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140 comments
Swara Bhaskara
July 10, 2009
Do you need explanations why an option is right but the others are wrong?
teguh yuliarto
July 23, 2009
Yes, I need explanation for the quiz above.
Swara Bhaskara
July 23, 2009
Thanks for the request, mas Teguh. I’ve included the explanations already. How many questions did you get right?
Swara Bhaskara
August 7, 2009
Practice test ini merupakan salah satu post terfavorite (paling sering direview)di blog ini. Unfortunately, kami belum nemukan plugin yang dapat membuat interaksi anda dengan kami menjadi lebih intense, yang pada gilirannya dapat membantu mempercepat peningkatan skill anda in English. For the time being, I hope you all did great on the test.
Jacka_shinoda
April 17, 2010
Thanks for test…aku sangat senang ikut berpartisipasi dalam test ini meskipun gagal,tapi aku kan mencoba tuk mencoba test berikutnya stelah saya belajar lebih giat,keep spirit!!!
Swara Bhaskara
April 17, 2010
Di sana senang, di sini pun senang.
What a great motivation. Keep on fire, Jacka_shinoda!
Jacka_shinoda
April 17, 2010
aku sangat senang ikut berpartisipasi dalam test ini meskipun gagal,tapi aku kan mencoba tuk mencoba test berikutnya stelah saya belajar lebih giat,keep spirit!!!
upee
August 24, 2009
hmmm…
I’m choose this,but in the result not it’s.whY??
Swara Bhaskara
September 9, 2009
Sorry for the very late response.
I am afraid I am not quite sure with your question. Would you please paraphrase the question!
Daniel Lintang
September 30, 2009
Salah 5, benar 5.
Lumayan sulit bagi pemula yang menyukai English seperti saya.
^_^
Menyenangkan…
Swara Bhaskara
September 30, 2009
Itu mungkin karena Daniel sudah lama tidak buka-buka (baca) pelajaran bahasa Inggris. Tapi, skorenya sudah lumayan kok, dan Practice test di blog ini semata-mata untuk merefresh memory anda, serta untuk mendeteksi di bagian mana harus dibenahi lagi. Sebuah metode santai tapi sangat membantu dalam meningkatkan English skill.
ARDHY
October 4, 2009
Wah,,ternyata latihannya lumayan mengecoh juga,,padahal kelihatan-nya gampang.. mohon pak swarabhaskara untuk meng-update soal2 latihan(practice), sehingga dapat meningkatkan skill kita dalam bhs inggris, dan saran: “Tiap Pokok Bahasan latihan-nya tentang pokok bahasan tersebut”, untuk selanjutnya saya tidak terkecoh lagi…
Swara Bhaskara
October 6, 2009
Adding more and more practice tests on this blog is one of my priorities in my to-do list. Thanks for reminding me.
novialdi chaidir
October 11, 2009
Dear Mr. Swara Bhaskara;
That’s a good practice test. I just doubt obout the placement of “S” in the sentence as questions number 6 and 9. Could you please explain to me how to put “s” in the right words.
Kind Regards,
novialdi
Swara Bhaskara
October 11, 2009
1. Pokok kalimat dari kalimat soal no.6 adalah:
Food tastes good.
Food (= makanan) dalam kalimat ini adalah singular subject, yang dapat diganti dengan subject pronoun “it“. Khusus untuk kalimat-kalimat dalam simple present tense, jika subject-nya singular, verb1 yang mengikutinya juga harus singular (verb1 + s atau verb1 + es). Dalam kalimat ini, taste berubah menjadi tastes. (Penggunaan -s atau -es dapat dibaca pada topik simple present tense).
Walaupun diberi artikel “the”, adjective clause “she cooks“, dan adverb of frequency “always“, singular verb tastes tidak berubah.
The food she cooks always tastes good.
Contoh lainnya:
The rose smells fragrant now. The rose (that) he gave me last night still smells fragrant now.
The song sounds great. The song (that) I am listening now sounds great.
Sebaliknya, jika subject dari kedua kalimat di atas dibuat plural, maka verb1 yang mengikutinya juga harus dalam bentuk plural (Verb1 tidak perlu diimbuhi -s atau -es).
The roses smell fragrant now. The roses (that) he gave me last night still smell fragrant now.
The songs sound great. The songs (that) I am listening now sound great.
2. -s atau -es tidak ditambahkan pada uncountable nouns (benda tidak dapat dihitung).
Kata-kata seperti: time, money, sugar, dst adalah uncountable noun, olehnya itu tidak perlu diimbuhi -s atau -es.
In order to improve your English, you need to allocate enough time to study English.
I don’t have enough money to buy food.
My wife didn’t put enough sugar in my coffee. It’s bitter.
Sebaliknya, pada countable noun, tambahkan -s atau -es agar noun tersebut menjadi plural (jamak). Kata-kata seperti book, word, pen, dst adalah countable nouns.
Do we need to have enough books to study English?
We cannot speak English well because we don’t have enough English words.
Yesterday I bought five pens but now I have only one pen left.
novialdi chaidir
October 12, 2009
Thanks for your kind explanations. Now I could understand about suffix “s” in the sentences.
Swara Bhaskara
October 12, 2009
My pleasure, Novialdi.
soenarso
October 12, 2009
Thanks Mr. Baskara for your blogs, I very interest in english but I dont know ” Best Method” for me (Age 39).
Swara Bhaskara
October 12, 2009
You’re welcome, Mr. Soenarso.
Your English is not bad at all. I can see it from the way you wrote. You have used the English patterns very well. There are only small mistakes in it.
Thanks Mr. Bhaskara for your blog. I am very interested in English but I don’t know the “best method” for me.
There are only some little mistakes, aren’t there? So, you only need to refresh and practice what you’ve got. Through every day practice, you will encounter or learn new English usages and your English skill will develop gradually. If you find this blog useful for you, you can practice your English with me using the Yahoo Messenger when I am online. Moreover, you can write your sentences in question in “Your Questions” category. I will try to correct your writing and give some suggestions if needed.
Age? Believe me! Age is not a limiting factor in studying English.
