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Word order and question forms

Languages · Grammar Across Languages · ages 9-11
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  1. Bees visit flowers is an ordinary active English statement. What role order does it use?

    • Subject, verb, object
    • Verb, subject, object
    • Object, subject, verb
  2. In Frogs catch flies, which word is the main verb?

    • Frogs
    • Catch
    • Flies
  3. In the Japanese pattern taught here, o comes after the object word.

    Circle one:   True   False

  4. In Ren wa pan o tabemasu, pan means bread and tabemasu means eats. Which word shows the action, and where is it?

    • Tabemasu, at the end
    • Pan, before the action word
    • Ren, at the start of the sentence
  5. Using the taught helper-first pattern, which question matches We read books?

    • Do read we books?
    • We do read books?
    • Do we read books?
  6. Which role order is usual in the basic Japanese action statements taught here, with a named subject and object?

    • Subject, verb, object
    • Subject, object, verb
    • Verb, subject, object
  7. Use the taught polite Japanese question pattern. How do you turn Mika wa pan o tabemasu, meaning Mika eats bread, into a yes/no question?

    • Ka Mika wa pan o tabemasu?
    • Mika wa ka pan o tabemasu?
    • Mika wa pan o tabemasu ka?
  8. Kim changes Dogs chase cats to Cats chase dogs. What changes in the meaning?

    • Which animal does the chasing
    • How the word chase is spelled
    • How many words are in each sentence
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Word order and question forms W1-mt_aY-pVRzyEz-s1

  1. Subject, verb, object · Bees is the subject, visit is the verb, and flowers is the object.
  2. Catch · Catch names the action in this sentence.
  3. True · O follows the object in the taught pattern.
  4. Tabemasu, at the end · Tabemasu means eats, so it is the action verb. It is the final word.
  5. Do we read books? · Add do before we. The main verb read stays after the subject.
  6. Subject, object, verb · The taught Japanese pattern places the object before the final verb.
  7. Mika wa pan o tabemasu ka? · Add ka after tabemasu and keep the other words in order.
  8. Which animal does the chasing · Dogs chase in the first sentence. Cats chase in the second.
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