How to make sentences from English words

Many teachers of English at school, at courses, at institutes give the task to make sentences from certain words. The correct construction of statements is the basis of colloquial and written speech of a person. When learning English, problems often arise with this task, since the word order of this language differs significantly from Russian. You need to know the basic rules for constructing English phrases and utterances.

Instruction manual

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Unlike the Russian language, English has a non-free word order in sentences. If we can say “I love to sing”, rearranging the words as you like, and the meaning will not change, then the order of the sentence members in the English phrase is strict, fixed. One of the first and main rules that you need to know at the initial stage of study is that in any English sentence the subject and predicate must be present. Therefore, no matter how the phrase sounds in Russian (“It gets dark”), in English it will have both of the mentioned elements: It's getting dark.

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An affirmative sentence is constructed according to the following scheme: subject, expressed by a noun, (Subject) + predicate, expressed by the verb (Object). A common sentence will look like this: circumstance - definition - subject - predicate - addition. To make a statement, first select the two main members of the sentence - the predicate and the subject - and put them in the right order without disconnecting. Add the answers to the question “what?”, “To whom?”, “For what?”, Put after the predicate in this order: indirect, direct and prepositional. Definitions ("what?") Always precede the subject, the circumstance (time, place) can be put both at the beginning and at the end of the sentence.

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In negative sentences, it is necessary to use the particle not ”If the predicate is an ordinary verb, put the auxiliary word do” after the subject in the necessary form (does, did) and not (I don't drink coffee). Attach the particle not (It's not true) to any form of the verb be.

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In interrogative sentences, it is necessary to change the order of words. There are four types of question in English: general, alternative, special and so-called tag-question. In most of them, the main members, additions, circumstances, definitions remain in their places. But in the beginning it is necessary to put a question word (if this is a special question) or an auxiliary verb (is, do, did, etc.). "Question with a ponytail" has exactly the same word order as the statement, but in the end you need to put the endings isn't it ?, did you, don't they? and others, depending on which verb is used and in what form - negative or positive.

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Learn the above rules for constructing sentences. When you will do an exercise in which you need to build a phrase from existing words, first determine the type of sentence: question, statement, denial. If this is a question, determine its type. Select the main members of the sentence, put them in the right order. Define the order of other elements, put the necessary auxiliary words.

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