WORD ORDER IS VERY IMPORTANT IN ENGLISH SENTENCES.
ENGLISH RELIES HEAVILY ON WORD ORDER TO CONVEY MEANING. THE NORMAL WORD ORDER FOR AN ENGLISH STATEMENT IS: SUBJECT, VERB, DIRECT OBJECT, ADVERBIAL MODIFIERS. BE CAREFUL NOT TO SEPARATE A VERB AND ITS DIRECT OBJECT WITH AN ADVERBIAL MODIFIER.
WRONG: I SAW YESTERDAY MY FRIEND.
RIGHT: I SAW MY FRIEND YESTERDAY.
I ATE A SANDWICH IN THE CAFETERIA AT 12:00 YESTERDAY.