Simple sentences are those that have the same grammatical basis and express a simple message, for example: In moments of sad music, I imagine a yellow stretch, and a woman’s farewell voice, and the sound of gusty birches.
Simple sentences are divided into two-part and one-part. Two-part - a sentence in which there is both a subject and a predicate: At night there was a lamp on the window. If secondary members belong to the subject, then it forms a subject group, if to the predicate, then a predicate group.
Let's talk about a simple two-part sentence
A two-part simple sentence consists of a subject and a predicate.
Let's start with the subject:
- The subject is the main member of a two-part sentence, which denotes the subject of speech and answers the questions who? What?
Predicate:
- The predicate is the main member of a two-part sentence, which characterizes the subject and is grammatically dependent only on it.
The predicate denotes an action, sign, state of the subject of speech and answers the questions: what does the subject do? what is the subject? what is an object?
There are verbal and nominal predicate.
The verb predicate answers the question: what does the object do?, and the nominal predicate answers the question, what is the object? what is he like? In structure, the verbal predicate can be simple (one verbal component) and compound (infinitive combined with an auxiliary verb); nominal - compound (a name in combination with or without a verb connective).
The predicate is a simple verb, if it includes:
- particles;
- combinations of the same verb in the infinitive and conjugated form with the particle not;
- combinations of two cognate verbs with a particle not when expressing the meaning of impossibility;
- repeated predicates to denote a prolonged action;
- repeating conjugated forms: with a particle like this;
- combinations of two different verbs in the same conjugated form.
Compound verb predicate is formed analytically - from an auxiliary verb, which expresses the grammatical meaning of the predicate, and an infinitive.
Compound nominal predicate- this is a predicate in which there is a linking verb expressing the grammatical meaning of the predicate and the nominal part.
Let's move on to a simple one-part sentence
A one-part sentence is a simple sentence whose grammatical basis is represented by either a subject or a predicate, for example:
- It was as if the city and people had been replaced.
- Money can't buy intelligence.
One-part sentences are divided into verbal and nominal.
Among one-part verbs distinguish between definite-personal, indefinitely-personal, and impersonal. Among the registered- denomination.
- Definitely personal- sentences in which the main member is expressed by verbs of the 1st and 2nd person singular and plural of the present and future tense, as well as the imperative mood.
- Vaguely personal- these are sentences in which the main member is a verb of the 3rd person plural n.v. and b.v.
- Impersonal- These are sentences that do not have a subject.
- Nominal- these are sentences in which the main member acts as the nominative case of the noun.
Definitely personal
Vaguely personal
Impersonal
there, there
Gorgeousweather! That'sriver Today hot day.At my brother's exam
I'm in a hurry Let's hurry Hurry up
On the radioannounce announced landing (plural, past tense)
To meunwell (impersonal verb).It's getting light . (impersonal verb).It blows Come in large numbers No . This doorcan't open . Be didn't have to go . It was hot . About exams alreadyreported .
Types of one-part sentences table with examples
NominalDefinitely personal
Vaguely personal
Impersonal
The main member is the subject expressed by the noun in the name. case. May only be distributed by those authorized and inconsistent definitions; may contain demonstrative particlesthere, there
Verbs of the 1st and 2nd person in singular. and plural indicative and imperative moods. The subject in such sentences is easily restored by introducing, substituting personal pronouns I, you, we, you
3rd person plural verbs. present day or future tense; passed time plural
Predicate in impersonal sentences does not and cannot indicate the actor. The predicate is expressed by impersonal verbs, the impersonal form of a personal verb, the words no, there wasn’t (it didn’t turn out, it didn’t work, etc.), indeterminate form verb, indefinite form in combination with an impersonal auxiliary verb; words of state; short passive participles in the neuter form with or without the word to be
Gorgeousweather! That'sriver . !!! If a sentence contains a circumstance or an addition, then some scientists consider such sentences to be two-part incomplete (with an omitted auxiliary verb), while others consider them to be one-part nominative.Today hot day.At my brother's exam
I'm in a hurry home (1st letter, invoice)Let's hurry to school (1st sheet of paper)Hurry up to school! (2nd l. command switch)
On the radioannounce landing. (3rd literal plural) On the radio alreadyannounced landing (plural, past tense)
To meunwell (impersonal verb).It's getting light . (impersonal verb).It blows the breeze. (impersonal form of a personal verb).Come in large numbers guests. (impersonal form of the personal verb Wed. Gen., Past tense.). FriendsNo . This doorcan't open . Be bull on a string. To Lake Ivan anddidn't have to go . It was hot . About exams alreadyreported .
