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6 structures · CEFR A1–B1
Statements, negatives and orders are three different shapes, not one shape with words removed. English builds its negative and its question with a helping verb — do, does, did — that has no equivalent in Hindi, and that helping verb takes the tense so the main verb goes back to its plain form. "I did not went" is the whole difficulty in one sentence.
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I walk there.
Subject + verb + object
Question 1 of 1
Choose an answer, then check why it fits.
This is a check of this example, not an English level assessment.
Example 1 of 4
मैं वहाँ पैदल जाता हूँ।
I walk there.
English keeps this order almost always. The subject comes first.
I sit by the window.
English keeps this order almost always. The subject comes first.
I watch the people outside.
English keeps this order almost always. The subject comes first.
The road is very busy in the morning.
English keeps this order almost always. The subject comes first.
Every one of these is a sentence Indian-English speakers genuinely produce — not a textbook example.
| Commonly said | Correct English |
|---|---|
Tea I drink daily. | I drink tea daily. Hindi allows the object first; English does not. Simple sentences → |
He does not goes there. | He does not go there. "Does" already carries the -s. Negatives → |
You sit down. | Please sit down. "You" in front turns an instruction into an accusation. Imperatives → |
Although it was late, but we went. | Although it was late, we went. "Although" already carries the contrast; "but" repeats it. Compound & complex → |
How a beautiful day! | What a beautiful day! With a noun — day — the word is "what", not "how". What a day! How lovely! → |
So I do. | So do I. The helper comes before the subject — the order swaps. So do I / Neither do I → |
Grouped by CEFR band so you can start where you actually are, rather than at the top.
3 structures at this level.
3 structures at this level.
Dimmed tiles are structures whose example bank is still being written. The explanation and the mistake are there; the sentences are not, yet.
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