Word Order 4

What is Word Order?

Making sure the words in a sentence follow the correct order to convey the right meaning is called word order. Look at the sentence below:

Never before in the history had the world seen such a genius as Leonardo Da Vinci.

In the sentence above, we do not say ~~the world had seen~~, but rather say had the world seen

Sample Question

Q.Out of the chaos of World War II __________________ as the United States, Japan, and Germany.

(A) grew such economic powers
(B) such economic powers grew
(C) so powerful did economies grow

Answer

(A) grew such economic powers - This sentence structure follows the same pattern as the sentence stated above.

How Does it Help Me?

Understanding word order will help, making sense of unfamiliar sentence structures and reduce the chance of miscommunication and misinterpretation.

Did you know there are `4 types` of word order problems? Understand them all via these tests!

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