Alhidayat
October 29, 2009
Begini mas,saya ini masih pemula yang br mau mulai bljar bhs inggris,,jd saya mnta tips gmna cra atau hal apa yg hrs saya pelajari prtma kali..
Swara Bhaskara
October 29, 2009
WHAT TO STUDY FIRST
Hi Alhidayat! How are you? It’s nice to have you here.
Well, as a start refresh kembali pola ke-3 tensis yang paling sering digunakan, yaitu: simple present, simple past, dan simple future tense, khususnya dalam membedakan penggunaan pola:
“S + verb + (O + keterangan)” ,dan
“S + to be + adjective/noun”.
Gunakan atau praktekkan yang sudah direfresh tadi, apakah melalui SMS, atau chatting di FB atau YM, atau sharing di sini.
Dalam membuat contoh-contoh kalimat, gunakanlah kata-kata yang paling sering digunakan atau yang paling berkesan, kemudian cek apakah tulisannya sudah benar atau belum. Misalnya, benarkah kalau aku tulis begini:
Dan benarkah kalau aku tulis begini:
Untuk dapat menggunakan kedua pola ini, kita harus tahu apakah kata tertentu a verb, an adjective, a noun, dst. Ini tidak terlalu susah karena tipe-tipe kata ini juga ada dalam bahasa Indonesia. Kita sudah paham bahwa cantik, ganteng, pintar, kaya, miskin, dst adalah kata-kata sifat. Kita juga sudah paham bahwa ayah, ibu, dokter, guru, presiden, dst adalah kata benda (noun). Jika kalimatnya menggunakan kata sifat dan kata benda tadi, kita tinggal gunakan pola yang ke dua.
Nah, setelah ketiga tensis ini dikuasai, penggunaan pola dalam tensis-tensis lainnya akan sangat mudah dipahami.
Untuk sementara, ini dulu saran dari saya. Moga bisa membantu khususnya dalam menentukan apa yang mesti kita review lebih dahulu. Good luck and have fun with English.
Alhidayat
October 29, 2009
Untuk contoh yang mas berikan tadi seperti:
I love you dan I loved her
yang jadi pertnyaan saya apa sih perbedaan kata yang menggunakan love dan loved,mohon penjelasannya,,
Swara Bhaskara
October 29, 2009
I loved her adalah kalimat dalam pola simple past tense. Tensis ini digunakan untuk mengekspesikan fakta dan action yang terjadi in the past dan telah berakhir in the past (di waktu lampau). Jadi makna dari kalimat “I loved her” adalah DULU aku cinta dia tapi sekarang aku sudah tidak cinta dia lagi.
Honey, please don’t be jealous of her because I love you now and I will always love you forever.
Untuk lebih jelasnya, silakan review simple present tense, past tense, future tense.
Alhidayat
November 4, 2009
Selamat malam mas,yang manakah yang benar dalam kalimat berikut ini:
What happen ? atau
What happened ? Tolong beri sedikit saya pencerahan atas ke bingungan yang telah saya alami..
Swara Bhaskara
November 4, 2009
Selamat malam juga. How are you?
Untuk verb “happen”, jika digunakan dalam kalimat tanya, tidak pernah digunakan dalam simple present tense. Jika kita bertanya “Apa yang terjadi”, kejadian yang ditanyakan tersebut pasti sudah selesai dan terlewatkan sehingga timbul pertanyaan tersebut, bukan? Nah, karena sudah terjadi dan berakhir in the past, maka kalimatnya dinyatakan dengan simple past tense:
What happened?
Jawabannya mungkin saja:
Someone broke my window.
Somebody stole my money.
Ronny, Mr. Anu’s son, kicked our son. dst.
Jika kita bertanya “Apa yang telah terjadi?”, maka pertanyaannya:
What has happened?
Jika kita bertanya “Apa yang akan terjadi jika kita tidak pergi ke sekolah?”, maka kalimatnya:
What will happen if we don’t go to school?
Jika pada saat bertanya, kejadiannya masih berlangsung, kita akan bertanya “Apa yang sedang terjadi di sini?”, dan dalam bahasa Inggris menjadi:
What is happening here?
Kayaknya kalimat tanya dengan verb happen dapat digunakan pada semua tensis lainnya, KECUALI dalam simple present tense. Hal ini karena konteks kejadian yang ditanyakan tersebut tidak pas dengan simple present tense.
Pertanyaan berikutnya adalah: kenapa tidak digunakan kata bantu DID?
Pada topik How to adrress question telah disinggung bahwa jika yang ditanyakan itu adalah subject kalimat dan kalimatnya dalam past tense, maka kata bantu did tidak diperlukan. Jika pola kalimat positifnya: S + verb2 +…, maka what hanya menggantikan S (subject).
CORRECT: What happened?
INCORRECT jika: What did happen?
febriqorina
November 12, 2009
rasanya saya mesti belajar lagi…. nice website
Swara Bhaskara
November 12, 2009
It’s always good to have a look at what we have learned before. It’s beneficial not only for maintaining but also for broadening our English.
It’s nice to have you here Febriqorina.
adi
January 16, 2010
yang lain salah ddbwah 5 la ni qsalah 8, mr.please give me criticism
Swara Bhaskara
January 16, 2010
Don’t worry. Mungkin karena topik yang ditanyakan dalam Practice test 1 ini lebih banyak dibandingkan dengan practice test lainnya. Karena masih salah maka saran saya adalah review penjelasan soalnya dan topik yang terkait dengan soal yang salah tersebut.
jasmine
January 18, 2010
Good morning, Sir. When you will be online, so I can practice my English with you?
Swara Bhaskara
January 18, 2010
Hi Jasmine.
Sorry, I haven’t been able to be online regularly recently. As you notice, the blog’s content hasn’t been updated because I’ve been in the middle of doing something else. Starting next week, however, my time will be more available, and I’ll make myself online at 7 or 8 p.m every day.
adirama
January 21, 2010
Dear Mr. Bhaskara
Nice to meet you. I am a student. I want study english for my carreer in the future. so, please help me. thanks
Swara Bhaskara
January 21, 2010
Nice to meet you too, Adirama.
