Sentence Formula – Part 5

November 26, 2021January 5, 2022 reshana

Make sentence with an adjective and 'to' infinitive.

Alphabets form words, words form sentences, sentences are linked with linking words forming compound and complex sentences. Sentences form paragraphs and paragraphs form essays.

As we have already discussed a lot of how important framing sentences in a child’s education while learning a language. If the child doesn’t learn it correctly in the primary and middle school level, he/she may find it extremely difficult in high school, college, interviews and in his/her job environment. He/ she may stammer a lot as the child did not master the basic skill of forming sentences.

Let’s jump into formula No.5 without any delay.

Sentence Formula 5:

It + be + adjective + 'to' infinitive.

This formula no. 5 is looking similar to Formula No.2. Let’s do a comparison.

Formula 2 is:

Subject + verb + Adjective + ‘to’ infinitive.

In formula 2, we start the sentence with a subject like Sara, book, carpet, cat, dog, pen, table etc.

Example: This book is difficult to solve.

Subject: This book.

Be verb: is – used when the subject is singular and the event happens in the present tense.

Adjective: difficult. (Adjectives are describing nouns).

‘to’ infinitive: to solve. (When ‘to’ is followed by a verb, it is called a ‘to’ infinitive.

In formula 5, we are starting the sentence with “It”, followed by the “be verbs” (am, is was were, are), then an adjective and conclude with a “to” infinitive.

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Start the sentence with

It is (for events that happens in present tense),

It was (for events that happens in past tense),

It will be (for events that happens in future tense) or

It may be (to speak of something which you are not sure of).

Adjective to be used are:

easy, difficult, hard, bad, cruel, impossible, possible.

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Sentence Formula – Part 4

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Sentence formula -4

Make sentences

Make sentences with adjectives expressing emotion or desire.

A child excels in English or in any language he/she learns, once she masters the skill of framing sentences with the grammar topic or any new vocabulary word the child learns. But sometimes, a few students who are new to the language find it difficult to do so even after n times of practice. For them, they can try these formulas and just apply words and easily make sentences. They have to just remember the skeleton of the formula.

Now we are going to have a look on Formula No. 4.

Sentence Formula 4:

Adjectives expressing emotion or desire.

Subject + verb + adjective + 'to' infinitive.

This formula looks familiar for those who have been going through all the formulas so far.

Yes, it’s same as our formula no.2. The difference is that we were framing sentences with adjectives like, impossible, hard, easy, pleasant in formula no. 2.

But, here we are going to practice with adjectives that express emotions or desire. The formula is the same.

I want to differentiate it and show to have a clear idea, and so 2 different posts.

What are the adjectives that express emotions or desire?

Fear, scared, afraid, happy, sad, angry, patient, anxious, eager etc.

Example: He was desperate to go there. (DESIRE).

Subject: He

Be verb: was (Event happens in past tense, he refers to one person so singular)

desperate: adjective expressing desire.

‘to’ infinitive: to go (to followed by a verb is called ‘to’ infinitive).

conclude as – to go there/to go to the party etc.

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Sentence Syntax · Writing skills

Sentence Formula – Part 3

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Make sentence

Make sentence with an adjective.

Imagine we are going to learn a new language, guess what’s the most difficult part? Yes, framing sentences. We can somehow learn the new alphabets and the new vocabulary words everyday. But when time comes to make sentences to write and speak we struggle. Why is that? It is so because, each language has its own grammar rules which has to be followed for proper understanding of the language.

Formulas are not just for Math, let’s also use it. It’s quite useful for beginners, primary and middle school students, for someone who is learning English for the first time and even for those who have just come to check whether these formulas are correct or not. Be it anyone, let’s give it a try, for if even any ‘one’ of you benefits, I’ll be the most happiest one.

Sentence Formula 3

It + be + adjective + of + noun/pronoun + 'to' infinitive.

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In our formula 3, we start the sentence with “It”, followed by the “be verbs” – (am, is, was, were are), then add an adjective + “of”, followed by a noun/pronoun and conclude with a “to” infinitive.

1. For this formula, we will be using only 2 be verbs, “IS, WAS“. This is because, after “It”, only these two be verbs can appear.

