Another Memorable day
It was around 8 p.m.
I was sitting in front of my computer when my daughter suddenly closed my eyes from behind.
- Me : What are you doing, honey?
- My daughter : Please stay still, dad!
- Me : But what are you doing?
She didn’t answer my question. She was busy wrapping my head with a shawl.
Everything then looked dark because my eyes were completely covered. So, when she slowly ushered me to the family room, I could barely walk. It took us forever to move from the computer room to the living room.
After having sat on the couch, my daughter unleashed the shawl from my head. The room was dark. The light was intentionally turned off. In the dark, I saw my wife sitting in front of me. She was smiling and looking at me when she lit the candles.
What a surprise. Yup, they were all for my birthday. Frankly, I was deeply touched. It was another memorable moment in my life. Thanks guys for the attention you showed me. I love you all.
Vocabs:
- stay still = diam, jangan bergerak
- wrap = membungkus
- shawl = selendang
- be covered = tertutup
- usher = menuntun/memandu
- can barely = hampir tidak bisa
- forever = lama sekali (sebuah kiasan hiperbolik).
- unleashe = melepaskan ikatan
- be turned off = dimatikan/dipadamkan
Kesimpulan
Jika aktivitas/kejadian telah dilakukan/terjadi dan berakhir in the past, gunakanlah simple past tense. Sedangkan, jika aktivitas tersebut sedang in action/in progress pada waktu yang sangat spesifik in the past, gunakanlah past continuous tense.
24 comments
evioren
June 6, 2011
sir,,could you help me please
i hope you can
thanks before My Sir
1. jupiter’s four moons. . . . .through a telescope by galileo.
a. were being first viewed
b. first viewed
c. had been first viewed
d. were first viewed
e. first being viewed
2. the increase in the sales of new cars. . . . .not expected to make traffic jams worse.
a. be
b. being
c. is
d. are
e. to be
3. we are going on a long trip, so we must. . . . .
a. to have the car checked
b. have had the car checked
c. have checked the car
d. have the car checked
d. had the car checked
After michael falled the first math test, he though he…..the course.
a. Will
b. Is going to
c. Falled
d. Was going to
thank you Sir
budi 1017
June 6, 2011
i`ll try to answer this ..
i`m not speak english very well, so i wil speak in indonesia
1. menurut sya no.1 itu menggunakan tenses past yg pasif krn itu menyatakan hal yg telah terjadi. so, buang e dan b karena.
tnggal opsi a,c,d
Klo yg a merupakan past continous maka arti kalimatnya menjadi : 4 satelit jupiter sedang di tinjau melalui sebuah teleskop oleh galileo
klo yg c maka artinya : 4 satelit jupiter sudah di tinjau melalu sebuah teleskop oleh galileo
klo yg d maka artinya: 4 satelit jupiter itu di tinjau melalui sebuah teleskop oleh galileo
mana yg lebih enak di artikan ?. yg D bukan ?
2. noun 1 + preposisi + noun 2 maka verb harus mengikuti noun 1
klo di artikan : kenaikan dalam penjualan terhadap mobil-mobil baru itu tidak di harapkan membuat lalu lintas menjadi lebih buruk
dalam kalimat ini subjek yg di tekankan adalah kenaikan bukan mobil-mobil baru , karena kenaikan itu merupakan uncountable noun maka harus memakai singular verb maka jawabannya yg IS
3. ini merupakan kalimat causative, maka setelah modal itu harus bare infinitive..dan karena objectnya itu thing maka kalimat dalam bntuk pasif dimana verbnya harus berbentuk past participle. maka jawabannya itu antara B dan D
klo yg B maka arti kalimat : kami akan pergi dalam perjalanan yg panjang, jadi kita pasti sudah menyuruh (someone) untuk memeriksa mobil
klo yg D maka artinya : kami akan pergi dalam perjalanan yg panjang, jadi, kita menyuruh (someone) untuk memeriksa mobil
ingat juga bahwa S + tobe + Ving itu bisa menjadi present continous atau future continous
tapi saya cenderung memaksudkan ini menjadi tenses future karena klo ini present maka tidak ada modal di clause yg k-2 dan langsung memakai causative verb yg berbntuk past participle (had) karena sudah kejadian masa lampau ,
maka jawaban saya itu yang D
4. menurut saya ini salah soal karena di lihat dari option saja seperti will, was going to, is going to, maka semua option tadi memerlukan sebuah verb sedangkan di soal tidak ada verb, satu lagi kata though (meskipun) bukan itu conjuntion ya ?. bukannya itu di letakan setelah koma bukan setelah subject
semoga membantu
Swara Bhaskara
June 7, 2011
Hi Evioren and Budi,
Both of your comment have been moved to Contoh Soal: Tensis & aspek In English. Let’s continue our discussion in the provided link, shall we?
Devi
July 5, 2011
i tried to make a simple story used ‘Simple Past Tense and Past Continous’ i need your correct sir
My father was washing his old car when i arrived at home.He was surprised when looked so many different on me. i leaved my village, when i was graduated from Senior High School and then i continued my study in Jakarta.