What can I do for you?
adirama
January 27, 2010
good night Mr. I’m so sorry because my reply is too long. Actually, i’m BINGUNG must where to start. Saya sudah ikut practice test 1 and result is very bad. Saya juga sedang berusaha untuk memupuk komitmen agar tetap semangat in English Study. hehehe.., thanks for your reply before
Swara Bhaskara
February 4, 2010
Komitmen adalah salah satu pilar agar motivasi dalam belajar bahasa Inggris dapat dipertahankan. Good for you!
And regarding your writing above, suggestions that I could provide are as follows:
1. MR vs SIR
MR digunakan kalau diikuti oleh last name/nama marga (Misalnya: Mr. Stewart, Mr. Smith, Mr. Situmorang, dll) atau kalau diikuti oleh complete name/nama lengkap (Misalnya: Mr. John Stewart, Mr. Carl Smith, Mr. Bagus Situmorang, dll), dan orang tersebut laki-laki. Kalau tidak diikuti oleh nama, sebenarnya si pembicara tersebut tidak tahu atau lupa dan menanyakan siapa nama lawan bicaranya.
Contoh:
Adirama : Nice to meet you, Mr…..
John Stewart: Oh, Stewart. John Stewart. Nice to meet you too, Adirama.
Untuk memanggil/menyebut pak atau tuan barulah digunakan SIR, dan SIR ini tidak perlu diikuti oleh nama, kecuali SIR tersebut sudah melengket dan menjadi bagian dari nama orang tersebut (Misalnya: Sir Alex Ferguson, si pelatih MU).
Contoh:
John Stewart: Could you tell me how to get to the director’s office, please!
Adirama : Yes, sir. Atau, Yes, Mr. Stewart. Just walk straight and then turn right on….
2. Makna dari kalimat “…my reply is too long” adalah respon/tanggapanku terlalu panjang (misalnya: 4 halaman).
So, your writing could be revised as follows:
Good night, sir. I’m so sorry because it took too long to reply to yours. Actually, I’m confused to determine where to start learning English. I have tried the test 1, but the result was very bad. I’m also trying to keep my commitment to stay motivated in studying English. Hehehe. Thanks for your previous reply.
Nanang
January 22, 2010
ahai..ini yang saya cari dari dulu. tapi sebelumnya nanya. Swara Bhaskara itu nama dari yang punya web ini ya? kalo iya..let me introduce my self.my name is Nanang. l work on board-cruise ship. but dont think my english is good even l work there. my english is very2 bad. l just able to speak english ngawur. so..help me to get english correctly..thank very much.
Swara Bhaskara
January 22, 2010
Nice to meet you, Nanang. Swara Bhaskara is my kids’ name. I dedicate this blog to them.
because one of my cousins used to work on that ship and he earned a lot.
What cruise ship do you work on? Carnival? You must have a lot of money then
I believe you’ve been able to communicate in English well. Through daily practice and learning, your English will be perfect.
For now, what can I do for you?
Nanang
January 22, 2010
huhuhu*jadi terharu langsung dibales begini*..thank you very much for replay my comment as fast as light flash. l work with Costa-italian cruise ship. money? yayaya..we got a lot coz we work a lot.he..he..english?yeah..our oficial language is english on board. but, really, honesty, l dont understand english well actually. specialy reading(l dont like grammar very much, but l will start now to get better english),listening, many thing lah pokoknya…any way..what is your name, sir?Swara Bhaskara must be proud of you…
Swara Bhaskara
January 22, 2010
My real name can be checked on swarabhaskara@gmail.com or on my Facebook. Search me by using the provided email address. Or, you probably can check my profile on this blog. I login as an admin here. Sorry for not giving you a direct answer.
Nanang
January 22, 2010
thats okay. l appologize for the unconvinience. lve been a week on the land. its mean, lve just arrived. and..tommorow l’ll take english course at EF. really, l want my english better. and for sure, because l find people like you that helping someone like me, l will ask more, more and more..l appreciated for your kindness.
thank you is not enough for the people like you, sir..
Swara Bhaskara
January 22, 2010
Thanks for such nice words. And, if you’d like to post questions, please feel free to do so.
Nanang
January 24, 2010
nah..yang begini ni yang saya belum paham. maksud saya yang seperti sampeyan tulis terahir ” thanks for such nice words”..itu yang saya bingung. kok tiba2 ada kata “such” nyelip disana itu gimana ceritanya. apa ya artinya ya, sir?thank you very much indeed…
Swara Bhaskara
January 24, 2010
Dalam expresi seperti ini, SUCH = begitu. Selain such, juga bisa digunakan SO, namun jika noun yang mengikutinya tunggal dan noun tersebut diterangkan oleh adjective, pola penggunaannya sedikit berbeda. Bedanya terletak pada penempatan article A/AN.
… SUCH + A/AN + adjective + singular noun…
… SO + adjective + A/AN + singular noun…
Diantara kedua pola ini, pola yang pertama lebih sering digunakan.
Contoh:
You have SUCH AN excellent English that you can communicate in English well. (Kamu punya (kemampuan) bahasa Inggris yang begitu bagus sehingga kamu dapat berkomunikasi dalam bahasa Inggris dengan baik.
Atau:
You have SO excellent AN English that you can communicate in English well. (Kamu punya (kemampuan) bahasa Inggris yang BEGITU bagus sehingga kamu dapat berkomunikasi dalam bahasa Inggris dengan baik.
Jika noun yang mengikutinya jamak (plural), article A/An tidak diperlukan.
Contoh:
Thanks for SUCH nice words.
Thanks for SO nice words.
Pola-pola penggunaan SUCH dan SO lainnya akan di posting besok. Please stay tuned!
Nanang
February 4, 2010
thank you very much indeed, sir
Swara Bhaskara
February 4, 2010
You’re welcome.
icethetic
February 8, 2010
Hello SB,
This is a cool site i have ever visited, i found it while i was searching at google. I have read a little part of this site and i have to say that you are an excellent admin, awesome !
i have done the test and i answered 5 from 10 questions..bad huh ! i did a little mistake on the test but have big impact….i though i could passed the test perfectly LOL….(rules number one : never missed a little things in english he..he)
Two thumbs up for you admin, i will continue to visit this site to improve my english with your help surely.
