Action verbs adalah kata kerja yang merujuk pada tindakan /aksi dan bisa terlihat oleh
orang lain.
Contoh:
I swim with my nieces (Saya berenang bersama para keponakan).
We run this morning (Kami berlari pagi ini).
They are talking about the new math teacher (Mereka membicarakan tentang guru
matematika yang baru).
I sing to Adele’s “Easy on Me” (Saya bernyanyi lagu “Easy on Me”-nya Adele).
You work at home today (Kamu bekerja di rumah hari ini).
STATIVE VERBS
HELPING VERBS (AUXILIARY VERBS)
auxiliary verb is a verb that is used together with the main verb of the sentence
to express the action.
“I am tall."
-The helping verb is used together with an additional main verb to express the
action:
auxiliary atau kata kerja bantu biasanya ditambahkan ke kata kerja lain untuk mengubah
makna kalimat yang berbeda sesuai dengan tujuan dan suasananya.
Be (Is, am, are, was, were, been, being)
Do, does, did
Have, has, had
Contoh:
I am walking on the road (Present continuous tense),
I was walking on the road (Past continuous tense).
Do you need help? Does she need help? (Simple present tense),
Did you need help?
They have done the homework,
he has done the homework (Present perfect tense).
You had done the homework (Past perfect tense).
Mira and Andi have been together for 5 years, he has been working in the company
since 2010 (Present perfect continuous).
I am a singer." (AM connects the subject I with the noun SINGER.)
She became angry." (BECAME connects the subject SHE with the adjective
ANGRY.)
Amy turned red." (TURNED connects the subject AMY with the adjective RED.)
We have eaten." (HAVE is the helping verb, and EATEN is the main verb. They
are used together to express the action.)
They are working." (ARE is the helping verb, and WORKING is the main verb.
They are used together to express the action.)
She has been studying all morning." (HAS and BEEN are the helping verbs, and
STUDYING is the main verb. They are used together to express the action.)
You will win." (WILL is the helping verb, and WIN is the main verb. They are used
together to express the action.)
MODAL VERBS
Modal verbs diketahui sebagai turunan dari auxiliary verbs. Akan tetapi, modal verbs adalah
kata kerja yang berfungsi untuk menunjukkan kemampuan, kemungkinan, atau kebutuhan
dalam sebuah kalimat. Berikut adalah modal verbs yang harus kamu ketahui:
Can, could, May, might, Will, would, Shall, should, Have to, had to, ought to, Must
contohnya:
We can cook Italian food (Kami bisa memasak makanan Italia).
She may drive from Jakarta to Bandung by herself
I have to go,
I must go
The pilot will conduct the flight on Sunday afternoon
Noun phrase atau frasa kata benda adalah frasa yang terdiri dari dua kata atau lebih yang
dikepalai oleh noun (kata benda) dan kata yang memodifikasinya.
Kata yang memodifikasi ini bisa berupa articles (a, an, the), possessive pronouns (my, your,
her, his, dll), demonstrative pronoun (that, this, these, those), adjective (kata sifat)
Noun + noun
newspaper, school bag, pizza box, dan air conditioner.
The bohemian house was brightly decorated for the holidays
Noun + of + noun
city of angels, age of empire, dan book of secrets.
Determiner + adverb + adjective + noun
extremely dangerous sport, a totally gorgeous boy, a really nice car
I want a cute puppy for Christmas