Suddenly, my younger brother exit form his bedroon and hugged me tightly. i was so happy, met all my family in last lebaran day.
Swara Bhaskara
July 5, 2011
Great. There’re only some small suggestions:
My father was washing his old car when I arrived at home. He was surprised when he noticed (that) I looked very different. I left my village to continue my study in Jakarta when I graduated from Senior High School.
Suddenly, my younger brother exited his bedroom and hugged me tightly. I was so happy to meet all my family on the last Lebaran day.
richmom
August 28, 2011
Hi Devi,
I am passing by for leaving a suggestion about the letter “i”.
As far as I know, the letter ” i ” when used to describe ones self is always written as a capital irrespective of whether its in the middle of the sentence or not.
eg. “I will go home.” or “Can I come?”
Any comment Sir??
Swara Bhaskara
August 28, 2011
Yes, you’re absolutely correct that the subject pronoun “I” should always be in a capital letter. I think this kind of mistakes is due to a bad habit, laziness.
Devi
July 5, 2011
Thank you sir.. but, i want to try to make a story again in order to improve my writing.
Accidentally, i met my exboyfriend at Book Fair yesterday. I was surprised when noticed (that) he looked vey different.
He came with his new girlfriend and i felt a little jealous, cause i just came with myself, after i had worked.
So, after short conversation, i left him to continue looking for the best book that i need.
Swara Bhaskara
July 5, 2011
SUGGESTION:
Accidentally, I met my ex-boyfriend at Book Fair yesterday. I was surprised when I noticed (that) he looked very different.
He came with his new girlfriend and I felt a little jealous because I just came by myself after I had finished my work.
So, after a short conversation, I left him to continue looking for the best book that I needed.
dayat
July 5, 2011
It was around 8 p.m.
I was sitting in front of my computer when my daughter suddenly closed my eyes from behind.
* Me : What are you doing, honey?
* My daughter : Please stay still, dad!
* Me : But what are you doing?
bukankah ini adalah cerita dalam bentuk past? tapi kenapa dalam dialognya menggunakan bentuk present progrsiv tense? bukankah seharusnya:
Me : What was you doing, honey? dan seterusnya
Tolong penjelasannya
Swara Bhaskara
July 5, 2011
Hi Dayat,
Kalimat-kalimat dalam dialog tersebut adalah kalimat langsung (direct speech) yang kebetulan dinyatakan dalam present continuous tense dan simple present tense.
dayat
July 6, 2011
Thank you Sir.
Sesty Arum
July 18, 2011
Saya hanya ingin mengoreksi prtanyaan Dayat sdikit. May I?
What was you doing, honey? apa tidak seharusnya “What was you did” atau “What did you do?”
Am i right? Just for sure
dayat
July 18, 2011
i think that’s right. thank you very much.
Swara Bhaskara
July 18, 2011
Which one is right, Dayat?
dayat
July 18, 2011
you are sir (derect speech). saya mencoba memahami dalam konteks lain
example: what was you do when i was sitting in front my computer yesterday? i don’t know it’s true or not. please explain me again.
jangan bosan ya pak ngajarin kami
Swara Bhaskara
August 29, 2011
should be :
Now, let’s get back to the dialogue above. Those direct speech sentences can be converted to indirect speech ones, for instance, as follows,
FitriKumbang
July 25, 2011
English is so difficult.. i’m not understand about grammar n tenses.. what can I do Sir?
Swara Bhaskara
July 26, 2011
Hi Fitri,
Would you like to tell us what confuses you the most? I’m afraid we’re not able to provide you any useful tip unless you do so. But, from your writing, it seems to me that what you said it’s not entirely true. You only made a tiny mistake in the second sentence. By omitting the be am and replacing it with do, your sentence would be perfect.
I do not understand about (the English) grammar and tenses.
Eko
August 3, 2011
Hi,Sir..
i just read this article. Wow, that’s kewl & romantic. once, after i finished reading your article,the only thing in my mind was : English is beautiful,especially yours,Sir.You actually use the right words for each sentences, like : lit the candles and others.
Once more, u always answer every question with different methods,so it also answers the other question indirectly.Hmm..i like your style,Sir..
richmom
August 28, 2011
I was inspired by reading your article Sir.
What an awesome family you have.
May God bless your family
Swara Bhaskara
August 28, 2011
Thank you.
richmom
August 29, 2011
Morning Sir, I want to practice using simple past tense and past continuous tense, as follow:
Yesterday was my first day on Swara Bhaskara’s English. I found this blog by searching on google.com. After registered, I logged in to this blog and chatted to the author of this blog, Mr. Swara Bhaskara. Part of our lines as follows:
Me: Sir could you please help me, from where I can start to learn English on this blog?
while I was asking this question, my net connection was getting slow, it took me forever to get an answer from him, finally he replied me:
Swara Bhaskara: You can start from this link.
Then I asked permission from him for jumping to the link, it was a Practice Test 1: Where To Start.
There was a story on Swara Bhaskara’s English.
Sir/friends, I am looking the feedback on my practice by using simple past tense and past continuous tense. Thanks in advance.
Swara Bhaskara
August 29, 2011
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