Friday, May 15, 2009

Linking Verbs

Linking Verbs

A linking Verb adalah kata kerja yang berfungsi sebagai pengubung antara Subject dengan Predicate-nya. Contoh dalam kalimat: "Cewek itu cantik." atau "The girl beautiful". Pada kalimat itu belum ada verb-nya, sehingga diperlukan 'Linking Verb.

The girl is beautiful. (atau)
The girl looks beautiful.

Linking verbs dibedakan menjadi:

To be is, am, are, was, were
non- to be become, appear, look, taste, smell, seem, remain, prove,

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Linking Verb (to be) dipakai untuk menghubungkan antara Subject dan Predicate yang berasal dari jenis kata 'NOUN' or GERUND, 'ADJECTIVE', 'ADVERB' or 'Prepositional Phrase'.

He is my friend (Noun)
My hobby is reading. (Gerund)
They are happy. (Adjective)
She is here. (Adverb)
We are in the classroom. (Adverb/ prep. phrase

Linking Verb (non-to be) hanya dipakai untuk menghubungkan Subject dan Predicate yang berasal dari jenis kata 'ADJECTIVE'.

She looks beautiful.
It smells good.
They seem lazy.
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Passive Voice


Passive Voice

Kalimat pasif adalah suatu kalimat dimana subject-nya dikenai tindakan/ perbuatan, ini berbeda dengan kalimat aktif dimana subject-lah yang melakukan perbuatan/ tindakan. Ciri utamanya adalah pada Verb, yang dibentuk oleh ‘to be’ dan kerja bentuk ketiga (verb-3) atau past participle.

To be + Verb-3

Examples:

Subject Verb
Rudy repaired my bicycle yesterday.
My bicycle was repaired by Rudy yesterday.

Beberapa hal yang harus diperhatikan dalam mengubah kalimat aktif menjadi pasif, antara lain:

  1. Subject pada kalimat pasif berasal dari object pada kalimat aktif.
  2. Tense pada kalimat pasif mengikuti tense pada kalimat aktifnya.
  3. Hanya kalimat dengan transitive Verb yang bisa diubah kedalam bentuk pasif.

Perhatikan perubahan dari kalimat aktif menjadi pasif pada masing-masing tenses :

1. Simple Present
Active:
My mother cooks the meal everyday.
Passive:
The meal is cooked by mother everyday.
2. Simple Past
Active:
My mother cooked the meal yesterday.
Passive:
The meal was cooked by mother yesterday.
3. Present Continuous
Active:
My mother is cooking the meal at the moment
Passive:
The meal is being cooked by mother at the moment
4. Past continuous
Active:
My mother was cooking the meal when I arrived.
Passive:
The meal was being cooked by mother when I arrived.
5. Present perfect
Active:
My mother has cooked the meal.
Passive
The meal has been cooked by mother.
6. Past perfect
Active:
My mother had cooked the meal before the children came home from school.
Passive:
The meal had been cooked by mother before the children came home from school.
7. Present perfect continuous
Active:
My mother has been cooking the meal since I arrived.
Passive:
The meal has been being cooked by mother since I arrived.
8. Past perfect continuous
Active:
My mother had been cooking the meal for an hour when father came home from work.
Passive:
The meal had been being cooked by mother for an hour when father came home from work.
9. Simple Future
Active:
My mother will cook the meal this afternoon.
Passive:
The meal will be cooked by mother this afternoon.
10. Future perfect
Active:
My mother will have cooked the meal when the children come home from school this afternoon.
Passive:
The meal will have been cooked by mother when the children come home from school this afternoon.
11. Future Continuous
Active:
My mother will be cooking the meal at 4 this afternoon.
Passive
The meal will be being cooked by mother at 4 this afternoon.
12. Future perfect continuous
Active:
My mother will have been cooking the meal for an hour when father comes home from work this afternoon.
Passive:

The meal will have been being cooked by mother for an hour when father comes home from work this afternoon.

Rumus pola aktif – pasif untuk semua tenses :

Present

Active

Passive

Simple

S+V1(V+s/es)+O

S+ is/am/are + V3

Rita writes a letter
A letter is written by Rita

Continuous

S + is/am/are + V- ing

S + is/am/are + being + V3

Rita is writing a letter
A letter is being written by Rita

Perfect

S + Have/has + V3

S + have/has + been + V3

Rita has written a letter
A letter has been written by Rita

Perfect Continuous

S+have/has+been +V-ing

S + have /has + been + being+V 3

Rita has been writing a letter
A letter been being written by Rita

Past

Active

passive

Simple

S + V2+ O

S + was/were + V3

Rita wrote a letter
A letter was written by Rita

Continuous

S + was/were + V- ing

S + was/were + being + V3

Rita was writing a letter
A letter was being written by Rita

Perfect

S + had + V3

S + had + been + V3

Rita had written a letter
A letter had been written by Rita

Perfect Continuous

S + had + been + V-ing

S + had + been + being +V 3

Rita had been writing a letter.
A letter had been being written by Rita.

