English Exercises

Everybody has a special day. How do you use an article an/a for it? Oke. There is a Mother's Day and Christmas. Both are special days. But the differences between Mother's Day and Christmas  is a word "day". We use "on" for the special day uses a word day such as Mother's Day , Teacher's Day,  Valentine Day  etc. We us "at" for the special day without a word "day" such as Christmas, Idul Fitri, Idul Adha, Isa Almasih etc. Extra English Talking about time, of course there is minute, hour, o'clock. How do you say this time: 11:13 and 15:20 Oke. First   Thirteen minutes past eleven Second Twenty past three/fifteen  Do you see the differences between the two sentences? You are right, first sentence uses a word minutes and the Second does not use a word minute Remember: the use minutes are 1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9 the minutes 5,10,15,20,25,30,35,40,45,50,45 does not use a word minute. Thanks

Penggunaan Some dan Any   adalah untuk plural/banyak Some uses for positive sentence (+) Any uses for negative and question sentences (-) (?) Example:  I have some books Students have some pencils She has some friends I don't have any books Students don't have any pencils She doesn't have any friends Do you have any books? Do the students have any pencils? Does she have any friends? Exercise: Use some or any to complete these senteces 1. The are . . . . . lamps here 2. Do you have . . . . . curtains? 3. There aren't  . . . . . boys here 4. She doesn't have . . . . . chairs in her room 5. There are . . . . . papers on the bed 6. Does she have . . . . . CDs? 7. There aren't . . . . . plants in his house 8. You don't have . . . . .  windows in the room 9. Do you have . . . . . beds in you bedroom? 10. Do you have . . . . . cars? Thanks you

The pronoun of "have" is I, You, We, They The pronoun of "has" is He, She, It Example  I have a pen She has an apple Negative sentences become: I don't have a pen She doesn't have an apple Interrogative sentences become: Do I have a pen? Does she have an apple? Exercise: Translate these sentences into English - Kami memiliki dua ekor kucing - Kami tidak memiliki hewan peliharaan - Apakah kamu memiliki pekerjaan rumah malam ini - Apakah kamu kakak Andini? - Andini tidak memiliki saudara laki-laki - Anton tidak memiliki nomor handphone Extra understanding Word "any" uses for plural form. Example: I don't have any books She doesn't have any friends Does he have any histories? Thanks 

What is present continuous? What is to be going to? Present Continuous tense is: Positive:  S + to be + Verb 1 + Ing  Example: I am studying English language We are cleaning the car She is writing a letter Saya sedang belajar bahasa Inggris Kita sedang membersihkan mobil Dia (pr) sedang menulis surat Negative: S + to be + no + Verb 1 + Ing Example: I am not studying English language We are not cleaning the car She is not writing a letter Saya tidak sedang belajar bahasa Inggris Kita tidak sedang membersihkan mobil Dia (pr) tidak sedang menulis surat Interrogative:  to be + S + verb 1 + Ing Example: Am I studying English? Are we cleaning the car? Is she writing a letter? Apakah saya sedang belajar bahasa inggris? Apakah kita sedang membersihkan mobil? Apakah dia (pr) sedang menulis surat? The present continuous expresses the activity happening at the moment or the activity is happening at that time. Present continuous digunakan untuk...

Mana yang lebih tepat antara Two times  atau twice ? Jawabannya adalah twice karena twice lebih tepat digunakan dari pada two times berdasarkan pengartian berikut ini: It's good writing advice, but violating it isn't "wrong" it's just less elegant.  Twice  is more used than  two times  as shown in Ngram, but they can be both used according to the context. Replacing " two times " with " twice " is natural and recommended; replacing "three  times " with "thrice" is weird and archaic. cited from:  https://www.google.co.id/search?q=two+times+vs+twice&oq=two+times+vs&aqs=chrome.0.0j69i57j0l4.6643j0j1&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8  Arti dari twice adalah dua kali dan two times   juga memiliki arti dua kali. Thank you

Apa sajakah Question Words  itu? Question Words   itu adalah: What (apa) When (kapan) Where (dimana) Who (siapa) Why (kenapa) dan How (bagaimana) Contoh kalimatnya: What is you favourite food? Apa makanan kesukaan mu? When do you come to school? Kapan kamu datang ke sekolah? Where do you live? Dimana kamu tinggal? Who is your name? Siapa nama mu? Why do you love her? Kenapa kamu mencintainya (pr)? How do I love you? Bagaimana aku mencintai mu? Exercise: complete the sentence with question words 1.  ........ is you hobby? 2.  ........ did you call the police? 3.  ........ is your room? 4.  ........ was your boyfriend? 5.  ........ does she choose him? 6.  ........ do you get there? The answers 1. what 2. when 3. where 4. who 5. why 6. how

Past Simple adalah kalimat-kalimat masa lampau. Bagaimana kalimat Simple Past dalam bentuk pertanyaan? Rumusnya adalah Did + Subject + verb 1 + object/complement Example: Did I go to school yesterday?, Did you love her?, Did they came to class last semester?  Did we go to Lake Toba? etc. Cara mudah memahami kalimat pertanyaan Simple Past   adalah dengan membuat kalimat present yang menggunakan verb. Contohnya: I go to market   menjadi Did I go to market?                    You like swimming menjadi Did you like swimming?                    We love the chef menjadi Did We love the chef? Bisa di pahami? Untuk lebih meningkatkan pemahaman, kerjakanlah latihan berikut ini; mengubah kalimat aktif dan pasif kedalam bentuk kalimat tanya. 1. I watched TV last night 2. I didn't like this food 3. We didn't eat the noodle last week 4. They played baseball...