Problem with usage Pertemuan 9 Matakuliah: G0602 / Bahasa Inggris 3 Tahun: 2007

Bina Nusantara Contents 1.Distinguish make and do 2.Distinguishlike, alike, and unlike 3.Distinguish other, another, and others

Bina Nusantara Mahasiswa dapat menerangkan penggunaan kata make, do, like, alike, unlike, other, another, and other Learning Outcomes

Bina Nusantara Problem with Usage (Make & Do) Make, and do are easily confused because their meaning are so similar. Make often has the idea of creating or constructing. The following expressions show some of the possible uses of make: She likes to make her own clothes. Would you like to make a cake for a dessert? If you make a mistake, you should correct it. He was unable to make a response to the threat. In English certain groups of words have similar uses, and these are sometimes confused in written expression questions on the TOEFL test.

Bina Nusantara Problem with Usage (Make & Do) Do often has the idea of completing or performing. The following expressions show some of the possible uses of do: This morning she did all the dishes. The students are doing the assignments. The janitors did the work they were assigned. You can do your laundry at the laundromat. Many uses of make and do are idiomatic and therefore difficult to classify.

Bina Nusantara Problem with Usage (Like, alike, and unlike) Like, alike, and unlike are easily confused because they look so similar and they have many different uses. Example 1: John and Tom are alike John and Tom worked in a like manner. In both these examples, alike and like are adjectives that mean similar. In the first example, alike is a predicate adjective describing John and Tom. Because alike is a predicate adjective, it can only be used after a linking verb such as are. In the second example, like is the adjective form that is used immediately before noun manner.

Bina Nusantara Problem with Usage (Like, alike, and unlike) Example 2: John is like Tom John unlike Tom. In the first example, the preposition like is followed by the object Tom. It means that Tom and John are similar. In the second example, the preposition unlike is followed by the object Tom. It means that Tom and John are not similar.

Bina Nusantara SUMMARY (1) LIKE, ALIKE, AND UNLIKE GRAMMARMEANINGUSE like alikeadjectivesimilar As an adjective, like is used before a noun. As an adjective, alike is used after a linking verb. like unlikepreposition similar different Both prepositions are followed by objects. They can both be used in many positions, including at the beginning of the sentence.

Bina Nusantara Problem with Usage (Other, another, and others) Other, another, and others are very easy to confuse. To decide how to use each of them correctly, you must consider three things: 1.If it is singular or plural 2.If it is definite (the) or indefinite (a, an) 3.If it is an adjective (it appears with a noun) or if it is pronoun (it appears by itself).

Bina Nusantara SUMMARY (2) SINGULARPLURAL INDEFINITEI have another book. (Adj) I have another. (Pro) I have other books. (Adj) I have athers. (Pro) DEFINITEI have the other book. (Adj) I have the other. (Pro) I have the other books. (Adj) I have the others. (Pro)

Bina Nusantara EXERCISES 1.Exercise 58 (p.326). 2.Exercise 59 (p.327) 3.Exercise 60 (p.328) 4.Exercise skills (pp )

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