JINGGADINDA said: I have some questions here and need your help. 1. What does the “How is it hanging” in the following conversation mean? A: It’s raining now. B: How is it hanging? and, is that a slang/idiom/just informal expression? 2. If someone says, “What’s up?“ or “What’s going on?”, what are the best answers... Read more
How’s it hanging
JINGGADINDA said: I have some questions here and need your help. 1. What does the “How is it hanging” in the following conversation mean? A: It’s raining now. B: How is it hanging? and, is that a slang/idiom/just informal expression? 2. If someone says, “What’s up?“ or “What’s going on?”, what are the best answers... Read more
Contoh soal: Structure and Written Expression 2
This practice test is basically similar to Contoh soal: Structure and Written Expression 1. I believe your score will be better than that of the previous one. Direction: There are 25 questions on this practice test. Each question consists of a sentence in which four words or phrases are underlined. The four underlined parts of... Read more
Contoh Soal: Structure and Written Expression 1
There are 25 questions on this practice test. Each question consists of a sentence in which four words or phrases are underlined. The four underlined parts of the sentence are marked A, B, C, D. You are to identify the one underlined word or phrase that would not be acceptable in standard written English. Choose... Read more
Zaneta Naomi: Gifted and Inspiring
Some of you have probably known Zaneta Naomi and have watched her performance on ‘The Hitman : David Foster and Friends Asia Tour 2011 Live in Jakarta’ at the Plenary Hall Jakarta Convention Center on October 28, 2011. She is still 13 years old but she has already had a stunning voice. I believe she... Read more
UN, LESS, UNLESS
UN Un- merupakan salah satu prefix (awalan) dalam bahasa Inggris. Prefix un- ini dapat diimbuhkan pada adjectives dan verbs. Prefix un- tidak mengubah kelas kata. Kalau un- diimbuhkan pada adjectives, maka kata un-adjectives tersebut tetap adjectives, sedangkan kalau un- diimbuhkan pada verbs, maka un-verbs tersebut tetap verbs. Contoh: Adjectives Adjectives Verbs Verbs aware usual common... Read more
Practice test: Present and Past Participles as Adjectives
This 8-question containing page is to test how well you understand participial adjectives that have been discussed on Penggunaan Verbs sebagai Adjectives and the Usage of the Present and Past Participles. And, if you’d like, you can download the audio clip for all sentences in the questions. The link for downloading is below the answer... Read more
Present and Past Participles
This page contains an audio clip of the usage of the present and past participles, along with its script. It is made available in an attempt not only to reduce our confusion of how to use those participles correctly but also to strengthen our listening skill. In order to achieve the latter purpose, at first, please... Read more
How to pronounce -ed in English
Sebagian besar verbs dalam bahasa Inggris merupakan regular verbs dimana past tense (verb2) dan past participle (verb3)-nya dibentuk dengan menambahkan -ed atau -d pada base verb (verb1)-nya. Spelling untuk verb2 dan verb3 lumayan simpel (See: Regular Verbs : spelling rules), tetapi kita, lidah Indonesia, sering terbentur dengan pelafalan -ed di verb2 dan verb3 tersebut. Olehnya... Read more
750 Common Regular Verbs
The following table contains a list of 750 English regular verb commonly used in daily conversation. I’d like to note that they are spelled based on the American English. Verb base Past tense Past participle Present participle abort accept accomplish achieve activate add admire admit advertize advise affect afford agree aim alert allow alter amaze... Read more
Regular Verbs: spelling rules
Dalam bahasa Inggris, regular verbs atau kata kerja beraturan adalah kata-kata kerja yang bentuk past tense (verb2) dan past participle (verb3)-nya dibentuk dengan menambahkan -ed atau -d pada base verb (verb1)-nya, sehingga bentuk verb2 dan verb3 tersebut sama-sama diakhiri dengan -ed. (See: 750 Common Regular Verbs.) Spelling (penulisan) regular verbs lumayan simpel. Namun demikian, kita perlu... Read more
English is a crazy language
Let’s face it! English is a crazy language. There is no egg in eggplant, nor ham in hamburger; neither apple nor pine in pineapple. English muffins weren’t invented in England or French fries in France. Sweetmeats are candies while sweetbreads, which aren’t sweet, are meat. We take English for granted. But if we explore its... Read more
Perfect Infinitives
Di posting Infinitives dan Penggunaannya, kita telah diskusikan penggunaan “to + verb1” dan, bentuk negatifnya, “not + to + verb1“. Infinitives tersebut digunakan untuk mengekspresikan action yang dilakukan di masa sekarang dan masa mendatang. Bentuk infinitive ini disebut present infinitives. Selain present infinitives, Bahasa Inggris juga mengenal bentuk infinitive yang lain yang disebut perfect infinitives,... Read more
