EXERCISES ON ENGLISH WORD ORDER

Word Order in affirmative Sentences 2

Arrange the words to make affirmative sentences. Place time expressions at the
end of the sentences.

1. go / now / home / will / I → I will go home now.

2. give / the present / tomorrow / we / him / will → We will give him the present
tomorrow
3. her / met / last night / at / we / the station → We met her at the station last night.
4. was / last week / he / in hospital → He was in hospital last week.
5. in Greece / spend / I / will / next year / my holiday → I will spend my holiday in
Greece next year.
6. must / at five o'clock / leave / we / the house → We must leave the house at five
o'clock.
7. the library / take / I / the book / will / today / to → I will take the book to the library
today.
8. my mum / breakfast / in the morning / made → My mum made breakfast in the
morning.
9. tonight / want / to the cinema / to go / we → We want to go to the cinema tonight.
10. wrote / last week / they / at school / a test → They wrote a test at school last
week.

Word Order in Negative Sentences

Arrange the words to make negative sentences. Place time expressions at the
end of the sentences.
1. our holiday / will / at home / we / not / spend / next year
→ We will not spend our holiday at home next year.
2. did / I / him / see / not / last night / at the disco
→ I did not see him at the disco last night.
3. to a party / not / we / tonight / going / are
→ We are not going to a party tonight.
 4. will / a letter / not / next week / send / you / she
→ She will not send you a letter next week.
5. not / the truth / did / he / tell / you
→ He did not tell you the truth.
6. to the cinema / we / want / not / do / tonight / to go
→ We do not want to go to the cinema tonight.
7. play / in the bar / did / he / last week / not / the piano
→ He did not play the piano in the bar last week.
8. not / now / she / in England / is
→ She is not in England now.
9. eat / in winter / ice-cream / do / not / I
→ I do not eat ice-cream in winter.
10. right now / have / not / we / time / do
→ We do not have time right now.

Adverbs Mix
Rewrite the sentences and put the adverbs in correctly.
1. We were in London. (last week) → We were in London last week.
2. He walks his dog. (rarely) → He rarely walks his dog.
3. She waited. (patiently) → She waited patiently.
4. My father goes fishing. (always) → My father always goes fishing.
5. Your bedroom is. (upstairs) → Your bedroom is upstairs.
6. We don't go skiing. (in summer) → We don't go skiing in summer.
7. Cats can hear. (well) → Cats can hear well.
8. I saw him. (there) → I saw him there.
9. The girl speaks English. (fluently) → The girl speaks English fluently.
10. I have seen that film. (never) / (before) → I have never seen that film before.

Questions 1
Arrange the words to make questions.

1. do / a dog / you / have → Do you have a dog?

2. you / coffee / do / like → Do you like coffee?
 3. speak/ she / English / does → Does she speak English?
4. he / can / dance - Can he dance?
5. play / at / you / the weekends / do / tennis → Do you play tennis at the
weekends?
6. go / last night / out / you / did → Did you go out last night?
7. the train / when / leave / does → When does the train leave?
8. him / she / did / the truth / tell / why → Why did she tell him the truth?
9. on / they / holiday / are → Are they on holiday?
10. she / Australia / from / is → Is she from Australia?

Questions 2
Ask for the subject (in bold print). Use 'who' (for people) or 'what' (for everything
else).

1. Gareth speaks English. → Who speaks English?

2. Mandy plays the guitar. → Who plays the guitar?
3. John is from Australia. → Who is from Australia?
4. Our room is on the second floor. → What is on the second floor?
5. You will meet them next week. → Who will meet them next week?
6. My bike is blue. → What is blue?
7. The show started early. → What started early?
8. My computer doesn't work. → What doesn't work?
9. Her brother went to Canada last year. → Who went to Canada last year?
10. Your friends don't like pizza. → Who doesn't like pizza?

Word order worksheet

Put the words in brackets in the correct order.
1. I usually not take sugar in my tea. (take/ not/ usually)
2. ‘Where’s Jim?’ ‘He has probably gone home early.’ (gone/ has/ probably)
3. Ann is always very generous. (is/ always)
4. Tim is a good pianist. He can also sing very well. (very/ sing/ also/ well/ can)
5. Our tv is always breaking down. (breaking/ always/ is)
6. We always have to wait a long time for the bus. (to/ have/ always/ wait)
7. My sight isn’t very good. I can only read with glasses. (read/ can/ only)
8. I will probably be leaving early tomorrow. (probably/ early/ leaving/ will/ be)
9. I’m afraid I probably won’t be able to come to the party. (to/ won’t/ probably/ able/
be)
10. If we hadn’t done it, we might have never met each other. (never/ met/ might/
have)
11. we/ interesting/ found/ the/ some/ library/ books/ in
We found in the library some interesting books.
12. football/ Ken/ play/ does/ weekend/ every
Ken does play football every weekend.
13. park/ building/ opposite/ new/ they/ a/ are/ hotel/ the
They are building a new hotel opposite the park.
14. his/ minutes/ a/ I/ few/ name/ remembered/ after
I remembered his name after a few minutes.
15. write/ page/ please/ top/ name/ of/ the/ at/ your/ the
Write your name at the top of the page please.
16. Friday/ go/ bank/ I/ every/ the/ to
I go to the bank every Friday.
17. late/ did/ come/ why/ so/ you/ home
Why did you come so late home?
18. London/ going/ few/ to/ I’m/ week/ a/ for/ days/ next
I’m going to London next week for a few days.
19. the/ on/ see/ night/ at/ Saturday/ you/ didn’t/ I/ party
I didn’t see you at the party on Saturday night.
20. morning/ town/ I’ve/ around/ all/ the/ walking/ been
I’ve been walking around the town all morning.