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Question Tag

Nama   : Septhiana Husoseini NPM   : 16216916 Kelas   : 1EA19 TUGAS B.INGGRIS Question tags Question tags are the short questions that we put on the end of sentences – particularly in spoken English. There are lots of different question tags but the rules are not difficult to learn. Positive/negative If the main part of the sentence is positive, the question tag is negative …. ·          He’s a doctor, isn’t he? ·          You work in a bank, don’t you? ... and if the main part of the sentence is negative, the question tag is positive. ·          You haven’t met him, have you? ·          She isn’t coming, is she? With auxiliary verbs The question tag uses the same verb as the main part of the sentence. If this is an auxiliary verb (‘ have ’, ‘ be ’) then the questi...

Direct & Indirect Speech

Nama   : Septhiana Husoseini NPM   : 16216916 Kelas   : 1EA19 TUGAS B.INGGRIS 2 DIRECT AND INDIRECT SPEECH Direct and indirect speech can be a source of confusion for English learners. Let's first define the terms, then look at how to talk about what someone said, and how to convert speech from direct to indirect or vice-versa. You can answer the question  What did he say?  in two ways: by repeating the words spoken (direct speech) by reporting the words spoken (indirect or reported speech). DIRECT SPEECH Direct speech repeats, or quotes, the exact words spoken. When we use direct speech in writing, we place the words spoken between quotation marks (" ") and there is no change in these words. We may be reporting something that's being said NOW (for example a telephone conversation), or telling someone later about a previous conversation. EXAMPLES She says, "What time will you be home?" She said, "What time will you b...

Active - Passive

Nama   : Septhiana Husoseini NPM   : 16216916 Kelas   : 1EA19 TUGAS B.INGGRIS 2 Active and Passive Voice – Present Continuous Tense Active sentences in the present continuous tense have the following structure: Subject + is/are/am + -ing form of the verb + object Passive sentences in the present continuous tense have the following structure: Object of the active sentence + is/are/am + being + past participle form of the verb + by + subject of the active sentence. Examples are given below. Active: I   am reading   a story. Passive: A story   is being read   by me. When the verb is followed by a preposition Read the sentence given below: My mother   is talking to   a stranger. Here the noun   a stranger   is the object of the preposition   to , and not the verb talking. But this sentence can be changed into the passive: Passive: A stranger   is being ...