109 : Word order 1: verb + object; place and time

   A   

Verb + object

 

The verb and the object normally go together. We do not usually put other words between them:

	verb +	object
I	like	my job	very much. (not I like very much my job)
Did you	see	your friends	yesterday?
Helen never	drinks	coffee.

 

Study these examples. The verb and the object go together each time:

• Do you eat meat every day? (not Do you eat every day meat?)
• Everybody enjoyed the party very much. (not enjoyed very much the party)
• Our guide spoke English fluently. (not spoke fluently English)
• I lost all my money and I also lost my passport. (not I lost also my passport)
• At the end of the street you'll see a supermarket on your left. (not see on your left a supermarket)

 

 

   B   

Place and time

 

Usually the verb and the place (where?) go together:

     go home        live in a city        walk to work etc.

 

If the verb has an object, the place comes after the verb + object:

     take somebody home        meet a friend in the street

 

Time (when? / how often? / how long?) usually goes after place:

	place +	time
Ben walks	to work	every morning. (not every morning to work)
Sam has been	in Canada	since April.
We arrived	at the airport	early.

 

Study these examples. Time goes after place:

• I'm going to Paris on Monday. (not I'm going on Monday to Paris)
• They have lived in the same house for a long time.
• Don't be late. Make sure you're here by 8 o'clock.
• Sarah gave me a lift home after the party.
• You really shouldn't go to bed so late.

 

It is often possible to put time at the beginning of the sentence:

• On Monday I'm going to Paris.
• Every morning Ben walks to work.

 

Some time words (for example, always/never/usually) go with the verb in the middle of the sentence. See Unit 110.

 

 

 

※ lift :

 

• It's on the sixth floor—let's take the lift.
• We got the lift to the tenth floor.
• in a lift I went down in the lift and made my way to reception. (go on a bus 같은 표현인듯.)
• She got into the lift and pressed the button for the fourth floor.
• We took the lift down to the ground floor.

• I'm going your way—do you want a lift? 
• I got a lift from a friend.
• lift + adv./prep. I'll give you a lift to the station.
• Could I have a lift into town?
• They offered me a lift home.
• She hitched a lift on a truck. (= hitch a ride)

 

• lift somebody/something I lifted the lid of the box and peered in.
• She lifted her head to look at him.
• lift somebody/something up He lifted the baby up and hugged her.
• lift somebody/something (up) + adv./prep. He stood there with his arms lifted above his head.
• (figurative) John lifted his eyes (= looked up) from his book.
• Her eyebrows lifted. ‘Apologize? Why?’
• I lifted the baby out of the chair.
• He lifted the suitcase down from the rack.

 

 

 

※ peer :

 

appear : 보여지다, 나타나다

peer : (appear → peer), peer 를 계속하면 appear 됨(즉, 잘 보이게 됨)

to look closely or carefully at something, especially when you cannot see it clearly

• We peered into the shadows.
• He went to the window and peered out.
• She kept peering over her shoulder.
• He peered closely at the photograph.

 

 

 

※ stare :

 

• I screamed and everyone stared.
• stare up/down at somebody/something They stared up at the hole in the ceiling.
• He sat staring into space (= looking at nothing). (멍 때린다는 뜻인가?)
• I was staring into her beautiful blue eyes.
• She looked at them with dark staring eyes.

 

 

 

※ gaze :

 

• She gazed at him in amazement.
• He sat for hours just gazing(=stare) into space.

 

 

 

※ glare :

 

• He didn't shout, he just glared at me silently.
• I looked at her and she glared furiously back.
• The white snow glared in the morning sunlight.
• I was blinded by the glare of the approaching headlights.
• For a moment she was blinded by the harsh glare of the sun.
• I shielded my eyes from/against the glare of the sun.
• These sunglasses are designed to reduce glare.

 

 

 

※ Patterns (stare/gaze/peer/glare) :

 

• to stare/​gaze/​peer/​glare at somebody/​something
• to stare/​gaze/​peer/​glare suspiciously
• to stare/​gaze/​peer anxiously/​intently
• to stare/​gaze/​glare wildly/​fiercely