The Patterns of Sentence Part 3

What a wonderful day today! Today... I get some good ideas for my next plan. How is your day?
Anyway, we will continue the pattern of sentence again. How is the last pattern? Do you find any difficulties? Slow down guys, the beginning is difficult.....

OK we discuss the third pattern of sentence,now...

Subject + Predicate + Modifier/ Adverb

A modifier in this pattern is an adverbial modifier that tells the time, place, or manner of the action or the subject. It is not the adjectival modifier that modifies the noun in a noun phrase. The adverbial modifier may be at the beginning, middle, or at the end of the sentence.
A modifier of time usually comes last if more than one modifier is present.
Example:
- I live in Solo
(I as subject, live as predicate, in Solo as Modifier)
- The eggs slowly began to crack
(the eggs as subject, slowly as modifier, began to crack as predicate)

The Patterns of Sentence Part 2

Hi everybody who wants to learn English together here...
The previous post, we have discussed the first part of the patterns of sentence. Have you understood that first pattern? You must try to apply it into sentences. Use the pattern to make simple sentence...many exercises will make you understand and become expert!

Anyway, let's discuss the next patterns of sentence, we will learn about the second pattern.

Subject + Predicate + Complement

In this pattern, the verb can be transitive verb (the verb that need a complement as an object) and also predicating verb or linking verb. The complement can be verb complement (VC), predicate complement (PC), subjective complement (SB), and objective complement (OC).

a. S + P + C (verb complement)
The complement completes the verb of action (predicating). The complement may be noun or pronoun, noun pharse either as direct object or indirect object.
Example:
- Jody borrows money for his family
(Jody as subject, borrows as predicate, money for his family as verb complement)
- Diane writes letter for her best friend
(Diane as subject, writes as predicate, letter for her best friend as verb complement)

b. S + P + C (predicative complement)
The verb here is usually linking verb (to be or stative verb) and need the adjective as the complement.
Example:
- The teacher is handsome
(the teacher as subject, is as predicate, handsome as predicative complement)
- That cars are expensive
(that cars as subject, are predicate, expensive as predicative complement)

c. S + P + SC (subjective complement)
The complement completes more about the subject. This complement is used after a linking verb to refer back to the subject. The subjective complement has the same identify as the subject.
Example:
- This house is the second place of her giving
(this house as subject, is as predicate, the second place of her giving as subjective complement)
- The best friend I have is Chiharu
(the best friend I have as subject, is as predicate, Chiharu as subjective complement)

d. S + P + OC (objective complement)
Objective complement is an object that follows the direct object. It has the same identify as the direct object. The objective complement may be preceded by as. Among the small number of verbs taking objective complement are: appoint, consider, elect, name, select, think, etc.
Example:
- I think him a teacher
(I as subject, think as predicate, him as direct object, a teacher as objective complement)
- We elect him as the leader
(We as subject, elect as predicate, him as direct object, the leader as objective complement)

Finally, the second pattern of sentence we have discussed together....
You must use it and apply the patterns into sentences. Make simple sentences use those pattern above....See you in the third pattern of sentence!

The Patterns of Sentence Part 1

Dear blogger, how is your day? Hope, everything is wonderful...After finishing all of my duty today, i remember that i have promised with you to continue the next explanation about the basic patterns of sentence. Well, is there anyone able to apply the four patterns into sentence?

It doesn't matter if you cannot apply them yet. Let's discuss it together here...
We will discuss the patterns of sentence step by step so that you understand, starting from the first pattern:

Subject + Predicate

This pattern is the simplest sentence pattern in English. The subject can be a single noun, pronoun, noun phrase, and the predicate always has a verb that tells what the subject does, acts, changes, and is. Every sentence must have subject and predicate. The verb used in this pattern usually takes an intransitive verb (a verb that does not require an object) and a verb of predicating verb (verb of action), not linking verb (to be: am, is, are, was, were; and stative verb: appear, look, seem, become, sound, taste, grow, etc.
a. A single noun as subject
Example:
- Morning breaks
(morning as subject, breaks as predicate)
- Aisha gets lost
(Aisha as subject, gets lost as predicate)
- Hafiz goes out
(Hafiz as subject, goes out as predicate)

b. Pronoun as subject
Pronoun is a word that takes the place of noun.
The word can be: They, we, I. you, he, she.
Example:
- It (morning) breaks
(it as subject, breaks as predicate)
- They (students) study
(they as subject, study as predicate)
- He (Tomm) goes out
(he as subject, goes out as predicate)

c. A noun phrase as subject
A noun phrase is a group of words that generally ends with a noun as a head word. It can contain a determiner (the, a, an, this, etc), adjective, adverb, and noun.
Example:
- The colorful birds fly
(the colorful birds as subject, fly as predicate)
- Those camels eat
(those camels as subject, eat as predicate)

Sentence

Hi guys...now we will learn about sentence! Well, when we tell something to other people we express our though by using sentence, we also use sentence when we want to write letter to others. We use sentence both spoken and written activity. So, can you describe what sentence is?

