SENTENCE STRUCTURE

VERBS
1. DON'T NEED AUXILIARY VERB
  1. TO BE, TO HAVE GOT, CAN
    1. Present tense
      1. Affirmative
        subject+verb+complement
        Annotations:
        She is happy. They have got two computers. You can play the piano
      2. Negative
        subject+verb+NOT+complement
        Annotations:
        She is not happy. They have not got two sisters. You can not play the piano.
      3. Interrogative
        Verb+subject+complement?
        Annotations:
        Is she happy? Have they got two sisters? Can you play the piano?
    2. Past tense
      1. We have to use the same structure, but we change the tense.
        TO BE
        Annotations:
        She was happy. She wasn't happy. Was she Happy?
        TO HAVE GOT
        Annotations:
        They had got two sisters. They hadn't got two sisters. Had they got two sisters?
        CAN
        Annotations:
        I could play the piano. I couldn't play the piano. Could I play the piano?
2. NEED AUXILIARY VERB
  1. Present tense
    1. Affirmative
      1. Subject+verb+complement
        We love computers.
    2. Negative
      1. Subject+ DO/DOES+NOT+main verb in INFINITIVE+complement
        We don't love computers.
    3. Interrogative
      1. AUXILIARY+ subject+complement?
        Do we love computers?
  2. Past tense
    1. We use the same structure, but we change the tense of the verb in the affirmative and the auxiliary verb in negative and interrogative
      1. +
        We loved computers.
      2. -
        We DIDN'T love computers?
      3. ?
        DID we love computers?

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