Task English

A.  RECOUNT

GENRE	PURPOSE	GENERIC STRUCTURE	EXPLANATION
Recount	To tell the readers what happened in the past through a sequence of events	1.Orientation (who, what,when, where, how, etc.) 2.Events (in achronological order) 3.Evaluation (comments of writer in personalrecounts) 4.Reorientation(conclusion, tentative in personal recount)	1. The story of the past, usually real, in the form of one’s experience. 2. Using the past tense (dominat) 3. No problems/conflicts faced by characters 4. Telling the events  in sequence/ chronology.

B.  SIMPLE  PAST  TENSE

      A : S + To be (was/were) + …….

            B : S + Verb₂ + …….

Ø       Simple Past Tense is used for the facts or events that occurred in the past.

Ø       Verb simple past tense (verb to form-2) are regular formed by adding "-ed" endings on verb.

                                             USEFULNESS :

1.    Simple past tense used to express an action that has been completed.

2.    Specific time must be expressed or implied.

                                                  AFFIRMATIVE ( + )

S + have/has + verb₃

                                                     NEGATIVE ( - )

S + have/has + not + verb₃

Ø    Negative sentences with simple past tense is made and did not.

Ø    Did is the past tense of the verb to do. And did not often shortened to did not.

                                                INTERROGATIVE ( ? )

Have/has + S + verb₃

C.   SIMPLE PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE

S + was/were + verb₁ + (ing) + ……

USE OF PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE :

1.       Past Continuous Tense is used to declare events that are happening at a specific time in the past.

2.       Past Continuous Tense is also used to express two events that occurred at the same time in the past.

While + subject₁ + past continuous + subject₂ + past continuous

Subject₁ +  past continuous + while + subject₂ + past continuous

AFFIRMATIVE ( + )

S + have + been + verb₁

( ing )

NEGATIVE ( - )

S + have + not + been + verb₁

( ing )

Ø       Negative form of the sentences in the Past Continuous  Tense is made by adding 'not' after a few were the resource persons / was.

INTRROGATIVE ( ? )

Have + S + been + verb₁

( ing )

D.   THE USE WHEN OR WHILE

Ø      They mean during the time that and indicate that something is or was happening when something else occurred.

 WHEN NOT WHILE

                       

Ø      We use when, not while, to talk about something that occurs at the same time as a longer action or event that is described in the main clause.

Sentence	WHEN	Sentence
(commonly in past continuous tense)		( commonly in past tense)

Ø       We also use when, not while, to talk about one event that happens immediately after another and to talk about periods of time in the past.

Ø      When can also be used instead of whenever, meaning every time that

  WHILE NOT WHEN

Ø      We often prefer while to when to describe the longer action of two events or to talk about two longer actions that go on simultaneously

Sentence	WHILE	Sentence
(commonly in past tense)		(commonly past continuous tense)

Sentence	WHILE	Sentence
(commonly in past continuous tense)		(commonly in past continuous tense)

Ø      Note : Sometimes when can be used in place of  while but while can’t be used in place of when.

E.   INDEFINITE PRONOUN

Ø       An indefinite pronoun does not refer to any specific person, thing or amount. It is vague and "not definite". Some typical indefinite pronouns are.

Ø     all, another, any, anybody/anyone, anything, each, everybody/everyone, everything, few, many, nobody, none, one, several, some, somebody/someone

Ø      Notice that a singular pronoun takes a singular verb AND that any personal pronoun should also agree (in number and gender).

PRONOUN	MEANING
Another	an additional or different person or thing
Anybody/anyone	no matter what person
Anything	no matter what thing
Enough	as much or as many as needed
Everybody/everyone	all people
Everything	all things
Nobody/no-one	no person
Nothing	no single thing, not anything
One	an unidentified person
Smebody/someone	an unspecified or unknown person
Something	an unspecified or unknown thing
SINGULAR OR PLURAL	MEANING
Any	no matter how much or how may
More	a greater quantity of something , a greater number of people of things
Most	the majority , nearly all
Some	an unspecified quantity of something , an unspecified number of people or things.