The contrast between two-part and one-part sentences is associated with the number of members included in the grammatical basis.
Two-Part Sentences contain two main members - subject and predicate.
The boy is running; The earth is round.
One-part sentences contain one main member (subject or predicate).
Evening; It's getting dark.
Types of one-part sentences
| Principal term expression form | Examples | Correlative constructions two-part sentences |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Sentences with one main member - PREDICATE | ||
| 1.1. Definitely personal proposals | ||
| Predicate verb in the 1st or 2nd person form (there are no past tense or conditional forms, since in these forms the verb has no person). |
I love the storm in early May. |
I I love the storm in early May. |
| 1.2. Vaguely personal proposals | ||
| Verb-predicate in the third person plural form (in the past tense and conditional mood verb-predicate in plural). |
They knock on the door. |
Somebody knocks on the door. |
| 1.3. Generalized personal proposals | ||
| They do not have their own specific form of expression. In form - definitely personal or indefinitely personal. Isolated by value. Two main types of value: A) the action can be attributed to any person; B) the action of a specific person (speaker) is habitual, repetitive or presented in the form of a generalized judgment (the predicate verb is in the 2nd person form singular, although we are talking about the speaker, that is, about the 1st person). |
You can't take the fish out of the pond without difficulty(definitely personal in form). |
Any ( any) can’t easily take the fish out of the pond. |
| 1.4. Impersonal offer | ||
| 1) Predicate verb in impersonal form (coincides with the singular, third person or neuter form). |
A) It's getting light; It was getting light; I'm lucky; |
b) Snow is melting; |
| 2) A compound nominal predicate with a nominal part - an adverb. |
A) It's cold outside ; |
a) there are no correlative structures; b) I'm cold; |
| 3) A compound verbal predicate, the auxiliary part of which is a compound nominal predicate with a nominal part - an adverb. |
A) To me sorry to leave with you; |
A) I I don't want to leave with you; |
| 4) A compound nominal predicate with a nominal part - a short passive participle of the past tense in the singular form, neuter. |
Closed . |
The shop is closed . |
| 5) The predicate no or a verb in an impersonal form with a negative particle not + an object in the genitive case (negative impersonal sentences). |
No money . |
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| 6) The predicate no or a verb in the impersonal form with a negative particle not + an object in the genitive case with an intensifying particle neither (negative impersonal sentences). |
There is not a cloud in the sky. |
The sky is cloudless. |
| 1.5. Infinitive sentences | ||
| The predicate is an independent infinitive. |
Everyone keep quiet! |
Everyone keep quiet. |
| 2. Sentences with one main member - SUBJECT | ||
| Nominative (nominative) sentences | ||
| The subject is a name in the nominative case (there cannot be a circumstance or addition in the sentence that would relate to the predicate). |
Night . |
Usually there are no correlative structures. |
Notes
1) Negative impersonal sentences ( No money; There's not a cloud in the sky) are monocomponent only when expressing negation. If the construction is made affirmative, the sentence will become two-part: form genitive case will change to the nominative case form (cf.: No money. - Have money ; There is not a cloud in the sky. - There are clouds in the sky).
2) A number of researchers form the genitive case in negative impersonal sentences ( No money ; There's not a cloud in the sky) is considered part of the predicate. In school textbooks, this form is usually treated as an addition.
3) Infinitive sentences ( Be silent! Be a thunderstorm!) a number of researchers classify them as impersonal. They are also discussed in the school textbook. But infinitive sentences differ from impersonal sentences in meaning. The main part of impersonal sentences denotes an action that arises and proceeds independently of the actor. In infinitive sentences the person is encouraged to take active action ( Be silent!); the inevitability or desirability of active action is noted ( Be a thunderstorm! Let's go to the sea!).
4) Many researchers classify denominative (nominative) sentences as two-part sentences with a zero connective.
Note!
1) In negative impersonal sentences with an object in the form of the genitive case with an intensifying particle neither ( There is not a cloud in the sky; I don't have a penny) the predicate is often omitted (cf.: The sky is clear; I don't have a penny).
