# Word Order: Rules and Examples | SwaVid

Word order: rules, worked examples and a quick check for Class 6 to 12 English grammar, CBSE and ICSE. Free practice on SwaVid.

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# Word order: rules and examples

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Short answer. A statement says who or what does the action (the subject), then the action (the verb), then what receives it (the object). Keep this order.

1 . Word order in a sentence. Which sentence is in the right order?

2 . Which sentence is correct?

Subject, then verb, then object.

A statement says who or what does the action (the subject), then the action (the verb), then what receives it (the object). Keep this order.

Isha reads comics.

Wrong: Farhan kicked hard the ball. Right: Farhan kicked the ball hard. (Keep verb and object together)

Your child's level and 3 topics to fix first.

All the topics in this chapter, one rule at a time.

- Keep verb and object together . Do not put a word like hard, well or quickly between the verb and its object. Put it after the object.
- Place and time phrases . A place or time phrase goes after the object. It can also open the sentence. Either way, subject, verb and object stay together.
- Two objects . Some verbs, like gave, sent and showed, have two objects. Put the person first, then the thing. If the thing comes first, add to before the person.
- Isha reads comics.
- Farhan kicked hard the ball. → Farhan kicked the ball hard. Keep verb and object together

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