Where do place and time go?

Longer sentence: I play football in the park on Sundays.

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Sentence structure: Parts of a sentence

Every sentence is built from parts. Look at the colors: English puts the parts in a different order from Turkish.

Bring the pieces together

Three main parts
Subject = who or what does the action (I, my cat). Verb = the action or state (play, eats). Object = what the action affects (football, fish).
English: Subject + Verb + Object
In English the verb is in the middle; in Turkish it comes last.
Example: I play football.
Example: My cat eats fish.
The order is different
Turkish: subject + object + verb. English: subject + verb + object.
Example: I eat apples.
Example: Ayşe helps her brother.
Where do place and time go?
Longer sentence: I play football in the park on Sundays.
Place first, then time
In Turkish the time often comes first; in English it is place first, then time.
Example: I play football in the park on Sundays.
Example: She studies English at home every evening.
No sentence without a subject
In Turkish, “Yağıyor.” is a full sentence. English needs a subject, so we use it.
Example: It is raining.
Example: It is cold today.
Tip
Except for commands (Sit down.), every English sentence has a subject and a verb. If there is no real subject, it fills the place: It is sunny.

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