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0.30  2.56 Basic word order (subject, verb, object)
Subject	Verb	Object
I	like	apples.
She	speaks	English	very well.
He	doesn’t speak	English	well.
They	ate	fish	yesterday.
We	are having	lunch	now.

Word order: place and time
subject + verb	place	time / when
I cycle	to school	every day.
We left	home	at 8 o’clock.
He arrived	at our house	an hour ago.
She has lived	in the town	since 1975.
Place usually comes before time: I went to London last year. I went last year to London.

Exercise instructions

Put the words in brackets in the correct order.

Example

He (to school / every day / goes)
answer: He goes to school every day.

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1I (a lot / my car / drive)
I  . 

2James (a newspaper / buys / every day)
James  . 

3Our family (goes / every year / to Greece)
Our family  . 

4I (very much / books / like)
I  . 

5They (to Paris / next year / want to go)
They  . 

6My son (today / very hard / is studying)
My son  . 

7My mum (very well / doesn’t speak / English)
My mum  . 

8My aunt (today / in hospital / is)
My aunt  . 

0.55-4.00

Should we put on the safety hats?
wild adventure
To be keen on...
I'm not too keen on small dark spaces
I'm not so good with hights
exciting places
follow me
pretty
sparkling
amazing
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