Word order worksheet – Exercises
PUT THE WORDS IN BRACKETS IN THE CORRECT ORDER.
1. I _____________________________ sugar in my tea. (take/not/usually)
2. ‘Where’s Jim?’ ‘He _____________________________ home early.’ (gone/has/probably)
3. Ann _____________________________ very generous. (is/always)
4. Tim is a good pianist. He _____________________________ . (very/sing/also/well/can)
5. Our tv _____________________________ down. (breaking/always/is)
6. We _____________________________ a long time for the bus. (to/have/always/wait)
7. My sight isn’t very good. I _____________________________ with glasses. (read/can/only)
8. I _____________________________ tomorrow. (probably/early/leaving/will/be)
9. I’m afraid I _____________________________ come to the party. (to/won’t/probably/able/be)
10. If we hadn’t done it, we _____________________________ each other. (never/met/might/have)
11. we/interesting/found/the/some/library/books/in
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12. football/Ken/play/does/weekend/every
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13. park/building/opposite/new/they/a/are/hotel/the
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14. his/minutes/a/I/few/name/remembered/after
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15. write/page/please/top/name/of/the/at/your/the
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16. Friday/go/bank/I/every/the/to
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17. late/did/come/why/so/you/home
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18. London/going/few/to/I’m/week/a/for/days/next
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19. the/on/see/night/at/Saturday/you/didn’t/I/party
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20. morning/town/I’ve/around/all/the/walking/been
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