Future

Active

passive

Simple

S + will +V1+ O

S + will + be + V3

Rita will write a letter
A letter will be written by Rita

Continuous

S + will + be + V- ing

S + will + be+ being + V3

Rita will be writing a letter
A letter will be being written by Rita

Perfect

S + will + have + V3

S + will + have + been + V3

Rita will have written a letter
A letter will have been written by Rita

Perfect Continuous

S + will + have + been + V-ing

S + will + have + been + being +V 3

Rita will have been writing a letter A letter will have been being written by Rita

Past Future

Active

passive

Past future

S + would + V1+ O

S + would + be + V3

Rita would write a letter A letter would be written by Rita

Past future Continuous

S + would + be + V- ing

S + would + be+ being + V3

Rita would be writing a letter A letter would be being written by Rita

Past future Perfect

S + would + have + V3

S + would + have + been + V3

Rita would have written a letter A letter would have been written by Rita

Past future Perfect Continuous

S+would+have+been+V-ing

S+ would+have+been+being+V3

Rita would have been writing a letter A letter would have been being written by Rita
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IRREGULAR VERBS

IRREGULAR VERBS
Verb-1
Verb-2
Verb-3
meaning
bear
bore
born
melahirkan
begin
began
begun
memulai
beat
beat
beaten
memukul
bend
bent
bent
membengkokan
become
became
become
menjadi
bite
bit
bitten
menggigit
blow
blew
blown
meniup
break
broke
broken
memecahkan
bring
brought
brought
membawa
broadcast
broadcast
broadcast
menyiarkan
build
built
built
membangun
burn
burnt
burnt
membakar
buy
bought
bought
membeli
catch
caught
caught
menangkap
choose
chose
choosen
memilih
come
came
come
datang
cut
cut
cut
memotong
dig
dug
dug
menggali
draw
drew
drawn
menggambar
do
did
done
mengerjakan
drink
drank
drunk
minum
dream
dreamt
dreamt
mimpi
drive
drove
driven
menyopir
dwell
dwelt
dwelt
menghuni
eat
ate
eaten
makan
fall
fell
fell
jatuh
feed
fed
fed
memberi makan
feel
felt
felt
merasa
fight
fought
fought
berkelahi
find
found
found
menemukan
fly
flew
flown
terbang
forbid
forbade
forbidden
melarang
get
got
got
mendapat
give
gave
given
memberi makan
go
went
gone
pergi
grow
grew
grown
tumbuh
hang
hung
hung
menggantung
have
had
had
mempunyai
hear
heard
heard
mendengar
hit
hit
hit
memukul
hold
held
held
memegang
hurt
hurt
hurt
melukai
keep
kept
kept
menyimpan
hide
hid
hidden
bersembunyi
know
knew
known
mengetahui
lay
laid
laid
menaruh
lead
led
led
memimpin
light
lit
lit
menyalakan
lose
lost
lost
menghilangkan
lie
lay
lain
berbaring
leave
left
left
meninggalkan
make
made
made
membuat
mean
meant
meant
berarti
pay
paid
paid
membayar
put
put
put
meletakkan
read
read
read
membaca
ride
rode
riden
mengendarai
ring
rang
rung
membunyikan
rise
rose
risen
terbit
run
ran
run
berlari
see
saw
seen
melihat
send
sent
sent
mengirim
sleep
slept
slept
tidur
smell
smelt
smelt
membantu
speak
spoke
spoken
berbicara
spell
spelt
spelt
mengeja
spend
spent
spent
menghabiskan
spread
spread
spread
menyebar
stand
stood
stood
berdiri
steal
stole
stolen
mencuri
sell
sold
sold
menjual
shake
shook
shaken
mengocok
shine
shone
shone
bersinar
shoot
shot
shot
menembak
show
showed
shown
menunjukkan
shut
shut
shut
menutup
sing
sang
sung
bernyanyi
sink
sank
sunk
tenggelam
sit
sat
sat
duduk
stick
stuck
stuck
menancapkan
say
said
said
mengatakan
seek
sought
sought
mencari
set
set
set
mengatur
swear
swore
sworn
bersumpah
sting
stung
stung
menyengat
take
took
taken
mengambil
teach
taught
taught
mengajar
tear
tore
torn
merobek
tell
told
told
bercerita
think
thought
thought
berfikir
think
thought
thought
mengira
throw
threw
thrown
melempar
understand
understood
understood
memahami
strike
struck
struck
memukul
sweep
swept
swept
menyapu
swim
swam
swum
berenang
swing
swung
swung
berayun
take
took
taken
mengambil
undertake
undertook
undertaken
menangani.
win
won
won
memenangkan
wind
wound
wound
memutar
write
wrote
written
menulis
weave
wove
woven
menganyam
wake up
woke up
waken up
bangun
wear
wore
worn
memakai
weep
wept
wept
menangis
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