In this case, we can talk about a one-part and at the same time incomplete sentence (with an omitted predicate).
2) The main meaning of denominative (nominative) sentences ( Night) is a statement of being (presence, existence) of objects and phenomena. These constructions are possible only when the phenomenon is correlated with the present time. When changing tense or mood, the sentence becomes two-part with the predicate be.
Wed: It was night ; It will be night; Let there be night; It would be night.
3) Denominative (nominative) sentences cannot contain adverbials, since this minor member usually correlates with the predicate (and there is no predicate in denominative (nominative) sentences). If a sentence contains a subject and a circumstance ( Pharmacy- (Where?) around the corner; I- (Where?) to the window), then it is more expedient to parse such sentences as two-part incomplete ones - with the predicate omitted.
Wed: The pharmacy is / is located around the corner; I rushed / ran to the window.
4) Denominative (nominative) sentences cannot contain additions that are correlated with the predicate. If there are such additions in the sentence ( I- (for whom?) For you), then it is more expedient to parse these sentences as two-part incomplete ones - with the predicate omitted.Wed: I'm walking/following you.
Plan for parsing a one-part sentence
- Determine the type of one-part sentence.
- Indicate those grammatical features of the main member that allow the sentence to be classified specifically as this type of one-part sentence.
Sample parsing
Show off, city of Petrov(Pushkin).
The sentence is one-part (definitely personal). Predicate show off expressed by a verb in the second person imperative mood.
A fire was lit in the kitchen(Sholokhov).
The sentence is one-part (indefinitely personal). Predicate lit expressed by a verb in the plural past tense.
With a kind word and you will melt the stone(proverb).
The proposal is one-part. The form is definitely personal: predicate melt it expressed by a verb in the second person future tense; in meaning - generalized-personal: the action of the predicate verb refers to any character (cf.: A kind word will melt any stone).
It smelled wonderful of fish.(Kuprin).
The sentence is one-part (impersonal). Predicate smelled expressed by a verb in an impersonal form (past tense, singular, neuter).
Soft moonlight(Zastozhny).
The sentence is one-part (nominal). Main member - subject light- expressed by a noun in the nominative case.
One-part sentences- sentences with one main member, only the predicate or only the subject: Silence. It's getting light. There's no one on the street. A one-part sentence has only one main member, and it cannot be called either subject or predicate. This is the main part of the sentence.
One-part sentences can be common or uncommon, depending on whether the main member is explained by additional words or not. There are two types of one-part sentences: verbal and substantive.
One-part verb sentence. A distinctive feature of verbal one-part sentences is their lack of subjectivity: the subject of the action is not represented in them, therefore the action is considered as independent. Such a one-part sentence includes the conjugated form of the verb as an auxiliary or linking verb, or is only such a verb: Are you going home?; They are singing outside the window; You can't fool him; He was having fun; You can't get through here. Verbal one-part sentences are divided into:
definitely personal;
vaguely personal;
generalized-personal;
impersonal;
Definitely personal proposals- one-part sentences denoting the actions or states of direct participants in speech - the speaker or interlocutor. The predicate (main member) in them is expressed in the 1st or 2nd person form of singular or plural verbs.
The category of person is in the present and future tense of the indicative mood and in the imperative mood. Accordingly, the predicate in definite personal sentences can be expressed in the following forms: I’ll tell you, you’ll tell me, let’s tell you, tell me, tell me, tell me, let’s tell you; I'm going, you're going, we're going, you're going, you're going to go, you're going to go, we're going to go, you're going to go, go, go, let's go.
I know that when you go outside the ring of roads in the evening, we’ll sit in a pile of fresh ones under a nearby haystack. (S. Yesenin);
In the depths of Siberian ores, keep proud patience. (A. Pushkin).
These sentences are very close in meaning to two-part sentences. Almost always, relevant information can be conveyed in a two-part sentence by substituting a subject into the sentence me, you, we or you.
Vaguely personal proposals- these are one-part sentences that denote the action or state of an unspecified person; figure in grammatical basis not named, although thought personally, but the emphasis is on action.
The main member of such sentences is the form of the 3rd person plural (present and future tense, indicative mood and imperative mood) or the plural form (past tense verbs and conditional mood or adjectives): they say, they will speak, they spoke, let them speak, they would speak; (they are) satisfied; (he) is welcome.