2. Then, add an adjective according to your sentence of what you are trying to explain. After the adjective add an “of”, followed by a noun/pronoun.

3. The noun refers to the name of person, place, animal or thing.

4. Pronoun is used in the place of noun, i.e., him, her, you, me, them.

5. Finally finish your sentence with a “to” infinitive. It refers to that after the word to a verb is added. Like, “to eat”, “to dig”, “to sleep”, “to wake”. This is called a to infinitive.

Example:

“It is nice of you to share your food”.

1. Here, we start the sentence with “It”.

2. We use the be verb, “is”.

3. Our adjective is, “nice”. Adjectives are describing noun. In our sentence, instead of a noun we have used a pronoun, “you”.

4. After the adjective add the word “of”.

5. Add a noun or pronoun. Our pronoun here is “you”.

6.Add the “to infinitive“. Here, it is “to share”.

7. Complete it as “to share your food”.

Some more examples with the same adjective (NICE):

* It is nice of you to bring a cake.

* It is nice of you to take care of me.

* It is nice of you to help me.

* It is nice of you to wash the clothes/vessels.

* It is nice of you to follow the procedure/rules.

* It was nice of you to give me medicines.

* It was nice of Sam to come to the party.

* It was nice of Paul to show his project.

* It was nice of them to play at the tournament.

* It is nice of them to share their views.

The following adjectives can be used in this pattern:

brave, wrong, polite, nice, cruel, cowardly, wicked, silly, careless, foolish, unwise, stupid, clever, wise, good, kind, considerate, generous.

Hope these example are useful.

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Sentence Syntax · Writing skills

Sentence Formula – Part 2

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Sentence syntax 2

Make sentences with impossible, hard, easy, difficult.

At school level, a child is trained to write small paragraphs or short stories or given a comprehension passage to improve his/her reading and writing practice. As they move to higher classes their level of writing goes to next stage where the sentence turn into complex and compound sentences. More activities are also done to improve speaking and writing like role plays, dramas, public speaking, sharing experiences etc. All these are done just to get a deeper knowledge about the rules of how to use the language in the correct way without any glitch while one talks or writes.

To achieve the desired results, the basic learning starts in primary where the child learns to frame sentences. So, the teacher should ensure that the child frames proper sentences after each grammar topic is taken. More worksheet and exercises should be given for practice. Without achieving this, if the child goes to the next grade, the child may find it difficult to cope up with the current syllabus as he/she is not thorough with the previous one.

For those kids who find it difficult with framing sentences, these formulas may help, as they have a pattern and the child should just apply words in the place of the formula taught. Let’s move on quickly to formula No. 2.

How to use the words - impossible, hard, easy, difficult in a sentence?

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How to use the adjectives impossible, hard, easy, difficult in a sentence?

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This formula is suitable for students from grade 3 onwards as they would be introduced to “ADJECTIVES”.

We are going to see how to frame sentences using adjectives “impossible, hard, easy, difficult, pleasant.

The formula is

Subject + verb + adjectives mentioned above + to infinitive.

Start your sentence with a Subject, followed by the adjectives given above (impossible, hard, easy, difficult, pleasant) and conclude with a “to infinitive”.

To infinitive:

-to is placed before the base form of the verb to form the -to infinitive.

to eat

to sleep.

For example,

The sweet is pleasant to eat.

The sweet unpleasant to eat.

The subject here is ‘sweet’. The is the article. We are using ‘the’ as we are speaking about a specific sweet. Sweet is the subject, pleasant is the adjective and conclude the sentence with a “to infinitive”. Here it is “to eat”.

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Sentence Syntax · Writing skills

Sentence Formula – Part 1

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Sentence part 1:

How to start the sentence with 'there'?

All living organisms communicate with each other in their own ways including birds, animals etc. Humans communicate through languages. We are having various languages according to the region we live in.

There are a set of rules to be followed to speak or write a particular language. In order to speak or write that language we have to master that language and practice it a lot to master it.

For that purpose schools and colleges have been created to impart and expand our learning abilities for us to be successful in future. Only if we know a particular language we can further keep on learning and understand what is being taught in colleges and universities. So at school level itself we should master the language. This helps us a lot in facing seminars, projects, assignments, group discussions, even simple examinations etc.

