Prepositions

Prepositions

Prepositions are prepositions that normally initiate nouns (nouns) or pronoun (pronouns). Prepositions function shows the relationship with something else, especially a place and time.

1. At, on, in (time)

a. At

at night, at the week end, at the same time, at the age of…

Example : Cilla usually goes to school at 6 o’clock.

b. On

on Friday, on 28 July, on Sunday morning

Example : I was born on 28 July.

c. In

in March, in 1986, in summer

Example : I was born in 1986.

2. At, on, in (place)

in a room, in a garden, on the floor, on the wall, at the door, at the top.

Example : The children are playing in a garden

3. During, for, while

during the rain, for six years, while we are waiting.

Example : She has lived there for six years.

4. By, with

by car, with me

Example : Yudi can go with me.

5. Beside, besides

beside the tree, besides bread

Example :

- Rio stands beside the tree.

- We can eat bread besides rice.

6. Between, among

between two buildings, among people

Example :

- The yard is located between two buildings.

- We should move to among people there.

Degree of Comparison

Degree of Comparison

There are two ways you can do to show the level of quality of the adjective and adverbs. There are : 

A. COMPARATIVES

1. Adding the adjective suffix –er and adverb that have 1 syllable / 2 syllables ending in-er,-le,-ow,-y.

adjective	fast – faster
	funny – funnier
adverb	hard – harder

2. Adding more words before the adjective and adverb that have 3 or more syllables.

adjective	expensive – more expensive
	beautiful – more beautiful
adverb	quickly – more quickly

B. SUPERLATIVES

1. Adding the suffix -est to adjective and adverb that have 1 syllable / 2 syllables ending in-er,-le,-ow,-y.

adjective	fast – fastest
	funny – funniest
adverb	hard – hardest

2. Adding the most words before the adjective and adverb that have 3 or more syllables.

adjective	expensive – the most expensive
	beautiful – the most beautiful
adverb	quickly – the most quickly

There are some adjective that has the shape comparison is not fix (irregular comparative forms) :

bad	worse	worst
good	better	best
many	more	most
little	less	least
old	older/ elder	oldest/ eldest
far	farther/ further	farthest/ furthest

Correlative Conjunctions

Correlative Conjunctions

Correlative conjunctions are conjunctions which has a pair of each to combine two sentences / phrases.

1. Not only … but also…

Example :

- l Reptiles live not only on the land but also in the water.

- l Ariel not only sings the song but also composes it.

2. Either … or …

Example :

Dewi goes to the library on Monday

Desy goes to the library on Monday

→ Either Dewi or Desy goes to the library on Monday.

3. Neither … nor …

Example :

I don’t read the newspaper.

You don’t read the newspaper.

→ Neither I nor you read the newspaper.

4. Both … and …

Example :

- l She reads both quickly and carefully.

- l Both Firda and Gisca play tennis.

Conjunctions

Conjunctions

Conjunctions are conjunctions/liaison or group of words in the English language that serves to connect two words, phrases, or sentences.

Kinds of Conjunctions :

1. Because, as, since, because of, due to, for.

Example : Dita doesn’t go to school because she is sick.

2. And.

Example : Yudit and Andre are doctor.

3. Although, even though, though, despite, in spite of.

Example : They still go although there is hard rain.

4. Therefore, so, so that, thus.

Example : The questions were so difficult therefore, many students couldn’t do that.

5. Moreover, furthermore.

Example : Mr. Harry is very rich, moreover he is very generous.

6. Besides, in addition.

Example : The students must do the assignment; in addition, they must submit it soon.

7. However, but, nevertheless, yet, still.

Example : His leg is broken; however, he can finish the game.

Adverbs

Adverbs

Adverbs are words that are added after other word (other than nouns and pronouns), which functions as an adverb.

Kinds of Adverbs :

1. Adverbs of time

a. Definite time

today, tomorrow, yesterday, everyday, tonight, last…(week, month, etc.), next… (week, month, Sunday, etc.), in…(February, the afternoon, etc.)

Example : She will come in January.

b. Indefinite time (tak tentu)

already, yet, recently, ever, never, before, after, usually, often, sometimes, soon, still.

Example : The train will arrive soon.

2. Adverbs of place

at…, on…, anywhere, here, there, inside, in front of, in back, behind, around, hereby, hereto.

Example : The girl isn’t here.

3. Adverbs of manner

quickly, rudely, kindly.

Example : He speaks rudely.

4. Adverbs of frequency

always, often, usually, ever, seldom, rarely, never.

Example : She never comes late to school.

5. Adverbs of quantity

once, twice, … times (more than two), half.

Example : Dika goes to the library four times a week.