BASIC: Sentence Patterns I

BASIC: Sentence Word Order

by Tom Rohrbach

Multiple Choice Quiz

WORD ORDER

Use the words you see, and put them in the correct order. Choose the correct answer.

EXAMPLE: you / a student / are → ANSWER: You are a student.

I / tall / am
1. I am tall.
2. Tall I am.
3. I tall am.
is / a student / she
1. Is a student she.
2. A student she is.
3. She is a student.
cold / today / is / it
1. It cold is today.
2. It is cold today.
3. Is cold today.
two cars / there / are / in the garage
1. Are two cars in the garage there.
2. Two cars are there in the garage.
3. There are two cars in the garage.
are / Americans / they
1. They are Americans.
2. They Americans are.
3. Are Americans they.
like / pizza / we
1. We pizza like.
2. Pizza we like.
3. We like pizza.
on / the 16th Street Mall / is / Spring
1. On the 16th Street Mall Spring is.
2. Spring is on the 16th Street Mall.
3. Spring on the 16th Street Mall is.
from / is / Mario / Spain
1. From Spain is Mario.
2. Mario from Spain is.
3. Mario is from Spain.
old / Mrs. Smith / is
1. Mrs. Smith is old.
2. Mrs. Smith old is.
3. Old is Mrs. Smith
6 p.m. / is / at / the TV show
1. At 6 p.m. is the TV show.
2. The TV show at 6 p.m. is.
3. The TV show is at 6 p.m.
at / 9:00 / is / class
1. Class at 9:00 is.
2. Class is at 9:00.
3. At 9:00 class is.
8 students / are / in our class / there
1. 8 students are in our class there.
2. There 8 students are in our class.
3. There are 8 students in our class.
studying / is / Ahmed / grammar
1. Ahmed is studying grammar.
2. Ahmed studying grammar is.
3. Grammar is studying Ahmed.
raining / is / now / it
1. Is it raining now.
2. It is raining now.
3. It raining is now.
next to / the cat / is / the dog
1. The cat is next to the dog.
2. The cat the dog is next to.
3. The cat next to the dog is.
happy / is / the girl
1. Happy is the girl.
2. The girl happy is.
3. The girl is happy.
is / 10:00 / it / now
1. It is 10:00 now.
2. It 10:00 is now.
3. 10:00 it is now.
is / today / it / cold
1. Is it cold today.
2. It is cold today.
3. It cold is today.
two children / Mary / has
1. Two children has Mary.
2. Mary two children has.
3. Mary has two children.
on / is / the book / the table
1. The table is on the book.
2. The book is on the table.
3. The book on the table is.