Thursday, 2nd February 2012
Today, we did another listening exercise for a while. The questions not very tough and my mark were better than yesterday. However, I must improve it more (:
After that, the class continued with presentation from Nabila group. They presented about adverb and subject-verb agreement.
An adverb can modify a verb, an adjective, another adverb, a phrase, or a clause. An adverb indicates manner, time, place, cause, or degree and answers questions such as "how," "when," "where," "how much".
Kinds of Adverbs
ADVERBS | EXAMPLES |
Of manner (answer the question how?) | They helped us cheerfully. ( how did they help us? ) |
Of place (answer the question where?) | Please sit here. ( where should I sit ) |
Of degree (answer the question of how much) | Siti entirely agrees with him. ( how much does Siti agree with him ) |
Of time (answer the question when or how often) | She came yesterday. (when did she come? ) |
Of frequency (answer the question how frequently? Or how often?) | She is always late to school. *other examples are sometimes, usually, never, rarely, daily |
More information? Please click this link:
http://grammar.about.com/od/ab/g/adverbterm.htm
Subjects and verbs must AGREE with one another in number ( singular or plural )
Basic Rule
The basic rule states that a singular subject takes a singular verb, while a plural subject takes a plural verb.
NOTE: The trick is in knowing whether the subject is singular or plural. The next trick is recognizing a singular or plural verb.
Hint: Verbs do not form their plurals by adding an s as nouns do. In order to determine which verb is singular and which one is plural, think of which verb you would use with he or she and which verb you would use with they.
Example:
talks, talk
Which one is the singular form ?
Which word would you use with he ?
We say, "He talks." Therefore, talks is singular.
We say, "They talk." Therefore, talk is plural.
More information are available here:
After finished the presentation, they held game. They offered foods as the prize. It’s absolutely make us surprised. I was the first person answered the question right after was chosen by Nabila. She give me biscuits as the prize. Then, I shared it with my classmates. We continue the game and ate together. hehe