Thanks.
Swara Bhaskara
February 8, 2010
You got 5 out of ten correct I bet because you didn’t do the test more carefully. If you had done so, you would have got a perfect mark. I tell you this because from your writing I can see what you’ve got. It’s nice to have you here, icethetic.
fauziah
March 8, 2010
Salam kenal Mas SB,
Saya ingin sekali dapat berbicara dalam bahasa inggris, tetapi pengetahuan tenses saya tentang bahasa inggris minim sekali mas, terbukti dari Practice test 1: Where to Start dari 10 pertanyaan yang benar hanya 1. Mohon bantuannya kira-kira metode pembelajaran saya baiknya di mulai dari apa ya agar saya dapat berkomunikasi dengan bahasa inggris ?.
Terima Kasih,
Fauziah
Swara Bhaskara
March 8, 2010
Don’t worry!. Itu semata-mata karena Fauziah sudah lama tidak buka-buka pelajaran bahasa Inggris. Benar gak?
Metode pembelajaran yang terbaik adalah membaca materinya dan langsung practice materi yang baru saja dibaca agar pemahaman terhadap materi itu semakin kuat. AND, setiap muncul keraguan silakan diskusikan dengan teman-teman atau dengan saya di blog ini.
Remember: A question will remain a question if left unanswered.
Sebagai langkah awal, materi apa yang perlu dibaca? Tanggapan atas pertanyaan ini dapat dibaca di atas, yaitu tanggapan terhadap pertanyaan Mas Alhidayat, posted on October 29.
Selamat bergabung di Swara Bhaskara’s English.
prita.4606
March 12, 2010
Dear SB..
I want to understand English and make sentences with right grammar.so, today i am searching on google and i found this site. I have read one or two part of this site, i’m “salut” to you, because you’re always answer people question.
I’m bad in englsih, i’m not confidence and to shy to express my english skill.
Btw, about this practice test, form 10 question I’m only get 4.
Thanks, for your guidence.
Swara Bhaskara
March 12, 2010
Welcome aboard Prita. We’re all pleased to have you here. Your English is not bad at all. I can see it from your writing in which there are only some small mistakes.
NOTE:
1. Pasa saat Prita menulis comment di atas, action SEDANG SEARCHING sudah berakhir in the past, so tensis yang tepat digunakan adalah past continuous tense (i.e. I was searching….)
2. Kalau diikuti oleh noun, adjective “proud” membutuhkan preposition OF.
3. Jangan lupa menambahkan -s atau -es pada contable noun jika noun tersebut plural (i.e parts, questions)
4. Kata “answer” dan “get” adalah verb (kata kerja). Kalimat aktif dalam pola simple present tense dan past tense tidak membutuhkan to be.
5. Verb “Get” sebaiknya dalam past tense (GOT) karena action dari verb “get” di kalimat di atas sudah berakhir in the past.
6. Kata “confidence” adalah bentuk noun. Kalimat di atas butuh bentuk adjective-nya, yaitu “confident”.
SUGGESTION: You could improve your confidence and get rid of your shyness in expressing yourself in English through regular practice.
imranraif09
March 12, 2010
to prita.4606 :
Are you Prita who is the one member of BBIS forum on Facebook?
Actually this site had been referred several times for all members to get more explanation for several discussion topics that were discussed on the Wall and Discussion page there.
I got this site’s link for myself there. All I have to say is this site is a really cool site.
But considering your way in finding this site, I then think you are someone else. Maybe…. lol(sok kenal amat!).
Selamat gabung aja! ^^
Swara Bhaskara
March 16, 2010
Wow! What a fabulous writing, Imran! It’s almost grammatically perfect. To make it better, here are some suggestions for you.
1. Yang dimaksudkan dalam “who is the one member of BBIS forum” adalah “yang merupakan salah satu anggota forum BBIS” bukan? If so,there are 4 alternatives for this phrase:
a. who is one of the members of the BBIS forum
b. who is one of the BBIS forum’s members
atau hilangkan “relative pronoun dan to be”-nya:
c. one of the members of the BBIS forum
d. one of the BBIS forum’s members
2. “explanation” is a countable noun. Because it is preceded by “more”, this noun should be in a plural form (i.e. explanations).
3. I got this site LINKED for myself there.
4. “All I have to say is this site is a really cool site” is well written except for the redundant use of the word “site”. To correct this, there are 3 alternatives you can choose from, such as,
a. All I have to say is this is a really cool site.
b. All I have to say is this site is a really cool one.
c. All I have to say is this site is really cool.
imranraif09
March 17, 2010
Thank you.
1. After reading the explanation I realized that the word “One Member” is different in meaning with “One of the member” :shy:
2. Oh my god! How rash I am!
3. Mas Aqu sebenarnya ingin mengatakan:
Saya mendapatkan link(URL) website ini untuk saya sendiri.
Tapi kalimat “Dilinkan” atau “ditautkan untuk sayasendiri” saya rasa bagus.
4. Oh thank you, Aqu jadi lebih mengerti, tapi kadang gegabah dan tetap melakukan kesalahan-2. Hmmm, harus lebih awas!
monalisa_smile
April 4, 2010
after doing this practice examp, i feel that my english skill is really need to improve. my right answer only 5 from 10 question.. he he he
Swara Bhaskara
April 4, 2010
SUGGESTIONS:
NOTE:
1. Penggunaan verb NEED.
a. Jika digunakan dalam kalimat aktif simple present tense, verb NEED tidak membutuhkan is, am, atau are.
INCORRECT kalau ditulis:
My English skill IS really needs to be improved.
b. Jika NEED diikuti oleh verb, verb (yang mengikutinya) bisa dalam bentuk infinitive atau dalam bentuk gerund. Tetapi, jika subject kalimatnya tidak aktif melakukan action (umumnya benda mati), maka bentuk infinitive-nya adalah “TO BE + VERB3″.
Tetapi (silakan bandingkan), clause di atas akan CORRECT kalau ditulis:
I really need to improve my English skill.
Selanjutnya silakan baca : Gerund dan Infinitive setelah Verb NEED.
2. Jangan lupa menambahkan -s atau -es pada benda jamak (plural noun).
3. Jangan lupa bahwa setiap kaliamat atau clause HARUS ada verb. INCORRECT kalau ditulis:
My right answers only 5 from 10 questions.
4. Keep smiling while learning English, Monalisa!
jasmine
April 19, 2010
Im back…
haduuu…waktunya belajar lagiiii, udah pada ngelupas niy..alias gk da yg nempel..
cayo!!
Swara Bhaskara
April 19, 2010
Welcome back, Jasmine.
raja_rondo
April 20, 2010
hello,,congratulations for a “newcomer” who have tried this test…
good morning Mr bhaskara,fine?
oke I have 4 questions for u :
1.What term n conditions to use or apply verb s or verb es?(hehe kaya bank aja pake term n conditions)
2.the man who has the psychian examined,has dead suddenly.
kata mana yang salah dan harusna gimana?
3.What about subjunctive,give more explanation?
4.Kasih ntips n trik ngatasin soal trial error dalam kalimat?
oke,,,thanks a lot
Swara Bhaskara
April 21, 2010
Hi Raja Rondo. How are you?
1&3. Untuk pertanyaan 1&3 ini sudah pernah dijawab di LINK INI.
Present subjunctive mood digunakan untuk mengekspresikan IMPORTANCE atau URGENCY yang seharusnya dilakukan oleh subject dari sub-clause:
The doctor suggested that he stop smoking.
The teacher commanded that he not be late again.
NOTE: Sub-cluasenya bertutur-turut adalah that he stop smoking. dan that he not be late again..
Perhatikan: verb STOP dan BE (dan verb lainnya) selalu dalam bentuk kata dasar. Di contoh ini, stop tidak ditambahi -s (STOPS), tidak dalam bentuk verb2 (STOPPED), tidak di awali auxiliary, dst.
INCORRECT kalau ditulis:
The doctor suggested that he stops smoking. INCORRECT
The doctor suggested that he stopped smoking. INCORRECT
The doctor suggested that he must stop smoking. INCORRECT
Begitu juga BE, dalam present subjunctive mood selalu BE (tidak pernah dalam bentuk is, am, are, was, were, been).
Kalimat 2 akan INCORRECT kalau ditulis:
The teacher commanded that he is not late again. INCORRECT
The teacher commanded that he was not late again. INCORRECT. dst.
Andaikan saja semua pola bahasa Inggris begini, alangkah mudahnya kita mempelajarinya. Kita cuman perlu menghafal vocab saja.
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NOTE: “that” juga dapat dihilangkan, tetapi kalimatnya menjadi sbb:
The doctor suggested him to stop smoking.
The teacher commanded him not to be late again.
Imperfect subjunctive adalah untuk mengekspresikan sesuatu yang tidak mungkin terjadi (Unreal atau Contrary to fact). Silakan ikuti link di tanggapan yang saya link di atas.
2. The man who has the physician examined, has dead suddenly. ???
Kalau makna Bahasa Indonesianya sbb:
“Pria yang telah didiagnosis oleh dokter itu sudah tiba-tiba mati.”
maka kalimat Inggrisnya adalah:
The man who has been examined by the physician has died suddenly.
a. adjective clausenya dalam bentuk pasif dalam present perfect tense (telah didiagnosis = has/have been didiagnosis).
Adjective clause ini dapat juga ditulis dalam bentuk klausa aktif menjadi:
…whom the physician has examined (yang dokter itu telah diagnosis).
b. DEAD adalah kata sifat; bentuk verb3-nya adalah died.
telah mati = have/has died.
Kalau lebih suka memakai bentuk kata sifat (DEAD), dibutuhkan BEEN
(i.e. have/have been adjective), menjadi:
has been dead.
c. Di “has died” digunakan HAS (bukan HAVE) karena subject kalimatnya adalah orang ketiga tunggal (i.e. the man) dan di “who has been examined” juga digunakan HAS (bukan HAVE) karena yang digantikan oleh WHO adalah orang ketiga tunggal (i.e. the man).
Jadi, selain ditulis:
The man who has been examined by the physician has died suddenly.
juga dapat ditulis:
The man who has been examined by the physician has been dead suddenly.
The man whom the physician has examined has died suddenly.
The man whom the physician has examined has been dead suddenly.
Sedangkan, jika subject kalimatnya jamak (i.e. the men = pria-pria), barulah digunakan HAVE.
The men who have been examined by the physician have died suddenly..
The men who have been examined by the physician have been dead suddenly.
The men whom the physician has examined have died suddenly.
The men whom the physician has examined have been dead suddenly.
4. Please stay tuned.
desylina
May 1, 2010
I only make 4 right answer on this practice, so … where I should start to improve my English
Swara Bhaskara
May 2, 2010
Hi Desylina,
As pointed out by the title, this practice test is intended to figure out your weaknesses based on which you should review your English materials or topics. In other words, you should review the topics in which you got incorrect answers. Ask yourself why you chose those wrong options and why the correct ones should be like those I have explained. You should completely understand one topic before you decide to move on to another one.
If you got wrong in, for instance, question 1, you should completely understand why the best answer should be “was studying”, not “studied” or the others. To help you understand this, you should review at least the difference usage of the past continuous tense and the simple past tense, and so on.
imamsuro
May 6, 2010
pak, situsnya bagus sekali, saya lagi butuh banget belajar bahasa Inggris, mau ikutan beasiswa, hampir setiap hari saya ke situs bapak. Thanks ilmunya pak,,,,
Swara Bhaskara
May 7, 2010
Thank you, Imansuro.
I am glad to hear not only your compliment to my blog but also your great motivation in learning English. As for your intention to get a scholarship abroad, if you keep learning and practicing English regularly, you will certainly achieve what you have dreamed of. Good luck!
rushlie
May 10, 2010
Hi everyone! (especially to Mr. Swara Bhaskara)
My name is Rusli and I really need can talk in English very well. That’s why I was searching in the internet to find site who can help me to improve my english. I just found this site a few minutes ago and immediately liked it for sure. That’s why I had tried to answer the questions above but I just got 3 answers as correct from 10 questions, It’s so pathetic. I MUST do learning every time and also practices it with others to always keep remind each other if one of us did mistakes. Nice to found this site and meets you all people.