For example:
They say in the village that she is not his relative at all... (N. Gogol);
They drove an elephant through the streets... (I. Krylov);
And let them talk, let them talk, but no, no one dies in vain... (V. Vysotsky);
It’s okay that we are poets, as long as they read us and sing. (L. Oshanin).
The 3rd person plural form of the predicate verb does not contain information about the number of figures or the degree of their fame. Therefore, this form can express: 1) a group of persons: The school is actively addressing the problem of academic performance; 2) one person: They brought me this book; 3) both one person and a group of persons: Someone is waiting for me; 4) person known and unknown: Somewhere in the distance they are shouting; I got an A on the exam.
Indefinite personal sentences most often contain secondary members, i.e. Vaguely personal sentences are usually common. As part of indefinite personal sentences, two groups of minor members are used: 1) Circumstances of place and time, which usually indirectly characterize the actor: There was singing in the hall. There is noise in the next class. In youth they often try to imitate someone (A. Fadeev); These distributors usually indirectly characterize the actor, denoting the place and time associated with human activity. 2) Direct and indirect objects placed at the beginning of the sentence: We were invited into a room; He is welcome here; Now they will bring him here (M. Gorky).
Generalized-personal proposals- these are one-part sentences in which the predicate verb denotes an action that is performed by a wide, generalized circle of persons.
The predicate verb in a generalized-personal sentence is in the same form as in definite-personal and indefinite-personal sentences. Proverbs are a striking example.
You can’t even catch a fish from a pond without difficulty.
Business before pleasure.
You never know where you will find the real word. (Paust.)
Generalized personal sentences are used in cases where it is important to name the action itself, and not the persons who perform it. Generalized-personal sentences are sentences in which the action is timeless and applies to any person or group of persons. Common in proverbs, sayings, aphorisms.
Definitely personal and indefinitely personal sentences can have a generalized meaning, that is, the action referred to in the sentence applies to all persons in general.
Impersonal offers- these are one-part sentences that speak of an action or state that arises and exists independently of the producer of the action or the bearer of the state.
A feature of the grammatical meaning of impersonal sentences is the meaning of spontaneity, involuntariness of the expressed action or state. It manifests itself in a variety of cases when it is expressed: action ( The boat is carried ashore); condition of a person or animal ( I couldn't sleep; He is cold); state environment (It's getting dark; Feels fresh); the state of affairs ( Poor staffing; Experiments cannot be postponed) etc. According to D. E. Rosenthal, impersonal sentences are characterized by “a shade of passivity and inertia.”
According to the school classification, infinitive sentences are also classified as impersonal (that is, sentences with the main predicate member expressed by an independent infinitive).
The main term can be expressed:
The 3rd person singular form of an impersonal or personal verb: It's getting light! The smell of spring through the glass (L. May);
Neuter form: You, happiness, were covered with snow, carried away centuries ago, trampled under the boots of soldiers retreating into eternity (G. Ivanov); There was not enough bread even until Christmas time (A. Chekhov);
In a word No(in the past tense it corresponds to the neuter form did not have, and in the future - the 3rd person singular form - will not): And suddenly consciousness will answer me that you have never existed and never existed (N. Gumilyov).
By combining a state category word (with a modal meaning) with an infinitive (compound verbal predicate): When you know that you cannot laugh, then - then it is precisely then that this shaking, painful laughter takes possession of you (A. Kuprin); It's time to get up: it's past seven (A. Pushkin);
Short passive participle of the neuter gender (compound nominal predicate): Wonderfully arranged in our world! (N. Gogol); My place is not tidy!.. (A. Chekhov);
Infinitive: You will never see such battles (M. Lermontov); Well, how can you not please your loved one? (A. Griboyedov); The blizzard will sing and ring for a long time (S. Yesenin).
Substantive one-part sentence. The main member is expressed in the form of a noun. Substantive sentences are not just verbless, they do not even involve action. Depending on their meaning, substantive sentences are divided into:
nominative;
genitive.
nominative.
Nominative sentences affirm the existence of an object in the present tense: Night. Street. Flashlight. Pharmacy. (Blok A.A.).
Genitive sentences, in addition to beingness and the present tense, have the meaning of redundancy, enhanced by emotional overtones. Genitive sentences can be common: Gold, gold, how much evil comes through you! (Ostrovsky A.N.)
