Sunday, February 2, 2014

Another Form of Conditional

1. Unless   > if ... not ...  (present)
    example : We're  going unless the weather gets much worse.
                   If the weather doesn't get much worse.

2. In case   (present)
    example : Take a whistle in case you get separated.
                   Take my phone number in case you miss the bus.

3. Provided

Noun Clause after Wish Sentences

Wish clause

III   ^   past perfect
       ^
II    ^   past
       ^
I     ^   present
      ^

>> Present Condition

* I wish I was better looking. (II)
   Fact : I am not better looking. (I)

* I wish I didn't go to the office.
   Fact : I go to the office.

>> Past Condition

I wish that I had gone to Bali.
Fact : I didn't go to Bali.
 

Saturday, February 1, 2014

Reporting

Reporting Command

"Open the Door ! "
He says to me to open the door.

"Don't open the door !"
He says to me not to open the door.

Reporting Question
Where do you come from?
He said that where you come from.

Roby says, "I will go to Bali next week."
Roby says that he would go to Bali in the following week.
Roby said  that he would go to Bali in the following week.

Prepotition Follow by Gerund

  1. About ; What about having dinner tonight ?
  2. Of ; He is accused of stealing the money.
  3. By  ; By drinking a bottle of juice in the morning in make healthy.
  4. For ; This is a good time for sleeping.
  5. In ; In making cake, we need a lot of sugar or chocolate.
  6. Without ; He always does the exercise without grumbling.
Vocab :
accused ; tertuduh
grumbling ;  menggerutu