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Most people, especially who learn English as a second language, learn the language by memorizing the rules of grammar and the structures used in English. By doing so they can't have proper skill in English. To gain a good command in English, they have to learn English grammar logically. They have to know or understand how grammar behaves in English.
Normally to learn a language you have to know its vocabulary. As much vocabulary you will know, as good you will be in the language. So you have to learn more English words first. And, maybe, it?s not a great problem to you. Because you can get all the words with illustrations in a good and reliable dictionary.
But the problem is else where. Whenever you try to make a sentence, as you might have poor knowledge of formation of sentence, you will have to face a difficult problem. In that case, to overcome that difficulty you must have to know Grammar, the set of rules normally used in English.
You have to know that in an English sentence, there must be a verb and no sentence is possible without a verb, which may be expressed or understood. So in English Grammar a verb is called 'the soul of a sentence'. And it may be obviously said that every finite verb must have a subject too. You must remember that if there's no subject, there will be no finite verb. Inversely, we can say that if there's no finite verb, there will be no subject. That means "A subject and a finite-verb always go simultaneously. They are so closely related to each other that none can go without the other or none ever leaves another.
So in every English formal sentence, after the subject comes a verb. That's why we get the structure: SUBJECT+VERB as in the sentences: I go, He walks, She laughs, The baby cries, etc.
In the cited sentences we find nothing after the verb. But in every sentence, there's a subject before the verb. When the verbs take objects, the verbs are called Transitive Verbs. Every transitive verb must have one or two Objects. If any verb has no object, it?s called Intransitive Verb. In our above cited examples we used all Intransitive Verbs. So there?s no object after any verb.
But now one thing should be discussed that if we write: I go home. ?Go? is still intransitive. Because ?Home? is not an object to the verb ?Go?. Home is used here as an adverb, so it may be called an Adverbial Object.
Again, when we write: I go to college, in that sentence the word ?College? is an object of the preposition ?to?, and not an object of the verb ?go?. That?s why we shall call ?College? a Prepositional Object. So after an intransitive verb, if we find any word or words or phrase or phrases, they are never objects of the verb. They must be either Adverbial Objects or Prepositional Objects. And in some cases we may call them Complements. You have to know that there are some differences between Objects and Complements though some Grammarians considered both the same and equivalent.
Hence, we can come to a conclusion to make a structure of forming a sentence with an intransitive verb: S + Vi + P.O. + Adverbials, where S stands for subject, Vi for verb intransitive, P.O. for prepositional object. Adverbials always come after Prepositional Object if they both are in a sentence. Now, following this structure we can make thousands of English sentences with intransitive verbs.
In a sentence, if there?s no P.O. (Prepositional Object) or Adverbials, we will find no word after the intransitive verb. But in case of Transitive verb, the situation is different and that will be discussed later.
You may have the problem that how you can know the object or recognize the object or how to differentiate the objects from adverbials and prepositional objects.
Ask a question to the verb with WHAT or WHOM. If you get any answer, you will know that the verb is Transitive and the answer you have got is the Object of the Verb and if you get no answer to the questions, you will know the verb is Intransitive.
Examine the sentence: I go home. What I go? Or Whom I go? No answer you get. And to ask such Questions is also irrelevant. So now you know the verb ?go? is intransitive. But if we examine with another sentence like: I read books. What do I read? We get answer --- ?books?. So the verb ?read? is a Transitive one. Again, in the sentence: I like you. Whom do I like? The answer---?you?. So the verb ?like? is Transitive obviously.
So it is found that according to Object or in consideration of object, verb maybe classified into two classes e.g., 1. Transitive Verb and 2. Intransitive Verb. To make a sentence you have to always notice the verb well and keenly. If you fail to judge the verb, the sentence might be incorrect.
I think now any one can arrange the words to make a simple sentence with an Intransitive verb. I will discuss how to make a simple sentence with a transitive verb soon.
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Learn English
Learn English logically
Learn English logically
Most people, especially who learn English as a second language, learn the language by memorizing the rules of grammar and the structures used in English. By doing so they can't have proper skill in English. To gain a good command in English, they have to learn English grammar logically. They have to know or understand how grammar behaves in English.
Normally to learn a language you have to know its vocabulary. As much vocabulary you will know, as good you will be in the language. So you have to learn more English words first. And, maybe, it?s not a great problem to you. Because you can get all the words with illustrations in a good and reliable dictionary.
