Sentence Building from Fragments Flashcards

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.'

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.