2 - Sentence Structure
Word Order/Sentence Elements
In the last unit we looked at Parts of Speech - the individual building blocks of language. In this unit we will be looking at the structure of the sentence - what we call sentence elements.
Different parts of speech can come together to form 'chunks' of language. Look at the sentence below:
‘The modern-day CLIL Classroom has been around for a number of years’
We can split the sentence up into 3 ‘chunks’, or elements:
'The modern-day CLIL Classroom' 'has been around' 'for a number of years'
How do we ‘split up’ sentences like this to make sense? How do we order words within sentences?
Follow the steps below to complete this unit:
1. Read an overview of ‘BICS & CALP’. Use one of the online dictionaries to look up any words you do not know.
2. Read the Language Focus on Word Order and Sentence Elements.
(You can download a PDF version here: Word Order and Sentence Elements.pdf)
Then return to this page.
3. Practise the language points using the exercises below:
4. Link to other websites where you can read more about the language point, or do further practice:
