Sentence Building from Fragments Flashcards

Rearrange the fragments to form a correct sentence: 'every morning / she / exercises / at the gym'

Answer: She exercises at the gym every morning.

The correct order places subject before verb and adverbial phrases at the start or end.

Which arrangement correctly uses the fragments: 'quickly / the students / left / the classroom'?

Answer: The students quickly left the classroom.

Adverbs like 'quickly' typically follow the subject and precede the main verb.

Form a sentence from: 'have / we / for two years / lived here'

Answer: We have lived here for two years.

Present perfect requires 'have/has + past participle,' with the time phrase at the end.

Which sentence is correctly built from: 'the package / by tomorrow / will be delivered'?

Answer: The package will be delivered by tomorrow.

Passive future tense follows: subject + will be + past participle + time phrase.

Rearrange: 'are / the roads / because of the rain / slippery'

Answer: The roads are slippery because of the rain.

The linking verb 'are' connects the subject 'the roads' with the adjective 'slippery,' and the reason clause follows.

Form a sentence from: 'called / nobody / when / I arrived'

Answer: Nobody called when I arrived.

The main clause 'nobody called' precedes the subordinate time clause 'when I arrived.'

Which correctly arranges: 'a letter / to her friend / she / wrote'?

Answer: She wrote a letter to her friend.

Standard word order: subject + verb + direct object + indirect object phrase.