WORD ORDER

IN STATEMENTS
 SUBJECT +LINK VERB +
NOUN PHRASE OR ADJECTIVE

EXAMPLES:

•YOU ARE A GOOD STUDENT.

•SHE LOOKS HAPPY.
•I FEEL GREAT.
LINK VERBS:
BE, FEEL,
LOOK,
BECOME, GET,
SMELL, SEEM.
 SUBJECT + VERB +
PLACE + MANNER + TIME

EXAMPLES:

•PETER CAME BACK TO PARIS

HAPPILY YESTERDAY.

•SUSAN WENT TO MADRID

BY PLANE LAST WEEK.
SVPMT
 IF YOU HAVE A COMPLEMENT
OF TIME YOU CAN SAY:

BOTH:

•MY MOTHER IS COMING TO

SANTIAGO IN A WEEK’S TIME.

•IN A WEEK’S TIME, MY MOTHER IS

•COMING TO SANTIAGO.
 SUBJECT + VERB + OBJECT +
MANNER + PLACE + TIME

EXAMPLES:

•YOU SPOKE ENGLISH VERY

WELL IN CLASS YESTERDAY.

•HE PLAYS BASKETBALL VERY WELL

IN THE SCHOOL EVERY FRIDAY
MORNING.
SVOMPT
 IF YOU HAVE AN ADVERBIAL
EXPRESSION , THE STRUCTURE
OF A SENTENCE IS MODIFIED:

THE ADVERBIAL EXPRESSION IS

PLACED AT THE BEGINNING +
AN AUXILIARY VERB OR MODAL
VERB + THE SUBJECT
 ADVERBIAL EXPRESSIONS WITH A NEGATIVE
MEANING:

• NEVER
• SELDOM
• SCARCELY/HARDLY EVER
• NOWHERE
• NOT ONLY
• NO SOONER
• ONLY IN THIS WAY
• ONLY WHEN
• ONLY IF
• ONLY BY DOING THIS
 EXAMPLES:

•NEVER HAVE I SEEN SUCH A BEAUTIFUL

PLACE.
•HARDLY EVER DID SHE COME ON TIME
WHEN SHE WAS A STUDENT.
•NO SOONER HAD HE GOT HIS DEGREE, HE
WAS OFFERED A GOOD JOB.
•ONLY IN THIS WAY CAN YOU GET THE
PROBLEM SOLVED.
•ONLY IF WE STUDY EVERYDAY CAN WE GET
GOOD GRADES.
WE NEED TO PRACTICE THIS,
DON’T WE?