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Building Correct Sentences

Site: Saylor Academy
Course: ESL001: Elementary English as a Second Language
Book: Building Correct Sentences
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Date: Saturday, May 18, 2024, 4:39 PM

Description

In these activities, you will use parts of speech in the correct word order to create sentences.

Table of contents

Activity 1: Use the words to make a negative sentence


Source: Eric Dodson, Davida Jordan, Tim Krause, https://openoregon.pressbooks.pub/esol23/chapter/4-2/
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Activity 2: Use the words to make questions


Source: Eric Dodson, Davida Jordan, Tim Krause, https://openoregon.pressbooks.pub/esol23/chapter/4-2/
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Activity 3: Label the sentences with SVOPT


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SVOPT - Practice

Write the sentences using the words given. Use S V O P T word order.

1. began  /  last week  /  Kimi  /  through Turkey  /  a bike trip

2. at this uncle's bakery  /  Alexi  /  on Saturday mornings  /  works

3. arrived / in the early morning/ at the airport / my plane

4. are going to the lake  /  on Wednesday  /  the 128 students  /   an SVOPT quiz  /  in class


Optional things to think about: 

Each language of the world has its own grammatical rules for word order. How does your first language order sentences? Is it S V O P T?

Translate the sentence "We drink coffee in the garden every afternoon". Write it in your language. Then explain the word order to a partner.

Some languages require an "extra" subject or object that does not translate well into English. Other languages don't require a "be" verb. Some languages don’t require an It subject before verbs. Translating these grammar rules can cause incomplete sentences, or sentences that have extra words in English.