“a” = artikel tak tentu (untuk kata benda yg berawalan konsonan)

“an” = artikel tak tentu (untuk kata benda yang berawalan vokal).
- a/an digunakan untuk suatu kata benda yg general
(sebuah/seseorang/selembar/sebongkah, dst)
the = artikel tertentu (kata bendanya sudah jelas, sudah diketahui).

a/an = indefinite article

the = definite article

(pengecualian; exception)
a university
an hour (h-nya silent, yang kedengaran si suara o, sehingga dianggap diikuti oleh vokal).

1. I see a dog through the window. The dog seems very sick.
Saya melihat seekor anjing. Anjingnya terlihat sangat sakit.

2. I got a book from my grandma. The book is very interesting.

Saya mendapatkan sebuah buku dari nenek. Bukunya sangat menarik.

3. I see a bird flying in my backyard. The bird looks beautiful.

The bird looks beautiful.

The birds look beautiful.
I look beautiful.
You look beautiful.
They look beautiful.

4. I want to buy a notebook. The notebook is damaged.

- I want to buy a notebook because mine is broken
- The notebook was broken. So, I want to buy a new notebook.
- The notebook was damaged. So, I want to buy a new notebook.
- The notebook was broken. Therefore, I would like to purchase a new notebook.

fish
1. There are many types of fishes : salmon, tuna, dory, sturgeon.
2. My dad keeps a lot of fish: it’s koi.

datum (singular) → data (plural)

curriculum (singular) → curricula (plural)

concord / subject-verb agreement

simple present tense

I like …
you like …
He/she likes … ← 3rd person singular (kata ganti orang ketiga tunggal).
We like
They like

lover (kata benda -> pecinta, singular/tunggal).

lovers (plural/jamak)

Sangkuriang fell in love with his mom. He was a lover.

Romeo and Juliet are lovers.
lovers -> dua orang yg jatuh cinta/couples/pasangan.

1. She eats an apple

2. It makes me crazy.
3. She looks so stunning
4. She plays violin amazingly.
5. He loves his mother.
6. She looks so awful
7. She writes some emails
8. I eat some bread.
9. my sister drinks lemon juice
10. I drink a cup of coffee. It tastes horrible.
11. Couch potato is a lazy person who spends a lot of time sitting and watching TV
12. .
13.

Nama-nama negara yang HARUS dipakaikan “the”.

the United Arab Emirates (the UEA)
the United Kingdom (the UK)
the Netherlands
the Philippines
the Seychelles
the Maldives.

Indonesia
Malaysia
Russia
Japan

I went to the USA.

I want to go to the US.

He went to the Everest and broke the record.

He went to the Alps.