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by Hans de Pieters on Nov.22, 2009, under

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A phrase is a group of related words without a subject or predicate.
There are 4 kinds of phrase:
  • Prepositional phrases
  • Participial Phrase
  • Gerund Phrase
  • Infinitive Phrase
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          A.    Prepositional phrases begin with a  preposition and is followed by the object of preposition.
Exp:
               1. I usually eat dinner in a restaurant downtown.
2. He answered my question at once.
3. On Saturday morning I often take walk .
4. Rossye met her boy friend under an oak tree.
5. The students read in the library.             
6. Chinese printers created the first paper money in the world.
B. Participial Phrase covers  an –ing or V-3 form of 
    the verb and some other related word or words.
Exp:
1. The man sitting over there is Joe’suncle.
2. Students planning to join the robot contest will be excused.
3. The plane flying overhead is a jet.
4. The student chosen to attend the seminar comes on time.
5. The child hit by a motorcycle is recovering.
          C.    A Gerund Phrase is composed of the –ing
  form of a verb and one or more related words.
Exp:
  1. Swimming in the ocean is fun.
2. Working hard produces results.
3. Jogging  every morning is good for our health.
4. I enjoyed  doing my homework.
5. The watchman admitted having been asleep at the time of the robbery
D. An infinitive phrase is composed of an infinitive and one
    or more related words (modifiers, complement, objects).
Exp:
1. He prefers to walk slowly.
2. He works hard to support his mother.
3. To save money, he walked instead of taking the taxi.
4. To be honest  with you, she doesn’t love you.
5. It is foolish to leave a baby in a car alone.
Appositives
An appositive is a word or phrase to clarify the main phrase. Restrictive is a must, while a non-restrictive can be omitted.
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Articles

by Hans de Pieters on Nov.22, 2009, under

Articles

Pertama kabar baik: Hanya ada tiga artikel dalam bahasa Inggris:, a, an dan the.
Ada dua jenis artikel terbatas 'a' dan 'an' atau 'yang' Anda juga perlu tahu kapan untuk tidak menggunakan artikel..
Kabar buruknya adalah bahwa penggunaan yang tepat mereka adalah kompleks, terutama ketika anda masuk ke dalam penggunaan bahasa Inggris tingkat lanjut. Cukup sering Anda harus bekerja keluar dengan apa yang terdengar benar, yang bisa membuat frustasi bagi seorang pelajar.

A dan an adalah artikel terbatas. Mereka merujuk pada sesuatu yang tidak secara khusus diketahui orang yang Anda berkomunikasi dengan.
A dan an digunakan sebelum kata benda yang memperkenalkan sesuatu atau seseorang yang Anda belum disebutkan sebelumnya: -
Sebagai contoh: "I saw an elephant this morning."
"I ate a banana for lunch."
A dan an juga digunakan ketika berbicara tentang profesi Anda: -
Sebagai contoh: "I am an English teacher."
"I am a builder"

Catatan!

Anda menggunakan a ketika kata benda yang Anda maksud dimulai dengan konsonan (b, c, d, f, g, h, j, k, l, m, n, p, q, r, s, t, v, w , x, y atau z), misalnya, "kota", "pabrik", dan "sebuah hotel".
 
Anda menggunakan an ketika kata benda saat Anda mengacu dimulai dengan vokal (a, e, i, o, u)
Pengucapan perubahan aturan ini. Ini suara yang penting, bukan ejaan.

 Definisi artikel the

Anda menggunakan the ketika kita dan pendengan mengetahui pasti benda/sesuatu yang dibicarakan.

Sebagai contoh: "The apple you ate was rotten."
"Did you lock the car"
  

A / An: Pengganti untuk Satu atau apapun

  • Ini adalah penggunaan yang paling umum dari artikel terbatas. Anda harus menggunakan atau sebelum kata benda yang dihitung tunggal yang terbatas. Misalnya, Anda mengatakan, "This morning I saw a dog" itu hanya salah satu anjing yang Anda kebetulan melihat.

A / An: Frekuensi atau Penjatahan

  • Anda mengatakan, "The event costs $ 20 per person," atau "I visited my relatives twice a year." Menggunakan atau dengan cara ini menunjukkan frekuensi atau penjatahan.

A / An: Satu Satu

  • Menggunakan atau dengan cara ini sedikit kuno, tetapi Anda masih dapat melihat dan mendengarnya digunakan. A atau dapat digunakan dalam kalimat negatif untuk menyatakan dengan tegas "satu". Misalnya, Anda mengatakan, "We are not a thing to eat," atau "Not a tree in sight."

