Belajar Bahasa Inggris Part 1

I learned about the basic of English, known by part of speech, yesterday at LIA. Ms. Kiki told us that our ideas were good but the grammar we used were not right. Hence, I'd like to share what I got about part of speech.

VERB

Penempatan VERB itu pada predicate.

Ada macam2 predicate:

1. Base form -> present (+s/es)

I give private lesson every Monday and Thursday.

give termasuk dalam base form (bentuk dasar)

She gives private lesson every Monday and Thursday.

gives termasuk dalam present

2. Past form

I went to paragon last Sunday.

3. Past Participle Form (+to be + V3)

Pride and Prejudice was written by Jane Austin.

I have lived in Semarang since 1990.

4.Gerund (+to be+ Ving)

I was eating with my pals when my dad called me.

NOUN

Penempatan noun ada pada subject atau object.

Ada 2 macam noun:

1. Uncountable -> singular (much, little)

to be single (is) atau present

E.g: sand, air, water, sugar, money, etc.

The sand is soft.

The sand floats the road.

Tetapi, yang uncountable bisa dibikin countable dengan menambah numerical.

Two glasses of water.

Three buckets of sand.

Yang mengalami penjamakan adalah numericalnya, bukan noun-nya.

2. Countable -> plural (many, few)

to be (are) atau base form

countable ada 2 (single and plural)

contoh countable yang irregular 

S(P): foot (feet), tooth (teeth), sheep (sheep), fish (fish), knife (knives), ox (oxen), datum (data), phenomenon (phenomena), person (people).