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The Differences of Present Participle and Gerund

Present Participle VS Gerund Present participle is different of gerund. Study this following examples: a) He loves painting . b) He is painting . Both of the sentences above are different. (a). /He loves painting/ is built from gerund and (b) /He is painting/ is built from participle or present participle. Gerund Basically, gerund is a verb. But when it is in a certain structure, it becomes a noun. How could that be like that? It is because gerund does not indicate that someone or a thing is doing an activity or to do something physically. It means that gerund is the way to express something or to give a tell or to inform someone about one's activity (both habitual actions and daily activities). Mostly gerund is positioned in a context which the point of the information is served to someone. For example: I like smoking . Waiting is boring . My hobby is swimming . Note that, /boring/ in the sentence above is a noun which is derived from the adjective /bored/. So, bored
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Object or Complement

For foreign language learners, To find the difference between Object and Complement in one case which is going to discuss below is difficult. Here, I'm trying to discuss the lesson. Object is something done by subject. It refers to an action (done by subject). Complement is to give more information about the verb. There has been a gap between the two (actually) differences. Understand What Transitive and Intransitive Verbs For example: 1. Tina goes home late every day. 2. Tina is drawing a beautiful painting.

How to understand English Sentence or Structure

taken from: red-grey.co.uk Every languages has its own uniqueness as well as English language. In English grammar, structure points to how the group of words combines and builds a full meaningful sentence. All patterns that we found in the structure of English language point to two mainkinds of sentences; Verbal and Nominal sentence . Therefore, the discussion should be based on these two sentences . Sentence Structure 1: Verbal Sentence Verbal Sentence   is a sentence which contains one subject and bare-infinitive . (Notice that bare-infinitive, in this case ( author's terminology ), can be present verb , past form verb and past participle or the third verb (see. Irregular/regular verb). For example : I work ( work =Present verb) I worked ( worked =Past form verb) I have worked ( have + worked =Past participle)

Conditional Sentence | If Clause | Type Two

In the previous lesson, we talked about Conditional Sentence Type I . Now, Let's get a move on! Conditional Sentence Type Two Study this following illustration! www[dot]crunchyroll[dot]com / I would do whatever / is called: Main Clause or Independent Clause . It is because it can stand alone without / If he called my name /. Then, the last one is; Sub-clause or Dependent Clause . It is because it can not stand alone without a main clause.

Conditional Sentence | If Clause | Type One

Conditional Sentence or If Clause , according to Wikipedia.org , are sentences expressing factual implications, or hypothetical situations and their consequences. They are so called because the validity of the main clause of the sentence is conditional on the existence of certain circumstances, which may be expressed in a dependent clause or may be understood from the context . Further, it states that A full conditional sentence (one which expresses the condition as well as its consequences ) therefore contains two clauses: the dependent clause expressing the condition, called the protasis; and the main clause expressing the consequence, called the apodosis . An example of such a sentence (in English) is the following:         If it rains , the picnic will be cancelled. The example above is then called Conditional Sentence Type I. This following illustration will give you best vision of what conditional sentence is. From the picture here, it explains that the conditiona

Simple Future Tense

Simple Future Tense Usage : Simple Future Tense is used to express something will happen (or be predicted) in the future time. Therefore, Plan is included in this tense. For example: I will be there tomorrow. In English Lessons, the sentence above modifies something will happen in the future tense: /will be there/ and the sentence is emphasized by the adverb of time /tomorrow/. To express future action, we also use the pattern of progressive tense. For example: I am leaving for a journey tomorrow . The sentence includes future action /be + leaving for a journey/ and /tomorrow/. However, the adverb of time can not be the priority to express future action. Besides, we can build a future action by using one of the members of Modal Auxiliary, such as will or shall or the synonym: be + going to + bare-infinitive. Future Tense in Nominal Sentence In English grammar, talking about pattern will be faced to two main patterns, they are: Nominal and Verbal Pattern. In Nominal pattern, fu

Simple Present Tense

USAGE : We use the simple present tense when we would like to express; a.        Daily Activities, b.       Habitual Action or Events, c.        General Truth NOMINAL SENTENCE KEY : Use Be-Present (Is, Am, Are) behind the Subjects!, like; SUBJECT BE-PRESENT I Saya Am You Kamu/kalian Are We Kami/kita Are They Mereka Are He Dia (LK) Is She Dia (PR) Is It Dia (Selain Orang) Is For Examples:             I am happy. ( Saya senang )             You are sleepy. ( Kamu mengantuk )             We are hungry. ( Kami lapar ) They are students. ( Mereka pelajar ) She is in the hospital. ( Dia di rumah sakit ) He is an English teacher. ( Dia seorang guru bahasa Inggris ) It is a picture. (Ini/Itu sebuah gambar ). Take notice that we do not use Verb as the Predicate but, Adjectives (Kata Sifat), Noun (Kata Benda), Ad