The: Dikenal Hal

  • Ini adalah penggunaan yang paling umum dari. Gunakan ketika berbicara tentang hal-hal yang pasti bahwa audiens Anda sudah tahu tentang atau yang jelas. Misalnya, Anda mengatakan, "I spilled my drink on the carpet." Gunakan karena Anda tidak menumpahkan minuman Anda hanya pada karpet apapun, itu adalah karpet tertentu di tempat tertentu yang audiens Anda tahu tentang.

The: Hal Sudah Disebutkan

  • Gunakan untuk mengacu pada sesuatu yang Anda telah disebutkan. Misalnya, Anda mengatakan, "I saw a dog this morning," ketika Anda pertama kali menyebutkan anjing tapi kemudian Anda harus mengatakan, "The dog looked hungry." Setiap kali Anda mengacu pada anjing setelah ini, Anda harus menggunakan the.

The: Sesuatu Unik

  • Gunakan untuk merujuk pada hal-hal yang unik. Misalnya, Anda mengatakan, "Aku melihat Ratu Inggris." Hanya ada satu Ratu Inggris. Jika Anda mengatakan, "Saya melihat seorang Ratu Inggris," Anda menyiratkan bahwa ada banyak Queens Inggris.

The: Superlatif

  • Gunakan dengan superlatif. Misalnya, Anda mengatakan,  "Russia is the largest country in the world." Anda menggunakan untuk kedua contoh karena Anda berbicara tentang hal-hal tunggal, unik dan spesifik.

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Part of Sentences

by Hans de Pieters on Nov.22, 2009, under

PART OF SENTENCE

Building a sentence
A sentence is a group of words which starts with a capital letter and ends with a full stop (.), question mark (?) or exclamation mark (!). A sentence contains or implies a predicate and a subject.
--Sentences contain clauses.
--Simple sentences have one clause.

Compound sentences and complex sentences have two or more clauses.
Sentences can contain subjects and objects.
The subject in a sentence is generally the person or thing carrying out an action. The object in a sentence is involved in an action but does not carry it out, the object comes after the verb.
For example:
The boy climbed a tree.
If you want to say more about the subject (the boy) or the object (the tree), you can add an adjective.
For example:
The young boy climbed a tall tree.
If you want to say more about how he climbed the tree you can use an adverb.
For example:
The young boy quickly climbed a tall tree.
The sentence becomes more interesting as it gives the reader or listener more information.
There are more things you can add to enrich your sentence.
Parts of a sentence    Description
Adjective    Describes things or people.
Adverb    Alters the meaning of the verb slightly
Article    a, an - indefinite articles
the - definite articles
Conjunction    Joins words or sentences together
Interjection    A short word showing emotion or feeling
Noun    Names things
Preposition    Relates one thing to another
Pronoun    used instead of a noun to avoid repetition
Proper noun (subject)    The actual names of people or places etc.
Verb    Action or doing word

What makes a complete sentence?
If it helps you, think about a sentence as if it were a skeleton, the skeleton contains various bones and these bones are put together to form different parts of the body. So are sentences formed by words, the words are the bones and they are put together in different ways to form sentences.
Simple Sentences
A simple sentence contains a single subject and predicate. It describes only one thing, idea or question, and has only one verb - it contains only an independent (main) clause.
Any independent clause can stand alone as a sentence. It has a subject and a verb and expresses a complete thought.
For example:
•    Jill reads.
Even the addition of adjectives, adverbs, and prepositional phrases to a simple sentence does not change it into a complex sentence.
For example:
•    The brown dog with the red collar always barks loudly.
Even if you join several nouns with a conjunction, or several verbs with a conjunction, it remains a simple sentence.
For example:
•    The dog barked and growled loudly.

Compound Sentences
Compound sentences are made up of two or more simple sentences combined using a conjunction such as and, or or but. They are made up of more than one independent clause joined together with a co-ordinating conjunction.
For example:
"The sun was setting in the west and the moon was just rising."
Each clause can stand alone as a sentence.
For example:
"The sun was setting in the west. The moon was just rising."
Every clause is like a sentence with a subject and a verb. A coordinating conjunction goes in the middle of the sentence, it is the word that joins the two clauses together, the most common are (and, or, but)
For example:
•    I walked to the shops, but my husband drove.
•    I might watch the film, or I might visit my friends.
•    My friend enjoyed the film, but she didn't like the actor.
Complex Sentences
Complex sentences describe more than one thing or idea and have more than one verb in them. They are made up of more than one clause, an independent clause (that can stand by itself) and a dependent (subordinate) clause (which cannot stand by itself).
For example:
"My mother likes dogs that don't bark."
Dependent clauses can be nominal, adverbial or adjectival.

