Wl 1a Organizing a Sentence
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WorldLink 1A PROHIBIDA SU REPRODUCCION TOTAL O PARCIAL © TRONWELL S.A. Statements: SUBJECT + VERB + COMPLEMENT Dogs eat bones. My children love pets. Negatives: SUBJECT + AUXILIARY + NOT + VERB + COMPLEMENT John and Mary do not like Chinese food. We are not going on vacation. Questions: (WH-) + AUXILIARY + SUBJECT + VERB + COMPLEMENT Do you visit friends on weekends? Where are they studying English now? SEE HOW YOU ORGANIZE A SENTENCE 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 doesn’t___________________________________________________ 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. 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
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Statements:SUBJECT + VERB + COMPLEMENTDogs eat bones.My children love pets.
Negatives:SUBJECT + AUXILIARY + NOT + VERB + COMPLEMENTJohn and Mary do not like Chinese food.We are not going on vacation.
Questions:(WH-) + AUXILIARY + SUBJECT + VERB + COMPLEMENT
Do you visit friends on weekends?Where are they studying English now?
SEE HOW YOU ORGANIZE A SENTENCE
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 doesn’t___________________________________________________
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.
In English, sentences usually have the following organization:
SUBJECT (usually a noun) + ACTION (always a verb) + COMPLEMENTEx. Peter loves Mary
Joseph and Patty work at a shopping center
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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 doesn’t work. The radio doesn’t 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. Helen works peacefully in her job.2. They are serious students.3. The red apple is juicy. The juicy apple is red.4. Marie is a beautiful girl.5. My son plays soccer with his schoolfriends.6. 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 doesn’t speak English
2. a) ________________________ Does their father like football? ; What does their father like?b) ______________________________________________ Their father doesn’t like football.
3. a) _________________________________ Are those threes very old? ; Are those trees old?b) ______________________________ Those trees aren’t very old. ; Those trees aren’t old.
4. a) _________________________________ Does that bookstore sell very expensive books?________________________________________________ What does that bookstore sell?
b) ____________________________________That bookstore doesn’t sell expensive books._________________________________ That bookstore doesn’t sell very expensive books.
5. a) _______________________________________________ Are computers useful at work?b) ______________________________________________ Computers aren’t useful at work.
