Pengungkapan suatu kejadian/aktivitas atau fakta baik melalui tulisan (writing) maupun percakapan (speaking) pada umumnya mengikuti pola sebagai berikut:
| Subject + Verb/Predicate + Object + Modifier |
Dalam bahasa Inggris, pengungkapan kejadian/aktivitas atau fakta tersebut selalu berpatokan pada tensis. Dengan tensis, pembaca atau lawan bicara akan mengetahui kapan kejadian/aktivitas atau fakta tersebut terjadi; Apakah sedang berlangsung pada saat sekarang (present continuous tense), apakah terjadi di masa lampau (past tense), apakah sedang berlangsung di masa lampau (past continuous tense), apakah akan terjadi di masa yang akan datang (future tense), dan seterusnya.
Di sini, kita akan mendiskusikan 16 tensis (& aspek) dalam bahasa Inggris, yaitu:
- Simple present tense
- Present continuous tense
- Simple past tense
- Past continuous tense
- Present perfect tense
- Present perfect continuous tense
- Past perfect tense
- Past perfect continuous tense
- Simple future tense
- Future continuous tense
- Future perfect tense
- Future perfect continuous tense
- Past future tense
- Past future continuous tense
- Past future perfect tense
- Past future perfect continuous tense
Pada tabel di bawah secara berturut-turut diberikan contoh untuk tiap-tiap tensis. Perhatikan perubahan verb atau verb phrase seiring dengan berubahnya keterangan waktu.
| Subject | Verb/Predicate | Object | Modifier | |
| 1 | We | study | English | everyday. |
| 2 | We | are studying | English | now. |
| 3 | We | studied | English | last night. |
| 4 | We | were studying | English | when she came last night. |
| 5 | We | have studied | English | for 3 hours. |
| 6 | We | have been studying | English | for 3 hours. |
| 7 | We | had studied | English | for 3 hours when she came last night. |
| 8 | We | had been studying | English | for 3 hours when she came last night. |
| 9 | We | will study | English | tomorrow. |
| 10 | We | will be studying | English | when she comes tomorrow. |
| 11 | We | will have studied | English | for 3 hours when she comes tomorrow. |
| 12 | We | will have been studying | English | for 3 hours when she comes tomorrow. |
| 13 | We | would study | English | when she came last night. |
| 14 | We | would be studying | English | when she came last night. |
| 15 | We | would have studied | English | for 3 hours when she came last night. |
| 16 | We | would have been studying | English | for 3 hours when she came last night. |
Note: Khusus untuk contoh 5&6, 7&8, 11&12, dan 15&16 keterangan waktunya sama. Kenapa? Mari kita bahas tiap tensis satu per satu.
58 comments
Afannany
July 16, 2009
Selamat Pagi Pak
Maaf saya ada usulan nih, mungkin nantinya pelajaran kita ini dilengkapi dengan perbedaan pemakaian kata misal nya apa beda pemakaian “OF” dan “FROM” dalam suatu kalimat dll nya.
Terima kasih
H.Ahmad Fannany
Swara Bhaskara
July 16, 2009
Thanks for your suggestion pak H. Ahmad. As for “of” and “from”, they will be included in section Prepositions.
mentari fatkhur
September 13, 2009
thank’s for this web…

that’s great…
very nice..
i’m often confused,because the teacher in my class are faster..
i mean they ways to teach us..
but,i’m not afraid again now….
Swara Bhaskara
September 13, 2009
You’re welcome Mentari.
Thanks for your compliment.
Teachers are obligated to finish all materials outlined in their syllabus. Therefore, they teach fast. And, we hope this blog could cover any confusions or could supplement any left over not being discussed in class.
By the way, what grade are you at now? Your English is great.
Small corrections for your writing are:
..because the teacher in my class IS fast. I mean the way he teaches us….Or
..because the teachers in my class are fast. I mean the way they teach us. Or
..because the teachers in my class are faster than Mr. X. etc.
massiko
December 9, 2009
Materi tentang adjective clause dimana ya?
