Speak you English?!?. English Word Order English Language Training Kyra S. Huismann, B.A Trainer .

Speak you English?!?

English Word Order

English Language Training

Kyra S. Huismann, B.A

Trainerwww.kyracom.de

Kyra S. Huismann Haarenstr. 9 26122 Oldenburg

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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 Ubergang auf aux


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knowI Tom.

I Tom.knowdonot know


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knowsShe Tom.

She Tom.knowdoes not know


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Terminology

Present Past Future

do did will

does had

have could

can

would

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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Questions - Fragen


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Word Order Questions

S Oyou Tom?

she Tom?

you Tom?

Aux Vknow

know

know

Do

Does

Did

Person & Zeit Aux


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Negatives - Verneinungen


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Word Order Negatives

S OI Tom.

She Tom.

I Tom.

aux Vknow

know

know

do

does

did

not

n‘t

n‘t

n‘t

Person & Zeit aux


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Exercise - Uebungen


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German to English STATEMENT

kenneIch Tom.

knowI Tom.

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


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Kennst du Tom?

you Tom?

German to English QUESTION

Do know


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Kennt Susan Tom?

she Tom?

German to English QUESTION

Does know


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German to English NEGATIVES

kenneIch Tom nicht.

I Tom.knowdo n‘t


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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


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you Tom?likeDo

Yes, I do.

No, I do n‘t


What is the answer – Die Antwort?


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you Tom?likeDid

Yes, I did.

No, I did n‘t



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you sing?Can

Yes, I can.

No, I can n‘t



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you likeDo

Yes, I do.

No, I do


tea?

n‘t


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you a car?haveDo

Yes, I do.

No, I do n‘t


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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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VS OknowYou Tom.

Statement

doYou Tom,

Question Tag

know n‘t you?


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VS OlikeYou tea.

Statement


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doYou tea,

Question Tag

like n‘t you?



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doYou a car,

Question Tag

have n‘t you?



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canYou .

Statement

S aux Vsing

canYou

Question Tag

sing, ‘t you?can


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canYou sing, ‘t you?can



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arenYou ‘t you?are


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