The anatomy of a sentence
The Verb
The verb is the fundamental part of the sentence. The rest of the sentence, with the exception of the subject, depends very much on the verb. It is important to have a good knowledge of the forms used after each verb (verb patterns), for example: to tell [someone] TO DO [something]
Here we can see that the verb to tell is followed immediately by a person (the indirect object, explained later), an infinitive with 'to', and, possibly, an object for the verb you substitute for DO.
Verbs also show a state of being. Such verbs, called BE VERBS or LINKING VERBS, include words such as: am, is, are, was, were, be, been, being, became, seem, appear, and sometimes verbs of the senses like tastes, feels, looks, hears, and smells.
For example:
•    "Beer and wine are my favourite drinks." The verb "are" is a linking (be) verb.
Fortunately, there are only a limited number of different verb patterns. Verbs can descibe the action (something the subject actually does) or state (something that is true of the subject) of the subject.
For example:
•    ACTION: I play football twice a week.
•    STATE: I've got a car.
Some verbs can represent both actions and states, depending on the context.
For example work:
•    ACTION: David's working in the bank.
•    STATE: David works in a bank.

Finding the Verb
When you analyze a sentence, first identify the verb. The verb names and asserts the action or state of the sentence.
For example:
•    "Working at the computer all day made David's head ache."
The main verb of the sentence is "made", not working.
Verbs identify our activity or state.
For example:
•    eat, sleep, run, jump, study, think, digest, shout, walk ....

The Subject
The subject is the person or thing the sentence is 'about'. Often (but not always) it will be the first part of the sentence. The subject will usually be a noun phrase (a noun and the words, such as adjectives, that modify it) followed by a verb.
Finding the Subject
Once you determine the verb, ask a wh...? question of the verb. This will locate the subject(s).
For example:
•    David works hard.
o    Who "works hard"?=David does=the subject.
•    Beer and wine are my favourite drinks.
o    What "are my favourite drinks"? Beer and wine are=the subjects.
The subject(s) of a sentence will answer the questions, "who or what."

The Predicate
Once you have identified the subject, the remainder of the sentence tells us what the subject does or did. This part of the sentence is the predicate of the sentence.
The predicate always includes the verb and the words which come after the verb. For example:
•    Michael Schumaker drove the race car.
o    "Michael Schumaker" is the subject; "drove the race car" is the predicate.

More Advanced Terminology
The Object
Some verbs have an object (always a noun or pronoun). The object is the person or thing affected by the action described in the verb.
Objects come in two types, direct and indirect.
The direct object refers to a person or thing affected by the action of the verb.
For example:
•    "He opened the door. "- here the door is the direct object as it is the thing being affected by the verb to open.
The indirect object refers to a person or thing who receives the direct object.
For example:
•    " I gave him the book." - here him (he)is the indirect object as he is the beneficiary of the action.

Transitive / Intransitive verbs
Verbs which don't have an object are called intransitive. Some verbs can only be intransitive (disagree). In addition they cannot be used in the Passive Voice e.g. smile, fall, come, go.
For example:
•  David disagreed. - intransitive.
Verbs that have an object are called transitive verbs e.g. eat, drive, give.
For example:
•    David gave her a present.
Some verbs can be transitive or intransitive e.g. sing
For example:
•    Afgan sings. - intransitive.
•    Afgan sings pop songs. - transitive.

Adverbials
An 'adverbial' or 'adverbial phrase' is a word or expression in the sentence that does the same job as an adverb; that is, it tells you something about how the action in the verb was done.
For example:
•    I sometimes have trouble with adverbs.
•    He spoke very quietly.
•    I've read that book three times.
•    She's gone to the bank.
The first tells us the frequency of the action (sometimes), the second how he carried out the action (quietly), and the third how many times the action has happened (three).
The fourth is a little different, as in this case the adverbial (gone to the bank) is more or less demanded by the verb (has).
To remember the form of such verbs use your notebooks to write down the different forms.
For example:
•    to go [somewhere]
•    to put [something][somewhere]
This information is also useful when deciding the order of adverbials in a sentence. Unlike the previous parts of the sentence, a sentence can contain an indefinite number of adverbials, although in practice it's a good idea to keep them few in number.

Complement
A complement is used with verbs like be, seem, look etc. Complements give more information about the subject or, in some structures, about the object.
There are various definitions of 'complement', which range from the very general (anything in the predicate except the verb, including the direct object and adverbs) to the much more restrictive one used here.
A complement is the part of the sentence that gives you more information about the subject (a subject complement) or the object (an object complement) of the sentence.
The complement to be used, if any, is dependent on the verb used in the sentence. Subject complements normally follow certain verbs.
For example:
•    He is Spanish.
•    She became an engineer.
•    That man looks like John.
Object complements follow the direct object of the verb-
For example.
•    They painted the house red.
•    She called him an idiot!
•    I saw her standing there.
The complement often consists of an adjective or noun phrase, but can also be a participle phrase, as in the last example. It is often not very clear whether a phrase is a complement or an adverbial.


