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English Foundations (A1)

Building a Simple Sentence

7 min · beginner

English word order does a lot of the work. Before you memorise a rule, make a sentence that sounds natural.

Subject, verb, action

You placed the person first: She. Then came the helping verb is, and then the action reading. This is a useful present-continuous pattern: subject + am/is/are + verb-ing.

Check yourself

Which sentence is correct?
Which helping verb goes with 'She'?