TASK 2

Explain About Tenses, Singular & Plural, and Pronoun 

About Tenses

Simple Past Tense, Simple Present Tense, Simple Future Tense

Simple Past Tense

• Simple Pas Tense is simple of the verb to indicate an event that happened in the past.

Formula :
( + ) S + Verb 2 + O
( - )  S + did not verb 1 + O
( ? )  Did + S + verb 1 + O

Example :

a. The mechanic repaired the Motorcycle

b. The girl bought some Computer

Simple Present Tense

• Simple Present Tense indicates that an action is present, now, relative to the speaker or writer. Generally, it is used to describe actions that are factual or habitual. Thing that occur in the present but that are not necessarily happening right now.

Fromula :
( + ) S +/- auxiliary(do/does) + bare infinitive
( - ) S + aux. verb(do/does) + not + bare infinitive
( ? ) Do/Does + S + bare infinitive
 

Example :

a. Dutski drives a bus

b. He buys the car

Simple future Tense

• Simple future tense is a verb used to express that an action occurred spontaneously in the future or planned.

Formula :
( + ) S + will + bare infinitive
( - )  S + will + not + bare infinitive
( ? ) Will + S + bare infinitive

Example :

a. They will play football next week

b. We shall study Mathematics tomorrow

About Singular and Plural

Singular

• Singular noun is describing only one person or to show an object

Example :

a. He is a student in the Manchester University

b. My class is beautiful

Plural

• Plural is a formed by adding -s behind the letters to be made noun

Example : 

a. My rooms are rented for three months

b. The Dean meets her students in front of the office

About Pronoun

Personal Pronoun

Personal pronouns are used to represent people. They can show first person (the speaker), second person (the person being spoken to), or third person (the person being spoken about).

Example : 

1. I went to the party on Friday night.

2. He called the store, but everyone was on a lunch break.

Possessive Pronoun
Possessive nouns are nouns that show ownership or possession.  Normally these words would be a singular or plural noun, but in the possessive form they are used as adjectives to modify another a noun or pronoun.  Possessive pronouns show that something belongs to someone or something.

Example : 

1. Theirs are the best for dry skin.

2. Yours are on the table. 

Reflexive Pronoun

A reflexive pronoun is used when the subject and object of the sentence are the same. The reflexive pronouns are: myself, yourself, yourselves, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, themselves.

Example :

1.It’s essential to treat others like you treat yourself.

2. Hendri didn’t blame himself for the accident.

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