Tugas 3 Softskill English Bussines

-  Gerunds

Gerunds is a non – finite verb from that can function as a noun.

Formula:

Ø Verb + Gerunds

Ø Verb + Prepositions + Gerunds

Tense	Active	Passive
Present or Continuous Prefect	Doing Having Done	Being Done Having Been Done

Example:

a.    Fishing is fun

b.    I have a boring teacher

-  Infinitive

Invinitive is a grammatical term user to refer to certain verb forms that exist in many languages.

Formula:

Ø  Verb + To Infinitive

Ø  Adjective + To Infinitive

Example:

a.    They decide to start a business together

b.    Give him an ornament to polish

-  Possessive Pronouns

Possesive Pronouns is to refer to specific person/people or thing/things belonging to a person/people.

Number	Person	Gender (of”owner”)	Possessive Pronouns	Example
Singular	1st	Male/Female	Mine	Look at my pictures. Mine is the big one.
	2nd	Male/Female	Yours	My flowers are dying. Yours are lovely.
	3rd	Male	His	All the essays were good but his was the best.
		Female	Hers	John found his clothes but Marry couldn’t find hers.
Plural	1st	Male/Female	Ours	Here is your car. Ours is over there, where we left it.
	2nd	Male/Female	Yours	Each couple’s books are colour – coded. Your are red.
	3rd	Male/Female/Neuter	Theirs	These aren’t John and Marry’s children. Theirs have black hair.

Possesive Adjective

Possesive Adjective is to show who owns or “possesses” something

Number	Person	Gender (of”owner”)	Possessive Pronouns	Example
Singular	1st	Male/Female	My	This is my book.
	2nd	Male/Female	Your	I like your hair.
	3rd	Male	His	His name is John.
		Female	Hers	Her name is Marry.
		Neuter	Its	The dog is licking its paw.
Plural	1st	Male/Female	Ours	We have sold our house.
	2nd	Male/Female	Yours	Your children are lovely.
	3rd	Male/Female/Neuter	Theirs	The students thanked their teacher.

Reflexive Pronouns

Reflexive Pronouns is a pronoun that is preceded by the noun, adjective or pronoun to which it refers within the same clause.

Number	Person	Gender (of”owner”)	Possessive Pronouns	Example
Singular	1st	Male/Female	Myself	John saw me.	I saw myself in the mirror.
	2nd	Male/Female	Yourself	Why does he blame you?	Why do you blame yourself.
	3rd	Male	Himself	David sent him a copy.	John sent himself a copy.
		Female	Herself	David sent her a copy.	John sent herself a copy.
		Neuter	Itself	My dog hurt the cat.	My dog hurt itself.
Plural	1st	Male/Female	Ourselves	We blame you.	We blame ourselves.
	2nd	Male/Female	Yourselves	Can you help my children?	Can you help yourselves?
	3rd	Male/Female/Neuter	Theirselves	They cannot look after the babies.	They cannot look after theirselves.

-  Affirmative and Negative Agreement

Affirmative and negative agreement are term of opposite meaning which may be applied to statements.

·      So, Too and Also (Affirmative)

Example:

a.    John is handsome and Jack is too

b.    John is handsome and Soo is Jack

·      Neither and Either (Negative Agreement)

Example:

a.    My brother hasn’t seen the movie and I haven’t either.

My brother hasn’t seen the movie and neither have I.