The Parts of the Sentence
The parts of the sentence are a set of terms for describing how people construct sentences from smaller pieces. There is not a direct correspondence between the parts of the sentence and the parts of speech -- the subject of a sentence, for example, could be a noun, a pronoun, or even an entire phrase or clause. Like the parts of speech, however, the parts of the sentence form part of the basic vocabulary of grammar, and it is important that you take some time to learn and understand them.
Written by Frances Peck
Subject and Predicate
Every complete sentence contains two parts: a subject and a predicate. The subject is what (or whom) the sentence is about, while the predicate tells something about the subject. In the following sentences, the predicate is enclosed in braces ({}), while the subject is highlighted.
Judy {runs}.
Judy and her dog {run on the beach every morning}.
To determine the subject of a sentence, first isolate the verb and then make a question by placing "who?" or "what?" before it -- the answer is the subject.
The audience littered the theatre floor with torn wrappings and spilled popcorn.
The verb in the above sentence is "littered." Who or what littered? The audience did. "The audience" is the subject of the sentence. The predicate (which always includes the verb) goes on to relate something about the subject: what about the audience? It "littered the theatre floor with torn wrappings and spilled popcorn."
Unusual Sentences
Imperative sentences (sentences that give a command or an order) differ from conventional sentences in that their subject, which is always "you," is understood rather than expressed.
Stand on your head. ("You" is understood before "stand.")
Be careful with sentences that begin with "there" plus a form of the verb "to be." In such sentences, "there" is not the subject; it merely signals that the true subject will soon follow.
There were three stray kittens cowering under our porch steps this morning.
If you ask who? or what? before the verb ("were cowering"), the answer is "three stray kittens," the correct subject.
Simple Subject and Simple Predicate
Every subject is built around one noun or pronoun (or more) that, when stripped of all the words that modify it, is known as the simple subject. Consider the following example:
A piece of pepperoni pizza would satisfy his hunger.
The subject is built around the noun "piece," with the other words of the subject -- "a" and "of pepperoni pizza" -- modifying the noun. "Piece" is the simple subject.
Likewise, a predicate has at its centre a simple predicate, which is always the verb or verbs that link up with the subject. In the example we just considered, the simple predicate is "would satisfy" -- in other words, the verb of the sentence.
A sentence may have a compound subject -- a simple subject consisting of more than one noun or pronoun -- as in these examples:
Team pennants, rock posters and family photographs covered the boy's bedroom walls.
Her uncle and she walked slowly through the Inuit art gallery and admired the powerful sculptures exhibited there.
The second sentence above features a compound predicate, a predicate that includes more than one verb pertaining to the same subject (in this case, "walked" and "admired").

Written by Frances Peck
The Parts of Speech
Traditional grammar classifies words based on eight parts of speech: the verb, the noun, the pronoun, the adjective, the adverb, the preposition, the conjunction, and the interjection.
Each part of speech explains not what the word is, but how the word is used. In fact, the same word can be a noun in one sentence and a verb or adjective in the next. The next few examples show how a word's part of speech can change from one sentence to the next, and following them is a series of sections on the individual parts of speech, followed by an exercise.
Books are made of ink, paper, and glue.
In this sentence, "books" is a noun, the subject of the sentence.
Deborah waits patiently while Bridget books the tickets.
Here "books" is a verb, and its subject is "Bridget."
We walk down the street.
In this sentence, "walk" is a verb, and its subject is the pronoun "we."
The mail carrier stood on the walk.
In this example, "walk" is a noun, which is part of a prepositional phrase describing where the mail carrier stood.
The town decided to build a new jail.
Here "jail" is a noun, which is the object of the infinitive phrase "to build."
The sheriff told us that if we did not leave town immediately he would jail us.
Here "jail" is part of the compound verb "would jail."
They heard high pitched cries in the middle of the night.
In this sentence, "cries" is a noun acting as the direct object of the verb "heard."
The baby cries all night long and all day long.
But here "cries" is a verb that describes the actions of the subject of the sentence, the baby.
The next few sections explain each of the parts of speech in detail. When you have finished, you might want to test yourself by trying the exercise.
Written by Heather MacFadyen
Objects and Complements
Objects
A verb may be followed by an object that completes the verb's meaning. Two kinds of objects follow verbs: direct objects and indirect objects. To determine if a verb has a direct object, isolate the verb and make it into a question by placing "whom?" or "what?" after it. The answer, if there is one, is the direct object:
Direct Object
The advertising executive drove a flashy red Porsche.
Direct Object
Her secret admirer gave her a bouquet of flowers.
The second sentence above also contains an indirect object. An indirect object (which, like a direct object, is always a noun or pronoun) is, in a sense, the recipient of the direct object. To determine if a verb has an indirect object, isolate the verb and ask to whom?, to what?, for whom?, or for what? after it. The answer is the indirect object.
Not all verbs are followed by objects. Consider the verbs in the following sentences:
The guest speaker rose from her chair to protest.
After work, Randy usually jogs around the canal.
Transitive and Intransitive Verbs
Verbs that take objects are known as transitive verbs. Verbs not followed by objects are called intransitive verbs.
Some verbs can be either transitive verbs or intransitive verbs, depending on the context:
Direct Object
I hope the Senators win the next game.
No Direct Object
Did we win?
Subject Complements
In addition to the transitive verb and the intransitive verb, there is a third kind of verb called a linking verb. The word (or phrase) which follows a linking verb is called not an object, but a subject complement.
The most common linking verb is "be." Other linking verbs are "become," "seem," "appear," "feel," "grow," "look," "smell," "taste," and "sound," among others. Note that some of these are sometimes linking verbs, sometimes transitive verbs, or sometimes intransitive verbs, depending on how you use them:
Linking verb with subject complement
He was a radiologist before he became a full-time yoga instructor.
Linking verb with subject complement
Your homemade chili smells delicious.
Transitive verb with direct object
I can't smell anything with this terrible cold.
Intransitive verb with no object
The interior of the beautiful new Buick smells strongly of fish.
Note that a subject complement can be either a noun ("radiologist", "instructor") or an adjective ("delicious").
Object Complements
(by David Megginson)
An object complement is similar to a subject complement, except that (obviously) it modifies an object rather than a subject. Consider this example of a subject complement:
The driver seems tired.
In this case, as explained above, the adjective "tired" modifies the noun "driver," which is the subject of the sentence.
Sometimes, however, the noun will be the object, as in the following example:
I consider the driver tired.
In this case, the noun "driver" is the direct object of the verb "consider," but the adjective "tired" is still acting as its complement.
In general, verbs which have to do with perceiving, judging, or changing something can cause their direct objects to take an object complement:
Paint it black.
The judge ruled her out of order.
I saw the Prime Minister sleeping.
In every case, you could reconstruct the last part of the sentence into a sentence of its own using a subject complement: "it is black," "she is out of order," "the Prime Minister is sleeping."


