1. Word Order — the shape of an English sentence

Russian and Kazakh let you move words around because endings show who does what. English mostly doesn't have those endings — so word order carries the meaning.

• Subject + Verb + Object — always in that order.
  I eat an apple. (not Apple eat I, not Eat I apple)
• Time / place usually go at the end:
  I eat an apple every morning in the kitchen.
• Adjectives go before the noun:
  a red car (not a car red)

Cheat: if a sentence sounds strange, check the order first — SVO, always SVO.