The Verb Base

Sometimes a verb changes its form. Let’s look at the following sentences. The verb is underlined in each one. John should study. John studied. John is studying. John studies.  You certainly can’t say, *John should studied, or John to studied. So how do we know that studied is a verb? To test the word, you…

Identifying verbs (Mengidentifikasi Verba)

What’s a verb? Verbs are words that usually express an action. Here are two easy ways to identify a verb; you can use either one.  If a word can have ‘should ‘ in front of it and the phrase sounds complete, the word is a verb. Examples: should leave, should sail,  should discover, should complain.…

Proper and common nouns

Do the following sentences look a little strange? Mrs. smith took the 10th grade class of lincoln high school to france for a trip. The class visited paris and was thrilled to see the e¡ffel tower. Normally, we capitalize (menggunakan huruf kapital) the first letter (huruf pertama) of nouns that are actual names, no matter…

Count and noncount nouns (2)

There is another good way to decide if a noun is count or noncount.Take a look at the use of the words much and many in the following sentences. 1. He has many children. 2. That man has many interests. 3. That will take too much time. 4. They have many lights on in the…

Count and noncount nouns

Let’s take a closer look at the noun hand. Notice that you can say the following: the hand                   a hand                   hands  Here are some other nouns which demonstrate the same pattern: the store                  a store                    stores the idea                    an idea                   ideas the tissue                 a tissue                  tissues  Let’s compare hand to the noun furniture. As with…