Sunday, January 15, 2012

Sentence structure

A little revision of basic grammar...

HOW TO BUILD SENTENCES

---- Verb be 
(page 122)

+ Subj + verb BE + ...
Ex: We are students

- Subj + verb BE + not + ...
Ex: You aren't British

? (Question word + ) Verb BE + Subj + ... ? (Inversion)
Ex: Is he Italian?
What's your name?


---- All verbs 
(page 124)

+ Subj + verb + ...
with he/she/it: verb+s 
Ex: We work in a bank
He lives in Germany

- Subj + do/does + not + infinitive + ... 
Ex: They don't speak French
She doesn't like animals

? (Question word +) Do/does + Subj + infinitive + ... ?
(ASI or QuASI)
Ex: Do you speak Russian?
Does he have children? 
Where do you live?

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