Kalimat-kalimat berikut telah mengikuti pola S-V-O-M dengan benar, tapi kenapa masih banyak salahnya ya? Let’s take a look !
As usual, my
heart went wild as our eyes blend. I’ve had that feeling for more than a year but I’ve never had a gut to tell her. That evening, however, I decided not to let the moment just pass by. After taking a deep breath, I let my hands reach hers, then, as fluently as I could, I told her how much she means to me. I saw her face blushing before she perfectly hide it from me by looking down to the sand on her feet. She said nothing. She keeps looking down motionlessly. “Do I have a place somewhere in your heart?”, I said to break the silence. When she slowly raised her head, there is a bead of tear hanging on her eyelid. In confusion, I reached and hug her tightly. I felt a warm crystal perching then melts on my right shoulder. “Why do I have to wait for so long?” Her whisper was almost unheard but more than enough to make my confusion fade away.
*Seperti biasa, jantungku berdetak kencang ketika tatapan kami menyatu. Rasa itu sudah ada selama lebih dari setahun tapi aku tak pernah punya nyali untuk mengungkapkannya kepadanya. Namun, senja itu, kuputuskan untuk tidak membiarkan momen itu berlalu begitu saja. Setelah mengambil nafas dalam, kubiarkan tanganku menggapai tangannya, kemudian selancar yang aku bisa, aku katakan padanya betapa dia begitu berarti bagiku. Kulihat wajahnya merona sebelum dia dengan sempurna menyembunyikannya dariku dengan menundukkan kepalanya pada pasir-pasir di kakinya. Dia tidak berkata apa-apa. Dia terus menunduk diam. “Apakah aku punya tempat di hatimu?”, kataku untuk memecah keheningan. Ketika dia perlahan mengangkat wajahnya, ada sebutir air mata menggantung di kelopak matanya. Dalam kebingungan, kuraih dan kupeluk dia dengan erat. Kurasakan setetes kristal hangat hinggap dan mencair di pundak kananku. “Kenapa aku harus menunggu begitu lama?” Bisikannya hampir tak terdengar tapi lebih dari cukup untuk membuat kebingunganku memudar.
21 comments
christ
June 5, 2011
Blended, I had had (past perfect?), I had never had (past perfect?), meant, kept, was, hugged, melting. I’m not quite sure about my answers.
kiki doble Q
June 5, 2011
blend = blending
I’ve had that feeling = i’ve been that feeling
I’ve never had a gut to tell her = i had never a gut to tell her
means = means
hide = hide (v3) “sorry i dont know”
she keeps looking = she keeps on looking
there is = there was
hug = hugged
melts= melting
christ
June 5, 2011
Oppps…yup hide=hid or hidden?
iqbal
June 5, 2011
blended,I had had, I had nver had, mean, hidden,kept,, hugged, melt
hihi… agak telat sehhh …
igor castro
June 6, 2011
blend = blended
i’ve had = i had had
I’ve never had = i had never had
means = meant
hide = hid
keeps = kept
is = was
hug = hugged
melts = melted
igor castro
June 6, 2011
ada sedikit koreksi
melts = melting —–> karena perch = perching
David_willyams
June 6, 2011
blend = blended
i’ve had = i had had
i’ve never had = i had never had
means = means
hide = hid
keeps = kept
hug = hugged
melts = melted
correct my answer please,sir..!
bocah tua nakal
June 13, 2011
blend = blended
i’ve had = i had had
I’ve never had = i had never had
means = meant
hide = hid
keeps = kept
is = was
hug = hugged
melts = melting
ini hasil nyontek ama christ…..wkwkwkwk….
ahmadi
June 14, 2011
sir nice to see u again here,
how abotu this expression: “i’m feel that my english proficiency still so far away distance from the advance”
this isn’t right or not in gramatically and tanses rules
if it is not, why do? and how must it just.?
tanks a lot
Swara Bhaskara
June 14, 2011
HI Ahmadi,
A common sentence pattern is:
S + V + …
which is very similar to that of in Indonesian language. In other words, EVERY SENTENCE SHOULD HAVE A VERB (e.g. feel, go, kiss, love, like, etc). If a sentence doesn’t use a verb, we should use a BE to act as a verb.
NOTE: Here, I am not talking about verb phrases used in tenses other than the simple present and simple past tense.
I’m feel; FEEL is a verb, so the be AM is not needed.
that my English proficiency still so far away distance from the advance; This clause doesn’t use a verb so we need to use a be here.
far away = jauh, distance = jarak; far away in distance? Avoid this because it’s redundant!
I FEEL that my English proficiency IS still so far away from BEING ADVANCED.
Swara Bhaskara
June 14, 2011
By the way, what’s your suggestion for the errors in my post above?
ahmadi
June 14, 2011
that it’s the metter which have made me very very messy sir..for so long,i’ve never been can understand about “verb” in english sentence and “predicate” which always use in common grammatical sentence of indonesian language. i still have so strong stumbeling for that, of course because i’m the original indonesian people
and the next question is: “what is the diferences about ‘verb’ and ‘predicate’..?
some mistake..?i don’t think so sir, that just any typing error..
“ovoid” should be “avoid”, isn’t it…?
or, i was wrong..?
thank for everything
Swara Bhaskara
June 14, 2011
Sorry to say this, but I’m afraid you need to read this first.
And, thanks for spotting that (it has been corrected) although what I meant was error in The Sequence of Tenses
ahmadi
June 14, 2011
i was there by your link that where you posted the article about ‘predicate’ thanks sir, now i a little bit understand for that problem..
i hope i will be better next time
Swara Bhaskara
June 17, 2011
These are my suggestions for the underlined words.
1. blended
2. I had had
3. I had never had
4. meant
5. hid
6. kept
7. was
8. hugged
9. melting
igor castro
June 22, 2011
yes, my score is 100 hore…hore….sir, please, give us another test to hone our english….
igor castro
June 22, 2011
congrats ya sir, there’s google adsense in ur site now…..we’ll wait your treats…
Swara Bhaskara
June 23, 2011
I noticed that and I’m proud of you. I’m proud of everybody else who has posted his/her answers, too.
Regarding the ads, they’re not issued by the Google’s Adsense but by an Indonesia based one. I’m afraid I will not be able to treat you all if no one clicks and then reads what the ads are offering.
Sylvestery
September 13, 2011
I wanna to ask: please check
Are you remember me ?
that’s mistake! why?
and Do you remember me? it’s tru =present tense!
please explain!
Swara Bhaskara
September 13, 2011
Please see: Are you vs Do you!
Sylvestery
September 14, 2011
yes thank you.