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Formula untuk Simple Past Tense adalah: Subject + Verb2 + Object + Modifier Contoh: - Farmers in Jati Bali grew rice crops 6 months ago. (Petani-petani di Jati Bali bercocok tanam padi 6 bulan yang lalu). - Some students conducted research on vegetative plant propagations last year. (Beberapa siswa melakukan penelitian pada perbanyakan tanaman vegetatif tahun lalu). - Transpiration started to increase 3 hours ago. (Transpirasi mulai meningkat 3 jam yang lalu). Note: jika subject diikuti oleh adjective atau noun, gunakan be was jika subject-nya I, he, she, it atau noun yang dapat digantikan oleh he, she atau it, dan gunakan were jika subject-nya you, they, we atau noun yang dapat digantikan dengan you, they atau we. Subject + (was/were) + adjective/noun Contoh: - He was poor. (Dia (dulu) miskin). - She was a good singer. (Dia (dulu) penyanyi yang bagus) - They were friends. (Mereka (dulu) berteman). Penggunaan Simple Past Tense 1. Simple ...

Many English learners worry too much about tense. If you stopped 100 native English speakers in the street and asked them about tense, one of them might give you an intelligent answer if you were lucky. The other 99 would know little about terms like "past perfect" or "present continuous". And they would know nothing about aspect, voice or mood. But they can all speak fluent English and communicate effectively. Of course, for ESL it helps to know about tenses, but don't become obsessed with them. Be like those native speakers! Speak naturally! The links below are to lessons for each of the 12 basic tenses. In each lesson we look at two aspects of the tense:  Structure:  How do we make the tense? Use:  When and why do we use the tense? Some lessons look at additional aspects.  Present Tense   I do do, I do  Present Continuous Tense   I am doing, I am doing tomorrow  Present Perfect Tense   I have done...

Verbs like give and send can have two objects, or they can have an object and an adverbial. There are some examples in this conversation, which takes place in a department store. CLAIMING BACK TAX Customer: I've bought these sweaters, and I'm taking them home to Brazil. I understand I can claim back the tax I pay.   Clerk: That's right. Have you filled in a form?   Customer: Yes, and I've got the receipts here.   Clerk: Right. Now, when you go through British Customs, you give the customs officer the form with the receipts.   Customer: I give the form to the Customs when I leave Britain?   Clerk: That's right. They'll give you one copy back and keep one themselves.   Customer: Uh-huh.   Clerk: Now I'll give you this envelope. You send the copy back to us in the envelope.   Customer: I post it to you.   Clerk: That's right.   Customer: And how do I get the money?   Clerk: Oh, we send you a cheque. We'll send it o...

Adjectives Definition Adjectives describe or give information about nouns or pronouns. For example:- The grey dog barked. (The adjective grey describes the noun "dog".) The good news is that the form of an adjective does not change. It does not matter if the noun being modified is male or female, singular or plural, subject or object. Some adjectives give us factual information about the noun - age, size color etc (fact adjectives - can't be argued with) . Some adjectives show what somebody thinks about something or somebody - nice, horrid, beautiful etc (opinion adjectives - not everyone may agree). If you are asked questions with which, whose, what kind, or how many, you need an adjective to be able to answer. There are different types of adjectives in the English language: 1)­  Numeric:  six, one hundred and one  2) ­ Quantitative:  more, all, some, half, more than enough  3)­  Qualitative:  colour, size, smell e...

There are two main rules for the usage of Linking Verbs 1. Linking verb + complement A complement is an adjective phrase or a noun phrase. A complement relates to the subject: it describes the subject or identifies it (says who or what it is). Between the subject and complement is a linking verb, e.g. be.   The hotel was quiet.  The thief seemed depressed.  The book has become a best-seller.  It's getting dark. A week in the Lake District would make a nice break. These are the most common verbs in this pattern. + adjective or noun phrase: appear, be, become, look, prove, remain, seem, sound, stay + adjective: feel, get, go, grow, smell, taste, turn + noun phrase: make There are also some idiomatic expressions which are a linking verb + complement, e.g. burn low, come good, come true, fall asleep, fall ill, fall silent, ring true, run dry, run wild, wear thin. We can use some linking verbs in other patterns. Linking: Your gar...

After we discussed Verb , now we're going to continue our discussion into Intransitive and transitive verbs. 1. An intransitive verb cannot take an object, although there can be a prepositional phrase after it. The man was waiting at the side of the road. Something unfortunate happened. The man runs along the beach every morning. Intransitive verbs usually express actions (people doing things) and events (things happening). A verb can be intransitive in one meaning and transitive in another. For example, run is transitive when it means 'manage. He runs his own business. 2. A transitive verb takes an object. The man stole a coat. Everyone enjoyed the conference. The driver saw the hitch-hiker at the side of the road. The man had no money. Transitive verbs can express not only actions (stole) but also feelings (enjoyed), perception (saw) and possession (had). After some transitive verbs we can leave out the object when it would add little or n...

It's not easy to describe a noun. In simple terms, nouns are "things" (and verbs are "actions"). Like food. Food (noun) is something you eat (verb). Or happiness. Happiness (noun) is something you want (verb). Another example is "human being"". A human being (noun) is something you are. What are Nouns? The simple definition is: a person, place or thing teacher, school, book Types Countable Nouns,   Uncountable Nouns dog/dogs,                rice, hair(s) Proper Nouns (Names) Do we say "Atlantic Ocean" or "the Atlantic Ocean"? Should I write "february" or "February"? Shirley, Mr Jeckyll, Thailand, April, Sony Possessive 's Adding 's or ' to show possession. John's car, my parents' house Noun as Adjective Sometimes we use a noun to describe another noun. In that case, the first noun is "acting as" an adjective. love story, toot...

There are five kinds of phrase. 1. Verb phrase: come, had thought, was left, will be climbing A verb phrase has an ordinary verb (come, thought, left, climbing) and may also have an auxiliary (had, was, will). 2. Noun phrase: a good flight, his crew, we A noun phrase has a noun (flight), which usually has a determiner (a) and/or adjective (good) in front of it. A noun phrase can also be a pronoun (we). 3. Adjective phrase: pleasant, very late An adjective phrase has an adjective, sometimes with an adverb of degree (very). 4. Adverb phrase: quickly, almost certainly An adverb phrase has an adverb, sometimes with an adverb of degree (almost). 5. Prepositional phrase: after lunch, on the aircraft A prepositional phrase is a preposition + noun phrase

There are different classes of word, sometimes called 'parts of speech'. The word come is a verb, letter is a noun and great is an adjective. NOTE: Some words belong to more than one word class. For example, test can be a noun or a verb. He passed the test. (noun) He had to test the machine. (verb) There are eight main word classes in English. Verb: climb, eat, welcome, be Noun: aircraft, country, lady, hour Adjective: good, British, cold, quick Adverb: quickly, always, approximately Preposition: to, of, at, on Determiner: the, his, some, forty-five Pronoun: we, you, them, myself Conjunction: and, but, so NOTE There is also a small class of words called 'interjections'. They include oh, ah and mhm. Verbs, nouns, adjectives and adverbs are 'vocabulary words'. Learning vocabulary means learning verbs, nouns, adjectives and adverbs. Prepositions, determiners, pronouns and conjunctions belong to much smaller classes. These words are sometimes called...