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POSITIVE SENTENCES

NEGATIVE SENTENCES

INTERROGATIVE SENTENCE

EXERCISE

Change the word in the bracket in order to complete this story by using  an appropriate tenses!

Example: 

I am a student. I study English at College of Education. I am studying about English grammar now. I have brought a grammar book and have read it all, but I still don’t get it. I have been reading it since an hour ago by now.

• Who is she? She (not, look) like a student, but she (bring) a grammar book, and LCD Projector too. Now she (come) to this class. Is she a lecturer? I (not, see) her since the first day.  

• Yesterday (to be) the happiest moment for me. I (go) to the movie and (watch) The breaking dawn part 2. I (wait) this movie since last year. Luckily, my friend (buy) one ticket for me before I arrived, so I (not, need) to queue. When I (wait) for the show, suddenly a super cool guy came and (take) an empty seat right beside me, and (smile) at me!, how lucky I (to be).

• Tomorrow will be the most important moment for me. I (have) my first work interview. So tonight I (prepare) it, I will learn some common questions and answers in work interview. I (also prepare) the best outfit, because tomorrow, I (sit) in front of the persons who will hire me. I (have) had my breakfast before leaving, because I (probably, wait) since morning until my turn. I will have to make sure that I will have fresh breath as I will be speaking while they (listen). 

• I am sorry, I know it is too late by now. If only I could go back, I would come to that time. I (have send) you the letter telling that I (leave) and I wanted to know whether you would come with me. I (wait) for you in the airport for 2 hours. I (think) you had made up your mind, so I decided to leave alone. If only I had found you there I (will have) (marry) you. We (raise) our babies right now, in our beautiful house.   

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Phrase, Caluse and Sentence

Sometimes we are confused to differentiate phrase, clause, and sentences. Lets see to make you understand.

1. Phrase is a group of two or more words that express a single idea but do not usually form a complete sentence. It can function as subject, predicate, object and complement.

The characteristic of phrase:

• Consists of two or more words
• It doesn't have subject and verb, so we can not be say it to be sentence or clause.

 The element of phrase:

• Head word, the main or core word that is modified
• Modifier, word that modifies the head word

Kind of phrase:

Noun Phrase

Example : cozy room, smart student, wild animal

Adjective Pharase

Example : very good, so nice


Adverb Phrase 

Example: too quickly, very slowly, exactly here

Gerund Phrase

Example: playing basketball, going home

To Infinitive Phrase :

Example: to make a cake, to study math

Verb Phrase

Example : look for my ring, take care of my children

Presositional Phrase

Example : on the way, with all my heart, in the morning

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