B. STRUKTUR DASAR DAN KOMBINASI
KATA
Struktur dasar kata perlu diketahui
untuk menyusun kalimat dengan baik. Oleh
karena itu, pengetahuan dasar kata yang perlu dipahami , seperti di bawah ini:
1. KATA BENDA TUNGGAL (SINGULAR
NOUN)
Kata
benda tunggal yaitu kata benda konkrit atau kata benda abstrak yang nampak jamak
(banyak) tetapi terhitung berjumlah satu.
Dalam
kalimat bahasa Inggris, kata ini akan berdampingan dengan kata kerja (Verb)
yang khusus untuk kata tunggall akan terlihat di tenses: present tense, continuous dan present
perfect tense
Contoh:
Present tense :
Continuous
tense :
Present perfect tense:
Biasanya
kata benda tunggal dapat dihitung (Count
Noun) melalui kata tunjuk (demonstrative
adjective) yaitu a, an, the, any,
few, little, none, no one, one yang terletak di depan kata (lihat di gambar contoh).
Contoh
kata tunggal, antara lain :
Pronoun (Count Noun)
He,
she, it, him, her, Wati, mother, person, Kun kun, servant Father, Son in law,
relative, sibling, everyone, one.
Noun (Count Noun)
Computer,
finger, pen. Cloud, statement,
environment, rabbit, lion, sheet, Chicken, house, cotton bud, charger, purse,
wallet, broom, jar, bottle, Mart, Market, Hollow, tunnel, hunger, arm, bark,
bullet, chair, door, globe, earth, planet, tooth, frame, fan, pan, knife,
stationary, drug-store, workshop, garage, train, bus, plane, railway, hall,
telephone, television, radio, channel, social media, keyboard, mat, bag,
mountain.
Noun (Non Count Noun)
Juice, tea, flour, oil, milk, orange, money, Economics,
mathematics, air, water, advertising, Politics, oxygen, hydrogen, speech, snow,
gliserin, whipe cream, salt, ocean, sugar,
sand, meat, mumps, soap, food,
measles.
Abstract Noun (Non Count Noun)
Economics,
mathematics, air, water, advertising, Politics, oxygen, hydrogen, smoke, blood,
presure, nutrient, paste, lotion, thought, mind news, pollution, homework,
information.
Special Pronoun
You,
I, me