Swara Bhaskara
December 9, 2009
Ketiga link berikut membahas cara membuat adjective clause:
1. Penggunaan WHO, WHOM, dan WHOSE.
2. Penggunaan WHICH.
3. Perbedaan noun clause dan adjective clause.
massiko
December 16, 2009
thanks for your answer.
saya pertanyaan satu lagi Conditional sentence merupakan kalimat pengandaian seandainya kita dituntut membuat FAKTANYA bentuk kalimatnya ada perubahan atau tidak
Swara Bhaskara
December 17, 2009
Ada 2 tipe kalimat pengandaian, yaitu real conditional (atau disebut juga possible future atau factual conditional) dan unreal conditional (atau contrary to fact conditional).
A. REAL CONDITIONAL lebih menekankan pada KEMUNGKINAN yang AKAN dilakukan atau akan terjadi di masa mendatang, dan KEMUNGKINAN yang akan dilakukan/terjadi ini ditentukan oleh terpenuhi tidak-nya aktivitas yang disebutkan dalam if clause. Dalam real conditional, if clause dinyatakan dengan simple present tense, sedangkan main clause-nya umumnya dinyatakan dengan simple future tense, dan kadang-kadang dalam simple present tense (jika berupa habitual actioan dan kalimat perintah).
Contoh:
1. If I finish my assignment before 7 p.m tonight, I will watch the 2012. On the other hand, if I don’t finish my assignment before 7 p.m tonight, I will not watch the 2012.
2. If that teacher is happy, he is very kind.
3. If you don’t mind, please help me!
Apa fakta dari ketiga kalimat di atas?
Well, kalimat 1 faktanya belum terjadi (future possible) tetapi: I hope I can FINISH my assignment before 7 p.m tonight so that I can watch the 2012.
Fakta kalimat 2, That teacher is very kind when he is happy. Lantas, bagaimana kalau dia lagi gak happy? When he is unhappy, he is a killer (kejam)
Fakta kalimat 3 juga bermakna possible future. I will get help from you if you don’t mind. Sebaliknya, I will NOT get help from you if you mind (keberatan).
Jadi, tensis yang digunakan untuk menyatakan fakta dari real conditional hanyalah simple present tense dan simple future tense. Silakan baca detailnya di link berikut: Real Conditionals.
B. UNREAL CONDITIONAL selalu bertolak belakang dengan FAKTA. Jika conditionalnya menggunakan pola berikut:
If + S + verb2, S + would/could/might + verb1, maka fakta if clause-nya adalah dalam simple present tense sedangkan main clause-nya adalah dalam simple future tense (S + will/can/may + verb1) atau dalam simple present tense (S + verb1). Dan jika conditionalnya dalam kalimat positif, maka faktanya dalam kalimat negatif, sebaliknya jika conditionalnya dalam kalimat negatif maka faktanya dalam kalimat positif
If I had a car now, I would drive it to Bali.
Faktanya: I DON’T HAVE a car now, and that’s why, I WILL NOT drive a car to Bali (now).
If I were in Bali now, I would sunbath at Kuta Beach.
Faktanya: I am not in Bali now, so I don’t sunbath at Kuta Beach.
Jika conditionalnya menggunakan pola berikut:
If + S + had verb3, S + would/could/might/should + have verb3, maka fakta if clause-nya adalah dalam simple past tense sedangkan main clause-nya adalah dalam past future tense (S + would/could/might/ + verb1) atau dalam simple past tense (S + verb2).
If I hadn’t finished my assignment before 7 p.m last night, I couldn’t have watched the 2012.
Faktanya: I FINISHED my assignment before 7 p.m last night, so I could watch the 2012.
Silakan baca detailnya di link berikut: Unreal Conditionals
Kemudian coba kerjakan practice 7: Contoh Soal Kalimat Pengandaian.
massiko
December 23, 2009
thank for the answer ni ada pertanyaan baru semalam saya belajar bahasa INGGRIS buat tes STAN terus ada pembahasannya tapi kok beda beda ada yang bilang kalau WOULD RATHER itu harus diikuti INFINITIVE WITHOUT TO tapi ada yang nulis rumus S+WOULD RATHER+O+V3 yang mana yang bener thank a lot
Swara Bhaskara
December 23, 2009
The reply for the previous question has been moved to Penggunaan WOULD RATHER
massiko
December 28, 2009
sudah paham jadi yang dimaksud penulis pembahasan itu mungkin V1 tapi dia nulisnya infinitive without to kan sama saja dengan V1 terima kasih
Swara Bhaskara
January 28, 2010
Yes.
