Order of Words (Class 8)
Order of Words (Class 8)
The order of words in a sentence is usually in the following order:
a. The subject usually comes before the verb.
Example:
· Sam takes coffee.
· The teacher comes and teaches in the class.
Some important points:
1. The subject comes after the helping verb in interrogative sentences.
Example:
· Will you have a cup of coffee?
· Is it a good movie?
2. Sometimes exclamatory and Optative sentences, the subject comes after the verb.
Example:
· What a beautiful sunset!
· May you live long!
3. In Imperative Sentences, the subject is usually understood.
Example:
· Help the poor. (You)
· Thank you (I)
4. In conditional clauses, without “if”, the subject comes after the helping verb.
· Had you worked hard, you would have gotten the promotion.
· Should you go to Bangalore, do not forget to meet my sister.
5. In sentences, beginning with “here”, “there”, “no sooner”, “hardly” etc, the subject comes after the verb.
Example:
· There comes the doctor.
· Here comes my brother.
· No sooner did I reach the hotel than I ordered a drink.
· Hardly had I reached home when it started raining.
b. The object usually comes after the verb
Example:
· I am learning to ride a bicycle.
· Their class is making a noise.
Some important points:
1. When the object is a relative or an interrogative pronoun, it comes before the verb.
Example: This is the girl whose sister got the first prize.
2. The indirect object precedes the direct object
Example: She gave me(indirect) a gift(direct).
3. The complement usually comes after the verb.
Example: We call our dog ‘tommy’.
4. The adjective usually comes before its noun.
Example: A strange disease has attacked them.
5. In case the adjective is used predicatively, it comes after the noun.
Example: All men are mortal.
6. The adverb is usually placed close to the word it modifies.
Example: She always speaks the truth. You have solved only one problem.