink three or four cups of coffee every morning. I ate quickly my breakfast and went out. Are you going to invite to the party a lot of people? I phoned Tom immediately after hearing the news. Did you go late to bed last night? Did you learn a lot of things at school today? I met on my way home a friend of mine _______________________________ 4 _______________________________ 5 _______________________________ 6 _______________________________ 7 _______________________________ 8 _______________________________ 9 _______________________________ 10 _______________________________
109.2	Put the parts of the sentence in the correct order. 1 (the party /very much /everybody enjoyed) ___Everybody enjoyed the party very much _________. 2 (we won /easily /the game) ________________________________________  (quietly /the door /I closed) ________________________________________  (Tanya /quite well /speaks /German) ________________________________________ 3 4 5 (Sam / all the time /TV /watches) ________________________________________ (again /please don’t ask /that question) ________________________________________  (football /every weekend /does Kevin play?) ________________________________________  (some money /I borrowed /from a friend of mine) ________________________________________ 6 7 8
109.3	Complete the sentences. Put the parts in the correct order. 1 (for a long time /have lived /in the same house) They ____ have lived in the same house for a long time. ___________________________ 2 (to the supermarket /every Friday /go) I ___________________________________________ 3 (home /did you come /so late) Why ___________________________________________ ? 4 (her children /takes /every day /to school) Sarah ___________________________________________. 5 (been /recently /to the cinema) I haven’t ___________________________________________. 6 (at the top of the page /your name /write) Please ___________________________________________. 7 (her name /after a few minutes /remembered) I ___________________________________________. 8 (around the town / all morning /walked) We ___________________________________________. 9 (on Saturday night /didn’t see you /at the party) I ___________________________________________. 10 (some interesting books /found /in the library) We ___________________________________________. 11 (her umbrella /last night /in a restaurant /left) Laura ___________________________________________. 12 (opposite the park /a new hotel /are building) They ___________________________________________.

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