But, tolong posting contoh kalimat yang menggunakan pola berikut:
S+WOULD RATHER+O+V3,
karena pola ini bukan salah satu dari pola yang saya sebutkan di atas. Kalau kalimatnya benar,saya akan tambahkan pola ini di reply tersebut. Thank you.
matsoe
December 30, 2009
slamat malam pak…
tolong jelasin tentang participle, pluperfect, progressive (dan entah yang lainnya…)..? apa masih termasuk dari ke-16 tenses di atas…
terus.. pada tabel conto untuk future, bukankah I dan We itu harus pake shall…?
jelasinnya yang ringan ya pak.. (ma’lum pemula)
terimakasih.
Swara Bhaskara
January 2, 2010
1. Participle di blog ini sama dengan verb3 (biar gampang mengingatnya). Participle digunakan dalam kalimat perfect tense, dalam kalimat pasif, dan digunakan sebagai adjectives.
Dalam perfect tense, participle selalu diawali dengan auxiliary (have/has, had, will have, would have), seperti terlihat dalam pola-pola berikut:
have/has + verb3 (present perfect tense)
had + verb3 (past perfect tense)
will + have + verb3 (future perfect tense)
would + have + verb3 (past future perfect tense).
Dalam kalimat pasif, participle selalu diawali oleh to be. Bentuk to be yang digunakan selalu disesuaikan dengan tensis dari kalimat bersangkutan. Pola-pola dan contoh-contoh kalimat pasif dapat dibaca pada link berikut:
Sebagai adjective, participle dapat diawali oleh to be (is/am/are, was/were, be, been, stative verb, linking verb), seperti terlihat dalam pola-pola berikut:
is/am/are + verb3 atau stative/linking verb1 + verb3 (simple present tense)
was/were + verb3 atau stative/linking verb2 + verb3 (simple past tense)
will be + verb3 atau will + stative/linking verb1 + verb3 (simple future tense)
would be + verb3 atau will + stative/linking verb2 + verb3 (past future tense)
will have been + verb3 atau will have + stative/linking verb3 + verb3 (future perfect tense)
would have been +verb3 atau will have + sative/linking verb3 (past future perfect tense)
2. Progressive adalah sama dengan continuous. Simple present continuous tense sama dengan simple present progressive tense, past continuous = past progressive, present perfect continuous = present perfect progressive, past perfect continuous = past perfect progressive, future continuous = future progressive, dan seterusnya.
Pola-pola kalimatnya adalah sebagai berikut:
is/am/are + verb-ing (present progressive)
was/were + verb-ing (past progressive)
have/has + been + verb-ing (present perfect progressive)
had + been + verb-ing (past perfect progressive)
will + be + verb-ing (future progressive)
would + be + verb-ing ( past future progressive)
will + have + been + verb-ing ( future perfect progressive)
would + have + been + verb-ing (past future perfect progressive)
Untuk contoh-contoh kalimatnya, silakan klik link dari masing-masing tensis di atas.
3. Auxiliary SHALL sudah sangat jarang digunakan khususnya di America. Dan dalam test TOEFL pun tidak pernah ditanyakan penggunaan SHALL. So, untuk kalimat-kalimat bermakna future tense, kita gunakan saja WILL walaupun subjectnya I atau we. Hal ini menguntungkan kita karena kita lebih sedikit menghafalkan pola.
Alhidayat
January 6, 2010
Slmt mlm mas bhaskara,saya mau tanya apa sih perbdaan antara infinitive dan gerund dan bgmaina pnggunaannya
Swara Bhaskara
January 6, 2010
Selamat malam juga, Mas Alhidayat. How are you?
