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Sentence Pattern in English (fundamentos de la estructura básica del Inglés)Lesson 1 (Basic)
Hablaremos de :
- Nouns / Subjects / adjectives / verbs / adverbs / complement / modifiers
Nouns : (sustantivos)
Names a person, place, thing or idea (Nombra a una persona, lugar, cosa, o idea)
Examples: John, love, world, picture, Madrid
Subject: (Sujeto)
It is the person, place, thing oridea (a noun) that does the action of a sentence and it goes before the verb. (Es el sustantivo que realiza la accion de la oracion)
Examples of Subjects:
- George likes boats (George and boats are nouns but George is the subject)
- The weather was horrible yesterday.
- The bank closed early.
Verb (verbo)
It shows the action of the subject. Every sentence must have a verb. (Hace la accióndel sujeto y toda oracion necesita de un verbo)
Examples:
- My wife went to France.
- We have studied English all night.
- I am writing a letter.
- She works for IBM company.
* Adjective (adjetivo): Describes a noun (califica a un sustantivo) - Examples : Blue house , old man, interesting book, pretty woman etc…
* Adverb (adverbio): Describes the verb or adjective. (califica al verbo oadjetivo) – Examples: He walks slowly / He studies quietly (muchas veces acaba en -ly)
Complement:
It completes the verb and it is usually a noun or noun phrase. Every sentence does not require a complement. The complement answers the question what? or whom? (Es el complemento del verbo y no es requerido tenerlo en toda oración).
* Modifiers: Tells about the time, place or manner of theaction. (Hable del tiempo, lugar y manera de accion del verbo)
Subject | Verb | Complement | Modifier |
John and I | ate | a pizza | last week |
We | studied | english | last night |

Pronouns and the verb (to be) in the present simple tense (Lesson 2)
oday we will talk about PRONOUNS and the verb (to be). It is important to understand perfectly these topics because it will help us in thefuture to understand other more complex structures.
Gracias por su visita y espero esta pagina siga creciendo. En esta clase hablaremos de los pronombres de sujeto y el verbo to be. Esto es fundamental puesto que nos ayudara a comprender mas adelante estructuras mas avanzadas. A continuación la clase:Pronouns :
Singular: I , You, He, She It
Plural: We you they
Verb to be (in the presentform): am/is/are
Table # 1 (Positive form) Pronouns with the verb to be (am/is/are) and its Contractions
| “Subject” Pronouns | Verb(To be) | Contraction |
1St | I | am | I’m |
2nd | you | are | you’re |
3rd | He/She/It | Is | he’s / she’s / it’s |
PLURAL |
1st | We | are | we’re |
2nd | You | | you’ re |
3rd | They | | they’re |
Table 2 : (Negative form) Pronouns with the verb tobe (am/is/are) and its Contractions
| “Subject” Pronouns | Verb(To be) | Contraction |
1St | I | am + not | I’m not |
2nd | you | are + not | you’re not / you aren’t |
3rd | He/She/It | is + not | he’s / she’s / it’s + notorhe/she/it + isn’t |
PLURAL |
1st | We | Are +not | we’re not / we aren’t |
2nd | You | | you’ re not / you aren’t |
3rd | They | | they’re not / theyaren’t |
Table # 3 (Questions)
| Verb (to be) | Subject Pronoun | Complement(optional) |
1St | Am | I | a good student? |
2nd | Are | you | married? |
3rd | Is | he/she/it | your friend? |
PLURAL |
1st | Are | we | ready? |
2nd | | you | at home |
3rd | | they | tired? |
Table 4: Short answers (Yes and no answers)
| Positive | Negative |
1St | Yes, I am | No. I’m not |
2nd |Yes, you are | No, you aren’t |
3rd | Yes, he is | No, he isn’t / No, he’s notNo, she isn’t / No, she’s notNo, it isn’t/ No, it’s not |
PLURAL |
1st | Yes, we are | No, we’re not / No, we aren’t |
2nd | Yes, you are | No, you’re not / No, you aren’t |
3rd | Yes, they are | No, they’re not / No, they aren’t |
Observaciones:
* Recuerden que en ingles siempre deben poner el Sujeto....