語序：動詞 + 賓語、地點、時間；頻率副詞

英語的基本句子按照 主語 + 動詞 + 賓語 的順序。動詞和賓語通常緊挨在一起——不要把 very much、well、every day… 插在它們中間。

• I like coffee very much.

  我非常喜歡咖啡。（不說：I like very much coffee）

• She speaks English very well.

  她英語說得非常好。（不說：speaks very well English）

• I read the news every morning.

  我每天早上看新聞。

💡中文說“我很喜歡”，但英語裡 very 不能放在動詞前面：“I very like it” 是錯的。要說 I really like it、I like it very much，或者 I love it。

句子裡既有地點（在哪裡？）又有時間（什麼時候？多久？多常？）時，通常的順序是 動詞（+ 賓語）+ 地點 + 時間。

• We went to Da Nang last summer.

  我們去年夏天去了峴港。（地點 → 時間）

• My family moved to Hanoi in 2018.

  我們家 2018 年搬到了河內。

• Last year, we went to Hue.

  去年我們去了順化。（時間也可以放在句首）

方式副詞（well、carefully、fast）通常緊跟在動詞或賓語後面，在地點和時間之前：She sang beautifully at the party last night.

💡中文習慣把時間放在動詞前面（“我去年去了順化”）。英語裡時間可以放在句首，但一般不要把它插在動詞和賓語或地點之間：要說 I went to Hue last year，不說 “I went last year to Hue”。

有些簡短的副詞通常放在句子中間、靠近動詞的位置：頻率副詞（always、usually、often、sometimes、rarely、never），以及 also、already、still、just、even、probably、really。具體位置取決於動詞：

• 放在 have to 前面：I always have to get up early.
• Probably 放在否定助動詞前面：I probably won't come.（也可以說 I'll probably not come，但不說 “I won't probably come”。）
• Sometimes 和 usually 也可以放在句首：Sometimes I work from home.
• All 和 both 也遵循同樣的規則：We all love pho. My sisters are both nurses.
• 在疑問句中，副詞放在主語後面：Do you often cook? Have you ever been to Sa Pa?

• Lan often drinks green tea in the afternoon.

  阿蘭下午常喝綠茶。

• My brother is never on time.

  我哥哥從來不準時。

• I speak English, and I can also speak a little French.

  我會說英語，還會說一點法語。

• We have already booked the tickets.

  我們已經訂好票了。

• My sisters are both nurses.

  我的兩個姐姐都是護士。

💡Never 本身已經是否定，所以要和肯定形式的動詞連用：I never eat meat——不說 “I don't never eat”。標準英語一個句子裡只用一個否定詞。

• ✗I very like this song.

  ✓I really like this song. / I like this song very much.

  very 不能放在動詞前面。

• ✗She speaks very well English.

  ✓She speaks English very well.

  動詞和賓語不分開。

• ✗We go usually to the market on Sundays.

  ✓We usually go to the market on Sundays.

  頻率副詞放在普通動詞前面。

• ✗He drinks every morning coffee.

  ✓He drinks coffee every morning.

  先賓語，後時間。

• ✗They arrived last night at the hotel.

  ✓They arrived at the hotel last night.

  通常地點在時間前面。

• ✗I have always to get up early.

  ✓I always have to get up early.

  副詞放在 have to 前面。