English Sentence Structure Basic English Grammar
everybody welcome back to our weekly
live stream my name is Alisha and this
week we are going to talk about how to
make sentences in English how to make
sentences in English today’s lesson I’m
going to as always talked about in three
parts first I’m going to talk about SVO
word order the basic word order in
English I’m going to talk about
transitive and intransitive verbs a
little bit I’m going to talk about part
two how to make questions and then I’m
going to talk about commands opinions
responsibilities so today I want to
introduce some very common and basic
patterns that you can use to make
statements simple sentences and to make
questions if there’s time I want to talk
a little bit about prepositions like in
at by those words but there’s a lot to
talk about so I’m not sure anyway we are
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the lesson okay so as I said I want to
begin today’s lesson by talking about
basic word order basic word order in
English so English is what’s called an
SVO
language SVO word order here’s where
we’re going to start
SVO for making simple statements so SVO
refers to s subject the verb and o
object subject verb object so when we
make simple sentences our vocabulary
words must follow this order subject
first verb second object third this is
the most basic way we make sentences so
what are these words what our subjects
what’s a verb what’s an object a subject
the subject of your sentence is the
person or the thing that’s doing the
action so in this case like I am
teaching for example I that’s the
subject the person acting you are
listening or you are watching you is the
subject of the sentence subject is the
person or the thing acting the person or
the thing acting or doing something
that’s the subject of a sentence second
the verb the verb the second item here a
verb a verb is a word that refers to an
action so the thing happening our action
teaching listening watching sleeping
eating verbs so those are all in the
progressive sense for sure but we can
also use state of being so to be being
so an action we are doing something or
our status a state of being that’s a
verb finally the object object the last
item here object the object of a
sentence is the person or the thing
receiving an action receiving an action
receiving this action actually receiving
the verb the verb is like influencing
the object here so in my example
sentence like maybe I am teaching you so
you are my object in that case so let’s
take a look at some very simple sentence
is to see how we make them I want to use
this one to practice let’s look at this
simple sentence I ate dinner I ate
dinner so here in this sentence I is my
subject so who ate dinner I ate dinner
the person doing the action is I here
that’s my subject my verb this is 8 8 8
is the past tense of eat eat is present
tense 8 is past tense I ate so that’s my
verb my verb is 8
finally dinner here dinner this is my
object this is my object so this thing
dinner
this was like the influence it received
this action so what did I eat what
received this action I ate dinner that
was the thing I ate I received a rather
dinner received this action or was
influenced by this verb subject verb
object this is the basic way we make
sentences in English of course if you
want to be specific you could change
dinner to like chicken or salad and so
on so but this SVO is very important in
English we cannot change this order if
we change the order we make a different
sentence we totally change the meaning
of the sentence so let’s take a look at
the next part here I have a tip a lot of
a lot of you asked like how do I make
long sentences how do I say like long
statements what should I do one tip if
you’re okay with this kind of sentence
structure like just making simple
sentences if this is okay for you then
practice using these coordinating
conjunctions coordinating conjunctions
coordinating conjunctions are those
connecting words they are ant but or for
so nor yet these words these are
coordinating conjunctions so if you want
to make longer sentences use these to
connect
your simple statements this is a good
way to start making longer sentences for
example I ate dinner same as this I ate
dinner and coordinate conjunctions and I
watched a movie I ate dinner and I
watched a movie there there’s two ideas
in the same sentence we connected them
with a coordinating conjunction I ate
dinner and I watched a movie another
point another point here in this case in
this example sentence your subject this
subject I ate dinner in this idea here
my subject is I and here I watched a
movie here the subject is I again the
same subject so native speakers will
often drop this second one the second
subject I ate dinner and watched a movie
is very natural so if your subjects
match you can drop this one so he ate
dinner and watched a movie okay he ate
dinner and I watched a movie that sounds
like two separate actions so if your
subjects are different you have to keep
both subjects if your subjects are the
same you can drop you can’t drop it okay
so let’s go on to the last point here
the last point is about transitive and
intransitive verbs transitive and
intransitive verbs what are these these
are two categories of verbs a transitive
verb a transitive verb must have an
object so remember an object is that
thing receiving the action yeah dinner
is my object here a movie is my object
in this sentence a transitive verb this
is a category of verb a type of verb a
transitive verb must have an object some
more examples I like flowers my verb is
like like is a transitive verb here it
must take an object
like flowers let’s buy coffee let’s buy
coffee buy is a transitive verb here my
object is coffee so here in these
sentences if I remove the object I don’t
understand the sentence like let’s buy
what I don’t know or I like this
sentence doesn’t make any sense
I like it doesn’t make sense we must use
an object with a transitive verb you
have to uh on the other hand however
intransitive verbs intransitive verb so
in maybe you’ve seen this in the prefix
video we can use in to me not
intransitive verbs these do not require
an object be careful
does not require does not mean don’t use
that doesn’t mean don’t use it just
means we don’t need do not always not
always for example I slept I slept slept
