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English Grammar Tenses
Written by Eri Kurniawan Saturday, 07 March 2009 19:26
Are you any good at English tenses? Try getting this exercise done and let’s see how well you did it.
1. (Do/Does/Did) anyone object if I switch the TV channel?
2. I (will/have/will have) come to the conclusion that Indonesians are getting ignorant about social issues.
3. No matter what happens next I (will, would, will be) keep in touch with you.
4. They (were/had been/have been) running for a few hours when the problem came up all of a sudden.
5. I assumed you (have been/are/had been) paying for the rent until the end of this semester.
6. (Will/Did/Do) you ever feel bored of doing the same thing every day?
7. She (will be/is/has been) collecting the data by January next year.
8. I (go/went/have gone) to that village once and haven’t visited again since.
9. She (keeps/is keeping/kept) trying to persuade her professor but it never works out.
10. I (am wanting/want/have wanted) everybody to be quiet now as I try this experiment.
Worthy Ideas to Write
Written by eri kurniawan Thursday, 14 August 2008 20:20
I flipped through some books in the department's library today and came across with a nice and informative book about a guide to writing. It's title is "Evergreen with Readings" by Fawcett (1996). This book has a lot to read but I simply glanced through its table of content and read a bunch of pages. Then, I came up with a list of sound ideas worth writing.
A few bugs in English writing
Written by eri kurniawan
By Eri Kurniawan *)
A friend of mine, when I was in college back then, asked me, “What 's your score in Writing class?” I plainly replied “A”. What's yours?” My friend cynically responded, “Don’t ask me about that. It’s lame. I know why, though. I’m poor at grammar while the lecturer, you know, gets crazy about it.”
The above dialog is a mere illustration, it’s just fictitious (rarely did English students speak English at campuses in Indonesia, right?). Students oftentimes feel that what bothers them in writing or speaking English is Grammar, which is felt as ‘a bug’. They often claim that grammar always obstructs their fluency. They argue that what is apparently needed in real-life communication is not grammar. Communication is all about getting across ideas. As long as you manage to communicate in English, grammar is not an issue. Is it true?
Where do i start?
Written by Joko Supriyanto
Why do you want to learn English?Before you begin (or go back to) studying English, ask yourself one question. Why do I want to study English? Is it because you want to, or because someone else wants you to? Like every decision in life, studying English must be something you want to do.
Set goals
If you know why you want to study, setting goals is easy. For example, maybe you want to travel to an English-speaking country. Great. Your goal might be to learn "Survival English". Perhaps you already know many useful phrases, but you want to improve your listening skills and pronunciation. Whatever your goals are, write them down.
