Grammar Tip - Subject-Verb Order

Question 1

Common English sentence form -

Answer 1

Subject - Verb

Question 2

“From love’s weak childish bow she lives unharm’d.”

Answer 2

Reversed.

Question 3

In Romeo & Juliet, Benvolio asks, “My noble uncle, do you know the cause?”

Answer 3

Normal.

Question 4

In regular writing the subject/verb order is normal, but in verse it is often ___.

Answer 4

Reversed.

Question 5

In Romeo & Juliet, Lady Montague remarks, “Right glad I am he was not at this fray.”

The subject/verb order is ___ in this sentence.

Answer 5

Reversed.

Question 6

“From love’s weak childish bow she lives unharm’d.”

Answer 6

Reversed.