English grammar

Verb

notional verb :cancel establish think

have meaning ,cannot delete in the sentences

copula: be(am,is are)

no meaning

transitive verb :

can take accusative without the preposition

intransitive verb :

cannot take the accusative without the preposition

preposition

preposition cannot use alone

prep +n

prep +doing

three states of verb

1. tense
2. voice
3. modal

predicate verb :which can express tense completely in the sentences

Voice can be divide into active voice and passive voice

active voice :subject is the originator of the action

passive voice : subject is the receiver of action

Modal

modal verbs are not verbs

modal verbs add the infinitive equals predicate verbs

sentence

clause

so if a statement have no subordinate noun clause ,it probably is a main clause