Sentence Building from Fragments Flashcards
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Rearrange: 'hardly / he / before / speaks / others'
Answer: He hardly speaks before others.
'Hardly' as an adverb of frequency belongs between the auxiliary or subject and the main verb.
Form a correct sentence from: 'is / there / a mistake / in your report'
Answer: There is a mistake in your report.
Existential 'there is' introduces the noun phrase, followed by the prepositional phrase.
Which sentence correctly builds from: 'enough / didn't / she / study'?
Answer: She didn't study enough.
'Enough' modifying a verb is placed after the verb in English.
Rearrange: 'the concert / was / absolutely / wonderful'
Answer: The concert was absolutely wonderful.
Intensifiers like 'absolutely' precede the adjective they modify.
Form a sentence from: 'finish / I / before / must / dinner'
Answer: I must finish before dinner.
Modal verbs like 'must' precede the base form of the main verb.
Which arrangement is correct for: 'carefully / the surgeon / operated / on the patient'?
Answer: The surgeon operated on the patient carefully.
Manner adverbs typically follow the verb phrase at the end of the sentence.
Rearrange: 'my keys / I / where / can't remember / I put'
Answer: I can't remember where I put my keys.
Embedded questions use statement word order: 'where I put' not 'where did I put.'