WORD ORDER

                                                                                                          

Ø  subject+ verb+  Indirect object+ direct object +place +time

Ø  Wh-question: wh-word+ aux V. + subject+ M.V. ……? e.g. What are you doing?

Ø  Yes-no question: Aux V. + sub+ M.V. ……? e.g. Did she find that?

Ø  Indirect question: Root verb+ Ind. Obj+ wh-word+ sub+ verb……. . e.g. Ask him what he is doing.

Ø  Double questions: 1^st direct question + 2^nd indirect question e.g. Does he know why she is crying?

Ø  Adverbs of frequency are placed before M.V. / in between Aux. V and M.V. e.g. They often go there. They have never been to Japan.

Ø  Adverbs of manner like slowly, carefully, awfully, are put behind the direct object (or behind the verb if there's no direct object) e.g. He drove carefully.

Ø  Adverbs of place like e.g.: here, there, behind, above  are put behind the direct object or the verb. e.g. He left me behind./ I did not go there.

Ø  Adverbs of time are like recently, now, then, yesterday, usually put at the end of the sentence. e.g. what have they done recently?

·         Opinion- Fact adj……….Order of Adj.: size, general description, age, shape, colour, material, origin, purpose (e.g. gerund adj.- walking stick)

·         i) Attributive adj: the adj comes before Noun e.g. this book, my pen etc. ii) Predicative adj: adj that comes after verb e.g. Tom felt cold.

·         adj can change meaning if used interchangeably e.g. good/bad, big/small, heavy/light, old  are attributive but gives different meaning used precatively.

            e.g.       A small farmer……having small farmer.

                         Farmer is small (physically small).

                        Early/ late train…..scheduled

                        The train is early/late…….before/after proper time.

                        The poor boy (unfortunate)………

                        The boy is poor (without enough money)

Ø  Use of too( excessive)  and enough( sufficient)

           1. Enough follows adjectives and adverbs:

                       He isn't old enough to watch this program.

                       We're not walking quickly enough.

           2. Enough may also precede nouns:

                       We have enough money.

                       I have not got enough money to buy this computer.

           3. Too comes before adjectives and adverbs:

                       It's too hot to wear that coat.

                       I was driving too fast.

Ø  Too generally placed at the end of the Clause but Also is placed before Verb.

           e.g. He also likes music.          He likes music too.

Ø  Order of Personal Pronoun

           231 i.e. 2^nd person, 3^rd person & 1^st person

           e.g.       You, he and I are playing outside.

                       You and I are playing.

                       She and I are playing.

                                                                                                                       Ranjit Kr. Singh

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