common pattern of english sentence
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COMMON PATTERN OF ENGLISH SENTENCE. A. QUESTION SENTENCES. I In this type of sentence, the auxiliary is placed before the subject The auxiliary shows the form of tense If the sentence doesn’t have a verb, the auxiliary used is either “is”, “am”, or “are” - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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COMMON PATTERN OF ENGLISH SENTENCE
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A. QUESTION SENTENCES
• IIn this type of sentence, the auxiliary is placed before the subject• The auxiliary shows the form of tense
• If the sentence doesn’t have a verb, the auxiliary used is either “is”, “am”, or “are”
• If the sentence has a verb, the auxiliary used can be “do”, “does”, “did”, “will”, “shall”, “can”, “may”, “must”
1. Yes/No QuestionAuxiliary + Subject Pronoun + Verb (simple) +
Complement
Am/is/are + subject + complement + Modifier
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EXAMPLES
1. Will we fast today?2. Can you give me some examples?3. Shall I give you all the books?4. May I borrow your beaker glass?5. Must I throw these away?6. Am I your supervisor?7. Are you my new assistance?8. Is he our technician?9. Did you find any difficulties during the extraction?10.Do you like to solve this sample in organic solution?11.Does she smell similar flavour before?
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2. Information QuestionWho/what + Verb + Complement + Modifier
Whom/What + Auxiliary + Subject + Verb + Modifier
How/why/where/when + Auxiliary + Subject + Verb + Complement + Modifier
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EXAMPLES
1. Who made the reactor in this research?2. Who was in charge to make the reactor in this research?3. What makes you excited today?4. What do you do to extract the volatile component in the
pepper?5. Whom will you go travelling with?6. How do you extract the volatile component in the cloves?7. Why did you extract the volatile component in the
cinnamon?8. Where did you find the procedures for this extraction?9. When are you going to finish all your lab works?
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3. Embedded Question
Subject + Verb (phrase) + Question Word + Subject + Verb
Auxiliary + Subject + Verb + Question word + Subject + Verb
An embedded question is not a question which needs an answer. It is only a statement that the subject of the sentence has a question that is
not answered yet.
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EXAMPLES
1. I do not know yet where I am going to stay.2. She did not say when she will come back.3. We haven’t been told when we can use the instrument.4. You must understand why I am angry5. Does he know where the instruments are?6. Shall I tell what the problem is?7. Did the police tell you who the suspect was?8. Do you get what you want?
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Main clause + comma + Tag question
4. Tag Question
Tag Question :
1. Use the same auxiliary verb as in the main clause2. If the main clause is affirmative, the question tag is
negative3. If the main clause is negative, the question tag is
positive
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EXAMPLES
1. This is your sample, isn’t it?2. These are your samples, aren’t they?3. You have already known where to go, haven’t you?4. She did not know what to do, did she?5. He hasn’t thrown away his used solvent, has he?6. They send the letters to the office every day, don’t they?
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B. AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCES
• An affirmative sentence declare something true or factual• If one subject does one thing and another subject does the
same, use the word “so” or “too”• Look at our example on how to write a sentence using
conjunction and followed by “so or too” to avoid repetition of word
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Subject
To be
Adj/noun and so to be Subject
I
We
Usman
am
were
is
a lecturer
upset
here
and
and
and
so
so
so
is
were
is
she
they
his wife
Subject
To be
Adj/noun and Subject to be too
I
We
Usman
am
were
is
a lecturer
upset
here
and
and
and
she
they
his wife
is
were
is
too
too
too
1. To be as the verb
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Subject
Aux verb and so to be Subject
Aisyah
We
Imam
will
have
must
cook
eaten
work
and
and
and
so
so
so
will
have
must
her husband
they
his friends
Subject
Aux verb and Subject aux too
She
We
Imam
has
will
must
gone
stay
work
and
and
and
her son
they
his friends
has
will
must
too
too
too
2. Auxiliary as the verb
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Subject
verb and
so Do/does/did
Subject
Aisyah
We
I
cooks dinner
ate our dinner
work at night
and
and
and
so
so
so
does
did
do
her husband
they
my classmates
Subject
verb and Subject Do/does/did
too
She
We
Imam
cooks dinner
ate our dinner
works at night
and
and
and
her husband
they
his friends
does
did
do
too
too
too
3. Any verb except to be or auxiliary
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C. NEGATION
• Similar to those rules for affirmative statements
• Use “neither” or “either” instead of “so” or “too”
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Subject
To be+not
Adj/n/adv
and neither
to be Subject
I
We
Usman
am not
were not
is not
a lecturer
upset
here
and
and
and
neither
neither
neither
is
were
is
she
they
his wife
Subject
To be+not
Adj/n/adv
and Subject to be either
I
We
Usman
amnotwerenotis not
a lecturer
upset
here
and
and
and
she
they
his wife
isn’t
weren’t
isn’t
either
either
either
1. To be as the verb
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Subject
Aux+not
verb and neither to be Subject
Aisyah
We
Imam
willnothavenotmust not
cook
eaten
work
and
and
and
neither
neither
neither
will
have
must
her husband
they
his friendsSubject
aux+not
verb and
Subject aux+not
either
She
We
Imam
hasn’t
won’t
must not
gone
stay
work
and
and
and
her son
they
his friends
hasn’t
won’t
mustnot
either
either
either
2. Auxiliary as the verb
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Subject
verb and
neither
Do/does/did
Subject
Aisyah
We
I
doesn’t cook dinnerdidn’t eat our dinnerdon’t work at night
and
and
and
neither
neither
neither
does
did
do
her husband
they
my classmates
Subject
verb and Subject Don’t/doesn’t/didn’t
either
She
We
Imam
doesn’t cook dinnerdidn’t eat our dinnerdoesn’t work at night
and
and
and
her husband
they
his friends
doesn’t
didn’t
don’t
either
either
either
3. Negative sentences with don’t, doesn’t and didn’t
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Subject
verb any
Complement (noun)
Aisyah
We
I
doesn’t have
don’t have
don’t have
any
any
any
money
food
question
Subject
verb no Complement(noun)
She
We
Imam
has
do
goes
no
no
no
money
thing (nothing)
where (nowhere)
4. Any in negative sentences
In affirmative sentences, “some” is used to replace “any”
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D. COMMAND SENTENCES
• A command is a sentence that is used to give an order to someone else.
• The ending of a command can be either full stop or exclamation mark.
• A command can be preceded by “please”
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1. Positive Commands
Examples:1. Please, leave me alone!2. Leave me alone, please.3. Please, help yourself.4. Help yourself, please5. Write down your answer in separate piece of paper!
2. Negative CommandsExamples:1. Please, don’t leave me alone!2. Don’t leave me alone, please.3. Please, don’t disturb the prayers by switching off
your mobile when you are in the mosque.4. Don’t start the argument here, please.5. Please, don’t ask me the answers for those question,
please!
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3. Indirect CommandsExamples:1. The technician ask the students to switch off the
electricity before leaving the lab2. My mother orders my sister to wake up earlier than
usual3. The Mayor reminded the residence to save the
energy.4. The teacher told the pupils to write down an article!
4. Negative Indirect CommandsExamples:
1. The technician ask the students not to switch off the electricity before leaving the lab
2. My mother orders my sister not to wake up earlier than usual
3. The Mayor reminded the residence not to waste the energy.
4. The teacher told the pupils not to consume drug!