Infinitives adalah “to + verb1″, misalnya: to go, to study, to play, dst. Infinitives umumnya mengikuti verb lainnya, seperti: want, need, plan (merencanakan), dst.
Contoh kalimatnya:
I want to go now.
She needs to study.
They planned to play badminton yesterday.
Kata-kata kerja yang biasanya diikuti oleh infinitives beserta contoh kalimatnya dapat dibaca di topik : Penggunaan Infinitives.
Gerund adalah “verb-ing” (misalnya: confess (mengakui), regret (menyesali) dst, yang difungsikan sebagai noun.
Contoh kalimatnya:
Amurka confessed of stealing my book.
Suriyanti regreted loving him.
List kata kerja yang diikuti oleh gerund dapat dibaca di topik: Penggunaan Gerunds.
Kadang-kadang kita ragu menentukan apakah verb tersebut harus ditulis dalam bentuk infinitives atau gerunds. Trik dalam menentukannya telah didiskusikan pada link di atas.
Alhidayat
January 27, 2010
Slmt malam mas,,saya masih bingung dgn penggunaan kata “get” tlong pnjlasannya..
Swara Bhaskara
February 4, 2010
Maaf, responnya agak kelamaan.
Tanggapan terhadap pertanyaan mas Alhidayat telah diposting di topik : Penggunaan GET, GOT, GOT/GOTTEN. Silakan click linknya. Jika posting tersebut belum menjawab pertanyaan di atas, kita akan diskusikan diposting tersebut. Thank you.
septianhutama
February 8, 2010
pusing….
Swara Bhaskara
February 8, 2010
Sabar dan pertahankan motivasi (komitmen) untuk bisa.
Start dari simple present tense. Pahami pola dan penggunaanya. Setelah itu, barulah beralih ke simple past tense dan simple future tense. Yang berbeda hanyalah verbnya, seperti pada contoh berikut:
I play chess everyday. (Aku main catur tiap hari) Simple present tense.
I played chess yesterday. (Aku main catur kemarin) Simple past tense.
I will play chess after I finish writing this reply. (Aku akan main catur setelah aku selesai menulis tanggapan ini). Simple future tense.
And, bagian yang bikin pusing sebaiknya didiskusikan.
toto2006
March 5, 2010
Sugeng Tepang Mas,
Matur nuwun sanget mas Bas…
trit ingkang sae sanget meniko…
Suwun
imranraif09
March 5, 2010
Gleg….!! 8-| :-/
immedio
August 2, 2010
Wow..awesome site. Thanks a lot bro.
i’ve found what i need for along time ago. (please correct me if my sentence is wrong)
and please always teach us and keep your spirit.
Regards
Swara Bhaskara
August 3, 2010
Thanks to you too, Immedio.
I’d like you to look at the following underlined part,
I’ve found what I need for along time ago.
1. need in simple present tense sounds awkward here. It’s better in present perfect tense.
2. Omit ago when you use for.
3. If you prefer to use the ago, change the for to since.
I’ve found what I’ve needed for a long time.
I’ve found what I’ve needed since a long time ago.
And here is my favorite example,
I’ve found the true love I’ve been looking for.
aaheros
January 10, 2011
mr. SB in your sample “I’ve found the true love I’ve been looking for”
in this sentence after word “love” followed by “I’ve” directly without any conjuction, please, give me an explanation about this.
Swara Bhaskara
January 10, 2011
Setelah kata “love” dapat kita sisipkan relative pronoun THAT atau WHICH:
I’ve found the true love THAT I’ve been looking for.
I’ve found the true love WHICH I’ve been looking for.
Di kalimat seperti ini, penggunaan relative pronoun adalah optional, tapi bule lebih sering tidak menggunakannya.
immedio
August 5, 2010
Again, thanks so much for your nice reply my brother. It really makes me proud and fires my spirit to learn english much more. FYI, i was just a senior high school graduated, not an university graduated. I also never followed an english course or something like that. So i never had confidence about my english. I have just spirit and a dream to be good person in english (speaking, writing, etc. is it possible for me to be able fluent in english? i hope you would be plese always teach and guide me.
i would be grateful too if you don’t mind to response my comment here: Practice test 1: Where to Start.
