Word order 1: verb + object; place and time Verb + object ‘The verb and the object normally go together. We do not usually put other words between them: verb + object I like — my job very much. (nof I like very much my job) Did you see your friends yesterday Liz often plays tennis, Study these examples. The verb and the object go together each time: Do you eat meat every day? (not Do you eat every day meat?) © Everybody enjoyed the party very much. (not enjoyed very much the party) © Our guide spoke English fluently. (not spoke fluently English) [lost all my money and I also lost my passport . (not I lost also my passport) i At the end of the street you'll see a supermarket on your leit. (not see on your left a supermarket) 8 Usually the verb and the place (where?) go together: gohome —liveinacity _ 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: place + time Ben walks to work every morning. (ot every morning to work) Samhas been in Canada since April. We arrived at the airport carly. Study these examples. Time goes after place: GP'm going to Paris on Monday. (nor I'm going on Monday to Paris) © They have lived inthe same house for a long time . 1 Don’t be late. Make sure you're here by 8 o'clock Sarah gave mea lift home after the party . : 1 You really shouldn't go tobed so late . Ie is often possible to put time at the beginning of the sentence: 1D On Monday I'm going to Paris. 13 Every morning Ben walks to work. Some time words (for example, always/never/often) usually go with the verb in the middle of the sentence. See Unit 110. 218 Word order in questions — Units 49-50 Adjective order — Unit 99 Word order 2 — Unit 110Exercises Unit 109 109.1 Is the word order right or wrong? Correct the sentences where necessary. 1 Everybody enjoyed the party very much. Keron ne a Ben walks every morning to work. Ben walks, to work every morning. Joe doesn’t like very much football. — I drink three or four cups of coffee every morning. Tare quickly my breakfast and went out. so Are you going to invite to the party a lot of people? a I phoned Tom immediately after hearing the news. a es Did you go late to bed last night? oo o Did you learn a lor of things at school today? T met on my way home a friend of mine. whe 10 zr Seem 109.2 Put the parts of the sentence in the correct order. (the party / very much / everybody enjoyed) ..£verubody enjoyed the. party very. much (we won / easily / the game) econo (quietly / the door / I closed) .... (Diane / quite well / speaks / German) = 5 (Sam / all the time / TV / watches) oo. sn (again / please don’t ask / that question) Aube (football / every weekend / does Kevin play?) (some money / I borrowed / from a friend of mine) oo 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. tim (to the supermarket / every Friday / go) Toincsuanar 3 thome / did you come / so lare) Why sn 4 ther children / takes / every day /t0 school) SAAD nnn — 5 (heen / recently / to the cinema) Thaven't _ = Cees teSiceei 6 (at the top of the page / your name / waite) Please 7 es 2 her name / after a few minutes / remembered) 1 8 (around the town / all morning / walked) We ~ a - 9 (on Saturday nigh 7 didn't see you / at the party) 1. Jacl 12 (opposite the park / a new hotel / are building) They 219iris 110 220 Word order 2: adverbs with the verb Some adverbs (for example, always, also, probably) go with the verb in the middle of a sentence: 13 Helen always drives to work. 12 We were feeling very tired and we were also hungry. © The concert will probably be cancelled. Study these rules for the position of adverbs in the middle of a sentence. (They are only general rules, so there are exceptions.) (1) If the verb is one word (drives/fell/cooked etc.), the adverb usually goes before the verb: adverb | verb | always | drives | to work. | almost | fell_| as I was.going down the stairs. © I cleaned the house and also cooked the dinner. (not cooked also) © Lucy hardly ever watches television and rarely reads newspapers. © ‘Shall I give you my address?” ‘No, I already have it.” Nore that these adverbs (always/often/also etc.) go before have to © Joe never phones me. I always have to phone him. (not I have always to phone) (2) But adverbs go after amiis/are/was/were: 2 We were feeling very tired and we were also hungry. 0 Why are you always late? You're never on time. © The traffic isn’t usually as bad as it was this morning, (3) If the verb is two or more words (for example, can remember / doesn’t eat / will be cancelled), the adverb usually goes after the first verb (can/doesn’uwill etc. adverb verb 2 never remember her name. doesn’t | often eat meat. Are you | definitely going away next week? will | probably be cancelled. verb I can 1 Clare ir The concert © You have always been very kind to me. © Jack can’t cook. He can’t even boil an egg. © Do you still work for the same company? 15 The house was only built a year ago and ir’s already falling down. Note that probably goes before a negative (isn'vwon't etc.). So we say: © probably won't see you. or Iwill probably not see you. (not I won't probably) ‘We also use all and both in these positions: © We all felt ill after the meal. (not we felt all ill) © My parents are both teachers. (not my parents both are teachers) © Sarah and Jane have both applied for the job. G We are all going out this evening. Sometimes we use is/will/did etc. instead of repeating part of a sentence (see Unit 51). Note the position of always/never etc. in these sentences: 13 He always says he won't be late, but he always is. (= he is always late) © I've never done it and I never will. (= will never do it) ‘We normally pur always/never etc. before the verb in sentences like these. Word order 1 Unit 109Unit 110 110.1 Are the underlined words in the right position or not? Correct the sentences where necessary. Helen always drives to work, Exercises 1 Helen drives always to work 2 I cleaned the house and also cooked the dinner. 3 [have usually a shower in the morning. 4 We soon found the solution to the problem. 5 Steve gets hardly ever angry. 6 [did some shopping and I went also to the bank. co 7 Jane has always to hurry in the morning. - 8 We all were tired, so we all fell asleep. - oe = 9. She always says she'll phone me, but she never does. eno 110.2 Rewrite the sentences to include the word in brackets. 1 Clare doesn’t eat meat. (often) .. Clare. doesn’t. often eat meat. 2 a We were on holiday in Spain. (all) si b We were staying at the same hotel. (all) . We enjoyed ourselves. (all) Catherine is very generous. (always) —_ cos I don’t have to work on Saturdays, (usually) — Do you watch TV in the evenings? (always) - ccc Martin is learning French, and he is learning Italian. (also) Martin is learning French and he a The new hotel is very expensive. (probably) b Ir costs a lor to stay there. (probably) 8 a Ican help you. (probably) b Lcan’t help you. (probably) .n.0-rmmnenn Auk 110.3 Complete the sentences. Use the words in brackets in the correct order. 11 san never remember. her name. (remember / never / can) sugar in coffee. (take / usually) _.. hungry when I get home from work. (am / usually) : Where’s Joe? b: He . uss home early, (gone / has / probably) 5 Mark and Diane ... seas 6 Liz is a good pianist. She 7 Our cat They live in the same street as me, but 1 {never / have / spoken) 9 We 10 My eyesight isn’t very good. 1 (read / can / only) 11 Tiassa i 12 mafraid 1 . (probably / be / won't) 13 Iv difficult to contact Sue. She her. (is / hardly ever) 14 We. (still / are / living) 15 If. we hadn’t taken the same train, we (never / met / would / have} 16 a: Are you tired? : Yes, I in Manchester. (both / were / born) very well. (sing / also / can) under the bed. (often / sleeps) to them. a long time for the bus. (have / always / to wait) with glasses, early tomorrow. (probably / leaving / will / be) ~ able to come to the party. _. at home when I phone ... in the same place, We haven't moved. each other. at this time of day. (am / always) 221