But the problem is else where. Whenever you try to make a sentence, as you might have poor knowledge of formation of sentence, you will have to face a difficult problem. In that case, to overcome that difficulty you must have to know Grammar, the set of rules normally used in English.
You have to know that in an English sentence, there must be a verb and no sentence is possible without a verb, which may be expressed or understood. So in English Grammar a verb is called 'the soul of a sentence'. And it may be obviously said that every finite verb must have a subject too. You must remember that if there's no subject, there will be no finite verb. Inversely, we can say that if there's no finite verb, there will be no subject. That means "A subject and a finite-verb always go simultaneously. They are so closely related to each other that none can go without the other or none ever leaves another.
So in every English formal sentence, after the subject comes a verb. That's why we get the structure: SUBJECT+VERB as in the sentences: I go, He walks, She laughs, The baby cries, etc.
In the cited sentences we find nothing after the verb. But in every sentence, there's a subject before the verb. When the verbs take objects, the verbs are called Transitive Verbs. Every transitive verb must have one or two Objects. If any verb has no object, it?s called Intransitive Verb. In our above cited examples we used all Intransitive Verbs. So there?s no object after any verb.
But now one thing should be discussed that if we write: I go home. ?Go? is still intransitive. Because ?Home? is not an object to the verb ?Go?. Home is used here as an adverb, so it may be called an Adverbial Object.
Again, when we write: I go to college, in that sentence the word ?College? is an object of the preposition ?to?, and not an object of the verb ?go?. That?s why we shall call ?College? a Prepositional Object. So after an intransitive verb, if we find any word or words or phrase or phrases, they are never objects of the verb. They must be either Adverbial Objects or Prepositional Objects. And in some cases we may call them Complements. You have to know that there are some differences between Objects and Complements though some Grammarians considered both the same and equivalent.
Hence, we can come to a conclusion to make a structure of forming a sentence with an intransitive verb: S + Vi + P.O. + Adverbials, where S stands for subject, Vi for verb intransitive, P.O. for prepositional object. Adverbials always come after Prepositional Object if they both are in a sentence. Now, following this structure we can make thousands of English sentences with intransitive verbs.
In a sentence, if there?s no P.O. (Prepositional Object) or Adverbials, we will find no word after the intransitive verb. But in case of Transitive verb, the situation is different and that will be discussed later.
You may have the problem that how you can know the object or recognize the object or how to differentiate the objects from adverbials and prepositional objects.
Ask a question to the verb with WHAT or WHOM. If you get any answer, you will know that the verb is Transitive and the answer you have got is the Object of the Verb and if you get no answer to the questions, you will know the verb is Intransitive.
Examine the sentence: I go home. What I go? Or Whom I go? No answer you get. And to ask such Questions is also irrelevant. So now you know the verb ?go? is intransitive. But if we examine with another sentence like: I read books. What do I read? We get answer --- ?books?. So the verb ?read? is a Transitive one. Again, in the sentence: I like you. Whom do I like? The answer---?you?. So the verb ?like? is Transitive obviously.
So it is found that according to Object or in consideration of object, verb maybe classified into two classes e.g., 1. Transitive Verb and 2. Intransitive Verb. To make a sentence you have to always notice the verb well and keenly. If you fail to judge the verb, the sentence might be incorrect.
I think now any one can arrange the words to make a simple sentence with an Intransitive verb. I will discuss how to make a simple sentence with a transitive verb soon.
- Uses Of Different Forms Of Verbs
Uses of Different Forms of Verbs We now know that Verb has six forms: 1. Present Form 2. Past Form ...
- Forms Of Verbs
Forms of Verbs Finite Forms: We have already known about Finite Form and Non-finite Form of Verbs Finite Forms take Subject but Non-finite Forms take no Subject. Only Present Form and Past Form can take subjects. So Only Present Form...
- Kinds Of Verb
Verb is the most important factor of English Grammar. No Sentence can be possible without any Verb. Sometimes in informal English the Verb may be understood. I have already discussed about many other factors like Formation of Sentence, Parts of Speech,...
- Preposition
Preposition A Preposition is a word which is placed before a Noun or a Pronoun or a Noun-equivalent word or a Phrase to show its relation to another word in a Sentence. The function of a Preposition is only to relate or link a Noun...
- Noun And Pronoun
Noun & Pronoun Noun is one of the 8 kinds of Parts of Speech and Pronoun is the word which is used instead of a Noun. A Pronoun is the substituting word to a Noun. Though Verb is called the soul of a sentence,...