Реферат: Word order and inversion

Have you seen this film?

Special questions

Question word + auxiliary verb + subject + main verb (+ object + adverbial modifier), for example:

Where does he live?

What are you writing now?

When did they visit Mexico?

Alternative questions

Alternative questions have the same word order as general questions:

Does he live in Paris or Rome?

Are you writing a report or a letter?

Tag questions

Tag questions consist of two parts. The first part has the same word order as statements, and the second part is a short general question (the tag):

He lives here, doesn’t he?

They haven’t seen this film, have they?

Commands (Imperative sentences)

Commands have the same word order as statements, but the subject (you) is usually omitted:

Go to your room.

Listen to the story.

Exclamatory sentences

Exclamatory sentences have the same word order as statements (i.e., the subject is before the predicate):

She is a great singer!

It is an excellent opportunity!

How well he knows history!

What a beautiful town this is!

How strange it is!

In some types of exclamatory sentences, the subject (it, this, that) and the linking verb are often omitted, for example:

What a pity!

What a beautiful present!

How strange!

Simple, compound and complex sentences

English sentences are also divided into simple sentences, compound sentences and complex sentences.

A simple sentence, also called an independent clause, has a subject and predicate and other necessary parts of the sentence, for example: