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What comes after the verb

Choose what comes after the verb

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Read the whole sentence, then choose the word or phrase that completes it.

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The thing comes right after the verb; how, when or where come after it: Dad buttered the toast carefully, not buttered carefully the toast.

  1. Example 1Choose the right order after the verb.

    The babies feed ____. at dawn themselvesthemselves at dawn

    The babies feed themselves at dawn.

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The farmer picked ____. pumpkins at noonat noon pumpkins

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What comes after the verb: Choose what comes after the verb

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Example · Choose the right order after the verb.The babies feed ____. (at dawn themselves / themselves at dawn)The babies feed themselves at dawn.

Choose the right order after the verb.

  1. The farmer picked ____. (pumpkins at noon / at noon pumpkins)
  2. Jill carried ____. (at ten Rob's bag / Rob's bag at ten)
  3. The babies popped ____. (in the afternoon bubbles / bubbles in the afternoon)
  4. I will sell ____. (the fish on Monday / on Monday the fish)
  5. Grandma enjoyed ____. (in the evening herself / herself in the evening)
  6. The vets will hold ____. (the girl's kittens carefully / carefully the girl's kittens)
  7. Beth will draw ____. (neatly an owl / an owl neatly)
  8. The officers will help ____. (children at eight / at eight children)
  9. The boy will draw ____. (a picture neatly / neatly a picture)
  10. The pirate sailed ____. (slowly a boat / a boat slowly)
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What comes after the verb: Choose what comes after the verb · answer key

  1. pumpkins at noon
  2. Rob's bag at ten
  3. bubbles in the afternoon
  4. the fish on Monday
  5. herself in the evening
  6. the girl's kittens carefully
  7. an owl neatly
  8. children at eight
  9. a picture neatly
  10. a boat slowly
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