To express hopes and wishes to others and congratulate others for their fortune and achievement, in order to keep good personal relationship with them.Expressions of Asking and Giving HopeHope is to want something happen or to be true, and usually have a good reason to think that it might.
Here are the expressions
- · Hopefully …
- · I hope …
- · I expect …
- · I am hoping …
- · I am expecting …
- · I was hoping …
- · I wish …
Expressions of CongratulationCongratulation is something that you say when you congratulate someone. Here are some expressions of congratulations and their proper responsesExpressions
- · I’d be the first to congratulate you on …
- · I’d like to congratulate you on …
- · Please accept my warmest congratulations.
- · May I congratulate you on …
- · I must congratulate you.
- · It was great to hear about …
- · Congratulations !
- · Congratulations on …
Responses
- · It’s very good of you to say so
- · How nice of you to say so
- · Thank you very much for saying so
- · I’m glad you think so
- · Oh, it’s nothing special actually
- · Oh, I have a lot to learn yet
- · Oh, not really
- · Oh, nothing to do, actually
- · Oh, thanks
Present tense
Pengertian Simple Present Tense
Simple present tense adalah tenses yang digunakan ketika suatu kejadian sedang berlangsung saat ini atau kejadian yang berlangsung berulang kali (kebiasaan). Tenses ini merupakan tenses yang paling sering digunakan dalam bahasa Inggris.
Rumus Simple Present Tense
Untuk membentuk kalimat simple present tense, biasanya digunakan kata kerja bentuk dasar, atau Verb 1. Kecuali untuk kata ganti orang ketiga, menggunakan Verb 1 + s/es. Seperti ditunjukkan pada table dibawah ini.
| Subject | Verb | The Rest of the sentence |
| I / You / They / We | go | to the school by bus |
| She / He / It | goes | to the school by bus |
Bentuk spelling kata kerja pada orang ketiga (She, He, It), tergantung dari akhiran kata kerja (verb) tersebut.
- Untuk kata kerja yang berakhiran -O, -CH, -SH, -X, atau -Z, tambahkan -ES.
- go – goes
- catch – catches
- wash – washes
- kiss – kisses
- box – boxes
- fix – fixes
- Untuk kata kerja (Verb) yang berakhiran konsonan + Y, hilangkan Y, dan tambahkan -IES.
- carry – carries
- study – studies
- worry – worries
- marry – marries
Sedangkan, untuk kata kerja yang berakhiran vokal + Y, cukup tambahkan -S.
- play – plays
- say – says
- enjoy – enjoys
Past Continous
FUNGSI DARI PAST CONTINUOUS
Past continuous mendeskripsikan tindakan atau kejadian pada waktu sebelum sekarang, yang berawal di masa lalu dan masih berlanjut pada saat penuturan. Dengan kata lain, tense ini menyatakan kejadian yang belum selesai atau lengkap di masa lalu.
Past continuous digunakan:
- sering kali, untuk mendeskripsikan latar belakang suatu kisah yang ditulis dalam past tense, seperti “The sun was shining and the birds were singing as the elephant came out of the jungle. The other animals were relaxing in the shade of the trees, but the elephant moved very quickly. She was looking for her baby, and she didn’t notice the hunter who was watching her through his binoculars. When the shot rang out, she was running towards the river…”
- untuk mendeskripsikan tindakan atau kejadian yang belum selesai yang terhenti atau terganggu oleh tindakan atau kejadian lain, seperti “I was having a beautiful dream when the alarm clock rang.”
- untuk menyatakan perubahan pikiran, seperti “I was going to spend the day at the beach but I’ve decided to get my homework done instead.”
- jika digunakan dengan wonder untuk menyatakan permintaan yang sangat sopan, seperti “I was wondering if you could baby-sit for me tonight.”