Nama : Fitria Nur Azizah

Nim : 2021406401021

Prodi : Bimbingan dan Konseling

M.Kuliah : Bahasa Inggris ( Quis )

Dosen pengampuh : Dr. Siswoyo,M.Pd

Carilah teks bacaan berbahasa Inggris dan silahkan diidentifikasi hal-hal berikut berdasarkan

materi yang telah kita pelajari.

1. Jenis kalimat (verbal atau nominal)

2. Jenis tenses

Sertakan alasan mengapa jenis kalimat tersebut verbal, nominal pun juga mengapa tenses nya

seperti itu.

Jawaban :

In a field one summer's day, a Grasshopper was hopping about, chirping and singing to its
heart's content. An Ant passed by, bearing along with great effort an ear of corn he was
taking to the nest.

"Why not come and chat with me," said the Grasshopper, "instead of toiling and moiling
away?" "I am helping to lay up food for the winter," said the Ant, "and recommend you to do
the same." "Why to bother about winter?" said the Grasshopper; "we have got plenty of food
at present."

But the Ant went on its way and continued its toil. When the winter came the Grasshopper
found itself dying of hunger, while it saw the ants distributing, every day, corn and grain
from the stores they had collected in the summer.

Then the Grasshopper knew

1. The verbal sentences in the text are:

"hopping about"
"chirping and singing"
"passed by"
 "bearing along"
"was taking"
"come and chat"
"toiling and moiling"
"lay up food"
"went on"
"continued its toil"
"found itself dying"
"saw the ants distributing"
"had collected"

- The nominal sentences in the text are:

a Grasshopper"
"a field"
"its heart's content"
"An Ant"
"an ear of corn"
"the nest"
"food for the winter"
"plenty of food"
"the Grasshopper"
"hunger"
"the ants"
"corn and grain"
"the stores"
"the summer"

2. The text uses a mixture of tenses, but the majority uses the past tense. Some examples of
tenses used include:
Simple past: "a Grasshopper was hopping," "An Ant passed by," "the Grasshopper found
itself dying," "the ants distributing."
Present continuous: "I am helping to lay up food."
Simple present: "we have got plenty of food."

However, because this story contains mostly events that occurred in the past, the most
dominant tense is simple past