SENTENCE STRUCTURE

SENTENCE STRUCTURE

1. VERBS

   • DON'T NEED AUXILIARY VERB
     • TO BE, TO HAVE GOT, CAN
       • Present tense
         • Affirmative
           • subject+verb+complement
             • She is happy. They have got two computers. You can play the piano
         • Negative
           • subject+verb+NOT+complement
             • She is not happy. They have not got two sisters. You can not play the piano.
         • Interrogative
           • Verb+subject+complement?
             • Is she happy? Have they got two sisters? Can you play the piano?
       • Past tense
         • We have to use the same structure, but we change the tense.
           • TO BE
             • She was happy. She wasn't happy. Was she Happy?
           • TO HAVE GOT
             • They had got two sisters. They hadn't got two sisters. Had they got two sisters?
           • CAN
             • I could play the piano. I couldn't play the piano. Could I play the piano?
   • NEED AUXILIARY VERB
     • Present tense
       • Affirmative
         • Subject+verb+complement
           • We love computers.
       • Negative
         • Subject+ DO/DOES+NOT+main verb in INFINITIVE+complement
           • We don't love computers.
       • Interrogative
         • AUXILIARY+ subject+complement?
           • Do we love computers?
     • Past tense
       • We use the same structure, but we change the tense of the verb in the affirmative and the auxiliary verb in negative and interrogative
         • +
           • We loved computers.
         • -
           • We DIDN'T love computers?
         • ?
           • DID we love computers?