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The serial verbal sentence — a sentence in which the predicate consists of two or more verbs to tell something about the same subject
(i) The second verb in this type of sentence indicates the purpose of the action expressed by the first which is usually 去 or 来
Examples:
- 星期日我们一家去沙滩晒太阳。
- 明天表哥去北京探舅父。
- 同学们来医院探望我。
(ii) The first verb in this type of sentence usually tells the manner of the action expressed by the second verb
Examples:
- 爸爸坐火车去苏格兰。
- 他用毛笔写字。
(iii) Sentence with 有 followed by a noun
Example:
- 今天下午你有英文课吗? - Do you have English lesson this afternoon?