Again, so sorry and don’t laugh at my english
Swara Bhaskara
August 6, 2010
Again, thanks so much for your nice reply, my brother. It really makes me proud and fires my spirit to learn English much more. FYI, I am just a senior high school graduate, not a university graduate. I have also never attended an English course or something like that. So I have never had confidence about my English. I have just a spirit and a dream to be good at English (speaking, writing, etc). Is it possible for me to be able to be fluent in English? I hope you will always teach and guide me.
I would be grateful too if you don’t mind responding to my comment on Practice test 1: Where to Start.
Again, so sorry and don’t laugh at my English
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The underlined words are my suggestions but overall it’s a great writing. For the time being, I just leave them as is, without comments, because I strongly believe that you will be able to figure out the discrepancies between yours and mine easily.
Is it possible for you to be able to be fluent in English?
Yes, it is. Your English is already excellent.
Don’t laugh at my English!
Ha ha ha….. Sorry, I laughed. It was not because of your writing but because of your modesty, one of the human being’s characters that I profoundly admire.
immedio
August 21, 2010
Haha.. Thank you for your support. it makes me shy
Yea, i have to be honest that i can’t attend an English course because of its high cost. 
But, I never give up to learn English much more even though by autodidact.
OK, once more, can you explain about using of “THE” sentence correctly? I’m always confuse when i want to use it.
Regards.
immedio
Swara Bhaskara
August 21, 2010
Hi Immedio,
Your question has been discussed on Penggunaan A, AN dan THE. Please follow the provided link first, then we discuss about it afterward! Thanks
moonwhite_16
September 17, 2010
sir kenapa ada beberapa kata dalam bahasa inggris ditambah -y?
bitchy, nighty, wakey..
itu artinya apa ya?
Swara Bhaskara
September 17, 2010
Kenapa?
Pastinya saya tidak tahu. Tapi, kata dasar yang diimbuhi “y” pada umumnya berupa slang, yang hanya digunakan pada informal occasion.
Bicth (noun) = anjing betina; perempuan jahat/menyebalkan (perempuan jalang). Bitchy (adjective) umumnya digunakan untuk mengacu kepada perempuan yang jahat/menyebalkan.
I only have one male dog. I never have any bitches. (Aku hanya punya seekor anjing jantan. Aku tidak pernah punya anjing betina).
She is a bitch. He is son of a bitch. (Dia orang yang menyebalkan. Dia ….)
Why is she bitchy to everybody? (Kenapa dia jahat kepada tiap orang (membuat setiap orang sebel)?).
night (noun) = malam; nighty (noun) = pakaian (umumnya pakaian wanita) yang dikenakan pada malam hari; untuk pakaian cowok, biasanya mengacu ke celana pendek.
At night, women usually wear nighties at home. (Pada malam hari, wanita biasanya mengenakan pakaian malam di rumah.
I never see him wearing jeans while he is sleeping. I always see him wearing nighties. (Aku tidak pernah melihat dia mengenakan jean ketika dia sedang tidur. Aku selalu melihat dia mengenakan celana pendek).
wake (verb) = bangun;
wakey? Honestly, saya belum pernah mendengar kata “wakey“. Kalau kata dasarnya wake, maka my wild guess: wakey (adjective) = awake = terjaga/bangun.
Are you wakey, honey? (Kamu sudah bangun, sayang?).
Contoh lain:
Hello sweety! (Hallo manis).
I get itchy everytime I walk through tall grasses. (Aku (menjadi) gatal-gatal setiap kali aku berjalan melewati rumput tinggi).
moonwhite_16
September 17, 2010
yg wake-y itu kata2nya ak dengar dari film hollywood, um.. ” ap bisa nyebutin jdl film dsni”..
mungkin kata ini cma dpke american teenagers aj y..
thanks anyway sir ;D
Swara Bhaskara
September 17, 2010
Kayaknya filmnya bagus. Tolong judulnya… please
moonwhite_16
September 17, 2010
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Penggunaan the simple form of BE | Swara Bhaskara's English
October 25, 2010
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junsusie
October 29, 2010
I’m still confused with these sentences
are you want to leaving now
do you want to leaving now
which sentence is the right one?
