BASIC SENTENCE STRUTURES: MAIN CLAUSES AND RELATIVE CLAUSES

SUBJECT: I/YOU/HE/SHE/IT/ - WE/YOU/THEY

-I AM /YOU ARE /HE IS /SHE IS /IT IS /WE ARE /YOU ARE /THEY ARE

-I DO /YOU DO / HE-SHE-IT DOES / WE DO / YOU DO / THEY DO

VERB: V1-V2-V3 – TO BE: AM-IS-ARE – DO/DOES -DID –WILL DO –HAVE(HAS) DONE

-Verb form varies according to time tenses and subject’s being singular or plural

ADVERBS OF TIME: USUALLY, GENERALLY, RARELY, OFTEN, SOMETIMES, NEVER, EVER,

RECENTLY, LATELY, OCCASIONALY, NOW, AT THE MOMENT, NOWADAYS, IN THE PAST,
2 DAYS AGO, TOMORROW, NEXT YEAR, IN THE FUTURE, FOR 2 DAYS, SINCE 1998, SINCE 3 DAYS AGO

ADVERBS OF PLACE: IN ISTANBUL, AT HOME, IN THE SCHOOL, NEAR THE BANK,

OVERSEAS, HERE, THERE, NEXT DOOR, SOMEWHERE, AROUND, OUTSIDE, AWAY…

ADVERBS OF MANNER: NICELY, SLOWLY, QUIETLY, GENTLY, ELEGANTLY, SHARPLY, ROUGHLY,

ACCIDENTALLY, SUCCESSFULLY, THOUGHTFULLY, UNEXPECTEDLY, WISELY, WELL, RECKLESSLY,
REGULARLY, REALLY, HAPPILY, GENEROUSLY, FORTUNATELY, LAZILY, JUSTLY, KINDLY,
NERVOUSLY, RAPIDLY, RELUCTANTLY, SADLY, GLADLY, HASTILY, TIGHTLY

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EXAMPLES: I USUALLY WORK AT HOME / SHE RARELY COMES TO SCHOOL / HE SOMETIMES READS
BOOKS / I DO MY WORKS VERY QUICKLY / YOU NEVER UNDERSTAND ME / IT REMINDS ME OLD TIMES /
HE INSISTS ON THIS MATTER TOO MUCH / YOU ARE DOING THINGS CAREFULLY AND NICELY / THEY WILL
VISIT THEIR GRANDPARENTS IN THE VILLAGE SOON / YOU ARE STANDING TOO CLOSE TO ME, PLEASE
MOVE AWAY! / SHE GRACEFULLY PLACES THE FLOWERS IN THE VASE AND SMILES SOFTLY TO HIM. / HE
APRRECIATES HER KIND GESTURE AND BOWS HIS HEAD GENTLY AND LEAVES THE ROOM SILENTLY. / I
ALMOST DON’T UNDERSTAND ANYTHING ABOUT THE SUBJECT BUT I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT. /
STUDENTS ASK A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THE EXAMS RIGHTFULLY (JUSTLY) BECAUSE THEY ARE
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RESULTS (MARKS) AT THE END. / I NEVER CAN CALM HER DOWN SINCE SHE IS TOO
NERVOUS. / HE THINKS THAT THINGS WILL SETTLE DOWN BY TIME AND LUCK , BUT I DON’T THINK SO.