is the past tense of sleep sleep I slept
so no object necessary he cried cried
past tense of cry he cried or she
exercised she exercised so we do not
need an object we don’t need an object
always when we use an intransitive verb
yes sometimes we do include an object to
be more specific
for example she exercised her arm
muscles or something like that
or I I slept let’s see in my bed or
something we can include more
information yes but we don’t always need
to use an object with an intransitive
verb so if it’s difficult to remember
which is transitive which is
intransitive I read a good article on I
think grammar early calm maybe many of
you know this website grammarly calm
they had a nice article with a good hint
if you remember transitive verbs has
like that transfer that kind of
like transfer like we have to transfer
like the activity in the verb to the
object that was kind of a nice way to
imagine or to remember the difference
between transitive and intransitive
verbs that’s one point point two about
transitive and intransitive verbs there
are many verbs that can be both they can
be both transitive and intransitive
for example exercise has a different
meaning for example she exercised her
right to vote that’s a different meaning
of the verb exercise that’s a transitive
meaning of the word exercise so yes
sometimes or in many cases rather there
are verbs we can use both transitively
and intransitive Li but this is the
difference between these two oh okay
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lesson part two of today’s lesson is
about questions questions so I’m going
to quickly a little quickly cover one
yes/no questions and two information
questions information questions means
like the WH questions who what where
when why those things so let’s begin
though with yes yes or no question let’s
start with yes or no questions so when
we make yes or no questions we use is or
are at the beginning of the sentence or
we use do or does and lots of people ask
like what’s the difference between these
kinds of sentences so let’s look at some
examples first let’s look at some
examples first and let’s see how we make
these sentences so first for eggs
this one this one begins with our are
are you going to work today are you
going to work today let’s compare this
sentence with do you go to work every
day so are you going to work every day
are you going to work today and do you
go to work every day these are the key
differences in this sentence so what is
the difference here why why did we make
these sentences differently what’s the
deal
so this first a big hint here is our
verb so you’ll notice this follows the
same pattern here here’s my subject you
these verbs here these are like helping
verbs yeah so these are kind of helping
us to make the sentence this this is or
are or the do and does these verbs are
helping us our subject here is you and
our verb our basic verb is the same here
go yeah but in this sentence going going
are you going to work so to work that’s
our object and then we have some extra
information in this case so why do we
what’s the difference are you going to
work today when we use the progressive
tense we’re using it to explain a
temporary action something that’s
special
so not part of our regular schedule
we’re making a yes-or-no question here
are you going to work today like for
example it’s a holiday and the speaker
wants to know are you going to work
today so we use progressive tense here
this shows it’s a temporary action it
follows the same basic sentence
structure the SVO sentence structure it
just begins the beginning is this
helping verb them so compare this then
compare this then - do you go to work
every day do you go to work every day
here my verb go is simple present
so simple present tense one of the uses
the ways that we use simple present
tense is to show regular actions so
every day or every week every month
excuse me
so going here progressive tense shows a
temporary or special action a one-time
action maybe this one present tense
shows a regular action our helping verb
here is do do you go to work everyday
this is a question about the listeners
regular scheduled their regular
activities do you go to work everyday
yes I do or no I don’t I work part-time
so the difference here this one this one
is a temporary question today only
that’s what this means this one is a
regular activities question do you go to
work every day every day regularly
that’s the difference between these two
helping verbs beginning the sentence
okay
challenging I’m checking your questions
let’s see I don’t see anything okay
let’s continue on so let’s compare this
then or let’s also look at a negative
example so here I have the positives
isn’t R and do and does we use the
negatives as well is it and aren’t here
in this case so let’s start here isn’t
isn’t she going to work tonight isn’t
she going to work tonight we use this
negative to begin a confirmation
question like I’m not sure I want to
check I want to confirm isn’t she going
to work tonight so here again we have
this is or R in this case negative
paired with my verb in the progressive
form going to isn’t she going to work
tonight so let’s compare this then with
doesn’t so over here when we make the
negative doesn’t we use doesn’t here
doesn’t he go to work at tonight doesn’t
he go to work at night so here again the
same hints yeah
so my verb again is in simple present
tense that shows it’s a regular action
and this at night at 10:00
this means generally generally in the
first sentence it’s tonight meaning
tonight only so like a temporary action
special situation with is and are a
regular action with do and does okay
let’s continue on to next yeah some of
you are answering no I don’t know I
don’t know I’m not good good good okay
let’s continue to the second part here
then the second part is about
information questions so when I say
information questions I mean questions
that use those WH questions who what
where when why how so just a few
examples
we begin our question with the WH
question and then we’ll use these
helping verbs again these same helping
verbs
do does is or are so in many patterns we
do use those there are some cases where
you might not see them but for today’s
lesson I want to look at how we use them
together with these WH questions for
example past tense what did you eat what
did you eat so again we have this
