TASK 4

NAMA   : Achmad Rizky
NPM       : 10210089
KELAS   : 4EA18

What is a Verb Complement?
A verb complement is the arrangement of one verb as the object of another verb. 
This happens three ways in English:
1. With Infinitives
ex : I asked her to leave, I wanted to leave, I helped him to leave, I stopped for the child to cross the street.
2. With Gerunds
ex : I considered leaving the job, I regretted his leaving the job, They decided on leaving.
3. With Noun Clauses 
ex : I insisted that he leave, I wondered why he left, She acknowledged that she had left the job, He didn’t know that she had left, She decided when she would leave.
Verb and Preposition followed by Gerund
ex : After being stopped by the police, George admitted to having drunk two pints of beer
Adjective and Preposition followed by Gerund
ex : He is accustomed to having his own office. She is addicted to watching TV. She is afraid ofspeaking in public.

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TASK 3

Nama   : Achmad Rizky
NPM     : 10210089
Kelas    : 4ea18


A.   Present Perfect Tense and Simple Past Tense

1.    Present Perfect Tense

The Present Perfect Tense is  is a grammatical combination of the present tense and the perfect aspect, used to express a past event that has present consequences. This tense indicates either that an action was completed (finished or "perfect") at some point in the past or that the action extends to the present. 

For Examples:
a.  Puts emphasis the result
     Example: He has written three books.
b.  Action that still going on
     Example: Office has not started yet.
c.  Action that stopped recently
     Example: He has farming morning.
d.  Finished action that has an influence on the present
     Example: I have lost my key.
e.  Action that has taken once, never or several times before the moment of speaking
     Example: I have never been to Germany.


2.   Simple Past Tense

Simple past tense is one of the most common tenses in English. Its form is the same with all subject. It is ussually fprmed by adding -ED to the verb. This page will explain the rules for forming the tense with regular verbs.

For Examples: 

a.  Action in the past taking place once, never or several times

     Example: My mother cooked every day.

b.  Action in the past taking place in the middle of another action

     Example: When i was having dinner, the phone suddenly rang.

B.    Subject Verb Agreement

Subject Verb Agreement just using the right version of the verb to agree with the subject. Simply means the subject and verb must agree in number.

For Examples:

1. None of team is ready.
2. The king or his daughter is visiting tommorow.
3. The CEO not the board members makes the final decision.
4. The members of the jury are late returning to the courtroom.
5. Either the king or the queen is coming to present the awards.

C.    Adjective & Possesive Pronoun

1.  Forms of Posessive Pronouns and Possesive Adjective

2.   Using Possesive Pronouns and Adjectives

For Examples:

a.  A possesive pronoun is used instead of a noun

     Example: Rahma's car is red. Mine is Black.

b.  A posessive adjective is ussualy used to describe a noun, and it come before it, like other adjective.

     Example : My house is bigger than his house.

Reference :

• http://www.grammar-monster.com/lessons/subject_verb_agreement.htm
• https://writing.wisc.edu/Handbook/SubjectVerb.html

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