| Zeit | Subjekt | Prädikat | Objekt | Art und Weise | Ort | Zeit | Grund |
| Last week | Tom | visited | Sarah | at home | because she was ill. | ||
| Tom | visited | Sarah | at home | last week | because she was ill | ||
| Yesterday | Susan | walked | quietly | along the steet. | |||
| Susan | saw | Tom | three times | yesterday. | |||
| Jack | met | Julie | at the disco | a week ago. |
| Subjekt | Prädikat | Personenobjekt (indirektes) | Sachobjekt (direkt) |
| Kate | showed | me | her new book. |
| She | bought | her brother | a CD. |
| She | told | her mother | a good story. |
| Subjekt | Prädikat | Sachobjekt (direkt) | Personenobjekt (indirektes) | Bemerkung |
| She | bought | a CD | for me, my parents and all her family. | Die Länge ist wohl unverkennbar. |
| Kate | showed | her new book | to me (only). | "me" wird betont. Gemeint ist, sie zeigt es niemandem sonst. |
| She | gave | it | to me. | |
| She | sent | them | to her parents. |
| Fragewort | Hilfsverb (P1) | Subjekt | Vollverb (P2) | Objekt | Bemerkungen |
| When | will | you | leave? | Sachfrage (wh-question) | |
| Do | you | like | her? | Entscheidungsfrage (yes-no-question), deshalb gibt es kein Fragewort | |
| When | have | we | seen | him? | Sachfrage |
| Subjekt | Prädikat | Objekt |
| Who | has seen | my money? |
| What | surprised | you? |
| Which girl | has brought | that letter? |