question we need our information here
what kind of question it’s a wh question
what what what did you you’re the
subject and your verb eat what did you
eat you could include more information
if you want what did you eat for dinner
that’s great what did you eat for lunch
as well so we don’t have to include an
object here this one who is she who is
she this is a very simple one actually
who is she who is she and when are you
arriving is another another example so
this one uses these to actually use this
is or are helping verb pattern and again
you’ll notice we’re using this ing form
here so one point to be careful of that
I sometimes see with learners we do not
use this do verb and the to be verb in
the same question like what did is you
eat I’m not sure but we do not use these
two these two together with those
helping verbs do not appear together any
questions so please be careful so you
only need one of these helping verbs and
your questions okay I have to continue
on to the next part of the lesson I will
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opinions responsibilities I included all
of these because they’re quite common um
and also we can look at how these are
slightly different from the basic
sentence order I introduced at the
beginning of the lesson let’s begin here
with advice advice in this I’m focusing
on using should-should for basic advice
general advice and the negative
shouldn’t for example he should quit his
job he should quit his job subject he my
advice word comes before the verb so
this is a pattern you will notice in all
of these example sentences when we make
a change like to express responsibility
to express advice to give a
recommendation we’ll see the change come
before the verb quit quit is my verb
means to stop quit and what should he
stop what’s my object his job his job he
should quit his job this sentence this
sentence he quit his job that’s a simple
past tense that’s a simple past tense
statement to be careful he should quit
his job he should quit his job okay
let’s compare to a negative they
shouldn’t yell at us they shouldn’t yell
at us subject they are the people acting
here’s my advice word my advice word in
this case negative shouldn’t which is
the reduced form of should not yell is
my verb so that means using a loud voice
at us in this case I
using a preposition this yell we often
use yell at or sometimes yell to this
verb takes a preposition at here and us
we are receiving this action yelling
someone yelling so they shouldn’t yell
at us they shouldn’t yell at us so when
we make a basic advice statement like
what should or shouldn’t we place this
before the verb in the sentence okay so
um okay let’s move on to the next part
these these are commands commands so
only believe actually pretty easy
commands advice okay so for commands
what’s kind of special about commands is
at sometimes we drop the subject of the
sentence we’ll drop the subject of the
sentence this the second one is a great
example of this
first though don’t don’t so do or do not
sometimes begins a command or a formal
request in this case don’t bite
verb verb your nails so your nails is
this part of your body like some people
bite their nails so don’t bite your
nails this is a command form expression
with the very clear don’t do not verb
object
do not verb object compare this to this
one stop staring at me stop staring at
me so here you’ll notice there’s no like
subject what’s the subject here in these
command form statements we understand
the subject so if I notice like my
brother for example my brother is
staring at me and it bothers me I would
say to him stop staring at me like I
don’t need to say you cuz it’s clear in
the conversation I begin with the verb
and this makes it command form this
sounds quite strong to stop staring so
to stare means to look at someone for a
long time like closely again this verb
takes a preposition here to stare at
someone in this case meat is the object
who is receiving this staring thing it’s
me stop staring at me this is how we
make commands so a good good maybe way
to remember this is that they begin with
a verb in many cases okay let’s go to
the last part to most oh I’m over time
as only the last part is
responsibilities responsibilities okay
okay
two examples these examples I’ve used
positive examples have to and need to
they mean the same thing really
so again as we saw with advice our
modification here comes before the verb
so in this case in this case I have to
go to work I have to go to work so this
part here have to have two shows
responsibilities this have two shows a
responsibility it’s before the verb go
go where to work I have to go to work my
subject is I so we add an extra piece
before our verb to show responsibilities
or to give advice one more example she
needs to speak with you she needs to
speak with you
so again this part needs to in this case
or in this case needs needs so because
my subject is she remember we modify we
conjugate the verb when the subject is
she he or it so we take need and change
it to needs so she needs to speak with
you so subject responsibilities
expression verb and then again
preposition so speak takes a preposition
in this case with you so our object who
do we need to speak with with you so
these are some very common and
vice command and responsibility patterns
that are kind of simple ways to level up
the basic SVO word order so for example
if we go back to like the beginning of
today’s lesson I said I ate dinner if we
use the same verb like I eat dinner for
example we could use this like
responsibilities I have to eat dinner or
maybe I should eat dinner so just using
these words can change the meaning of
the sentence yeah so like advice word if
I say ah in my case I’m gonna change
this to present tense I should eat
dinner I’m giving myself advice like I
should eat dinner it’s late or here
maybe speaking to a friend I have to eat
dinner sorry I have to go so we can
change the meaning the feeling of the
sentence just with these simple changes
before the verb so right here in the
sentence but as I said this is the most
basic sentence order so we cannot change
this if we use if we change like object
and subject we change the meaning of the
sentence so we’ll finish there for today
whew that was a lot so I have to end
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