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Based on the requests sent to my email (oshinmc@gmail.com), mostly students who learn English as a second language still get confused the world of Verb. I have informed them to browse the lessons in this blog but they said that I have to summarize all discussions about verbs in English. To understand the verbs we need to learn it intensively. I do not mean this will make you frustrated in learning English, but that's the fact. Here, I try to discuss and to summarize what actually verb is. Verb is an action . Action, in this case, is not always a deed which is physically done by a thing, an animal or human. It can be an abstract thing, e.g. I am thinking. /thinking/ is an abstract action. It is located in our mind and does something based on its characteristic . It is different of physical action like, /write/, e.g. I write., which can be seen physically. There are two kinds of verb in English. This statement refers to general kinds of verb, fundamentally, should be understood fir...

Click here to start to Learn English Grammar from the Step One (All Free for Beginner Only) When you think that you have already understood the core elements of a simple sentence and know how to build a verbal and nominal sentence, now's time for you to go to the third step : Understanding the basic patterns of simple Sentence. Remember that when you think that you are still confused of the previous discussions or lessons, please let me know by submitting your question here. I will try to answer your question as soon as possible. And, please don't continue this lesson (Step-3) before you understand all previous English lessons. Let's go to the point! ELEMENT ONE : SUBJECT Subject is the doer. What predicate produces is what the doer does. It is impossible (in "Logical Grammar" copyright (C) 3nglish7) when there's a deed or an action without knowing what or who did it?. For examples: I write a letter. In the sentence we can see the action /...

English Language is an internation language . Learning english for non native speakers should be done intensively. To comprehend English language, actually, is simple!. In this opportunity, let me please discuss what first things to do or to learn English effectively for you. 1.    Find a proper dictionary for you to start. Therefore, I recommend you to buy an oxford dictionary or webster’s dictionary (not to promote). It is because the dictionary has been completed with the 3 criteria as minimum requirements for a good dictionary: a.    How to pronounce or phonetic is available. b.    Type of word is available. 1)    n = noun 2)    v = verb 3)    vt = verb transitive 4)    vi = verb intransitive 5)    adj = adjective 6)    adv = adverb c.    Meaning is available d.    Examples of the word’s usage in a simple senten...

Noun is used in many cases of sentences in both English spoken and writing. The omission of a noun as one of a part of speech is impossible. Here in this chance, let me please give you the summary of a structure of noun in a sentence. 1.Subject of verb Noun is used as a subject of verb in a sentence. Verb, in this case, can be a structural-meaning verb or lexical-meaning verb. And, the subject is placed before the verb. For examples: Structural-meaning verb : Andi is confused. Lexical-meaning verb    : Mita call him many times over. 2.Object of Verb e.g. Lina puts the books on the table 3. Object of preposition (after a preposition) e.g. I took it from john. 4.Complement (after a certain verb) a).Subjective (after verbs like /be/) e.g. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is the president. b).Objective e.g. People elects Obama president . 5.Noun Adjunct e.g. John waited at the bus stop (before a noun) 6.Appositive e.g. John , president of his club,...

Click here to start to Learn English Grammar from the Step One (All Free for Beginner Only)   Based on 3nglish7's terms , Simple sentence contains one subject and one verb. To build a sentence, we then need some elements, like noun or pronoun, adjective, adverb and verbs. Here, they are called "Core elements". Further, the Core elements create two kinds of basic sentence, they are: 1. Verbal Sentence 2. Nominal Sentence KEY1 : Verbal sentence is a sentence which contains lexical -meaning-verb inside of the sentence, For examples: 1. He goes to school. 2. Anthony falls in love with Maria. 3. Mostly people in Indonesia like running a business. 4. Bali creates its a uniquee place to visit. Because the sentences above have a lexical-meaning-verb (goes, falls, like, and creates) then we call it the verbal sentence. KEY2 : Nominal Sentence is a sentence which contains Structural-meaning-verb inside of the sentence, For examples: I am a new manager in...

