Wordorder

What goes where?

subject verb(s)*indirect object(meew.vw)

direct object(lijd.vw)

place time**

I will tell you the story at school tomorrow

Wordorder positive sentence

* Houd de werkwoorden bij elkaar!** Tijdsbepaling mag ook vooraan de zin.

Wordorder negative sentence

subject Verbs + ‘not’

indirect object

direct object place time

I will not tell you the story at school tomorrow.

Exercise negativeour holiday / will / at home / we / not / spend / next year → did / I / him / see / not / last night / at the disco →

will / a letter / not / next week / send / you / she →

to the cinema / we / want / not / do / tonight / to go →

play / in the bar / did / he / last week / not / the piano →

Exercise negativeour holiday / will / at home / we / not / spend / next year →We will not (won’t) spend our holiday at home next year.did / I / him / see / not / last night / at the disco → I did not (didn’t) see him at the disco last night.will / a letter / not / next week / send / you / she → She will not (won’t) send you a letter next week.to the cinema / we / want / not / do / tonight / to go → We do not (don’t) want to go to the cinema tonight.play / in the bar / did / he / last week / not / the piano → He did not play the piano in the bar last week.

Wordorder in questions

interrogative auxiliary verb subject other

verb(s)indirect object

direct object place time

What would you like to tell me

Did(tijd!!)

you Have(hele ww!)

a party in your flat

yesterday?

When were you here?

Exercise questions

play / at / you / the weekends / do / tennis → go / last night / out / you / did →

the train / when / leave / does →

him / she / did / the truth / tell / why →

Exercise questions

play / at / you / the weekends / do / tennis →Do you play tennis at the weekends?go / last night / out / you / did → Did you go out last night?the train / when / leave / does → When does the train leave?him / she / did / the truth / tell / why →Why did she tell him the truth?

Wordorder adverbs (bijwoorden)

VOOR een hoofdwerkwoordHe carefully opened the door.NA een vorm van ‘to be’The man was always on time.Bij hulpwerkwoorden: na het eerste hulpwerkwoordShe had happily worked with him all those years.

Exercise adverbsHe walks his dog. (rarely) →

My father goes fishing. (always) →

Your bedroom is decorated. (nicely) →

I can remember his name. (never)→

Ann doesn’t usually smoke. (usually)→

He walks his dog. (rarely) → He rarely walks his dog.My father goes fishing. (always) →My father always goes fishing.Your bedroom is decorated. (nicely) →Your bedroom is nicely decorated.I can remember his name. (never)→I can never remember his name.Ann doesn’t usually smoke. (usually)→Ann doesn’t usually smoke.

Exercise adverbs