Posts Tagged ‘grammar’
Gerund Vs Infinitive
Pembahasan ini merupakan lanjutan dari unit sebelumnya “Gerund dan Infinitif: Verb+Gerund atau Infinitif 1” tentang perbedaan makna kalimat apabila kata kerja digunakan bersama gerund dan apabila kata kerja digunakan bersama infinitif.
Gerund dan infinitif: perbedaan jelas dalam makna Kata kerja ini bisa diikuti oleh gerund atau infinitif tetapi disertai dengan perubahan makna.
Forget / regret / remember
Apabila [...]
Sentence Components
Each sentence is made up of essentially of the components of
1. INTERROGATIVE
2. SUBJECT
3. OBJECT
4. AUXILIARY
5. VERB
6. COMPLEMENT
We will see about each component one by one:
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SUBJUNCTIVE using WOULD RATHER
Sebagai subjunctive, ungkapan ini dipergunakan untuk menyatakan suatu preference, yaitu subjek pertama lebih suka subjek kedua untuk melakukan/tidak melakukan sesuatu, namun keinginan itu tidak terpenuhi.S1 + would rather + that* + S2 + past tense
S1 + would rather + that* + S2 + past perfect tense
* that dapat dihilangkan.
SUBJUNCTIVE using WISH
Sebagai subjunctive, kata wish ini dapat digunakan untuk menyatakan suatu keinginan atau harapan yang tidak terpenuhi.
S + wish + that* + past tense
S + wish + that* + past perfect tense
* that dapat dihilangkan.
Subjunctive using IF ONLY
Pemakaian If only sama seperti wish. Bedanya adalah kalimat yang menggunakan If only terkesan lebih dramatis.
If only + past tense
If only + past perfect tense
Contoh:
If only I were a pilot!
(Real fact : I’m not a pilot.)
If only you could tell me the answer!
(Real fact : You can’t tell me the answer.)
If only I had studied [...]
SUBJUNCTIVE using AS IF / AS THOUGH
Kedua frasa ini dalam bahasa Indonesia mempunyai arti yang sama, yaitu seolah-olah atau seakan-akan. Penggunaannya pun tidak memiliki perbedaan. Jadi, keduanya bisa saling menggantikan.
as if/as though + past tense
as if/as though + past perfect tense
As if/as though diikuti past tense untuk menunjukkan suatu keadaan yang berlawanan/bertentangan dengan kenyataan sekarang. Sedangkan untuk menyatakan suatu keadaan yang [...]
PASSIVE VOICE
Please Remember the following Pattern as Passive form.
Active ………….Passive
V1 / Vs …………………is/am/are + v3
V2………………………..was/were + v3
Modals + V1…………Modals + be + V3
Has / have + v3……has / have + been + V3
To be + V ing………..to be + being + V3
the transformation of
Subject / Object
I…………….Me
you………..you
he………….him
she………..her
we…………us
it…………..it
They…….them