There should be a proper correlation between what we think and what we speak or present. Or else it would be total disaster. To avoid these let’s learn from basic.

This sentence formula one is useful for primary students and beginners to help frame sentences at ease. Hope its helpful for teachers. I have attaches a pdf worksheet too, as practice makes a man perfect.

Our sentence formula 1 is:

There + be verb + Subject.

First let’s see what ‘be’ verbs are:

am, is was, were, are.

am	is	was	were	are
Used when the subject is "I", i.e., when I talk about myself.	Used when the subject is singular and when the event happens in the present tense.	Used when the subject is singular and when the event happens in the past tense.	Used when the subject is plural and when the event happens in the past tense.	Used when the subject is plural and when the event happens in the present tense.

There + be verb + Subject.

This formula is beginners and primary students who are introduced to be verbs. It helps them frame sentences with be verbs. The teacher can use this formula for students who find it difficult to frame sentences or for all students indeed to form proper sentences.

Like, how we learn formulas in Math and tables which we remember for a lifetime (which is because of repetition), we can adopt this in our English too for those who find it difficult to learn the language. Even if they forget while speaking they can just recall the formula and frame accordingly.

In this formula, we start our sentence with “There”, followed by the be verbs and then a subject.

As given in the table above, the be verbs are applied according to the subject whether its singular or plural and whether the event happens in the past, present or future tense.

So always remember while speaking or writing look for the SUBJECT and the TENSE and write accordingly.

For example,

In the first sentence in the picture,

“There is a bottle near my table”.

Bottle – singular.

Event – present tense.

So, we use “is”.

Similarly examine for the other 4 sentences in the picture above.

Start your sentence with ‘there’, use be verbs according to your sentence(depending on whether the event happens in past or present tense and whether the subject is singular or plural). Refer the table above.

Worksheet with answers

Sentence Syntax · Writing skills

Sentence syntax

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How to structure a sentence?

Forming proper sentences and incorporating them in both reading and writing is a crucial part, not only in English, but in any new language you learn. One minor mistake may change the entire meaning of the sentence and we may end up in an embarrassing situation.

These sentence formulas are quite simple to remember for beginners, starting from primary students who have started their journey from words to sentences, or for people who are trying to learn English from scratch as a new language.

Hope you find this useful and helpful.

Sentence Syntax

Vocabulary

Idiom – part 5

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Idioms

Idiom definition

Sentences have a literal meaning, whereas, idioms have a figurative meaning.

A literal meaning means actual meaning of the sentence.

Figurative meaning is a combination of words which means something different than the individual words do.

Meaning

It refers to someone who is extremely angry. The meaning is to become mad or foolish, mentally ill or insane.

Example:

– The noise from the crackers made the dog go nuts.

– I went nuts as my wedding gown got soiled.

Meaning

A person who stays up at night is called a night owl. The literal meaning comes from the fact that owls sleep during the day and stay up at night and hunt for food.

EXAMPLE:

I became a night owl after I joined the call center.

He’s a night owl, he sleeps all day.

I am a night owl. I am trying to change my sleep pattern.

Meaning

This idiom means you are allowing someone to do something. You are giving them permission to do something that they ask for.

SYNONYMS:

go on.

go for it.

You can do that.

Certainly.

Of course you can.

EXAMPLE:

Can I watch the T.V.? – Sure, be my guest.

May I sit down? – Of course, be my guest.

Meaning

feeling ill or unwell.

EXAMPLE:

– She feels off color from morning.

– I need some rest, I feel a bit off color.

Transferred Epithet

Color idioms

dainty meaning

What is fumble?

English Prefixes

Noun clause

Idiom – part 5

Latin suffixes

Vocabulary

garrulous

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Garrulous

Garrulous meaning

A garrulous person is someone who speaks non-stop, especially of trivial(unimportant or insignificant) matters. A person who talks a lot and often too much.

He /She is excessively talkative. They just won’t stop talking and they do so just for talking’s sake.

Synonyms of garrulous – talkative, voluble, loquacious, chattering.

(All these words mean excessive talking).

Antonyms – reserved, silent, speechless, laconic.

Garrulous is an ADJECTIVE as it is used to describe a person(noun).