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Speak you English?!?

English Word Order

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Kyra S. Huismann, B.ALanguage Coach, Intercultural Trainer

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Some word statistics

• 470 000 words in English (Webster’s & Oxford English Dictionary)

• Native English speaker active vocabulary:20 000 (Susie Dent, lexicographer)

• Basic English 850 words (Charles Kay Ogden)

• A 6-year old English child knows 1 500 words (wikipedia)

• 3 000 words cover 95% of common text (lingholic, Samuel Gendreau)


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Most frequently used words in English

Place Noun Verb Adjective Preposition

1 time be good to

2 person have new of

3 year do first in

4 way say last for

5 day get long on

6 thing make great with

7 man go little at

8 world know own by

9 life take other from

10 hand see old up

Source: Oxford English Corpus


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Terminology


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Terminology

who or whatperforms action

what is the action

who or whatthe action happens to

VERBSUBJECT OBJECT

knowI Tom.


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Terminology

VERB

knowI Tom.

Person & Zeit

knowsShe Tom.

knewI Tom.


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Terminology

=auxiliaryHilfswort für Fragen, Negative & Zeiten

aux

Person & Zeit Übergang auf aux


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Terminology

Present Past Future

do did will

does had

have could

can

would

aux


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knowI Tom.

Terminologyaux

Tom.knowI don‘t


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knowsShe Tom.

She Tom.knowdoesn‘t

Terminology-s in present tenses aux


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Example Sentences


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Our example sentences

kenneIch Tom.

Kennst du Tom?

kenneIch Tom nicht.


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Statements - Aussagen

+


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Word Order Statements

VS OknowI Tom.

knowsShe Tom.

knewI Tom.

Person & Zeit V

+


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Negatives - Verneinungen

-


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S OI Tom.

She Tom.

I Tom.

aux Vknow

know

know

do

does

did

not

n‘t

n‘t

n‘t

-Word Order Negatives

Person & Zeit aux


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Questions - Fragen

?


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S Oyou Tom?

she Tom?

you Tom?

Aux Vknow

know

know

Do

Does

Did

?Word Order Questions

Person & Zeit aux


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Exercise - Übungen


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German to English

kenneIch Tom.

knowI Tom.

What goes in the gap – Was kommt in die Lücke?

+


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German to English Modal

kann singen.Ich

canI

+

sing.


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German to English

kenneIch Tom nicht.

I Tom.knowdon‘t

-aux


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German to English

kenntSusan Tom nicht.

She Tom.knowdoesn‘t

-aux


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kann nicht singen.Ich

I sing.can‘t

-aux


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Kennst du Tom?

you Tom?

German to English

Do know

?aux


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Kennt Susan Tom?

she Tom?

German to English

Does know

?aux


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Kannst du singen?

you


Can sing?

?aux


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Word Order Summary

S OI Tom.

aux Vknowdon‘t

not

VS OknowI Tom.

+

-

? S Oyou Tom?

Aux VknowDo


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Answers - Antworten


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Word Order Questions & Answers

you Tom?knowDo

Yes, I do.

No, I do n‘t

Aux “Nachplapper”-Prinzip

aux


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you Tom?likeDo

Yes, I do.

No, I do n‘t


What is the answer – Die Antwort?

aux


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she Tom?likeDoes

Yes, she does.

No, she doesn‘t.


aux


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you Tom?likeDid

Yes, I did.

No, I didn‘t.


aux


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you sing?Can

Yes, I can.

No, I can‘t.


aux


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you singing?Are

Yes, I am.

No, I amnot.


aux


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that right?Is

Yes, it is.

No, it isn‘t.


aux


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you seenHave

Yes, I have.

No, I have


that?

n‘t.

aux


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you likeDo

Yes, I do.

No, I do


tea?

n‘t.

aux


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you a car?haveDo

Yes, I do.

No, I don‘t.


aux

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Still awake?


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Question Tags – Aussagen mit Hinterfragung


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Oder?! Question Tags

VS OkennstDu Tom, oder?


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knowYou Tom.

Statement

doYou Tom,Question Tag oder?

know n‘t you?

VS O


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VS OlikeYou tea.

Statement


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doYou tea,like n‘t you?




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areYou n‘t you?are


Tom,


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isThis it?is


n‘t difficult,


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doYou a car,have n‘t you?




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doYou a car,have you?n‘t do



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canYou .

Statement

S aux Vsing

canYouQuestion Tag

sing, ‘t you?can

auxOder?! Question Tags


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canYou sing, ‘t you?can


aux


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areYou singing, n‘t you?are


aux


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isThis the end.,

isn‘t it ?

Yes, it is!Graphics by Schilling Verlag

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