5.1 - La oración afirmativa en inglés se construye de acuerdo con la siguiente estructura:
| Sujeto | + | Verbo | + | Objeto Directo |
| I | + | eat | + | apples |
| You | + | need | + | help |
| She | + | plays | + | tennis |
| We | + | bought | + | a car |
5.2 - En la oración negativa, el auxiliar se sitúa delante del verbo principal:
| Sujeto | + | Auxiliar negación | + | Verbo | + | Objeto Directo |
| I | + | don't | + | eat | + | apples |
| You | + | don't | + | need | + | help |
| she | + | doesn't | + | play | + | tennis |
| We | + | didn't | + | buy | + | a car |
5.3 - En la oración interrogativa, el auxiliar se sitúa al comienzo de la misma:
| Auxiliar | + | Sujeto | + | Verbo | + | Objeto Directo ? |
| Do | + | I | + | eat | + | apples ? |
| Do | + | you | + | need | + | help ? |
| Does | + | she | + | play | + | tennis ? |
| Did | + | we | + | buy | + | a car ? |
5.4 - Otros complementos de la oración (lugar, tiempo, etc.) se suelen situar al final de la misma:
| I eat apples at lunchtime. |
| You need help in your job. |
| She plays tennis on Saturdays. |
| We bought a car last Friday. |
5.5 - Normalmente, el complemento de lugar va delante del complemento de tiempo:
| I eat apples at home at lunchtime. |
| You need help in your job right now. |
| She plays tennis in the park on Saturdays. |
| We bought a car in Madrid last Friday. |
5.6 - Cuando hay adverbios en las oraciones, éstos se suelen situar delante del verbo en las formas simples, y entre el auxiliar y el verbo principal en las formas compuestas (hay numerosas excepciones):
| I always eat apples at home. |
| I have always eaten apples at home. |
| You never need help. |
| You have never needed help. |
