Tuesday, October 28, 2008

English Subject Question

Subject Question is the question about Subject. This belongs to Wh question. The pattern of English Subject question has specific form compared to other Wh questions (Non Subject questions).

Look at the example below:

1. Who gives you money every month? (subject Question)
2. Who visited you in hospital yesterday? (Subject Question)
3. Who is singing in the bath room? (subject question)
4. What makes you sad?

All the example above ask the subject of the sentence. The following sentences are the answers of the questions above. The bold words are the answers.

1. My father gives me money every month.
2. My friend visited me me in hospital yesterday.
3. Sally is singing in the bath room.
4. The letter makes me sad.

Friday, October 17, 2008

Boring and Bored

Boring and bored are adjectives derived from the verb bore. Indonesian learners learning English often misuse these two adjectives. They often make the wrong sentence I am boring instead of I am bored. In Indonesian language boring means membosankan, and bored is bosan.

Looka ta the examples below:

1. The students are bored with the situation.
2. The situation is boring


3. My sister is bored with her job.
4. Her job is boring.



Monday, October 6, 2008

Superlative Degree

Superlative degree is used to express the comparison of three items or more. When we compare two items, comparative degree is used. Look at the examples below.

- Tom is tall but John is taller than Tom, and Robert is the tallest.
- I have three cars, Toyota, Chevrolet, and Honda, and I like Honda the best.
- she took English, mathematics, and history last semester and the English score is the best.