PARTS OF SPEECH
Dalam menulis, anda harus bisa menggunakan bentuk kelas kata yang tepat sesuai dengan arti yang anda
inginkan.
Examples:
Aloe Vera melembutkan kulit. (Aloe Vera softly / softens the skin.)
Beberapa permainan bergantung pada kemampuan dan latihan sementara yang lainnya melibatkan
keberuntungan. (Some games rely on skill and practice while others primarily involve lucky / luck.)
Orang pintar berkontribusi lebih banyak daripada orang bodoh. (Smart people contribution / contribute
more than stupid people.)
Selain harus sesuai dengan makna yang diinginkan, kata yang anda gunakan juga harus sesuai dengan aturan
grammar dalam bahasa Inggris. Berikut ini adalah aturan grammar yang terkait dengan kelas kata.
Article (a, an, the) atau possessive adjective (my, your, their, his, her, our, its) harus diikuti oleh Noun.
**** Diantara article & noun boleh disipkan adjective
He dedicated his life to work for the improve of the quality of education in his country.
Karena terdiri atas banyak suku yang berbeda, konflik antar kelompok suku sering terjadi di Indonesia.
(Because of consist of many different ethnics, conflict among ethnic groups often takes place
in Indonesia.)
Semua orang tua seharusnya menyadari pentingnya memberikan cukup perhatian kepada anak.
(All parents should be aware of the important of give enough attention to children.)
Ketahui kapan harus pakai adjective dan kapan harus pakai adverb. Jangan tertukar-tukar. Untuk bisa
menentukan dengan tepat apakah anda harus memakai adjective atau adverb, ada beberapa hal yang
harus anda pertimbangkan.
Seorang sopir yang hati-hati (hati-hati di sini adalah adjective karena menjelaskan noun)
(A careful driver)
Dia menyetir mobilnya dengan hati-hati. (dengan hati-hati dalam kalimat ini adalah adverb karena
menjelaskan cara dia menyetir)
(He drives his car carefully.)
2. It is impossible that children can learn diligent if they do not like what they study.
4. Advertisement has some harmfully effects although it sometimes has positive effects.
5. Seekor anjing seharusnya dicek secara teratur oleh dokter hewan untuk memastikan
bahwa ia sehat. A dog should be checked regular by a veterinarian to ensure that it is
healthy.
6. Tubuh manusia membutuhkan nutrisi tertentu untuk tetap sehat. The human body
needs certainly nutrients to stay healthy.
Bedakan antara complex conjunction dan preposition. Complex conjunction diikuti S V, preposition diikuti
keluarga N atau V-ing.
e.g. The president is loved by his people because has done many things for them.
Compound conjunction bisa menghubungkan S dengan S, V dengan V, O dengan O, ataupun adv dengan
adv, yang penting kelas katanya sama. Perhatikan contoh-contoh berikut:
Both Romeo and Juliet came from rich family. I will invite you or your brother.
Not only Romeo but also Juliet came from rich family. I will invite either you or your brother.
Romeo and Juliet came from rich family.
NOTE:
Perbedaan neither……… nor……… dengan ……… nor………
Neither……… nor……… strukturnya selalu positif tapi maknanya negatif. Nor memiliki makna yang sama
dengan neither……… nor……… tapi strukturnya berbeda. Verb yang jatuh sebelum nor negatif sementara
verb yang jatuh setelah nor positif.
1. Before ……… of the clock, people had to rely on the celestial bodies to tell time.
a. the invent c. invented
b. the invention d. the inventor
2. Peach trees grow ……… in a variety of soil types but do best in sandy loam.
a. well c. very good
b. good d. goodly
3. The pressure is ……… to prompt students to learn.
a. usefulness c. useful
b. Usefully d. use
4. Goats bring ……… to natural vegetation and are often responsible for soil erosion.
a. extreme destruction c. extremely destruction
b. extreme destruct d. extremely destruct
5. Wild plants have considerable ……… to early settlers and are still used as medicine and food.
a. important c. importer
b. importantly d. importance
6. One important branch of Linguistics is Semantics which ……… the meaning of words.
a. analysis c. analyzing
b. analyzes d. analyzed
7. Luther Gulick was a teacher and physician who spent most of his ……… promoting ……… fitness.
a. live – physical c. life – physical
b. life – physically d. live – physical
8. Farm animals have been regarded by nearly all societies as valuable economic ………
a. resource c. resourcefully
b. resourceful d. the resource
9. At birth, an infant ……… number of motor responses.
a. exhibits a remarkably c. exhibition a remarkable
b. exhibit a remarkable d. exhibits a remarkable
10. Most of young bird species ……… on parental care after hatching.
a. totally dependence c. depend total
b. depend totally d. total dependence
Name : …………………………………………