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Recognizing The Simple Question Sentence Pattern, The Sentence Pattern With It, and The Inverted Sentence Pattern

The document discusses three sentence patterns for changing statements into questions: 1) Simple question pattern which involves reversing subject and verb if the verb is a form of "be" or using auxiliary verbs like "do", "does", "did" 2) Sentence pattern with "it" which uses "it" followed by a form of "be" plus an adjective and infinitive 3) Inverted pattern which involves using "there" constructions or inverting adverbs/adjectives and the subject/verb.

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Recognizing The Simple Question Sentence Pattern, The Sentence Pattern With It, and The Inverted Sentence Pattern

The document discusses three sentence patterns for changing statements into questions: 1) Simple question pattern which involves reversing subject and verb if the verb is a form of "be" or using auxiliary verbs like "do", "does", "did" 2) Sentence pattern with "it" which uses "it" followed by a form of "be" plus an adjective and infinitive 3) Inverted pattern which involves using "there" constructions or inverting adverbs/adjectives and the subject/verb.

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RECOGNIZING THE SIMPLE

QUESTION SENTENCE
PATTERN,
THE SENTENCE PATTERN
WITH IT, AND THE INVERTED
SENTENCE PATTERN
Frame 6: The Simple Question Pattern

To change a statement into a


question answerable by yes or no, you
can do one of three things:
(a) change the structure of the
sentence,
(b) add a tag question to the sentence,
or
(c) use the intonation pattern.
Frame 6: The Simple Question Pattern
1. Reverse the position of the subject and the
predicate if the verb is a form of be. This
is called a simple reversal.
Ex.
Statement: Legends are interesting stories.
Question: Are legends interesting stories?
Statement: The pangatauhan was a soothsayer.
Question: Was the pangatauhan a soothsayer?
Frame 6: The Simple Question Pattern
2. If the verb in the present tense is other
than to be, begin your question with do or
does (present tense) and continue with the
subject and the simple form of the verb.
Statement: Many people live in Zambales.
Question: Do many people live in Zambales?
Statement: She lives here.
Question: Does she live here?
Frame 6: The Simple Question Pattern

3. If the verb other than to be is in the


past tense, begin your question with
did and follow it with the subject and
simple form of the verb.

Statement: The Aetas lived in Zambales.


Question: Did the Aetas live in Zambales?
Frame 6: The Simple Question Pattern

4. When the construction contains a


helping verb plus a main verb, the
question is signalled by placing the
helping verb before the subject.

Statement: You can see the lake.


Question: Can you see the lake?
Frame 6: The Simple Question Pattern
5. A statement may be changed into a
question to the statement.
Statement: You understand me.
Question: You understand me, don’t you?
Statement: You don’t understand me.
Question: You don’t understand me, do you?
Statement: She was there.
Question: She was there, wasn’t she?
Frame 6: The Simple Question Pattern

6. A statement may also be changed


into question by using the rising
intonation.

Statement: The man is here.


Question: The man is here?
Frame 7: The Sentence Pattern with It

1. Statements beginning with it


followed by the verb to be may
denote time, space or weather
conditions.
It is seven o’ clock. (time)
It is quite far. (space)
It is a fine day. (weather)
Frame 7: The Sentence Pattern with It

2. It is or it was may be followed


by an adjective and an
infinitive (a verb with to).

It is impossible to get away.


It is too early to go home.
Frame 8: The Invented Pattern
1. There pattern – there is the most
common inverter. There is used with is,
are, was, were; verb phrases will
be, have been, and other verb
phrases derived from to be.
There is an old town in La Union.
There were ideal picnic grounds.
There will be fun on moonlit nights.
Frame 8: The Invented Pattern
2. Statements with inverting adverbs
and adjectives.
The Aetas and the Sambals lived
harmoniously.
Harmoniously lived the Aetas and the
Sambals.
Mahinhin was lovely.
Lovely was Mahinhin.

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