(sumpah keren ini web nya, hal yang paling susah ketika ingin belajar bahasa inggris adalah menghilangkan rasa malu kalau bahasa inggris kita itu jelek banget, apalagi kalau liat mimik muka lawan bicara yang lebih pintar. hehehe..)
Swara Bhaskara
May 10, 2010
Hi Rusli,
It’s nice to have you here. How are you?
In term of speaking, I believe a hundred percent that your English is excellent. Native English speakers can easily understand what you wrote above. In term of formal written English, however, it seems to me that before you did the test, you hadn’t read your English book for quite awhile, had you? But don’t worry about the mistakes! Not only do we, whose mother tongue is, of course, Indonesian, but even also native English speakers make mistakes in formal written English. So, there’s nothing to be ashamed of.
It’s not always the case that people who speak English fluently have used English well. Sometimes, we just don’t know whether what and how they speak are correct or wrong. When I took an English course for the first time, for example, one guy got me and made me feel so small because he talked and talked very fluently. Later I found out that his score had never got above 400 and that he had mostly used the English incorrectly. I tell you this in order not to let yourself down whenever you run into someone who speaks English fluently. So, let’s practice English regularly!
Dan berikut adalah bagian-bagian dari your writing above yang perlu dikoreksi sedikit:
1. “need can talk“. Jangan gunakan “can” setelah verb. Auxiliary “can” hanya digunakan sebelum verb, seperti pada “who can help” (CORRECT). Jika mengikuti verb, gunakan “be able to + verb1″ atau “be capable of + verb-ing”. Jadi, seharusnya “need to be able to talk” atau “need to be capable of talking”
2. “to find site” tambahkan article A sebelum site (i.e. “to find a site“).
3. “MUST do learning“. Tambahkan THE (i.e. “MUST do the learning“). Do di sini sebagai verb (i.e. melakukan) sedangkan learning adalah gerund. Atau rubah verb-ing menjadi verb1 (i.e. “MUST do learn“). DO di sini sebagai auxiliary untuk memberi penekanan pada verb “learn”. Dan, of course, tanpa auxiliary “do” juga bisa. (i.e. MUST learn).
4. “keep remind“. Gunakan verb-ing setelah verb “keep” (i.e. keep reminding)
5. “did mistakes“. Gunakan “make” instead of “do” jika objectnya mistake. (i.e. makes mistakes). Dalam konteks ini, lebih tepat digunakan simple present tense, instead of past tense karena merupakan ajakan yang berlangsung sampai ke future time. (i.e. …always keep reminding each other if one of us makes mistakes”)
6. “Nice to found this site and meets you“. “Found” salah ketik. Adjective “nice” dapat diikuti oleh infinitive (i.e. to + verb1) atau oleh gerund (i.e. verb-ing). Di sini, verb “meet” seharusnya paralel dengan bentuk verb yang mengikuti “nice”. Jadi, seharusnya:
Nice to find this site and to meet you all
atau “to” sebelum “meet” bisa dihilangkan karena sudah diwakili oleh “to” sebelum “find”:
Nice to find this site and meet you all
Atau kalau kita gunakan gerund:
Nice finding this site and meeting you all
gpangrango
May 24, 2010
Hello Mr. Baskara
after searching on google, finally i was found this site.
i am very proud of you who have shared the knowledge with everyone who is learning english.
thanks for this cool site.
rafi
July 8, 2010
hello,,,hello,,,
i can measure my grammar (because grammar is quite complicated for me),,heheh..
this is a wonderful blog,,
I tried the pretest and guess what…??!!!
I’ve done 8 questions correctly… or it is only coincidence,,, :p hmmm..i have to try another issues to increase my ability..
Lets improve our English…
Swara Bhaskara
July 8, 2010
guess what? I think the English grammar is not too complicated for you. You got 8 out of 10 and there are only some tiny mistakes in your writing. You’re just being humble. But, I prefer a humble person to a big mouth one.
And here are some notes for your writing:
1. “…or it was only a coincidence”; in the simple past tense because the “coincidence” has already happened. Besides, don’t forget to put the article a to show that the coincidence is singular .
2. another should be followed by a singular noun
….another issue.
But, if you want to express plural issues, then you may say:
…other issues.
defi
July 13, 2010
Hello Sir Bhaskara, nice to meet your site. I have been long time browsing2 to learn english so i found his blog. This is blog aktiv so i writing to get commend for you sir. Sorry my write is bad but i always to learning it. thanks.
Swara Bhaskara
July 13, 2010
Hi Defi. I’m glad you’ve found this blog. I hope it’s beneficial for you.
defi
July 21, 2010
Sir, i want to explain use “of” and “the” in sentences.thankyou
Swara Bhaskara
July 21, 2010
Penggunaan OF dan THE.
1. Pada umumnya, OF digunakan untuk menjembatani noun1 dengan noun2:
noun1 + OF + noun2
dimana noun1 sebagai main noun, sedangkan noun2 difungsikan sebagai adjective untuk menerangkan noun1 tersebut.
the university of Indonesia.
the backbone of the family, dst.
Phrase seperti ini dapat kita rubah dengan menempatkan noun2 di depan noun1. Dalam hal ini, OF tidak dibutuhkan.
Indonesia University.
The family’s backbone.
Penggunaan lainnya silakan baca: Penggunaan Kata Depan OF.
2. Dalam bahasa Indonesia, kita sering bilang “buku tersebut”, “cewek tersebut”, dst. Dalam hal ini, kita gunakan kata “tersebut” karena buku dan cewek sudah pernah kita sebut dalam pembicaraan sebelumnya, dan tersebut tidak digunakan jika belum pernah disebutkan sebelumnya bukan?
Aku beli sebuah buku kemarin. Buku tersebut di dalam tasku sekarang.
