EN2 Word order

Pöydällä oli kymmenen rottaa.

• There were ten rats on the table

• There was ten rats on the table

• It was ten rats on the table

• On the table was ten rats

Answer explanation

Kun kerrot mitä "jossakin on/oli", lause alkaa THERE IS / THERE ARE

THERE WAS / THERE WERE

Olla-verbin muotoon vaikuttaa se, viittaatko yhteen vai useaan asiaan.

Ulkona on kylmä.

• Outside is cold

• There is cold outside

• It is cold outside.

Answer explanation

Kun puhut säätilasta, lause alkaa IT-sanalla.

Taivaalla on tummia pilviä

• In the sky is dark clouds.

• There are dark clouds in the sky.

• It is dark clouds in the sky.

• There is dark clouds in the sky.

Answer explanation

Huom! Jos sään ilmaisu on substantiivi, lause alkaa sanalla THERE

Raumalle on 15km

• There are 15 km to Rauma

• To Rauma is 15 km

• It is 15 km to Rauma

Answer explanation

Välimatkan ilmaisut alkavat sanalla IT

On aivan liian aikaista herätä klo 5.30

• Is much too early to wake up at 5.30

• It is much too early to wake up at 5.30

Kello on 10.

• The clock is ten

• It is ten o'clock

Answer explanation

Ajanilmaukset alkavat sanalla IT

Kotikaupungissani oli onnettomuus.

• There was an accident in my home town.

• In my home town was an accident.

• An accident was in my home town

Answer explanation

Kun kerrotaan, että "jotakin on jossakin" paikanmääre tulee lauseen loppuun. Muista tässäkin SPOTPA-sääntö. Paikka lauseen loppuun.

Put the words in the correct order:

today gently the prince in the pond a frog kissed

Answer explanation

SPOTPA-sääntö sopii tähän!

Put the words in the correct order:

often they late are

Put the words in the correct order:

do seldom I my homework