LET’S STUDY “GERUND”. UNDERSTAND THE PATTERNS AND READ THE EXAMPLES GERUND Gerund is a V-ing which functions as a noun. 1.        Gerund as a subject Gerund + be + adjective Gerund + verb + (object) + ... Examples: 1.It is necessary to spend money wisely.   Gerund Be Adjective Spending money wisely Is Necessary   2.It is important to be polite to other people.   Gerund Be Adjective Being polite to the other people Is Important   3.It makes me tired to walk all day.   Gerund Verb Object Adjective Walking all day Makes Me Tired   2.        Gerund as an object Subject + Certain verb + gerund   Certain v...

  LETTER/EMAIL       Letter atau surat adalah sebuah sarana adalah sebuah sarana komunikasi tertulis yang digunakan untuk menyampaikan informasi dari suatu pihak kepada pihak lain. Surat dapat berupa undangan (invitation letter), surat pengaduan (Complaint letter) atau surat elektronic (email). Invitation card atau invitation leter adalah sebuah kartu/surat yang bertujuan mengundang seseorang untuk mendatangi/mengikuti sebuah acara. Susunan Invitation card/letter terdiri dari: a.        Invitee (yang diundang) terletak dipaling atas. b.        The body of the letter card. c.        Occasion (acara) harus dinyatakan dengan jelas acara apa yang akan diselenggarakan. d.        Date (tanggal), cantumkan hari, tanggal, tahun denga jelas. e.        Time (waktu), cantumkan waktu penyelenggaraan acara de...

  ESSENTIAL GRAMMAR POINT: DIRECT AND INDIRECT SPEECH AND  KEY ANSWER             When we want to restate what exactly a speaker uttered, we use indirect speech. In this type of speech, which is also called reported speech, we use no quotations marks and we frequently change the pronouns and possessive adjectives from one person to another. To make the restatement remain logical, we have to follow the rule of sequence of tenses. Observe the following examples to get better understanding. a.        Tony said,”I am getting tired of working in this company.” Tony said that he was getting tired of working in that company. b.        “It had been raining so hard yesterday that I could not go anywhere,”Wildan said. Wildan said that it had been raining so hard the day before that he had been unable to go anywhere. c.        They s...