Structure of sentences in English language in active voice in present simple
Simple declarative sentences (Oddiy darak gaplar):
Subject + Predicate + (Object + Adverbial modifiers) Ex: I go (to school at seven o’clock)
Subject can be in form of: Noun (car), Name (John), Numbers (100), Pronouns (I, You, They, We, She, He, It), Gerund (Running) etc. There can be single or multiple subjects (they are linked with AND) in one sentence. Ex: I and my friends go to school …
Predicate can be in different forms: Single verb (to go), complex verb (want to go), structures (to be, there is, etc). There can be single or multiple subjects (they are linked with AND/BUT) in one sentence. Ex: I go and study at school … I go but do not stay at school…
Objects can be in form of: Noun, Name, Numbers, Pronouns, Gerund etc. There can be single or multiple subjects (they are linked with AND/BUT) in one sentence. Ex: I go to school and to university … I work at a big company but not for government…
Adverbial modifiers are usually of following types: Modifiers of time (at ten, in the morning), modifiers of place (at work), modifiers of condition (slowly) etc. Ex: Gradually, John started to recover from bad illness at the hospital.
Simple question sentences (Oddiy so’roq gaplar):
Do/Does + Subject + Infinitive + (Object + Adverbial modifiers)? Ex: Do I go (to school at seven o’clock)?
Simple negative sentences (Oddiy inkor gaplar):
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Predicate + do not/does not + Infinitive + (Object + Adverbial modifiers). Ex: I do not go (to school at seven o’clock)
Place of prepositions, articles, attributes in a sentence:
Prepositions can be used in different places: in the beginning, in the middle and at the end of a sentence. (From the first moment, I thought of good old days in the early 90th.)
Article is only used before nouns: A is used before singular nouns, the can be used before singular and plural nouns.
Attributes can be in form of: Adjective (good movie), Participle (presented data), Numbers (the second lesson), Pronouns (our friends), Nouns (city centre) etc.
Useful vocabulary:
Subject – ega, Predicate – kesim, Odject – to’ldiruvchi, Adverbial modifiers – Xol, Attribute – Aniqlovchi, Gerung – Gerundiy, Infinitive - Infinitiv