English grammar
Word order: subject, verb, object 📕
English has a fixed word order. In normal sentences, the order is: subject + verb + object.
| Subject | Verb | Object | Place | Time |
| I | drink | coffee | at work | every day. |
| My sister | bought | a car | in Oslo | last week. |
The subject comes before the verb, always
Also when the sentence starts with a time word or another word. The verb does not move.
✓ Yesterday I went to the doctor.
✗ Yesterday went I to the doctor.
✓ In Norway people eat a lot of fish.
✗ In Norway eat people a lot of fish.
💡 Many languages, for example Norwegian and German, put the verb in second place. English does not. In English, it is always subject first, then verb.
Every sentence needs a subject
✓ It is cold.
✗ Is cold.
✓ There is a problem.
✗ Is a problem.
Keep the verb and the object together
✓ I like football very much.
✗ I like very much football.