English With Magenta
Monday, May 31, 2010
Present Perfect Tense + Past Tense
I have known Ali for a very long time - we have been friends since our first day at school, thirty two years ago. He came around to see me last night to ask for my advice.
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Conversation
Friday, January 1, 2010
I have been waiting for you
Friday, November 20, 2009
What's wrong?
I thought you were asleep
Thursday, November 12, 2009
I like swimming
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
A Road To Heaven
Sunday, November 8, 2009
Its Colour
Its : possessive pronoun
I like its colour
All the common contractions with subject it are really grammar markings:
it's [meaning 'it is'] Progressive or Passive
[meaning 'it has'] Perfect
it'd [meaning 'it would'] Conditional
[meaning 'it had'] Pluperfect
it'll [meaning 'it will'] Future
It's nice to see you.
Saturday, October 10, 2009
Yesterday When I was Young
I have an Idea
Monday, October 5, 2009
I have had my dinner.
For present perfect tense the formula you use is SUBJECT + HAVE/HAS + PAST PARTCIPLE. Example; I have had my dinner. The subject is I + have + had (past participle). For past perfect tense the formula is SUJECT + HAD + PAST PARTICIPLE. Example I had had my dinner. The subject is I + had + had (past participle).
Present Perfect:
I have taken my dinner.
I have had my dinner.
Mimi has moved to London.
Past Perfect:
I had taken my dinner.
I had had my dinner.
Friday, October 2, 2009
I did talk to him yesterday
Thursday, October 1, 2009
I am Positive
I am positive. am is a verb. positive is an adjective (kata sifat). Life (kehidupan) is real (nyata). He is an adventurous (suka kembara) type. She is a gutsy (yang berani) lady. We are happy with the flexible (tidak keras) curriculum. Lisa is very open-minded (sikap terbuka)about what her daughter does in the evenings. He needs a capable and responsible (bertanggungjawab) staff.
Saturday, September 26, 2009
I always introduce my English Communication Skills Program with Pronouns. Pronouns replace nouns. They are I (saya), You (Awak), He (Dia (L), She (Dia (P), It (Ia (animal or thing), We (kita), You (kamu (plural), They (Mereka).
The verbs to be for present tense are:
I am
You are
He is
She is
It is
We are
You are
They are
The translation for verb to be am/are/is in Bahasa is ialah/adalah
I am a communication consultant.
Saya adalah seorang perunding komunikasi.
The verbs to be for past tense are:
I was
You were
He was
She was
It was
We were
You were
They were
The translation for verb to be was/were/in Bahasa is ialah/adalah
NOT TELAH
I was an engineer before.
Saya adalah seorang jurutera sebelum ini.
This is a book.
It is a motivational book.
Always remember every English sentence must have at least one verb.
Is/am/are/was/were are non-action verbs.
You cannot say "I a student", wrong, you must say "I am a student."
You cannot say "It a cat", wrong, you must say "It is a cat."
Now we go to 'verb conjugation" for each pronoun in present tense:
I talk
You Talk
He talks
She talks
It talks
We talk
You talk
They talk
Just observe for pronoun he, she and it you have to add s at the end of the verb.
You add es at the end of the word such as go and do.
The conjugation of the word do which acts as auxiliary verbs are as follows;
I do
You do
He does
She does
It does
We do
You do
They do
For auxiliary verb do means memang
He does understand the lesson
Dia memang faham pelajaran itu
After auxiliray verb do/does you use main verb (the base form), you cannot say "He doesn't understands the lesson" wrong, you say "He doesn't understand the lesson."
You cannot say "He does understands the lesson" you say "He does understand the lesson" or if you use do as the main verb you say "He understands the lesson."
You say "It does work" or "It works".
Now just observe all verbs (in bold letters)in the following passage:
Ali is a driver. He drives his taxi every day. He works from dawn to dusk. He doesn't work at night.
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