MATERIAL STTKD ENGLISH PART II

NOMINAL SETENCE

Nominal Sentence is a sentence that predicate is not a verb or in other words a nominal sentence is a sentence that predikatnya form tobe. The use of this tobe depends on the use of tenses and depends on the Subject of the sentence (plural or singular). If the sentence is a Simple Present Tense sentence then the tobe to use is AM, IS and ARE. Tobe can be interpreted is or may not be interpreted, tobe appear because there is no Verb (verb) in the sentence. Let's look at an example in the following sentence.

Example :

1. They are soldiers.
2.  I am the student.
3. we are dancer.
4. You are clever.
5. They are beautiful.
6. He is in the classroom.

Then if the sentence is Simple Past Tense then tobe to be used is WAS and WERE. Take a look at the example sentence below :

1. I was student last year.
2. They were teacher last month.
3. you were beautiful.
4. He was in the hospital yesterday.
5. Tommy was in his home last night. 

From the above sentence example all sentences do not contain the verb but use a tobe that is tailored to the tenses and the subject in the sentence. And usually tobe followed by words other than verb (verb) for example: noun (noun) like student, soldier; Adjectives such as: beautiful, clever and adverbs such as: the classroom, the kitchen. So that the sentence is called the nominal sentence (nominal sentence). 

SIMPLE PAST TENSE

Definition of the simple past tense

The simple past tense, sometimes called the preterite, is used to talk about a completed action in a time before now. The simple past is the basic form of past tense in English. The time of the action can be in the recent past or the distant past and action duration is not important.

Examples

• John Cabot sailed to America in 1498.
• My father died last year.
• He lived in Fiji in 1976.
• We crossed the Channel yesterday.

You always use the simple past when you say when something happened, so it is associated with certain past time expressions.

• frequency: often, sometimes, always
  I sometimes walked home at lunchtime.
  I often brought my lunch to school.
• a definite point in time: last week, when I was a child, yesterday, six weeks ago
  We saw a good film last week.
  Yesterday, I arrived in Geneva.
  She finished her work atseven o'clock
  I went to the theatre last night
• an indefinite point in time: the other day, ages ago, a long time ago People lived in caves a long time ago.
• She played the piano when she was a child.

Note: the word ago is a useful way of expressing the distance into the past. It is placed after the period of time: a week ago, three years ago, a minute ago.

 PRESENT PERFECT

Present Perfect tense is a grammatical combination between present tense and perfect tense. The types of tenses in English used for an action activity that occurred in the past and still influential until now, Present Perfect tense is used when: Actions that occurred at an uncertain time before this time, Acts that happened in the past and still have influence until now, Actions that started in the past and still continue today. 

The present perfect is used to indicate a link between the present and the past. The time of the action is before now but not specified, and we are often more interested in the result than in the action itself.

The Present Perfect is used to describe

• An action or situation that started in the past and continues in the present. I have lived in Bristol since 1984 (= and I still do.)
• An action performed during a period that has not yet finished. She has been to the cinema twice this week (= and the week isn't over yet.)
• A repeated action in an unspecified period between the past and now. We have visited Portugal several times.
• An action that was completed in the very recent past, expressed by 'just'. I have just finished my work.
• An action when the time is not important. He has read 'War and Peace'. (= the result of his reading is important)

Note: When we want to give or ask details about when, where, who, we use the simple past. Read more about choosing between the present perfect and the simple past tenses.