Written by Frances Peck
Review: the Subject
Try to determine the simple subject (disregarding any modifiers) in the following sentences, then check your answer to see if it was correct.
1.    His terror of spiders kept him out of the dark basement.
Answer:
"Terror" is the simple subject because it answers the question "what?" before the verb "kept." "Of spiders" and "his" are simply modifying the simple subject "terror."

2.    There will be three concerts in the arts centre tonight.
Answer:
"Concerts" is the simple subject because it answers the question "what?" before the verb "will be." Remember that "there" is merely signalling that the true subject will follow.

3.    Would you willingly exchange half your intelligence for one million dollars?
Answer:
"You" is the simple subject because it answers the question "who?" before the verb "would exchange."
4.    Despite the storm's destructiveness, the ship, with its crew of amateurs, might have survived in more experienced hands.
Answer:
"Ship" is the simple subject because it answers the question "what?" before the verb "might have survived." "With its crew of amateurs" is modifying the simple subject "ship."
5.    After the movie, Emma and her brother bought a birthday present for their mother.
Answer:
"Emma, brother" is the simple subject because it answers the question "who?" before the verb "bought." This sentence has a compound subject.
Written by Frances Peck
Review: the Predicate
Now, using the same sentences, identify the predicate.
1.    His terror of spiders kept him out of the dark basement.
Answer:
"Kept him out of the dark basement" is the predicate because it contains the verb "kept" and it tells us something about the subject, "his terror of spiders."
2.    There will be three concerts in the arts centre tonight.
Answer:
"There will be...in the arts centre tonight" is the predicate because it contains the verb "will be" and it tells us something about the subject, "three concerts."
3.    Would you willingly exchange half your intelligence for one million dollars?
Answer:
"Would ... willingly exchange half your intelligence for one million dollars" is the predicate because it contains the verb "would exchange" and it tells us something about the subject, "you."

4.    Despite the storm's destructiveness, the ship, with its crew of amateurs, might have survived in more experienced hands.
Answer:
"Despite the storm's destructiveness,...might have survived in more experienced hands" is the predicate because it contains the verb "might have survived" and it tells us something about the subject, "the ship, with its crew of amateurs."
5.    After the movie, Emma and her brother bought a birthday present for their mother.
Answer:
"After the movie,...bought a birthday present for their mother" is the predicate because it contains the verb "bought" and it tells us something about the subject, "Emma and her brother."
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Subject + Verb agreement

by Hans de Pieters on Nov.22, 2009, under

SUBJECT AND VERB AGREEMENT

            Di dalam English Grammar, Subject and Verb agreement merupakan hal yang penting, dikarenakan berhubungan dengan penyusunan sebuah kalimat (Grammatical) dan pengungkapan (pronounciation). Ada beberapa aturan baku yang mengikat dan mutlak harus dipenuhi demi keteraturan dalam ber-bahasa Inggris, diantaranya, mengenai Subject yang berisi pronoun, yakni:
Subject terbagi 2 yakni Subject pronoun singular (tunggal) dan Subject pronoun Plural (jamak), berikut table yang menunjukkan klasifikasinya :
Singular
Plural
I
We
He, She, It
They
You

Khusus untuk Subject “You”, pada basiknya merupakan Plural, namun pada kondisi tertentu dapat menjadi  Singular, tergantung pada konteks kalimatnya.

