EXERCISE

WORD ORDER WITH ADJECTIVES

A. Direction: Find and correct any sentences that are wrong.

NO WORD ORDER WITH ADJECTIVES CORRECT INCORRECT IT SHOULD BE …

1. I saw a while little mouse in the kitchen.  a little white
2. Katy lives in a small modern flat near the
town centre.
3. Venice is an old beautiful city.
4. Yuck! This horrible tastes!
5. Jim gave me a grey cotton scarf.
6. Nicky is small, fair and blue-eyed.
7. It was the third big surprise of the day.
8. Please buy me large two bottles of milk.
9. The important is that I love you.
10. It was a journey tiring.

B. Direction: Choose the correct sentence in each pair.

No A correct word order with adjective sentence

a. You tired look.
1.
b. You look tired. 
c. You need large two eggs.
2.
d. You need two large eggs.
e. An Italian leather handbag.
3
f. A leather Italian handbag.
g. The poor boy is ill.
4
h. The poor is ill.
i. She drives a tiny white car.
5
j. She drives a white tiny car.
k. What a nice little boy!
6
l. What a little nice boy!
m. It good tastes!
7
n. It tastes good!
o. They’re football black boots.
8
p. They’re black football boots.
q. He’s tall, thin and blond.
9
r. He’s tall, thin, blond.
s. He’s got five Siamese cats.
10
t. He’s got Siamese five cats.
 C. Direction: Put the adjectives in the correct order before the nouns.

No Word Order with Adjectives The Nouns

1. Nepalese/red/beautiful scarf
2. tall/thin/blue-eyed man
3. big/first match
4. cycling/blue/lycra shorts
5. Belgian/hot/delicious chips
6. ballet/silk/pink shoes
7. scary/French film
8. German/shephered/dangerous dog
9. long/fifth email
10. yellow/seven/tiny ducks

D. Choose the correct position, A or B

No Word Order with Adjectives

I bought ………… music box.
1.
A. a lovely Italian B. an Italian lovely
Ho has got …………car.
2.
A. black huge sports B. hug black sports
That’s the ……… thing you’ve said!
3.
A. Stupid third B. third stupid
I live in ………. house.
4.
A. an old stone B. a stone old
That was ………. Curry!
5.
A. a spicy excellent B. an excellent spicy
You ……
6.
A. seem unhappy B. unhappy seem
Could you pass me the ………. Ruler?
7.
A. metal long B. long metal
The room looks ………..
8.
A. light sunny B. light and sunny
We need a ……. dictionary
9.
A. good French B. French good
10 Smuff is ………… rabbit.
. A. An adorable little Dutch B. A Dutch little adorable
WORD ORDER WITH ADVERBS

A. Direction: Choose the correct sentence in each pair.

No A correct word order with adjective sentence

a. He often forgets to ring me. 
1.
b. He forgets often to ring me.
c. She didn’t like much the film.
2.
d. She didn’t like the film much.
e. The report is finished completely.
3
f. The report is completely finished.
g. I speak Italian badly.
4
h. I speak badly Italian.
i. Did you see Puteri yesterday?
5
j. Did you yesterday see Puteri?
k. I feel sad very.
6
l. I feel very sad.
m. We always have lived here.
7
n. We have always lived here.
o. They make here wonderful sandwiches.
8
p. They make wonderful sandwiches here.
q. Have you studied always at the school?
9
r. Have you always studied at the school?
s. I will probably see you on Friday.
10
t. I will see you probably on Friday.

B. Direction: Put the adverbs in the correct places

1. Pete and Sue are married. (happily)  … are happily married.

2. David gets up early. (always)
3. Have you got your dog? (still)
4. I enjoyed the film. (a lot)
5. We’re leaving. (today)
6. He feels ill. (terribly)
7. You left your book. (there)
8. Tom plays the drums. (well)
9. I will bring you tomorrow. (definitely)
10. Quin knows the answer. (probably)

C. Direction: five of these sentences are incorrect. Find and correct them
1. Do you go to theatre ever?  do you ever go to theater?
2. Grishel doesn’t often come round.
3. Will I see you tomorrow?
4. The cake is overcooked totally.
5. We sometimes go out to a restaurant.
6. Simon can help you probably.
 7. They sell here postcards.
8. I never want to do this again.
9. Are you usually cheerful?
10. She doesn’t very well ride a bike.

D. Choose the best option, A or B

No Word Order with Adverba
Do you …… me?
1.
A. Still love  B. love still
Fiona doesn’t have a sense of humour. She ……
2.
A. laughs never B. never laughs
Finish your homework quickly. Supper is …………..
3.
A. almost ready B. ready almost
No one enjoyed …………..
4.
A. much the play B. the play much
We watch …………….
5.
A. TV a lot B. A lot TV
How long have you ………..?
6.
A. there lived B. lived there
Rabbits……………
7.
A. run fast B. fast run
You look ………….
8.
A. Extremely happy B. Happy extremely
Let’s ………….
9.
A. tomorrow go out B. go out tomorrow
10 He sings……….
. A. Very loudly B. loudly very

WORD ORDER WITH OBJECTS

A. Direction: Read the sentences. Are the statements about them T or F?

No Word Order with Objects True False
1. a. He likes very much Italy.
b. He likes Italy very much. False, only B is
Both of these sentences are possible. possible
2. a. We’ve lived here since 2001.
b. We’ve since 2001 lived here.
Neither of these sentences is possible.
3. a. Nick took Sally back home.
b. Nick took back home Sally.
Only one of these sentences is possible.
4. a. Jeff near Oxford lives.
b. Jeff lives near Oxford.
Both of these sentences are possible.
5. a. She loves you very much.
b. She very much loves you.
 Both of these sentences are possible.
6. a. She went to the theatre last week.
b. Last week She went to the theatre.
Both of these sentences are possible.
7. a. Don’t stay out too late.
b. Don’t too late stay out.
Neither of these sentences is possible.

B. Correct the sentences

1. I bought yesterday a jacket.
2. He always gets early to the office.
3. I lost my passport and I lost also my credit cards.
4. David is Spanish but he speaks fluently English.
5. Go past the bank and you will see on the right the post office.

C. Find and correct the mistakes in the magazine headlines

1. Fresh fruit and vegetables are good for you. Eat everyday five portions.
2. TV comic takes on holiday famous model – but who is she?
3. Rock legend invites to his wedding five hundred guests!
4. City council builds opposite the school a new leisure centre.
5. Boy, 8, finds in the garden a tarantula.

D. Choose the best sentence in each pair

No A correct word order with Objects
a. My dog doesn’t like very much chocolate.
1.
b. My dog doesn’t like chocolate very much.
c. Every morning, we go swimming.
2.
d. We go every morning swimming.
e. We dropped at the station Grishel and Quin.
3
f. We dropped Grishel and Quin at the station.
g. You shouldn’t stay so long in bed.
4
h. You shouldn’t stay in bed so long.
i. He wants a moped and he wants also a car.
5
j. He wants a moped and he also wants a car.