Simple Chinese sentences primarily use a Subject-Verb-Object (SVO) structure, similar to English, but modifiers like time and location are placed before the verb. For example, "I eat an apple" is 我吃苹果 (Wǒ chī píngguǒ), and adding time and location becomes Subject-Time-Location-Verb-Object, such as 他昨天在学校看书 (Tā zuótiān zài xuéxiào kàn shū) or "He read at school yesterday" . Sentence structure is important in Chinese so people know what you are saying.