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Word Order

Subject
Verb
Object
Mary
sees
the cat

The Adjective always comes first in English.

Spanish
English
La casa blanca
The white house
Questions and Answers - In answers the subject is the first word in the sentence. In questions the verb to be come first. When using a verb other than to be the word do comes first in a question
Answer
Question
To be
You are hungry
Are you hungry?
Do
You like food.
Do you like food?
Some verbs are followed by the indirect object it.
explain
describe
report
introduce
suggest
When both objects are pronouns, the direct object comes first
Give it to me
Show it to her
Buy it for me

Practice

1) ________ (I am, am I) hungry?

2) You spilled the juice, so ____________ (you are, are you) going to clean it up.

3) Translate: Les dijeron. _______________.

4) To save on gas expenses we should drive around in _____________ (cars, small).

5) I am not lying I __________ (do like, like do) pasta, __________ (do you, you do) like pasta?

6) Translate: Llevame el vaso de agua. ______________________.

7) Translate: Por favor, explicarlo a mi. _____________________.

8) Translate: Me gusta esta mujer, deverias introducirlo a mi. ________________________.