SENTENCE STRUCTURES

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EXCLAMATORY SENTENCE:

## WERE + NP+ A/AN+ ADJECTIVE+ NP+!
Example: Were I a poor man!


##WERE +NP+ ADJECTIVE+ EXTENSION!
Example: Were I strong enough to kill Mr. Bush!


##HAD +NP+ A/AN+ ADJECTIVE+ NP+!
Example: had I a beautiful face/hair-cut!

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EXCLAMATORY SENTENCE:

# WHAT +A/AN +ADJECTIVE+ NP+ BE+!
Example: what a fool I am!

## [WHEN THERE IS AN ADJECTIVE IN THE SENTENCE]

#WHAT +A/AN +ADJECTIVE +NP+ NP+ BE+!
Example: what a fine smile it is!


## WERE+ NP+ NP+!
Example: Were I a king!

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STRUCTURES FOR  EXCLAMATORY SENTENCES



# HOW+ADJECTIVE+NP+BE+!
Example: How boring the class is!


# HOW+ADJECTIVE+A/AN+NP+NP+BE+!
Example: How beautiful a shirt it is!

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Structures for constructing Optative sentences


## STRUCTURE: MAY+YOU+VERB+EXTENSION.

Example:
May you live in the hell in peace?
** But if we are praying to someone else then the structure will be:


## ’MAY+THE PERSON TO WHOM WE ARE PRAYING+VERB+ OBJECT+EXTENSION’

Example:
May Allah punish/bless us all.

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Structures for constructing Imperative sentences

L
##structure: [where the subject is ‘you’.]
## Verb + extension (object).
Example: Get out of the room.

L
## (where the ‘subject/object’ is 1st or 3rd person)
## Structure: Let+ subject+ verb.
Example: Let her recite a melodious poem.

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Structures for constructing 
interrogative sentences

1. (where the answer is ‘yes’ or ‘no’)
Structure: Auxiliary verb + subject + object?

Example:

Assertive = She is beautiful.
Interrogative = Is she beautiful?

2. Do/does/modal verbs + subject + main verb + object?

Example: Assertive= Saima can dance well.
Interrogative= Can Saima dance well?

3. (when people wants to know some information)

Structure:

When/where/how/which/who + aux verb + subject + main verb?

Example:

## When will you phone me, my dear?
## How was your shopping?

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Structures for Assertive sentences

Assertive: subject + verb + object
Example:  Silvia is trying to have a full cream black forest.

Kinds of assertive sentence are two.

Affirmative: yes: Nitu, you are a good girl.
Negative:  no: Fahim is not a brilliant boy.