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Word Order appears in school exams and competitive exams like SSC and Bank PO English sections. Practising with exam-style questions improves accuracy and speed.

Word Order

Sentence Structure elementary medium

English relies on a fixed order: Subject – Verb – Object.

Sentence Structure — How sentences are built and transformed.

Rules

1. Statement: Subject + Verb + Object — She reads books. 2. Question: (Wh-word) + Auxiliary + Subject + Main verb — Where does she live? 3. Adjective before noun; adverb of manner after verb: She sings sweetly. 4. Place before time: She met him at the station yesterday. 5. Frequency adverbs before main verb, after "be": He often visits us; He is often late.

Explanation

Unlike Hindi, English word order is fixed — rearranging words changes meaning. In questions the auxiliary moves before the subject.

हिंदी में

अंग्रेज़ी में शब्द क्रम निश्चित होता है — कर्ता, फिर क्रिया, फिर कर्म। प्रश्नों में auxiliary कर्ता से पहले आता है।

Examples

She met him at the station yesterday. — वह कल स्टेशन पर उससे मिली।
Does he play cricket? — क्या वह क्रिकेट खेलता है?

Common Mistakes

{"mistake":"I yesterday saw him.","correction":"I saw him yesterday.","note":"Place before time; adverbs of time usually at the end."}

Practice Questions

Q1. Choose the correct question: "___"

Where does she live?
Where she does live?
Where does live she?
Where lives she?

Answer: Where does she live?

💡 WH-question: where + does + subject + base verb.

Q2. Which sentence has correct word order?

He speaks English fluently.
He speaks fluently English.
He English speaks fluently.
Fluently he speaks English.

Answer: He speaks English fluently.

💡 Subject + verb + object + adverb.

Q3. Which sentence has correct word order?

She always arrives on time.
She arrives always on time.
Always she arrives on time.
She arrives on time always.

Answer: She always arrives on time.

💡 Frequency adverbs go before the main verb.

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Topic	Level	What it covers
Subject & Predicate	beginner	Every sentence splits into subject and predicate.
Subject-Verb Agreement	elementary	The verb must agree with its subject in number and person.
Objects	elementary	Direct and indirect objects receive the action of the verb.
Complements	elementary	Subject and object complements complete the meaning of the sentence.
Phrase	elementary	A phrase is a group of words without a subject-verb unit.
Clause	intermediate	A clause is a group of words with a subject and a verb.