Aku ketemu seorang cewek 15 menit yang lalu. Cewek tersebut sangat cantik.
Dalam bahasa Inggris, penggunaan THE sama dengan “tersebut“.
I bought a book yesterday. The book is in my bag now.
I met a girl 15 minutes ago. The girl was so beautiful.
Penggunaan THE lainnya dapat dibaca di: Penggunaan Article A, AN, and THE.
defi
July 21, 2010
Sir, then i have question how about different use “could” and “can”?
Swara Bhaskara
July 22, 2010
Link berikut mendiskusikan penggunaan CAN dan COULD.
1. WILL vs WOULD dan CAN vs COULD.
2. Penggunaan CAN.
Silakan nanya balik kalau masih belum ngena.
defi
July 22, 2010
Oke sir, thanks vevy much for your excellently. Now, i know use that words.
Swara Bhaskara
July 22, 2010
Sama-sama. Sedikit suugestions for your writing:
1. Your (begitu juga my, his, her, dst) tidak pernah diikuti oleh adverb. Possessive adjective pada umumnya dikuti oleh noun atau noun phrase.
your excellently. adverb. INCORRECT
your explanation. noun. CORRECT
your excellent explanation. noun phrase. CORRECT.
his luxuriously modeled house. noun phrase. CORRECT
2. KNOW dapat diikuti oleh noun/pronoun atau oleh how + infinitive:
know + noun/pronoun
know + how to verb1
Do I know you?
He knows this place very well.
Now I know use those words. INCORRECT
Now I know to use those words. INCORRECT
Now I know how to use those words.
3. That dan this tidak diikuti oleh plural noun. Gunakan those atau these kalau diikuti oleh plural noun.
that word. CORRECT
that words. INCORRECT
those words. CORRECT
this book. CORRECT
this books. INCORRECT
these books. CORRECT
burhan kahfi
July 25, 2010
hello mr.bhaskara..
i’ve just registered in this site. i have a big desire to improve my english because i aware that english is very important to my future. i’ve been learning english for a long time but i feel that my english skill is still so bad. finally i found this site and i hope it will be so beneficial for me in developing my english skill. hopefully god will reply your all kindness. thanks a lot.
Swara Bhaskara
July 26, 2010
Hello to you too, Burhan. Thanks for joning us.
Based on your writing, I think you didn’t have any problems answering the practice test above, did you?
burhan kahfi
July 26, 2010
you’re welcome, sir..
is there no mistake in my writing above?
unfortunately your guess was wrong, sir. i’ve done the test and the result was not good enough. i only answered six questions correctly. honestly i wrote this comment so slowly, especially to find words i want to express and to ensure my writing has no mistake. it means i have to learn english harder. i’m not confident to make a conversation especially with person who has been competent in english like you.
Swara Bhaskara
July 26, 2010
Your first writing has only two minor problems. 1). In “… because I aware…“, you missed to put a be prior to the adjective aware. In this case, it should be am. 2) In “…very important to my future.“, you should’ve used for, instead of to.
In your second comment, however, I find no problem at all, except in “Is there no mistake…?“. It would’ve been better if you had said, “Are there any mistakes…?” or “There is no mistake…, isn’t there?“.
Overall, I’m impressed. You have used tenses, the hard parts, correctly. Minor errors are common among us, even among English native speakers. So, don’t worry much about making mistakes. You just keep practicing your English because a regular practice will bring you to where you wanna be.
defi
July 26, 2010
Sir, I want explanation with this my write.
Dear all, I have a news to you are. Now the open new shop online avaible fashion collection on Facebook. You can see on my address in defikhorida@yahoo.com. Specially for you are places in Kudus you get free sent price. Then if you buy 2 or more the product fashion you get discount Rp. 5000. So lets go visit in my Facebook. But I’m sorry a have not the real shop because my house is small. My home at 581 Jalan Agil Kusumadya. Thanks.
Swara Bhaskara
July 26, 2010
Hi Defi,
Could you please post the Indonesian version of your writing? Thank you.
defi
July 27, 2010
Ok sir,
aku punya kabar berita baru untuk kamu. Sekarang telah dibuka toko online baru yang menyediakan koleksi busana lewat facebook. Kamu dapat melihatnya dialamatku defikhorida@yahoo.com. Khusus untuk kamu yang bertempat di Kudus kamu bebas ongkir (ongkos kirim). Kemudian jika kamu bei 2 atau lebih produk fashionnya, kamu dapat diskon )Rp. 5000.Ayo berkunjung di facebook aku. Tapi maaf aku tak punya toko karena rumahku kecil. Rumahku ada di jalan Agil Kusumadya No 581 Kudus.
Thanks.
Swara Bhaskara
July 27, 2010
Thanks for posting the Indonesian version. Its English version is more or less like the following,
Dear all,
I have great news for you. A new online store providing a great collection of outfits has just been launched. Especially for those who reside in Kudus, we will provide a free delivery service. And, if you buy two or more products, you will get a Rp. 5000 discount. So, please check it out at my Facebook account (defikhorida@yahoo.com). Unfortunately, I don’t have a real store because my house is small. My house is at Jalan Agil Kusumadya No 581 Kudus. Thanks.
defi
July 28, 2010
Sir, please give me explanation (perbedaan tulisan saya dengan your write). Thanks
Swara Bhaskara
July 28, 2010
Saya tidak akan menitikberatkan pada perbedaan, tapi lebih ke grammarnya. Pada tulisan Defi di atas, bagian-bagian yang perlu direvisi telah saya garis-bawahi.
1. explanation adalah countable noun; pilih an explanation atau explanations.
2. with sebaiknya diganti dengan about atau regarding.
3. this di my this write sebaiknya dihilangkan. Rubah write menjadi writing.
4. Hilangkan a karena news adalah uncountable noun.
5. ganti to dengan for.
6. Hilangkan are karena you berfungsi sebagai object kalimat.
7. Ganti the dengan a karena main noun shop belum diceritakan sebelumnya. “the open new shop online” menjadi “a newly opened online shop“.
8. available adalah adjective. Di sini dibutuhkan be is.
