Narrative sentence
What is a narrative sentence? In this article, you will learn the concept, function of declarative sentences, and types of declarative sentences. Illustrate with an example of a declarative sentence.
1. Concepts
Narrative sentence is a sentence used to declare a fact or to convey some information. Declarative sentences usually end with a period (.).
2. Classification
- There are two types of declarative sentences: affirmative sentences and negative sentences:
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| Confirm | Subject + (Auxiliary verb) + Verb |
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| Negative | Subject + Auxiliary Verb + NOT + Verb |
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2.1. Affirmations
Affirmations is simply a statement about something happening.
The affirmative sentence has the formula: Subject + Verb, where the subject is the subject performing the action, and the verb is the action.
For example:
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He is free after 8pm.
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She can play the guitar.
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Their family went to Thailand last year.
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I have been to Berlin before.
She can play the guitar.
2.2. Negative sentence
Negative sentence is the opposite of a positive sentence: a negative sentence says something Are not happen.
For example:
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He is not free after 8pm.
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She cannot play the guitar.
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Their family did not go to Thailand last year.
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I have not been to Berlin before.
He is not free after 8pm.
- To form a negative sentence, you just need to add words not into the affirmative sentence according to the following rule:
- With verbs to be or modal verbs:
- More not directly into the verb.
- With other regular verbs: add not after the auxiliary verb, specifically:
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If the verb is in the present simple tense: Add not comes after the auxiliary verb do or does then move the main word back to the infinitive.
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If the verb is in the past simple tense: Add not comes after the auxiliary verb did then move the main word back to the infinitive.
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If the verb is in other tenses: Add not comes after the auxiliary verb.
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- We can better understand this rule through the examples above:
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He is free after 8pm. → He is not free after 8pm.
This sentence does is is a verb to be, so negation needs addition not after the verb to be.
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She can play the guitar. → She can not play the guitar.
- This sentence does can is a modal verb, so the negation needs to be added not after modal verbs.
- You should also note that not writing is associated with can (can+ not = cannot), and other modal verbs are written out (should + not = should not)
- Their family went to Thailand last year. → Their family did not go to Thailand last year.
This sentence does went is a verb that is usually in the simple past tense, so the negation needs to be added not after the auxiliary verb did, still went the original form is go.
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I have been to Berlin before. → I have not been to Berlin before.
This sentence does have been is a verb to be In the present perfect tense, the negative needs to be added not after the auxiliary verb have, still been keep stable.