Order of the sentences
Remember!
To make a sentence you need:
•
•
•
A subject
A verb
and
A complement
•
•
•
•
+
A subject
An auxiliary + not
An infinitive verb
A complement
—
and
?
But:
What do these words means?
Subject:
(a noun, a
pronoun)
he, she, the car, Mary, I
my mother, we, the house,
Tom, the teacher, they…
Verb:
(a predicate
unit)
Complement:
(a complete
thought)
Auxiliary:
do, does, did
Question
Words:
run, write, play, watch, swim, go,
wish, teach, etc…
It’s the action. It’s what the subject does.
a complete thought
It’s the rest of the sentence. It’s what you say about
the subject.
Frequency
Adverbs
always (100%), usually (75%),
often (50%), sometimes (52%),
never (0%)
Do => don’t
Does => doesn’t
What, When, Where,
When, Who, Which, How
It’s what the sentence is about
Plus the infinitive verb in NEGATIVE and
INTERROGATIVE sentences
Why;
At the beginning of the sentence, are used for
information we don’t know
With OTHER VERBS, between the subject
and the verb
With TO BE, after the verb
e.g.:
+
-
He
goes
to London.
subj
verb
complement
He
doesn’t
go
subj
aux+not
verb
Does
?
he
go
to London.
complement
to London?
Yes, he does.
Short answers.
aux
Where
QW
subj
verb
complement
No, he doesn’t.
does
he
go ? (To London.)
aux
subj
verb
Complete answer.