            Pada dasarnya ada dua jenis Verb yakni  : Auxiliary Verb (Helping Verb) dan Full Verb (Ordinary Verb), namun pada penggunaan terutama pada kasus Parts of Speech (kelas kata) terdapat satu jenis Verb lagi yakni Linking Verb, yang ketiganya dibedakan berdasarkan fungsi dan penggunaannya.
1.    To be/Auxiliary Verb/Helping Verb
      Auxiiliary Verb yang dikenal juga dengan Helping Verb berfungsi untuk membantu Ordinary verb yang umumnya berada di depannya. Auxiliary Verb biasanya berguna sekali pada pembentukan Verb tenses progressive (Continous), berikut form dari Auxiliary Verb yang umumnya merupakan To be, To have :
Subjects
To be
To have
Present
Past
Present
Past
I
am
Was

Have




Had
You

are

Were
We
They
He

is

Was

Has
She
It

e.g. : She is looking for her bike
           S       V                  O
Is looking merupakan satu kesatuan Verb, namun dapat dibedakan menjadi dua jenis Verb, yakni : - To be is merupakan Auxiliary Verb
           - Looking merupakan Ordinary Verb.

2.    Action Verb/Full Verb/Ordinary Verb
Verb ini berfungsi untuk mengungkapkan apa yang dilakukan Subject dan apa yang terjadi pada Subject tersebut.
e.g.: We watch the movie every Sunday
         S       V           O           Adv
Watch merupakan full Verb, yang merupakan Verb murni dan tidak memerlukan bantuan To be atau To have (Auxiliary Verb) dalam pembentukan kalimatnya.

Namun ada aturan lain yang mengikat full Verb terutama pada Subject orang ketiga tunggal (He, She, It) pada penggunaannya di Simple present tense, yakni penambahan –s dan –es pada Verb bila Subject tersebut digunakan
e.g.: - She speaks English very well
        - She Watches the movie every night

3.    Linking Verb
Pada acara diskusi ini, Linking Verb merupakan salah satu persoalan yang hangat didiskusikan, dan menimbulkan sedikit perdebatan. Berikut ini kesimpulan dari hasil pendiskusian tersebut :
Ø  Linking Verb digunakan untuk menghubungkan Subject dan kata selanjutnya, yang umumnya berupa Adjective atau Noun (biasa disertai determiner)
Ø  Seperti halnya Auxiliary Verb, Linking Verb  umumnya berupa To be.
Ø  Linking Verb juga dapat berupa Full Verb, hanya saja syaratnya setelah full Verb tersebut harus diikuti Adjective, dan tanpa Object.
      e.g.: - I am a Teacher (am merupakan Linking Verb, dan diikuti Noun)
             - The soup smells good (smells Linking Verb, karena setelahnya Adjective)
            Subject dalam tata bahasa Inggris dapat berupa Noun dan Pronoun, di atas telah dijelaskan sekilas bagaimana Pronoun sebagai Subject, berikut ini akan dijelaskan Noun sebagai Subject dan Pronoun yang lazim digunakan sebagai Subject.
A.   Major Classes of nouns
Ø  Common Nouns : menjelaskan orang, tempat, atau benda di kelas tertentu.
      e.g.: The girl was reading a magazine when I came
Ø  Proper Nouns : menjelaskan orang secara khusus (nama), tempat, atau benda.
       e.g.: Jane was reading a magazine
Ø  Collective Nouns : Penyebutan nama grup atau kelompok. Collective nouns dapat berupa Singular atau Plural tergantung dari konteks kalimatnya.
       Singular : if it refers to group acting as a whole
       e.g.: The class is doing the final test this morning.
       (The class berarti seluruh orang di dalam satu kelas.)
       Plural : if it refers to a group in which the member act individually.
       e.g.: The class are discussing the new teacher.
       (The class berarti setiap orang di kelas sedang berdiskusi dengan pendapat yang berbeda.)

B.    Major Classes of  pronouns
Ø  Definite pronouns : adalah pronoun yang menjelaskan orang atau benda secara khusus.
      e.g.: She loves her mother very much.
Ø  Indefinite pronouns : pronouns yang tidak menjelaskan secara khusus.
      Berikut tabel Indefinite pronouns
Singular
Plural
Singular/Plural
Another
Both
All
Anybody, Anyone
Few
Any
Each
Many
None
Either
Others
Some
Everybody, Everyone
Several

Neither

Nobody

One

Somebody, Someone


e.g.: Singular : Everybody listens to his speech.
       Plural       : Both of my friends are here.
       Singular/Plural : All of the pie was eaten.
                                 All of the pies were burned.

