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SEE HOW YOU ORGANIZE A SENTENCE

In English, sentences usually have the following organization:
SUBJECT (usually a noun) + ACTION (always a verb) + COMPLEMENT
Ex.
Peter
loves
Mary
Joseph and Patty
work
at a shopping center

Statements:
SUBJECT
Dogs
My children

Negatives:
SUBJECT +
John and Mary
We
Questions:
(WH-)
Where

VERB
eat
love

COMPLEMENT
bones.
pets.

AUXILIARY + NOT
do
not
are
not

+ VERB
like
going

COMPLEMENT
Chinese food.
on vacation.

+ AUXILIARY + SUBJECT + VERB

+ COMPLEMENT
Do
you
visit
friends on weekends?
are
they
studying
English now?

EXERCISE 1. Complete the following ideas.

Example:
My father plays ____________________________ .
My father plays soccer every Saturday morning .
1.

John works________________________________________________________

2.

What do they______________________________________________________?

3.

Sally and__________________________________________________________

4.

The radio doesnt___________________________________________________

5.

Doctors____________________________________________________________

6.

What are__________________________________________________________?

EXERCISE 2. Put the words in the correct word order to make a sentence.
Example:
Dogs/to/like/children/some/with.
Some children like to play with dogs
.
1.

peacefully/Helen/in/her/job/works.

2.

They/serious/are/students.

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3.

The/apple/red/is/juicy.

4.

beautiful/Marie/is/girl/a.

5.

My/son/his/plays/with/soccer/schoolfriends.

6.

They/sell/their/old/house/want/to.

EXERCISE 3. Write questions and negatives for the following sentences.

Example:
My mother works in an office building.
a) Where does your mother work?
b) My mother doesn't work in an office building
1.

She speaks English .

a)
b)
2.

Their father likes football.

a)
b)
3.

Those trees are very old.

a)
b)
4.

That bookstore sells very expensive books.

a)
b)
5.

Computers are useful at work.

a)
b)
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SEE HOW YOU ORGANIZE A SENTENCE
EXERCISE 1

Complete the ideas.

These are only examples. You may have a different answer.
Check the word order.

1.

John works in a bank. (in a restaurant; in an office; etc).

2.

What do they study? What do they do on weekends?

3.

Sally and Paul are dancing.

Sally and Paul are not going to the cinema. (etc).
Sally and Paul like to go to the beach.

4.

The radio doesnt work. The radio doesnt play.

5.

Doctors work many hours.

Doctors do not visit you in your house.

6.

What are you doing? What are they doing?

What are you studying? What are you eating?

EXERCISE 2. Put the words in the correct word order to make a sentence.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

Helen works peacefully in her job.

They are serious students.
The red apple is juicy. The juicy apple is red.
Marie is a beautiful girl.
My son plays soccer with his schoolfriends.
They want to sell their old house.

EXERCISE 3. Write questions and negatives for the sentences.

These are only examples. You may have a different answer.
Check the word order.
1.

a) _______________________________ Does she speak English? ; What does she speak?

b) __________________________________________________ She doesnt speak English

2.

a) ________________________ Does their father like football? ; What does their father like?
b) ______________________________________________ Their father doesnt like football.

3.

a) _________________________________ Are those threes very old? ; Are those trees old?
b) ______________________________ Those trees arent very old. ; Those trees arent old.

4.

a) _________________________________ Does that bookstore sell very expensive books?

________________________________________________ What does that bookstore sell?
b) ____________________________________ That bookstore doesnt sell expensive books.
_________________________________ That bookstore doesnt sell very expensive books.

5.

a) _______________________________________________ Are computers useful at work?

b) ______________________________________________ Computers arent useful at work.
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