Where do we start with the English language?

by Irina Korotkina

RULING THE SENTENCE

or

Language = Vocabulary + Grammar

to give information the right way

Vocabulary is an ocean,

D.N.Bell

but Grammar is a pond.

Grammar is to be understood properly

To use Grammar is

RussianEnglish

to understand it the right way

to understand it the right way

Either you say itas they say it,

orif you don’t say it

as they say it,you say it wrong.

D.N.Bell

• Word order: fixed

• Nouns: one form + plural (-s)

• Adjectives: one form

• Verb:Time:

past, present, future

Tense: Simple, Continuous, Perfect

• Articles: regular• Prepositions: regular

• Порядок слов: нефиксированный

• Существительные: 6 падежей, 3 рода, 3 склонения• Прилагательные: 6 падежей, 3 рода• Глагол: Время: прошедшее, настоящее, будущее

Вид: совершенный, несовершенный

• Артикли: по умолчанию• Предлоги: неизвестно как

English Russian

a new schoolin our town are building

they next year

They are building a new school in our townnext year.

Next year they are building a new school in our town.

They are building a new school in our town next year Subject (1) Verb (2) Object (3) Place Time

for disabled children

They are building a new school for disabled children

Object (3) Object (4)

for

PrepositionalDirect

(5) (6)

Next year they are building a new school in our town.S(1) V (2) O (3) P (5) ???

,

In our town they are building a new school for disabled children.

,

S(1) V (2) O (3) O (4) S(1) V (2) O (3) O (4) …… , …

For disabled children they are building a new school.,

S(1) V (2) O (3) Place (5) S(1) V (2) O (3) Place (5)

S(1) V (2) O (3)S(1) V (2) O (3),

There’s a man.

oldan old man

standing by the bus stop

with an umbrella

standing by the bus stop.

standing by the bus stopwith an umbrella

There’sbig

a big doga dog.

running out of the shop

carrying a bone

carrying a bone

running out of the shop.

There’s

with long hair

a young womana woman.

standing outside the shopyoung

with long hair standing outside the shop.

There’s

fat

a fat mana man.

with a knife in his hand

running after the dog

with a knife in his hand

running after the dog.

A man saw a dog.

An old man with an umbrella standing by the bus stopsaw a dog.

An old man with an umbrella standing by the bus stop

saw a big dog carrying a bone running out of the shop.

A man frightened a woman.

A fat man with a knife in his hand running after the dogfrightened a woman.

A fat man with a knife in his hand running after the dog

frightened a young woman with long hair standing outsidethe shop.

Subject 1

PM Verb 2

The House of Objects

3 4

The House of

Adverbials

5 6Dire

ct

Prepositional

PlaceTim

e

7, 8… Conditions, purposes, reasons, etc.

Where do we start with the English language?

Looking for theSubject Verb&

Respecting the Comma

PM

,you will manage to rule the sentence

RULING THE SENTENCE

Logical Grammar