Word Order

Word Order atau susunan yang paling umum dalam bahasa Inggris adalah subjek + Verba + Objek. Berkaitan  denga urutan kata, terdapat beberapa kaidah yang perlu kita tahu. Kaidah-kaidah yang mengatur tata urutan kata dalam bahasa Inggris. Berikut ini dijelaskan beberapa kaidah tersebut.

1.    Kalimat yang diawali oleh there

Ø  There are many students in the classroom

Ø  There was an accident in the street lasst night

Ø  Ther is no basis for this complaint

2.    Kalimat yang diawali oleh frasa preposisi, mempunyai verba intransitif yang menunjukkan keberadaan sesuatu hal; dan kata yang merunjuk tempat.

Ø  In the box were several books

Ø  On the corner stood a police officer

Ø  Here is the book you lent me

Ø  Nowhere have I seen such beautiful weather

Ø  In the classroom are some students who are studying math

3.    Kalimat pengandaian ipe dua dan tiga tanpa penghubung if dan unless.

Ø  Were he ask her, she would surely help him

Ø  Had he  known, he would have come

Ø  Were he a doctor, he would cure the patient

4.    Kalimat yang diawali oleh kata-kata yang berbau negatif seperti never, hardly, seldom, rarely, barely, scarcely, not only, at no times, nowhere, dll.

Ø  Not only they go but they also stayed until the end

Ø  Never has the word face so many problems

Ø  At no time were the pessenger so many problems

5.    Kalimat yang diawali dengan only dan keterangan waktu

Ø  Only once was John late to class

Ø  Only after her mother died, did she know loneliness

6.    Kalimat yang diawali oleh kata-kata keterangan down, in, out dan up; mempunyai verba dan nomina subjek

Ø  Down cme the train

Ø  In walked the doctor with his bag in hand

7.    Kalimat yang diawali oleh few, such, so dan little

Ø  Little did she know that she had won the grand prize

Ø  So great was love  for her children that she sacrificed everything for them

8.    Verba utama mengawali kalimat pasif yang dipecah

Ø  Held as hostages were several reporters

Ø  Discovered at the bottom of the well were two small children

9.    Kalimat tanya yang diawali oleh verba bantu auxiliary

Ø  Can he go to school?

Ø  Can you come to the party tonight?

Ø  Would you like to visit us one day?

10.              Kalimat tanya yang diawali oleh W-h

Ø  What are you doing?

Ø  What is your name?

Ø  Where do you stay?

Ø  How old are you?

Demikianlah sekilas mengenai susunan kata dalam bahasa Inggris semoga bermanfaat.