STYLE IN WRITTEN ENGLISH

Question Tags 

(Pertanyaan Tegas) adalah suatu pertanyaan  pendek di akhir kalimat pernyataan yang berfungsi untuk mempertegas pernyataan yang bersangkutan.

Contoh :

-          He is a doctor, isn’t he?

-          You are not happy, are you?

-          Mary isn’t here, is she? 

Sumber : http://bahasainggrisonlines.blogspot.com/2012/12/pengertian-fungsi-contoh-question-tag.html

Participal Adjective 

adalah adjective (kata sifat) yang berbentuk V+ing  (Present Participle) dan V+ed (Past Participle).

Contoh :

-          Joy is tired because she had a tiring day.

-          The direction to the hotel was confusing. The driver was confused.

-          So much work was overwhelming. The staff are overwhelmed.

Sumber : http://englishtips4u.com/2011/11/16/engclass-participial-adjectives/

Redundancy 

adalah kata-kata yang tidak perlu dalam sebuah kalimat. Redundancy adalah pengulangan ide yang tidak perlu.

1. Penggunaan kata atau frase yang tidak perlu.

-          Redundant : The room was red in colour.

-          Benar : The room was red

2. Pengulangan noun atau pronoun yang tidak perlu.

-          Redundant :.Thelma she ran into her room and slammed the door.

-          Benar : Thelma ran into her room and slammed the door.

3. Penggunaan frase yang terlalu boros yang sebenarnya ada adverb yang bisa digunakan.

-          Wordy : He looked at me in a threatening manner.

-          Padat   : He looked at me threateningly.

Sumber : Fanani, Achmad. ,2009. Tips-tips terbaik lolos TOEFL, Jogjakarta: Mitra Pelajar.

Sequence Of Tenses

1. Apabila ada dua kejadian yang terjadi secara berurutan langsung, maka tenses yang dipakai adalahsimple past dan simple past.

Ciri-ciri : tidak ada jeda waktu dan biasanya ada sebab akibat

Contoh :

-          after he closed the door, he went to bed

-          After she arrived, the bus left

Conjunction : after, before, when, as soon as

2.  Apabila ada dua kejadian yang terjadi secara berurutan tidak langsung, maka tenses yang dipakai adalah past perfect dan simple past.

Ciri-ciri : kejadian mana yang pertama dalam kalimat itu menggunakan past perfect,dan     kejadian yang kedua menggunakan past tense.      

Contoh :

-          they went on holiday after they had taken an exam

-          Before the police came, the thief had left

Conjunction : as soon as, after, before, when

3.  Apabila ada kejadian pertama sudah berlangsung beberapa saat pada durasi waktu tertentu ketika kejadian kedua terjadi, maka tenses yang dipakai adalah past perfect continuous dan simple past.

Contoh:  

-          when I visited her yesterday, she had been studying for two hours

-          They had been playing futsal for an hour when we came

4. Apabila kejadian pertama berlangsung ketika kejadian kedua terjadi, maka tenses yang dipakai adalah past continuous dan simple past.

Contoh :  

-          I was watching TV while she knocked at the door

-          I was writing a letter when my mother called me

Conjunction : when, while, as

5.  Apabila ada dua kejadian yang terjadi secara bersamaan maka tenses yang dipakai adalah past continuous dan past continuous.

Contoh:

-           my father was reading magazine while my mother was cooking

-          I was studying when my brother was sleeping

Sumber : http://masisan18.blogspot.com/2011/02/sequence-of-tense-konsep-dua-kejadian.html

Indirect Object

adalah noun, pronoun, atau noun substitute yang menerangkan untuk siapa atau apa sesuatu dilakukan oleh action verb. Objek ini menjawab pertanyaan “to/for whom” atau “to/for what”. Suatu kata kerja diikuti indirect object hanya jika memiliki direct object. Kedua objek tersebut selalu orang, tempat, benda, binatang, maupun hal yang berbeda.

Contoh :

-          The manager gave him no choice. –> Gave no choice to whom?

-          My uncle donated his salary to charity. –> Donated his salary to what? 

Sumber : http://www.wordsmile.com/pengertian-dan-contoh-kalimat-direct-indirect-object

Tugas Softskill Bahasa Inggris Bisnis 2

1.       Once a month, count brings the team to the beach (simple present)

2.       Ali is writting a letter right now  (present continous)

3.       Gio repaired the computer which is located in the living room (simple past)

4.       The salesman was helping the customer when the thief came into the store (past    continous)

5.       Many basketball players have trained that king of dribble style (future perfect)

6.       Otong and vicky had repared many cars before they received their mechanic license (past perfect)

7.       Chef ferrara will finish the dish by 05.00 p.m (simple future)

8.       Burger kill will be performing a son entitled “tiga titik hitam” on song the stage at 08.00 p.m (future continous)

9.       They will have completed the project before the deadline (future perfect)

10.   The load guitarst of flash god apocalypse smashedhis guitar in their last concert (simple present)

	AKTIVE	PASSIVE	AKTIVE	PASSIVE
SIMPLE PRESENT	S + V (s/es) + O	S + to be + V3 + O	Andi helps Rina	Rina is helped by Andi
SIMPLE PAST	S + V2	S + was/were + V3	Andi helped  Rina	Rina was helped by Andi
SIMPLE FUTURE (will)	S + will/shall + V1	S + will/shall + be + V3	Andi will help Rina	Rina will be helped by Andi
PRESENT CONTINOUS	S + am/is/are + V-ing	S + am/is/are + being + V3	Andi is helping Rina	Rina is being helped by Andi
PAST CONTINOUS	S + was/were + V-ing	S + was/were + being + V3	Andi was helping Rina	Rina as being helped by Andi
FUTURE CONTINOUS	S + will/shall + be + V-ing	S + will/shall + be + being + V3	Andi will be helping Rina	Rina will be being helped by Andi
PRESENT PERFECT	S + have/has + been   + V-ing	S + have/has + been + being + V3	Andi has helped Rina	Rina has been helped by Andi
PAST PERFECT	S + had +V3	S + had + been + V3	Andi had helped Rina	Rina had been helped by Andi
FUTURE PERFECT	S + will + have +V-ing	S + will + have + been + being + V3	Andi will have   helped Rina	Rina will have been   helped by Andi