Nominal- this is one of the types of one-part sentences, the form of the main member in which is similar in expression to the subject.
The main member of nominative sentences is expressed by the nominative case form of the noun and a phrase that includes the nominative case. In principle, it is also possible to use a pronoun, usually in colloquial speech: "Here I am!" - Ariel said, floating into the living room. The use of the independent nominative case is possible in these sentences, since their meaning is a message about the being, presence, existence of an object or phenomenon. Consequently, only one grammatical tense is assumed - the present.
Types of nominative sentences
Denominal existentials state the fact of the existence of an object. Subject expressed nominative case any nominal part of speech: Mom, porridge, cat, spoon, book, bright cover...
Demonstratives point to an object. In the grammatical basis, in addition to the subject, expressed in the nominative case of any name, the demonstrative particles VOT or VON appear: Here's a sofa, lie back and relax (Gr.).
Estimated and named evaluate the subject from the speaker's point of view. In the grammatical basis, in addition to the subject, expressed in the nominative case of any name, various expressive-emotional particles appear: What a night! Here's to you, grandma, and St. George's day.
Preferably denomination express desire anything. In the grammatical basis, in addition to the subject, expressed in the nominative case of any name, particles appear ONLY BY, ONLY BY, IF: Just not a test.
Incomplete is a sentence characterized by incomplete grammatical structure due to the omission of certain formally necessary members (major or secondary), which are clear from the context or setting even without naming.
The incompleteness of the grammatical structure of such sentences does not prevent them from serving the purposes of communication, since the omission of certain members does not violate the semantic completeness and definiteness of these sentences.
In this regard, incomplete sentences differ from unspoken sentences, which are statements interrupted for one reason or another, for example: But wait, Kalinina, what if... No, it won’t work that way...(B. Pol.); - I am, mom. Am I... People say that she...(B. Pol.).
The correlation with complete sentences is revealed by the presence in such sentences of words that retain the grammatical functions and forms characteristic of them in the corresponding complete sentences. They are the ones that indicate the “empty” positions of the omitted members of the sentence. Incomplete sentences are especially common in conversational styles of language; they are widely used in fiction both in the transmission of dialogue and in the description.
Types of Incomplete Sentences. Incomplete sentences are divided into contextual and situational. Contextual incomplete sentences with unnamed members of the sentence that were mentioned in the context are called: in nearby sentences or in the same sentence (if it is complex).
Among the contextual proposals stand out:
Simple sentences with unnamed main or secondary members (individually or in groups). Lack of subject:
- Wait, who are you? - Kurov was surprised.
- Rostislav Sokolov, - the boy introduced himself and even bowed at the same time(B. Pol.).
Absence of predicate:
- Did you leave your wife, Mikola?
- No,she me(Shol.).
Absence of both subject and predicate:
- Does the baker Konovalov work here?
- Here!- I answered her(M.G.).
Absence of predicate and circumstances: Kalinich stood closer to nature.Khor - to people, to society(T.).
Lack of predicate and object: Who was waiting for him?Empty, uncomfortable room(B. Pol.).
Absence of a minor member of a sentence (addition, circumstance) in the presence of a definition relating to the missing member: The mother slipped the carrots to the father, but forgot to give him gloves.I handed mine to my father(S. Bar.).
Complex sentences with an unnamed main or subordinate clause.
- Well, where are your Near Mills? - What do you want? You say, not mills? - Where? - What do you mean, “where”? Here. - Where is it? -Where are we going(Cat.). The last sentence does not name the main part.
Incomplete sentences forming part of a complex sentence with an unnamed member present in another part of the complex sentence.
In a compound sentence: In one hand he held a fishing rod,and in the other - kukan with fish(Sol.). In the second part of a complex sentence, the main members present in the first part are not named.
In a complex sentence: Lopakhin jumped into the trench and,when he raised his head, saw how the leading plane, absurdly falling onto the wing, became covered in black smoke and began to fall obliquely(Shol.). In the subordinate part of the sentence when he raised his head, the subject common to the main part is not named.
In the non-union complex sentence: This is how we go:on level ground - on a cart, uphill - on foot, and downhill - like a jog(Sol.). In the explanatory part of a complex sentence, the predicate mentioned in the explanatory part is not named.
Situational called incomplete sentences with unnamed members that are clear from the situation, prompted by the situation. For example: One day, after midnight, he knocked on Crane’s door. She pulled back the hook... -Can?- he asked in a trembling voice(M. Alekseev).
