Operator, auxiliary and prediction

How interrogative and negative How interrogative and negative

sentences are formed sentences are formed

How interrogative and negative

sentences are formed

Formula: Sentence = Subject + auxiliary as operator + predication

 A sentence – 5 units
Elements of sentence
Special cases
Subject (S) Complement (C) Eg:

She saw that it rained all day.

(S) (V). (S) (V). (A) (O)
Verb (V) Object (O)

That she answered the question correctly

Adverbial (A) (S) (V)
pleased him enormously.
Eg: John carefully searched the room. (S)
(S) (A) (V)
(O)
 Examples
• She is in London (now) [1]

• She is a student (in London) (now) [2]

• John heard the explosion (from his office)

(when he was locking the door) [3]

• They ate the meat (hungrily) (in their hut)

(that night) [4]

• They elected him chairman (without argument)

(in Washington)(this morning) [5]

• The train had arrived (quietly) (at the station)(before we noticed it)[6]