English writing is an activity of writing something in English structure. This can be a passage, a story, a poem or a personal diary. When we write a sentence in English, as a second language, that will be hard to do. Writing activities needs more energy instead of speaking. In speaking, we just know everything in mind and express it orally which can be listened to someone else or listeners. In writing, we also meet readers and check if we write well or not. Learning English grammar which is full of rules and formula, sometimes, takes a lot of time to understand  because of varieties found in grammar lessons. In Grammar, we will find 16 tenses, verb-patterns, parts of speech, regular or irregular words, figure of speech and many things. This, sometimes, makes us bored and tired. In this opportunity, I would like to invite you to discuss English Writing in concerning to lexical meaning word and structural meaning word. Actually, this discussion had been done in the previous l...

Read this paragraph carefully! "I was still young at that time when my uncle, Tom, left for America and I had to live alone in an apartment and tried to survive and continued my study at a university in this city. I meat a man, who everyone called him "Joe". He was a lecturer at the Academy of Foreign Language in jakarta. He often came to my apartment and talked everything. I felt that I found someone who understood everything about me." From the short paragraph above, we will find the sentences like, I was still young..... I met a man. My uncle, Tom, left for America. I felt .... He often came .... The sentences above are in the simple past tense. The simple past tense is used to express something happen in the past time. And It was done completely. Simple past tense has so many determiners like, Yesterday, a long ago, last month, two years ago, last night, etc .... All words or phrases above are some of the determiners mentioned in simple pa...

We have 3 dimensions of time , they are : 1. Past time 2. Present Time 3. Future Time To express the point of time to someone else, we can use the name of the time, e.g. yesterday, tomorrow, last year, next week, a few days ago, etc. On the other hand, Name of time gives us when something happen. In the illustration above, we are in the present time. When we would like to say something happens in the past time, we can use like yesterday, .... ago, or last ... .And, When we would like to express something will happen or, based on a prediction, will happen in the future time, we can use the name of the time, like tomorrow or later or next .... . Those names of time describe the point of the event we do or someone else does. Tenses is a group of time which is formed to specialize the point of time when something happen. Here, we can find that there are 16 (sixteen) kinds of tenses. All of them are different in tendency or usage as well as different in pattern or sentence struc...

Click here to start to Learn English Grammar from the Step One (All Free for Beginner Only) STEP - 2 : UNDERSTANDING A WORD DEF . A word is one, two or more letters (either vowel , e.g. a,i,u,e,o or consonant , e.g. b, c, d, f, g, h, j, k, l, m, n, p, q, r, s, t, v, w, x, y and z) which are combined each other and create a clear or certain meaning. On the other hand, when you read the combination of letters, you understand and know the meaning in your own language. There are two types of word in English, they are: 1. Structural-meaning-word, and 2. Lexical-meaning-word. Structural-meaning-word is a word that has no exact or clear meaning. When you look up your dictionary, you will find nothing (the meaning) instead of explanation about the definition or the use of it. Therefore This structural-meaning-word only has a use of a function. For examples: 1. Article (e.g. /a/, /an/ and /the/), 2. Preposition (e.g. /in/,/on/,/at/,/from/,/with/,/of/,/near/,/by/,/off/,/behind/,/above...

Click Here to start to Learn English Grammar from the Step One (All Free for Beginner Only) Now's time to speak up! Why I point out Command expression as our first lesson in this Tutorial is because this sentence is the key of opening all grammar lesson in English. I have been doing intensive research and I would like to ensure that this lesson will be effective in learning online. DEF . : Command expression is a context which is used to make someone or thing to do what we want. There are two types of command : 1. Verbal Command 2. Nominal Command Verbal command is a command which uses "Bare-Infinitive" in the beginning of this expression. For examples: Do it! Come here! Stand up! Sit down! Close the window! Come on over! Come back here! Write the story! Read the novel! All expressions above describes the commands. The expressions are built by one core-element, that is, Bare-Infinitive (e.g. do, come, stand, sit, close, write and read, etc). Remember th...