9. fashion (menurut hemat saya) lebih condong ke style, di sini saya lebih suka menggunakan kata outfit. Mohon dikoreksi kalau saya salah.
10. Kalau shop diterangkan dengan “yang menyediakan koleksi pakaian” maka “a newly opened online shop providing/selling a collection of outfits” atau “a newly opened online shop that provides/sells a collection of outfits“.
11. Kalau 7, 8, 9 dan 10 digabung, maka menjadi “a newly opened online shop providing/selling a collection of outfits is available now” atau “ a newly opened online shop that provides/sells a collection of outfits is available now”
12. Tambahkan object kalimat setelah verbsee (misalnya: see it); Gunakan at (bukan on atau in) kalau diikuti oleh address. Begitu juga kalau diikuti oleh email account.
13. Revisi “for you are places” dengan ” for those who live/reside..” atau “for those living/residing…“. Kalau place digunakan sebagai verb artinya adalah menempatkan. (e.g. I don’t know where I should place this table).
14. free sent price; harga dengan ongkos/biaya beda kan? Gunakan price untuk harga, sedangkan expense untuk ongkos/biaya;
“free sent….” dapat kita revisi menjadi “free sending..”, atau yang lebih umum lagi “free delivery..”.
15. the tidak dibutuhkan; product outfit atau outfit product???? Jangan lupa menambahkan s setelah countable noun kalau diawali dengan more.
16. tambahkan a sebelum discount: a discount of Rp. 5000 atau a Rp. 5000 discount.
17. tidak perlu go sebelum visit karena visit sudah mengandung makna go.
18. in tidak diperlukan; “let’s visit my Facebook”
19. “I have not a real shop” vs “I don’t have a real shop“. Benar dua-duanya. Cuman, gunakan yang pertama kalau ngobrol sama orang Inggris atau Australia; gunakan yang kedua kalau dengan orang Amerika dan Kanada.
20. Yang terakhir kurang to be. “My home is at...”.
defi
July 29, 2010
Dear Sir, please give score to my knowledge english. im feeling bad
Swara Bhaskara
July 29, 2010
Your grade is that you’re a diligent, intelligent, patient, and motivated learner.
defi
July 30, 2010
Hehe diligent its oke but until now i cannot fluent in english. berdasarkan on my writing hampir seluruhnya is false grammar.i’m sorry sir, i using language campur2.
Swara Bhaskara
July 30, 2010
Hehe. Diligent is ok but until now I cannot be fluent in English. Based on my writing, almost all of it are false grammatically. I’m sorry sir for using mixed languages.
Learning a new language is like a baby starting to walk. He or she will never be able to walk at the first try. Am I right?
burhan kahfi
July 31, 2010
how are you sir?
i am sorry for replying your comment late..
i was so busy lately so that i didn’t have much time to be online. Despite i know it was not a good reason.hehe.. i have two simply questions for you, sir?
1. Firstly, I am still confused to choose among (in, on, at) when i want to speak or write a sentence. Could you please explain me about that? or if you have explained it before, you may help me to find an article in this site explaining about that.
2. The second question is about difference between can and could. i supposed that the difference was only about present or past. but after watched some films i think it is more than that, isn’t it? (one example i’ve used in my first question above)
Swara Bhaskara
July 31, 2010
Hi Burhan. I am fine, thank you.
The following are links to the topics you are looking for:
1. Penggunaan IN
2. Penggunaan ON
3. Penggunaan AT
4. WOULD vs WILL and COULD vs CAN.
5. Penggunaan CAN
I hope they provide some help. Should you have any further questions, please don’t hesitate to ask me.
If you don’t mind, I’d like to ask you a question. Which one is correct between simply and simple as in your writing above?
Have a good weekend.
Swara Bhaskara
July 31, 2010
This is another request for you, Burhan. Please reply to Ariv21′s comment. Please describe there what you’ve done to achieve what you’ve got. Anyone else is also invited. Thank you.
ariv21
August 2, 2010
sir…
would u describe me about the use of “instead” please…!!
(but, i hope u correct my question above if there any mistake, may God grand u mighty things…^^)
Swara Bhaskara
August 2, 2010
Hi Ariv21,
Please read Penggunaan Instead first! If then you still have further questions, please don’t hesitate to post them!
Regarding your writing, it only needs a preposition to prior to “me“. Besides, the preposition about is not necessary here.
Would you describe to me the use of “instead”, please?
Or, you can also put the object pronoun “me” after the direct object “the use of “instead”, as follows,
Would you describe the use of “instead” to me, please?
And in “…if there any mistake“, it should be “…if there are any mistakes“. You forgot to put an are after the there, and to add a suffix s on the mistake. However, you can use singular noun after any if it is used to express every:
Please correct any mistake in my writing!
Any mistake you’ve done has been forgiven.
Any one of you looks great.
burhan kahfi
August 2, 2010
Your question above has succeeded to make me ashamed sir.hehe..
So i suppose my answer will be no longer necessary. It was a small mistake that i shouldn’t make. Maybe if i were more careful, i would not made that mistake.
Considering your request, i actually think i have not been competent yet to describe what i’ve done to Ariv21. I am still so amateur and still so far from experts in english. However, i’ll try to describe later.
Regarding my previous question, i still have a confusion about the use of “in and on”, especially related to month and date.
Swara Bhaskara
August 2, 2010
It was not an attempt to embarrass you at ll. In contrast, it was, believe me, a pure compliment for you. I was so impressed with your writing.
As for simply vs simple, I knew you just mistyped it. When I have spare time, I will add a new feature on this blog by which any writer will have a chance to edit his or her writing before being submitted.
And as usual, in your last writing, I notice (please pay attention to the underlined clauses!),
It was a small mistake that I shouldn’t make. Maybe if I were more careful, I would not made that mistake.
Now, let’s compare them to the following ones,
It was a small mistake that I shouldn’t have made. Maybe if I had been more careful, I would not have made that mistake.
As you notice, I’ve changed them into unreal conditional sentences whose facts are in the simple past tense, namely,
1. I made a small mistake.
2. I was not careful enough.
3. I made that mistake.