A sentence is a group of words that tells a complete thought. A sentence needs a noun or pronoun that names the person or thing the sentence is about and a verb to tell what happens. The noun or pronoun functions as subject, in the active sentence and the verb functions as predicate. All the word that telll whom and what a sentence is talking about are called the subject. So,how to find the subject? It's quite easy...to find the subject, we ask whom or what the sentence is talking about. All the words that tell what the subject does are called the predicate.Is there anyone that able to tell how to find the predicate of a sentence? To find the predicate, firstly find the subject then ask what the subject does.

What are the elements of sentence?
The elements of sentence are classified into four, namely:

• Subject (S)
• Predicate (P)
• Cpmplement (C)
• Modifier (M)

I am sure that all of you often hear that four terms above. Now, we learn about the basic pattern of sentence. Here, we will discuss four patterns of sentence, namely:

1. S + P
2. S + P + C
3. S + P + M
4. S + P + C + M

Note:
S= subject
P= predicate
C= complement
M= modifier

How to applied the patterns into sentences?
I will write it in my next post...don't miss it! Have a nice day...

admitting/denying expressions

Practice the following dialog with your partner!

Two friends are at National Park.

Luna : Look at the Tiger! That’s big one and wild animal, right?

Maya : Oh yeah, it is dangerous animal.

Luna : Tiger is also called big cat.

Maya : How can be?

Luna : It looks like a cat with big size but a cat isn’t dangerous animal.

Maya : Are you sure? A cat also has sharp nails like Tiger, it must be dangerous one! I don’t like cat!

Luna : Not at all! I’ll show you my cat. It’s so cute.

They go to Luna’s house. Luna asks Maya to touch her cat.

Luna : C’mon…touch the fur. It isn’t dangerous, it will not beat you!

Maya : Okay, I’ll try it…Aww! It beats my hand! You said that your cat will not beat me.

Luna : Ups! I didn’t say that.

Maya : You’ve said that. Your cut hurts me.

Luna : Yes, it does. I lied to you.

I’m sorry, dear. I admit now.

My cat doesn’t like stranger. It will beat anyone that is near it.

Perhatikan kalimat yang dicetak tebal dalam dialog diatas. Kalimat tersebut adalah ungkapan- ungkapan yang digunakan untuk mengakui fakta atau kebenaran (admitting fact) dan mengingkari fakta atau kebenaran (denying fact).

Study the admitting/denying expressions below!

Admitting Fact	Denying Fact
I admit it Yes, I did Alright, it’s true	I didn’t say that! Swear! I am not lying! It isn’t dangerous animal!

PROCEDURE TEXT

1. Ciri Umum:

a. Tujuan Komunikatif Teks (Communicative Purpose):

To describe how something is accomplished throught a sequence of actions or steps (Memberi petunjuk tentang cara melakukan sesuatu melalui serangkaian tindakan atau langkah).

b. Struktur Teks (Generic Structure):

 Goal: tujuan kegiatan

 Materials: bahan-bahan

 Steps: langkah-langkah

c. Ciri Kebahasaan (Linguistic Features): Menggunakan:

 pola kalimat imperative, misalnya, Cut, Don’t mix, dsb.

 action verbs, misalnya turn, put, don’t, mix, dsb.

 connectives untuk mengurutkan kegiatan, misalnya then, while, dsb.

 adverbials untuk menyatakan rinci waktu, tempat, cara yang akurat, misalnya for five minutes, 2 centimetres from the top, dsb. Generic Structure/Text Organization Goal: Biasanya judulnya Materials - Steps (berupa metode)

SUBORDINATE CONJUNCTIONS

Subordinate conjuction menggabungkan unit struktur yang sama secara grammatical, misalnya noun dengan noun, verb dengan verb, adjective dengan adjective, clause dengan clause, membentu suatu Pararel Structure.

Beberapa subordinate conjunction, antara lain:

· Though/although/even though (walaupun),

contoh : Though He was sick, he went to school.

· Because/Since/ As/For (karena),

contoh : Because she got a good mark, she was very happy.

· If/In case/Providing/Provided (jika),

contoh : I will come to the party, if he invites me.

· When/While (ketika), contoh : Kukuh was crying when his girlfriend came.

· Where (dimana), contoh : I don’t know where the place is.

· Before (sebelum), contoh : Before he took a bath, he had a ready had breakfast.

· After (setelah), contoh : After she has breakfast, she goes to school.