Parts of a simple sentence

Question 1

What does a a sentece consist of?

Answer 1

the subject and the predicate

Question 2

What is the operator

Answer 2

the first or only auxiliary verb in a verb phrase

Question 3

How do we form negative sentences?

negation

Answer 3

putting not after the operator

“She will not stay with us”

Question 4

How do we form most types of questions?

inversion

Answer 4

inverting the positions of the subject and the operator

“you could have been imagining it”

Question 5

can the operator stand alone in a sentece if the main verb is understood or implied?
code

Answer 5

yes,
Are you leaving?
Yes, I am!

Question 6

can the operator carry emphatic stress in speech?

Answer 6

yes,
Finish your homework
I HAVE finished it

Question 7

How do we identify the subject in a sentence?

Answer 7

1. ask a question beginning with who or what followed by the verb.
2. inversion-test, turn a sentence into a yes-no questin the subject and the operator invert change places
3. tag-question test, add a tag and the last word will refer back to the subject