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Worksheet (English) on: "Word Order": (New + Entrance + Model Exam and other Questions): By Million Abebe (MA in TEFL/ English and B. Ed. Degree in Pedagogy): 2023


 
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  • This post presents worksheet on word order questions!
    • Almost all the questions in this worksheet are taken from Grade 12 English National Exam (Ethiopia)! 
    • The questions have been selected among the exams from the year 2000EC upto now!
Challenge 1
 Instruction: Choose best letter that has correct word order and also given acceptable meaning!
1. Breakfast to bread are have going for we.
A. We are going to have bread for breakfast.    
B. We are going to have for breakfast bread.
C. We are for breakfast going to have bread.   
D.We are going for bread to have breakfast.
2. Medicine take are than instructed you never more to.
A. Take more medicine than you are never instructed to.
B. Never take more medicine than you are instructed to.
C. You are instructed never to take more than medicine.
D. Never take medicine more than you are instructed to
3. Way there similar could apes in humans be no which to are.
A. There could be humans which no way are in similar to apes.
B. There are no humans which could be in way similar to apes.
C. There could be no way in which humans are similar to apes.
D. There are apes which could no way be in similar to humans.
4. Shume dog our little killed.
A. Our shume little dog killed.     
B. Shume killed our little dog.
C. Dog killed our shume little.      
D. Our little dog shume killed.
5. To Please what do tell you they.
A. Please, they tell you to do what.     
B. Please, you tell they what to do.
C. Please, do what they tell you to.     
D. Please, you do tell to they what.
6. What us could they someone tell up are to?
A. What could they tell someone are up to us?         
B. What are they up to tell us someone could ?
C.  Could someone tell us what  they are up to?        
D. Could they tell someone what up to us are?
7. feeling has difficult to it been her know real always.
A. To know her difficult feeling it  has always been real. 
B. It has always been to know her real difficult feeling
C. It has always been real difficult to know her feeling   
D. It has always been difficult to know her real feelings
8. Miles did swim two yesterday  she?
A. Did she yesterday swim two miles?               
B. Did two miles she swim yesterday?
C. Did yesterday she swim two miles ?                
D. Did she swim two miles yesterday?
9. plane I by traveling hate.
A. By plane I hate traveling.         
B. Traveling by plane I hate
C. I hate traveling by plane.           
D. I hate by plane traveling.
10. trees rains it when green turn.
A. Green trees turn, when it rains.           
B. When rains turn, it green trees.   
C. When it rains, trees turn green.           
D. When rains, trees turn it green.
Challenge 2
1. tolerate cannot him I more any
A. Tolerate any more I cannot him.  
B. I cannot tolerate any more him.
C. I cannot tolerate him anymore.     
D. Anymore tolerate I cannot him.
2. Pleased we see you to are
A. We are pleased to see you.         
B. pleased we see you to are.
C. pleased we are to see you          
D. We are pleased see you to.
3. old the children a lady little good-natured met
A. The children met a little lady good-natured.          
B. The children met a good-natured little lady.
C. The children met a lady good-natured little.          
D. The children met a lady little good-natured.
4. enjoy is too short it life
A. Too short life is; enjoy it.  
B. Life is too short; enjoy it.   
C. Enjoy it too short; is life.    
D. Enjoy too short; it is life.
5. Don’t I interrupt while speak me.
A. Speak me while I don’t interrupt.         
B. Don’t I interrupt while speak me
C. Don’t interrupt me while I speak.          
D. Don’t me speak while I interrupt.
6. From/mine/looks/your/house/different
A. Mine house looks different from your.                   
B. Your house looks different from mine.
C. Your house different looks from mine.                   
D. Your looks different from mine house.
7. At /the/people/a lot of/Zoo/can/you/see
A. A lot of people can you see at the Zoo.                    
B. You can at the Zoo see a lot of people.
C. You can see a lot of people at the Zoo.                     
D. A lot of people you can see at the Zoo.
8. stopped/we/so/was/traffic/the/light/red
A. We stopped the traffic light so was red.                       
B. The traffic light was red, so we stopped.
C. The light was so red, we stopped traffic.                      
D.  We stopped the traffic light was so red.
9. Hiwot/asked/I/ /wanted/what /to know
A. To know what I asked Hiwot wanted. 
B. Asked Hiwot to know what I wanted.
C. Hiwot wanted to know what I asked.  
D.   What I wanted to know asked Hiwot.
10. You next do in who class to sit?
A. Who do you sit next to in class? 
B. Next who do you sit in to class?
C. To who next do you sit in class? 
D. Who next to do you sit in class?

 Challenge 3: Grade 12 National Exams: 2013&12EC respectively


 
 












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