These worksheets are free forever. Want lessons that adapt to your child as they learn, plus progress tracking? Try Ignition Learning free.

Sign up free

Ignition Learning — Activity Sheet

Spotting patterns: grammar & word order

Languages · Year 7

Name: ______________________Date: ____________

Every language has its own systems and patterns — like where the verb goes in a sentence, whether nouns have gender, or how questions are formed. Spend some time noticing one pattern in your target language: it might be word order (does the verb come before or after the object?), how plurals are formed, or how a simple question is built from a statement. Write down two or three example sentences that show the pattern. This one is a self-directed activity, not a quiz — so there are no questions to answer on screen. Explain the pattern you found in your own words, as if teaching it to someone else. Mark this complete once you've found your pattern and written your examples.

Example

In English, adjectives usually come before the noun ('a red car'), but in French they often come after ('une voiture rouge'). A student might notice this pattern and write two example sentences showing adjective placement in their target language.

Key terms

Word order:
The order words are arranged in within a sentence, which varies between languages.
Grammar pattern:
A consistent rule for how a language is structured.

This topic is self-directed and doesn't have quiz questions.