Occasionally there was a hooting sound somewhere. Apparently, not close.
- Calm down, - my neighbor said peacefully(S. Bar.). While I was waiting in line, the printing presses began to crank behind me. Only women worked for them today.
- I'm behind you!- I warned and ran to my car(S. Bar.).
Incomplete sentences are especially typical for dialogic speech, which is a combination of replicas or a unity of questions and answers. The peculiarity of dialogic sentences is determined by the fact that in oral speech, along with words, extra-linguistic factors also appear as additional components: gestures, facial expressions, situation. In such sentences, only those words are named, without which the thought becomes incomprehensible.
Among dialogic sentences, a distinction is made between sentences-replicas and sentences-answers to questions.
Reply sentences represent links in a common chain of replicas replacing each other. In a replica of a dialogue, as a rule, those members of the sentence are used that add something new to the message, and the members of the sentence already mentioned by the speaker are not repeated, and the replicas that begin the dialogue are usually more complete in composition than the subsequent ones. For example:
- Go get a bandage.
- Will kill...
- Crawling.
- You won’t be saved anyway(New.-Pr.).
Suggestions-answers vary depending on the nature of the issue. They can be answers to a question in which one or another member of the sentence is highlighted:
- What do you have in your bundle, eagles?
“Crayfish,” the tall one answered reluctantly.
- Wow! Where did you get them?
- Near the dam(Shol.).
There may be answers to a question that requires confirmation or denial of what was said:
- Do you have a woman?
- No way.
- And the uterus?
- Eat(New.-Pr.).
Could be answers to a question with suggested answers:
- What haven’t you tried: fishing or loving?
- First(M.G.).
And finally, answers in the form of a counter question with the meaning of the statement:
- How will you live?
- What about the head, and what about the hands?(M.G.).
- Tell me, Stepan, did you marry for love? - asked Masha.
- What kind of love do we have in our village? - Stepan answered and grinned.(Ch.).
Traditionally, many questions are raised about the types of one-part sentences. According to statistics, on a single state exam In compulsory discipline, there are a lot of mistakes in assignments related to this topic. What is this difficulty? How to correctly and quickly determine the desired type? Let's figure it out now.
Types of one-part sentences: features and structures
So, as you know, all proposals are divided into two types. The first is two-part (this is when there are both subjects and predicate), the second type is one-part, when there is only one of the main members. Both sentences of the first type and the second can be complex. As a rule, the main members are not always directly visible; there are moments when they are “disguised” as other parts of speech (rather than the generally accepted ones - noun and verb), while in sentences with one main word, difficulties may not arise.
Types of one-part sentence: general characteristics
In order not to make mistakes on the exam, you need to master the material at school. Traditionally, there are five types of sentences with one member: definitely personal, impersonal, nominative, generalized and indefinitely personal. We will consider only the most basic ones.
- The first type is definitely personal. Here the only member is the predicate, which conveys what a person or thing does/says. As a rule, the verb has the first and second person forms, that is, you can mentally substitute pronouns such as I/we/you/you. For example: I love rain in autumn; go get some coffee.
- The second type is impersonal. One-part sentences (the types of which are discussed in the article) of this kind also have only a subject in their structure. They are most often called state clauses. And here are the main features: here it is impossible to mentally imagine the subject, the verbs express any state of nature or man. For example: gets dark; it was getting warm; there was no snow/no rain.
- The third type is nominative. In another way - nominal sentences. Everything is simple here: the main and only member is the subject. As an example, you can give a lot of proposals: late fall; April '41; wonderful weather.
- Types of one-part sentences include indefinite personal sentences. In such cases, again one member is the predicate. How to distinguish such a proposal? Instead of the subject, you can easily substitute a pronoun such as “they”. Hence similar examples: there was a knock on the house; somewhere far away in the forest they are shooting.
To determine the types of one-part sentences, you need to identify the main members. If it is clearly visible that he is alone, you need to determine the part of speech. After these steps the hardest part begins. As was written above, the type of sentence depends in most cases on the person of the verb. Therefore, after determining the part of speech, you need to substitute pronouns for the verb to determine its person. Further, there is no longer any doubt about the definition the desired type offers.
Like this without visible problems you can easily and accurately consider such complex problem Russian language.