Swara Bhaskara
October 29, 2010
Hi Junsusie,
Want adalah verb yang kalau diikuti oleh verb lain, maka verb yang mengikuti tsb selalu dalam bentuk infinitive.
Jadi, kalimat yang benar adalah:
Do you want to leave now?
Contoh lain:
Do you want to be my friend?
Do you want to be happy?
Do you want to travel around the world?
andres
December 10, 2010
mr swara , semua contoh tenses diatas memakai pola yang ada ‘verb’ nya, bagaimana pola contoh yang tidak memakai ‘verb’,
and then i want to ask
1. when be and being dipakai sebagai kata bantu”
2. terus saya masih bingung membedakan have/had apakah sbagai kata bantu atau kata kerja bila ada didalam kalimat
andres
December 10, 2010
maksudnya minta contoh penggunaan seluruh pola tenses yang tidak memakai ‘verb’
Swara Bhaskara
December 18, 2010
Hi Andreas,
Ya betul, pola-pola dan contoh-contoh di atas baru kalimat verbal (memakai kata kerja). Berikut adalah pola dan contoh dari kalimat non-verbal.
No
Pola
Tensis/aspect
1
S + is/am/are + adjective/noun
Simple present
2
S + is/am/are + being + adjective/noun
Present continuous
3
S + was/were + adjective/noun
Simple past
4
S + was/were + being + adjective/noun
Past continuous
5
S + has/have + been + adjective/noun
Present perfect
6
S + has/have + been + being + adjective/noun
Present perfect continuous
7
S + had + been + adjective/noun
Past perfect
8
S + had + been + being + adjective/noun
Past perfect continuous
9
S + will + be + adjective/noun
Simple future
10
S + will be + being + adjective/noun
Future continuous
11
S + would + be + adjective/noun
Past future
12
S + would + be + being + adjective/noun
Past future continuous
13
S + will + have + been + adjective/noun
Future perfect
14
S + will + have + been + being + adjective/noun
Future perfect continuous
15
S + would + have + been + adjective/noun
Past future perfect
16
S + would + have + been + being + adjective/noun
Past future perfect continuous
No
Pola
Tensis/aspect
1. When be and being dipakai sebagai kata bantu”?
Dari pola dan contoh di atas, kita lihat bahwa be digunakan pada kalimat-kalimat non-verbal yang menggunakan auxiliary will (simple future ) atau would (future in the past). Selain kedua auxiliary ini, be juga digunakan kalau kalimat non-verbal tersebut menggunakan auxiliary lainnya seperti can, may, might, shall, should, must, have to (simple future), dan could, might, should, had to (future in the past). And, selain itu, be juga digunakan pada kalimat verbal yang bentuk kalimat pasif. Untuk lebih lengkapnya, silakan baca dulu Penggunaan the simple form of BE.
2. terus saya masih bingung membedakan have/had apakah sebagai kata bantu atau kata kerja bila ada di dalam kalimat.
a. Have/has sebagai kata bantu
Dalam present perfect, have/has berfungsi sebagai kata bantu (= telah; have/has not = belum)yang langsung diikuti oleh verb3 (past participle), membentuk verb phrase “have verb3, have been verb-ing” atau “has verb3, have been verb-ing”. Dan, kalau kalimatnya non-verbal, diikuti oleh been membentuk phrase “have been, have been being” atau “has been, has been being”.
Dalam past perfect, kata bantu have/has berubah ke dalam bentuk past, menjadi had, membentuk verb phrase: “had verb3, had been verb-ing”.
b. Have sebagai verb
Kalau verb-nya adalah have (= mempunyai; makan; minum) maka verb have ini harus dalam bentuk verb3 (had) sehingga diperoleh verb phrase : “have/has had” , “had had; sedangkan bentuk continousnya menjadi : “ have/has been having, had been having”.
andres
December 22, 2010
ok’s…..thanx mr swara….i hope god blees you and may god always give you health so that you can answer a lot of question from your ‘user’….one more thank you
andres
December 28, 2010
-be my friend
-being my friend
kira2 maksudnya sama ga mr. swara 2kalimat diatas
Swara Bhaskara
December 28, 2010
Hi Andres,
1. Be my friend!
2. To be my friend + verb + …
3. Being my friend + verb + …
Kalimat 1 adalah kalimat perintah (ajakan) untuk menjadi my friend.
