Saturday, February 16, 2008

- Online English Courses: Past Continuous/Progressive Tense

The topic in this online English Course is Past Continuous/Progressive Tense:

Past continuous/progressive tense is used:
(Past Continuous/Progressive tense digunakan:)

1. to express something happening at the certain time in the past.

(1. untuk menyatakan sesuatu yang sedang berlangsung/yang sedang terjadi pada saat tertentu di waktu yang lampau. Saat tertentu ditunjukkan dengan keterangan waktu seperti at this time, at seven o'clock dan lain-lain, yang digabung dengan keterangan waktu lampau seperti yesterday, last week, two days ago dll. sehingga keterangan waktu menjadi at this time yesterday, at eight o'clock last night, dll.)

Examples:
Contoh:

- I was watching TV at nine o'clock last night
- At this time yesterday I was doing my homework.


2. to express that something happened in the middle of something else in the past. In this case, past continuous and the simple past tense are used together.

(2. untuk menyatakan bahwa sesuatu sedang berlangsung/sedang terjadi saat kegiatan lain terjadi pada saat yang lampau. Dala hal ini past continuous digunakan bersama-sama dengan past tense. Sesuatu yang berlangsung lebih lama menggunakan past contiuous tense, sedang sesuatu yang terjadi berikutnya menggunakan past tense)

Examples:
(Contoh:)

- I was watching TV when my friend came to my house.
(Saya sedang nonton TV ketika temanku datang ke rumahku)

- Fatimah burnt her hand when she was cooking the breakfast.
(Fatimah terbakar tangannya ketika dia sedang masak untuk makan pagi)

- It was raining when I got up.
(Hujan sedang turun ketika saya bangun)

- While she was working in the garden, she hurt her leg.
(Ketika dia sedang bekerja di kebun, kakinya terluka)

- When Tom arrived, we were having dinner.
(Ketika Tom tiba, kami sedang makan malam.)

Thursday, February 14, 2008

Online English Courses: Irregular Verb 4 (see Irregular Verb 1,2,3 in blog archive)

V1.................V2...................V3.....................Meaning/Arti

say................said..................said...................berkata
see................saw..................seen...................melihat
seek...............sought..............sought.................mencari
sell................sold..................sold....................menjual
send..............sent..................sent...................mengirim
set................set...................set.....................menyusun/mengatur
sew...............sewed................sewn...................menjahit
shake.............shook................shaken.................menggocang/berjabat
shine.............shone.................shone..................bersinar
shoot.............shot...................shot...................menembak
show..............showed...............shown.................menunjukkan
shut...............shut..................shut...................menutup
sing...............sang..................sung...................menyanyi
sink...............sank..................sunk..................tenggelam
sit.................sat....................sat....................duduk
sleep..............slept..................slept..................tidur
smell..............smelt.................smelt..................membau/berbau
speak.............spoke.................spoken................berbicara
spell..............spelt...................spelt..................mengeja
spoil..............spoilt..................spoilt.................merusak
spread............spread................spread................menyebarkan, membentang
spring.............sprang................sprung................mencuat
stand.............stood..................stood..................berdiri
steal..............stole..................stolen.................mencuri
stick..............stuck.................stuck..................melekat
strike.............stroke................struck.................memukul
strive.............strove................striven................berusaha/bekerja keras
swear.............swore.................sworn.................bersumpah
sweep............swept.................swept..................menyapu
swim.............swam..................swum..................berenang
take..............took...................taken..................mengambil
teach.............taught.................taught................mengajar
tear...............tore...................torn....................menyobek
tell................told....................told....................bercerita
think..............thought...............thought................berpikir
understand.......understood...........understood............mengerti
wake..............woke/waked.........woke/waked..........membangunkan
wear...............wore..................worn...................memakai
weave.............wove..................woven.................memintal
win.................won...................won....................menang
wind...............wound................wound..................memutar
withdraw..........withdrew.............withdrawn.............menarik kembali
write..............wrote..................written................menulis

Saturday, February 2, 2008

- Online English Course: - Irregular Verb 3 (see also irregular verb 1,2, 4 in bolg archive)

V1...............V2.....................V3....................Meaning/Arti

keep............kept...................kept.................menyimpan
know............knew..................known...............mengetahui/tahu
lie...............lay.....................lain..................berbaring, terletak
lay...............laid....................laid..................meletakkan
lead.............led.....................led...................memimpin, menuju
lean.............leant..................leant.................condong, miring
learn............learnt/learned.......learnt................belajar
leave............left....................left..................meninggalkan/berangkat
lend.............lent....................lent..................meminjami/kan
let...............let.....................let...................membiarakan
light.............lit/lighted............lit....................menyalakan
loose............lost....................lost..................hilang
make...........made..................made................membuat
mean...........meant.................meant...............berarti/maksud
meet............met...................met..................bertemu
mow............mowed................mown................memotong rumput
overcome......overcame.............overcome...........mengatasi
pay..............paid...................paid..................membayar
put..............put....................put...................meletakkan
read.............read..................read..................membaca
ride.............rode...................ridden................naik/menaiki
rise.............rose...................risen..................terbit/muncul
ring.............rang...................rung..................berdering/menelpon
run..............ran....................run....................berlari