Word Order

Word order refers to the way words are arranged in a sentence. The standard word order in English is: Subject + Verb + Object. To determine the proper sequence of words, you need to understand what the subject, verb and object(s) are.

The sequence of words is critical when communicating in English because it can impact the meaning of what you’re trying to say. The sentence, “The chicken crossed the road” and “The road crossed the chicken” take on two different meanings because the subject and object are inverted. The same would be true if the verb was used out of order, for example: “Crossed the road the chicken.”

I guess teaching grammar, special the word order in sentence it is quite difficult because English Vs Spanish have some differences.

You can help the students sing the forma above: Subject + Verb + Object.

Use colors, which helps the student to identify the part of the speech, and makes it more attractive.

Use Cards with the words in a sentence and ask the students to unscramble the sentence. This kind of activities are usually found on course books, interactive pages.

This is one I used in class:

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