In the previous lesson I have already discussed the types of word in English, they are ; Lexical-meaning-word and structural-meaning-word. In this chance, I would like to discuss about types of Infinitives in English Grammar. When you look up your Oxford dictionary which is published and distributed by Oxford University, London - Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary of Current English,  by A S Hornby with A P Cowie abd A C Gimson, in Irregular Verbs Page, you'll find that /Be/ or /To Be/ is also called Infinitive (page 1005/Appendix 1). This has made most of Indonesian learners confused. Why? First, We have known and learnt that There are two types of words; Lexical-meaning-word and Structural-meaning-word. Second, /Be/ Is included in Structural-meaning-word because we don't get any clear or exact meaning for it. In other discussion (like above), /Be/ is also Infinitive. Third, Infinitive is devided into two types; To Infinitive and Bare Infinitive. From the steps ...

VP1 : SUBJECT + VERB In this pattern, verb is in Intransitive verb. This verb expresses complete sense (e.g. fly, burn, shine, cry, sing, dance, go, ring, rise, come, etc.) although no other words follow, eg. Object. For examples: The birds fly. Fire burns. The moon is shining. The baby was crying. The artists are singing. He is dancing. The bell rings. The sub rises. When there is a word follows, it might be an adverb of manner, place or time. For examples: The baby was crying loudly. (Adverb of Manner) The man goes to Lampung every years. (Adverb of place) He always comes in time (Adverb of time) Take notice that the verb here must be in bare-infinitive. The birds to fly. (False) The artist is sing. (false) VP2 : SUBJECT + VERB + COMPLEMENT Study This follows! The man is an officer. The leaves turns brown. The students keep quiet. The man in the picture is I (me). The thing looks small. The verbs which are used in the sen...

When we make a sentence or a paragraph, we usually find the difficulties to understand about why the word is used, is placed in a certain position and changes. These questions are submitted by my students even though I have taught and explained together instensively. I realized that theory is not the same as practice. Study this follows! 1.What makes me sad is because of his deed. 2.I do apologize. 3.No explanation found on the document! 4.I don't know what to do now. we will discuss and analyse the sentence above in details. Read more ....

Subject is the doer . In other words, subject is a verb maker even a verb creator. Without using a subject in a sentence, the sentence can not be called or named or defined as a sentence. It is because a subject is a core-element of a sentence beside a verb. Both a subject and a verb must be used to make a good sentence. Perhaps, some of you still doubt about this and submit your problem like an example below! Please Marry me! or, Be deligent! From the sentence above, when we read it at a glance, we will find that there is no subjects at the sentence. But when we take a look at its detail, the subject exists. Both sentences are command expression which have a subject, that is, /You/. In other words, subject /you/ is always used in the expression as well as in prohibition. So, why is the subject (You) is not placed and used there. Because the subject which is used is always /You/, Without placing the subject the expressions will still be understood or understandable. But when the...

Click here to start to Learn English Grammar from the Step One (All Free for Beginner Only)   In this 3nglish7's terminology, Simple Sentence is a sentence which contains, at least, one subject and one verb. This definition is the same as the definition of the sentence. To build a sentence, you need the elements, they are; 1. Noun or pronoun 2. Adjective 3. Adverb 4. Verb The elements are, then, called : ' Core elements '(3nglish7-term). Take notice that you have to memorize the kinds of core elements in building a sentence as well as this following and further discussion. Let me say that I guarantee if you understand deeply this discussion, you will be able to understand the scope of a context, the details of a sentence and the construction even you will be able to develop your skill in speaking and writing. Therefore, take your time to learn intensively in order that what you learn in this blog will be valuable and you can achieve the highest comprehension yo...