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TENSES
Tenses adalah suatu bentuk kata kerja yang menunjukkan waktu terjadinya
suatu perbuatan atau peristiwa dan kapan perbuatan atau peristiwa tersebut berakhir.
Tenseslah yang akan memberikan suatu gambaran kepada kita apakah suatu perbuatan
atau peristiwa dalam suatu kalimat itu terjadi pada saat sekarang, lampau,
ataukah akan datang
Example :
I visit Mr. Roni now = sekarang
I visited Mr. Roni yesterday = kemarin, lampau
I shall visit Mr. Roni tomorrow = besok, yang akan dating
Penggolongan Tenses
Tenses dapat digolongkan dalam empat bentuk dasar yang biasa kita sebut
dengan The Four Foundamental Tenses
Simple Present Tense ( Bentuk waktu sekarang )
1. Simple Present Tense
Digunakan untuk menyatakan peristiwa atau perbuatan yang terjadi pada saat sekarang
atau kejadian yang berulangkali atau sesuatu yang merupakan kebiasaan sehari hari
Dalam bentuk ini kejadian yang terjadi dimulai dari wktu tak tentu pada masa lampau
hingga pada waktu tak tentu di masa yang akan datang.
Rumus :
a. S + To be ( is, am, are ) + O + K
b. S + Verb I ( s/ es ) + O + K
Penggunaan Simple Present Tense :
a. dipergunakan untuk menyatakan suatu perbuatan yang menjadi kebiasaan
( habitual action ). Contoh : We usually go to school at 6 a.m
b. dipergunakan untuk menyatakan suatu kebenaran umum ( general truth ).
Contoh : The sun sets in the west
Time Signal for this simple present tense :
always
generally
normally
usually
often
never
regularly
sometimes
seldom
nowadays
steadily
here
there
every( Sunday, week, other day, year, etc. )
now and then
0ccasionally
On and off
Once in a while
Once a year
Twice a year
As a rule
Time signal :
For
Since
Long
How long
The whole day
All afternoon
Since six o clock
For over two years
Time Signal :
At this time next year
At this time tomorrow
At the same time next Monday
Example :
By June 2008 I shall have been working here for five years.
By nine p. m Roni will have been singing for two hours.
Time Signal :
By the end of ..
By the end of this year
By the end of 1985
Questions
1. Yes or no questions
Adalah jenis pertanyaan yang membutuhkan jawaban yes atau tidak.
Pertanyaan ini selalu diawali kata Bantu seperti : am, is, are, was, were, do, does,
has, have, did, may, etc.
Example :
do you agree with me?
Can you write Arabic?
2. WH questions
Adalah bentuk pertanyaan yang diawali atau dibentuk oleh kata Tanya dan tidak
boleh dijawab dengan yes atau no. pertanyaan ini membutuhkan jawaban yang
lengkap sesuai dengan apa yang dikehendaki si penanya.
Jenis kata Tanya:
What
Who
Where
When
Why
Whom
Whose
Which
How
How many
How much
For who
From whom
Etc
Moreover =
Besides = beside
Relative pronoun
You will be going home soon and I will stay here
You and I will stay here.
You and me
I have just woke up
Liking
I want the books and the others.
She need to buy pen and other pencils.
Another one will be coming here tonight
I dont need another book. = any other.
Some other friends were here last night.
They love each other until now on forever.
The most clever = the cleverest
The most beautiful
They need to book ticket by having some name in it.
Look forward to + Ving
I am looking forward to meeting you in your convenient time the next day.
As whole = whole
Alone = only
Some nouns are uncountable in English but often countable in other language.
Accommodation
Advice
Baggage
Luggage
Bread
Behavior
Chaos
Damage
Furniture
Information
Luck
NewS
Permission
Progress
Scenery
Traffic
Weather
Work
CAN NOT USE A / AN
AND NO PLURAL FORMS
A MYTH IS
THE MYTH OF SCOTLAND IS
They claim to buy That house while the members of the family .. it
a. discussed
b. had discussed
c. Have discussed
d. Has discussed
My lecturer is going to give and to share his experiences while spending time in the US
It is = you are = appositive
Angry with
Mad at
Mad about = crazy for
Crazy about