Descriptive Grammar of English II

STRUCTURAL CLASSIFICATION OF SENTENCES

Declarative Overt Subj. + Pred.

Polar aux. + Subj. + Pred.

Y/N Inter. + “or” + Y/N

Alternative
Inter.
Interrogative

Question tags aux. + Subj. (Pronoun)

Wh-el + aux. + Subj +

Wh-
Pred.

(Let) + (Subj.) + Pred.

Positive
Imperative Do + (let’s) + Pred.

Don’t + (let) + (Subj.)

Negative + Pred.

Phrase introduced by
Exclamative “what”/”how” + Subj. +
Pred.

1. Do help me out. 14. Do you want to buy a new dress or

2. How brave you are! would you prefer to wear an old one?
3. Where was she found? 15. How we hated it!
4. How quickly it hanged! 16. Did he run a luxury hotel?
5. Don’t you change your mind now. 17. Don’t tell him lies.
6. Don’t let’s give up. 18. What a good nurse Sarah would make!
7. How do we open it? 19. The burglar smashed the window with a
8. The third sheet he folded. stone.
9. Stop her. 20. You be careful.
10. Let Philip have a look at it. 21. Were human rights violated during the
11. Do let’s get a taxi. riots?
12. [He is still there], isn’t he? 22. Let’s go outside.
13. [Put in the date], could you? 23. [How intolerant she is], isn’t she?