Selain permasalahan di atas, Verb agreement juga dibahas mengenai pemakaiannya dalam modals. Modals yang digunakan dalam kalimat, pada beberapa buku dikategorikan sebagai Verb modals, namun ada buku tertentu yang mengkategorikannya sebagai Auxiliary Verb, dikarenakan modals membantu full verb setelahnya dalam sebuah kalimat. Adapun pattern baku yang berlaku pada modals dalam sebuah kalimat adalah :
Pattern : S + modal + V1
e.g. :    I can speak English fluenly
            They have to pay for the return.
            She will come to my house tomorrow.

            Untuk compound Subject (subject jamak) ada beberapa aturan yang mengikat pada Verb agreement yakni :
Ø  Jika bagian-bagian dari compound subject dihubungkan dengan and, maka berlaku plural Verb.
      e.g.: Rayhan and Eko go to the campus.
Ø  Jika bagian-bagian dari compound subject adalah tunggal dan dihubungkan dengan penghubung diantaranya : as or, nor, either…or, neither…nor, not only…but also, maka singular Verb yang digunakan.
      e.g.: Either Juan or his friend is working now.
Ø  Jika bagian- bagian dari compound subject dihubungkan dengan penghubung di atas namun terdapat perbedaan jumlah orang, maka bagian yang terdekat dari verb menjadi penentu apakan verb tersebut singular atau plural.
      e.g.: Either John or her sisters are at home.
              Not only the students but also the teacher is studying now.
           

BABY BLUNDERS
            Baby blunders merupakan kesalahan-kesalahan sederhana yang sering terjadi pada kita dalam berbahasa Inggris. Terutama kesalahan pada penulisan dan pemahaman dan juga kesalahan pengucapan dikarenakan kemiripan.
v  Perbedaan antara Who’s dan Whose
Who’s merupakan singkatan dari Who is
e.g.: Who’s the funniest cartoonist?
       Who’s the creator of Donald Duck?
Whose menunjukkan kepemilikan atau kepunyaan. Whose digunakan sebagai possessive adjective dan menerangkan Noun.
e.g.: Whose book is this?
v  Perbedaan antara It’s dan Its
It’s merupakan singkatan dari it is
e.g.: It’s a fine career
Its menunjukkan kepemilikan, dan juga digunakan sebagai possessive adjective.
e.g.: Its licence was unusual.
v  Perbedaan antara Good dan Well
Good merupakan adjective yang berarti mahir, kekaguman, atau menunjukkan kualitas yang bagus. Good menjelaskan noun dan memberikan jawaban atas pertanyaan “What kind of”.
e.g.: That singer is good.
        His good shoes are expensive.
Well merupakan adverb menyatakan bagaimana sesuatu dikerjakan.
Well biasanya menerangkan Verb.
e.g.: They sing hymns well.
       Rayhan does his job well.
v  Perbedaan antara Almost dan Most
Almost merupakan adverb yang berarti hampir (nearly)
e.g.: Rayhan almost won the race.
       They almost did something bad.
Most merupakan adjective yang berarti jumlah dan kualitas terbesar.
e.g.: Rayhan is the most handsome boy in the
       class.
v  Perbedaan antara Beside dan Besides
Beside berarti hampir atau tepat di samping sesuatu.
e.g.: She placed the paper beside the machine.
Besides berarti untuk tambahan (extra)
e.g.: Besides a cat and dog, he had rabbits and               
       pigeons.
v  Perbedaan antara In dan Into
In merupakan kata depan (preposition) yang berarti di dalam sebuah tempat, yang mana kita telah berada di sana.
e.g.: They sat in the arena.
Into merupakan kata depan (preposition) namun berarti bergerak atau berpindah dari luar ke dalam.
e.g.: The divers are walking into the stadium.
v  Perbedaan antara Real dan Very
Real merupakan adjective yang berarti asli (genuine). Real mererangkan Noun.
e.g.: The real diamond was stolen
Very merupakan asverb yang berarti sangat atau sekali (extremely). Very menerangkan adjective.
e.g.: The musician is a very talent teacher.
v  Perbedaan antara Between dan Among
Between digunakan ketika menghubungkan antara dua orang atau benda.
e.g.: Rayhan came between Nenden and Tia.
       Between him and me there is a friendship.
Among digunakan ketika menghubungkan orang atau benda yang lebih dari dua.
e.g.: The doctor went among the poor, the  
       rich, and the middle class of our town.
v  Perbedaan antara Then dan Than
Then merupakan adverb yang berarti pada saat ini atau yang akan datang
e.g.: I was still unmarried then.
      Do you plan to go then or now.
Than merupakan kata hubung (conjunction) yang menunjukkan sebuah perbandingan  dari dua hal atau lebih.
e.g.: She sings higher than you.
v  Perbedaan antara Their dan There
Their menunjukkan kepemilikan, dan biasanya digunakan sebagai possessive adjective.
e.g.: Their shoes are polished.
There merupakan adverb, dan digunakan sebagai subject.
e.g.: There are our new neighbours.


