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Basic sentence structure

Build clear sentences in the order Subject → Verb → Object → Place → Time.

1Learn

Goal: Build clear sentences in the order Subject → Verb → Object → Place → Time.

English word order is fixed: Subject + Verb + Object + Place + Time. “I (S) eat (V) rice (O) at home (P) every day (T).” Malayalam puts the verb at the end; English puts it right after the subject. Keep sentences short: one idea, one verb. Start with a capital letter, end with a full stop.

2Examples

I drink tea every morning.S V O T
She works in a hospital.S V P
We watched a film yesterday.S V O T
Ravi plays cricket at the ground on Sundays.S V O P T
My mother is a nurse.S V complement
It is raining now.

3Common mistakes

I rice eat.
I eat rice. — verb after subject
Every day I to school go.
I go to school every day.
In Kochi lives my uncle.
My uncle lives in Kochi.

4Practice quiz

Question 1 of 5Multiple choice
Put in order: cricket / plays / Ravi

5Speaking challenge

Speaking challenge

Say 8 sentences about your day in strict order: who → does what → where → when.

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Say it out loud. Nobody is listening — that’s the point. Mistakes are allowed.

Finish this lesson

Do the practice quiz above, then mark it complete.

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