Dengan menggunakan pola 2, kita bisa punya kalimat sebagai berikut:
To be my friend is fun.
To be my friend will cost you a lot of money.
Digunakan infinitive TO BE, karena yang diajak bicara belum menjadi my friend.
Sebaliknya, kalau yang diajak bicara sudah menjadi my friend, maka lebih baik digunakan bentuk gerund (pola ketiga),
Being my friend is fun, isn’t it?
Being my friend has cost you a lot of money, hasn’t it?
moonwhite_16
January 10, 2011
sir phrase ini artiny ap ya => “what a pain in the but”
kenapa “but”nya ditaruh di belakang?
tolong penjelasannya ya..
Swara Bhaskara
January 10, 2011
Di expresi ini, yang benar adalah BUTT = BUTTOCK (= pantat), bukan BUT (= tetapi).
What a pain in the butt (begitu menyebalkan).
jafarmadina
January 21, 2011
apa perbedaan optional dengan choose?
thanks
Swara Bhaskara
January 22, 2011
OPTIONAL (tidak wajib, bisa dipilih tergantung someone’s preference) adalah adjective, sedangkan CHOOSE (memilih) adalah verb.
1. OPTIONAL
I have received the pictures that you sent me.
In this sentence, the relative pronoun that is optional. The sentence is also correct if you prefer to omit the that.
I have received the pictures you sent me.
2. CHOOSE
In our life, we sometimes have difficult choices. I mean it is sometimes hard to choose one choice over the others.
zee
January 26, 2011
apa smua tenses bza d ubah jd passive voice…??
I ever studied at one of English course in my campus, and my teacher said “not all of tenses can be changed to passive voice”.
tp, ad jga yg blang smua bz di ubah k bentuk passive. yang mna sihh yg benar…???
Swara Bhaskara
January 27, 2011
Hi Zee,
Yup, semua tensis dapat diubah dari kalimat aktif ke kalimat pasif. Silakan cek di Active and Passive voices.
Mungkin Zee salah denger yang dibilang dosen. Yang dimaksudkan beliau adalah tidak semua kalimat bisa dirubah ke dalam kalimat pasif. Hal ini ditemukan pada kalimat-kalimat intransitif (kalimat tanpa object kalimat), seperti:
The sun rises in the east.
I am hungry.
zee
January 28, 2011
ohh..
iyaa…
maybe, I misheard when my lecturer taught me.
thx mr. SB.
^_^
bangjoy1
July 14, 2011
hallo i’m joy, nice to meet you, sir.
i have question:
1. apakah pola passive voice sama dengan pola tensis non verbal?
2. adakah contoh keterangan waktu yang menyatakan present perfect continous tense. coz saya liat contoh diatas, keterangan waktunya sama dengan present perfect tense “For 3 hour”
Thanks b4 for your answer.
Swara Bhaskara
July 15, 2011
Hi Bangjoy1,
1. Please compare what you get in Active and Passive Voices to the following sentences.
a. Bang Toyib is rich.
b. Andi were really sad lat night.
c. I will be at home tonight etc.
The three sentences don’t use a verb3 (past participle), do they?
2. More examples of modifier of time for both can be found in the present perfect tense and present perfect continuous tense, respectively.
bangjoy1
July 16, 2011
oic
thanks sir
agnie
September 22, 2011
bagaimana penggunana kata ’either’ ‘neither’ dan ‘nor’
igor castro
September 22, 2011
about usage of either and neither, check it out this link http://swarabhaskara.com/parts-of-speech/either-and-neither/
bintang75
September 26, 2011
salam mr. bs…..
saya bener-bener terbantu dengan adanya web ini.
thx u so much for this web.
Swara Bhaskara
September 28, 2011
Really glad to hear that. And as usual, please let us know if you find any mistake.