Rabu, 21 Oktober 2009

Simple Past tense

Use the Simple Past to express the idea that an action started and finished at a specific time in the past. Sometimes, the speaker may not actually mention the specific time, but they do have one specific time in mind. Formula: S + V (d/ed) or irregular verbs however if interrogative sentence, you can't change the verb, the verb is still ib V1 form. e.g. * I saw a movie yesterday. * I didn't see a play yesterday. * Last year, I traveled to Japan. * Last year, I didn't travel...
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Active and passive verb forms

Sentences can be active or passive. Therefore, tenses also have active forms and passive forms. You must learn to recognize the difference to successfully speak English. ACTIVE FORM In active sentences, the thing doing the action is the subject of the sentence and the thing receiving the action is the object. Most sentences are active. [Thing doing action] + [verb] + [thing receiving action] e.g. Mrs. Henny teaches the students Mrs. Henny is thing doing action Teaches is verb the students...
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Simple Present tense

most of students where english is foreign language have difficulties in tenses, including simple present tense. So, here i will explain simply about simple present tense. What is simple present tense? Simple Present is used to express the idea that an action is repeated or usual. The action can be a habit, a hobby, a daily event, a scheduled event or something that often happens. It can also be something a person often forgets or usually does not do. the formula : S + V1 (+ s/-es) ...
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