Word Order – English Grammar Test for B2
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2 (always / is / she / polite)
3 (carefully / he / his / homework / does)
4 (the / at / every / bus / 7.30 / leaves / morning / station)
5 (were / quietly / the / library / students / studying / in)
6 (never / have / I / seen / such / movie / interesting / an)
7 (usually / coffee / morning / the / in / drinks / she)
8 (work / hard / they / every / day)
9 (we / met / yesterday / our / at / friends / restaurant / the)
10 (he / his / completely / forgot / homework)
11 (bus / we / sometimes / go / school / by / to)
12 (her / very / speaks / she / softly)
13 (are / they / always / late / for / meetings)
14 (often / watch / TV / evenings / the / in / we)
15 (was / very / he / angry / yesterday / morning)
16 (the / train / always / leaves / on / time)
17 (we / go / sometimes / out / dinner / for / after / work)
18 (her / last / called / I / night)
19 (hard / worked / he / the / during / exam / week)
20 (every / parents / their / Sunday / visit / they)
21 (a / she / job / recently / new / got)
22 (have / finished / we / already / project / our)
23 (meeting / the / before / carefully / prepared / she)
24 (to / hardly / talk / each / they / other)
25 (well / very / plays / he / guitar / the)
26 (came / I / home / late / night / last)
27 (the / at / park / are / children / happily / playing)
28 (never / rude / is / to / anyone / he)
29 (in / at / 8.00 / starts / office / the / work / morning / the)
30 (for / waiting / bus / have / we / the / been / twenty / minutes)
Answer
1 We went to London yesterday.
→ Order: Subject + Verb + Place + Time.
2 She is always polite.
→ With be, adverb (always) follows the verb.
3 He does his homework carefully.
→ Adverb of manner after object.
4 The bus leaves the station every morning at 7.30.
→ Order: Subject + Verb + Place + Time.
5 The students were studying quietly in the library.
→ Continuous tense: adverb (quietly) before place phrase.
6 I have never seen such an interesting movie.
→ Negative adverb between auxiliary and main verb.
7 She usually drinks coffee in the morning.
→ Frequency adverb before main verb; time adverb at end.
8 They work hard every day.
→ Manner adverb (hard) + time phrase at end.
9 We met our friends at the restaurant yesterday.
→ Natural order: object → place → time.
10 He completely forgot his homework.
→ Degree adverb before main verb.
11 We sometimes go to school by bus.
→ Frequency adverb before main verb; place/time after.
12 She speaks very softly.
→ Degree adverb (very) before manner adverb (softly).
13 They are always late for meetings.
→ With be, frequency adverb after verb.
14 We often watch TV in the evenings.
→ Frequency adverb before main verb; time phrase at end.
15 He was very angry yesterday morning.
→ Degree adverb (very) before adjective.
16 The train always leaves on time.
→ Frequency adverb before main verb.
17 We sometimes go out for dinner after work.
→ Frequency adverb before main verb; time phrase at end.
18 I called her last night.
→ Time adverb at end.
19 He worked hard during the exam week.
→ Manner adverb after verb; time phrase at end.
20 They visit their parents every Sunday.
→ Object before time phrase.
21 She got a new job recently.
→ Time adverb (recently) at end.
22 We have already finished our project.
→ Already between auxiliary and main verb.
23 She prepared the meeting carefully before.
→ Manner adverb after object; time phrase at end.
24 They hardly talk to each other.
→ Frequency/degree adverb before main verb.
25 He plays the guitar very well.
→ Object before manner adverb phrase.
26 I came home late last night.
→ Place before time.
27 The children are playing happily at the park.
→ Continuous: manner adverb before place.
28 He is never rude to anyone.
→ Never after be.
29 The work in the office starts at 8.00 in the morning.
→ Adverbial order: place → time.
30 We have been waiting for the bus for twenty minutes.
→ Correct order in present perfect continuous with two time phrases.