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Exclamatory Sentence

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Hello, fellas, how are you doing?

Fellas, do you know what is this?

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Burj Khalifa

That is Burj Khalifa in Dubai, UAE, “How amazing it is!“

Did you notice the form that I used to compliment Burj Khalifa? Yes, I said, “How amazing it is!“. On that sentence, I used what we call exclamatory sentence, which is going to be our topic for today.

An exclamatory sentence is a sentence that expresses about wonder or a feeling caused by something beautiful or stunning. Usually, the characteristic of an exclamatory sentence is it ends with an exclamation mark (!).

Check these sentences:
“How small their house was!” (Betapa kecil rumah mereka!)

“How oddly Justin behaved!” (Betapa aneh kelakuan Justin!)

“What a surprising conclusion it was!” (Sungguh sebuah kesimpulan yang mengejutkan!)

To make an exclamatory sentence, we can use the following formula.

  • Formula 1:
    How + adjective + subject + auxiliary verb
    E.g.:
    “How cheap these shoes are!“
  • Formula 2:
    How + adverb + subject + verb
    E.g.:
    “How oddly Justin behaved!“
  • Formula 3:

  How + adjective + noun + subject + verb

E.g.:

“What expensive bags you have!”

Fellas, sometimes, we can remove some word on an exclamatory sentence to make the sentence even better.

E.g.: “What a charming girl!” instead of “What a charming girl she is!” “What beautiful hair!” instead of “What beautiful hair you have!”

An exclamatory sentence can also be written as a declarative sentence (which we will discuss next time).

E.g.: “There is the plane now!” (Itu pesawatnya sudah mendarat!)

“There is your bus coming!” (Itu dia busnya tiba!)

Fellas, that is all for today, thank you so much for your patience and see you tomorrow!

Compiled and written by @2013happyyy for @englishtipsforyou on Wednesday, January 30, 2019

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    #EngClass: Derivatives

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    Hello fellas, how was your day?

    In this session we will discuss derivative which is a part of grammar in English language. There are several grammatical rules to apply when using English. Today, we will continue with ‘Derivatives.’

    Derivatives are word that are derived from other words, which we call root words. Usually, derivatives are formed by adding an affix to the root words.
    Let’s see the paragraph below:

    At their first session, the lawyer asked Ed, “What things about this woman that attracted you?”
    Ed replied, “Her forthrightness, straightforwardness, and frankness    .”

    Fellas, did you find any derivatives from that paragraph?
    From that paragraph, the words ‘forthrightness,’ ‘straightforwardness,’ and ‘frankness’ are derivatives. Derivatives can also be nouns that we could change into adjectives or adverbs if we add suffix at the end of the words. However, there are some derivatives that still retain their meaning.

    1. To form noun derivatives, we add suffixes like -ness, -ty, -hood, -ian, -cy, -er, -or, -sion, -ment, -tion, -ant, -ce, etc.
    E.g.: 
    Happy – Happiness 
    Child – Childhood

    Dense – Density
    Pregnant – Pregnancy
    Good – Goodness

    Comedy – Comedian
    Assist – Assistance
    Friend – Friendship 

    2. To form adjective derivatives, we add suffixes like: -full, -less, -ish, -al, – cy, – ary, -able, -ous, -y, etc.
    E.g.:
    Blue – blueish
    Boy – boyish
    Help – helpless
    Sun – sunny
    Danger – dangerous

    3. To form verb derivatives, we can add affixes like dis-, re-, -ize, a-, -fy. 
    E.g.:
    Like – dislike
    Agree – disagree 
    Check – recheck
    Memory – memorize
    Summary – summarize

    4. Derivatives can also form ‘negative words’ or words that have the negative meaning of the root words. To form these derivatives, we add prefixes un-, in-, im-, etc.

    E.g.:
    complete – incomplete
    happy – unhappy
    direct – indirect
    mortal – immortal

    Sumber: Yulianto, Dian. (2018). Asyiknya Belajar Grammar Dari Kisah-Kisah Jenaka. Yogyakarta: DIVA press.

    Compiled and written by @2013happyy for @englishtipsforyou on Wednesday, January 23, 2019

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    #EngClass: The Imperative (2)

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    Hi fellas, Today we will discuss the imperative and how to use it on sentences.

    Fellas, Imperative is a type of sentence that gives instructions or expresses a command. Sometimes, an imperative sentence also expresses a direction, a request, an order or a suggestion. Imperative sentences usually end with an exclamation mark or a period. Check this paragraph and find imperative sentences on this paragraph:

    “In a second-grade elementary class, an English teacher asked her students to count in English. “Lisa, can you count up to five in English for me?” Lisa said “Yes, Miss. One, two, three, four, five.” The teacher said “Very good. Now Melisa, please continue.”

    When the teacher asked Melisa to continue counting, she said “Please continue”. It is the imperative.

    1. Imperative sentences can also express prohibition or warning. They can end with either an exclamation mark and period. E.g.:
    • “Do not use the lift in the event of fire“.
    • “Don’t go there!”
    • “Don’t tell anyone that I was here“.
    • “Don’t be late!“

    2. Imperative sentences can also express an instruction. E.g.:

    • “Enjoy your meal“.
    • “Do start“.
    • “Stop talking and open your books“.
    • “Ask him, will you? “Write to me, will you? “

    3. We can write imperative sentence without a subject.

    E.g : “Open your mouth and say “Aaah”.

    4. We can also write imperative sentence to remind one or more people. E.g :

    • “Come on, boys, you’re late”.
    • “Come on, Lisa, I’m waiting”.

    5. We can also write imperative sentences to make suggestions. Usually, we use “Let’s” in the beginning of sentence. Remember that “let’s” is a contraction of “let us”, which means the pronoun is already plural. E.g :

    • “Let’s visit India next month”.
    • “Please, let’s just go to cinema tonight, shall we?”.

    6. We can also use imperative sentences to give instructions.

    E.g : “First, prepare some hot water. Pour the white coffee into a cup. Add some milk and stir the coffee”.

    Compiled and written by @2013happyy for @englishtipsforyou on Wednesday, January 16, 2018