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Educational => Learning English => Grammar => Topic started by: Mustafizur rRhman on May 29, 2013, 04:04:45 PM
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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
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##structure: [where the subject is ‘you’.]
## Verb + extension (object).
Example: Get out of the room.
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## (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.