PASSIVE VOICE
            Passive Voice merupakan bentukan kalimat yang berarti pasif. Adapun ciri-ciri kalimat yang dapat dipasif-kan adalah sebagai berikut :
1.     Kalimat harus mengandung Object (Transitive verb)
2.     Object pada kalimat aktif menjadi subject pada kalimat pasif.
Berikut ini table yang menunjukkan pattern dari Passive voice
Simple Present
Am, is, are
V3
Simple Past
Was, were
V3
Present Perfect
Have, has
been
V3
Past Perfect
Had
been
V3
Simple Future
Will/Shall
Be
V3
Present Perfect Future
Will/Shall
Have
Been
V3
Present Continuous
Is, am, are
being
V3
Past Continuous
Was, were
being
V3
Present Perfect Continuous
Have/has
been
being
V3
Past Perfect Continuous
had
been
being
V3
Future Continuous
Will/Shall
be
being
V3
Future Perfect Continuous
Will/Shall + have
been
being
V3
To be going to
Am, is, are, was, were
going to
be
V3
Modals
Can, could, may, might, must
be
V3

            Berikut ini table tenses dan contoh dari  passive voice.
No
Tenses
Active sentence
Passive sentence
1.
Simple Present
The government builds many houses every year.
Many houses are built by the government every year.
2.
Present Continuous
My house keeper is cleaning my bathroom.
My bathroom is being cleaned by my house keeper.
3.
Present Perfect
They have understood the explanation.
The explanation has been understood by them.


4.
Present Perfect Continuous
She has been reading a novel for a week
A novel has been being read by her for a week.
5.
Simple Past
I sent the letter two days ago.
The letter was sent two days ago.
6.
Past Continuous
I was writing a letter
A letter was being wriiten by me.
7.
Past Perfect
They had finished the work when I arrived
The work had been finished by them when I arrived.
8.
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been reading the novel when he came.
The novel had been being read by me when he came.
9.
Simple Future
They will finish the assignment in two weeks.
The assignment will be finished by them in two weeks.
10.
Future Continuous
I will be doing the work at this time tomorrow.
The work will be being done by me at this time tomorrow.
11.
Future Perfect
I will have finished this article in two weeks.
This article will have been finished in two weeks.
12.
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been repairing this car for two months next week.
This car will have been being repaired by me for two months netx week.
13.
To be going to
I am going to post the letter tomorrow.
The letter is going to be posted tomorrow.
14.
Modals
They can finish the work in two weeks.
The work can be finished by them in two weeks.
  
            Selain bentukan passive di atas, ada juga bentukan passive yang diikuti to infinitive dan gerund. Bentukan passive seperti ini biasanya terjadi pada kalimat-kalimat yang mempunyai arti yang umum (general meaning). Berikut ini table bentukan passive dalam bentuk yang lain.
No
Bentukan Passive
Example

1.
Bentuk passive dengan to infinitive
Assume, believe, claim, consider, know, report, say, think, understand.
- The problem is assumed to have been solved.
- I don’t expect to be invited to his party.

No
Bentukan Passive
Example
2.
Passive gerund (being + V3)
I appreciated being invited to your house.
3.
Past Infinitive (To have + V3)
The rain seems to have stopped.
4.
Past-Passive Invinitive
(to have + been + V3)
George is fortune to have been given a scholarship.
5.
Past gerund (having + V3)
I appreciate having the opportunity to meet Queen Elizabeth.
6.
Past-Passive gerund
(Having been + V3)
I appreciate having been told the news.






            Dalam passive voice juga dikenal dengan bentukan Stative Passive, yakni :
1. Be + Adjective
Be dapat diikuti oleh adjective. Adjective tersebut menerangkan atau memberikan informasi mengenai Subject.
e.g. : Rayhan is handsome.
2. Be + V3
Be dapat diikuti oleh past participle (V3) yang merupakan bentukan passive.
e.g. : Paus is married
           
 Pada kasus yang lain, juga dikenal dengan istilah Participial Adjective : -ed vs –ing.
e.g. : I am interested in Indian art.
        Indian art is interesting.
            Pada kalimat di atas, past participle menerangkan bagaimana perasaan seseorang, dan present participle menerangkan penyebab dari perasaan tersebut.
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