Helping and Modal Auxiliary Verbs

Helping and
Modal Auxiliary
Verbs


Helping verbs or auxiliary verbs such as will, shall, may, might, can, could, must, ought to, should, would, used to, need are used in conjunction with main verbs to express shades of time and mood. The combination of helping verbs with main verbs creates what are called verb phrases or verb strings. In the following sentence, "will have been" are helping or auxiliary verbs and "studying" is the main verb; the whole verb string is underlined:
As of next August, I will have been studying chemistry for ten years.
Students should remember that adverbs and contracted forms are not, technically, part of the verb. In the sentence, "He has already started." the adverb already modifies the verb, but it is not really part of the verb. The same is true of the 'nt in "He hasn't started yet" (the adverb not, represented by the contracted n't, is not part of the verb, has started).
Shall, will and forms of have, do and be combine with main verbs to indicate time and voice. As auxiliaries, the verbs be, have and do can change form to indicate changes in subject and time.
I shall go now.
He had won the election.
They did write that novel together.
I am going now.
He was winning the election.
They have been writing that novel for a long time.

Uses of Shall and Will and Should
In England, shall is used to express the simple future for first person I and we, as in "Shall we meet by the river?" Will would be used in the simple future for all other persons. Using will in the first person would express determination on the part of the speaker, as in "We will finish this project by tonight, by golly!" Using shall in second and third persons would indicate some kind of promise about the subject, as in "This shall be revealed to you in good time." This usage is certainly acceptable in the U.S., although shall is used far less frequently. The distinction between the two is often obscured by the contraction 'll, which is the same for both verbs.
In the United States, we seldom use shall for anything other than polite questions (suggesting an element of permission) in the first-person:
"Shall we go now?"
"Shall I call a doctor for you?"
(In the second sentence, many writers would use should instead, although should is somewhat more tentative than shall.) In the U.S., to express the future tense, the verb will is used in all other cases.
Shall is often used in formal situations (legal or legalistic documents, minutes to meetings, etc.) to express obligation, even with third-person and second-person constructions:
The board of directors shall be responsible for payment to stockholders.
The college president shall report financial shortfalls to the executive director each semester."
Should is usually replaced, nowadays, by would. It is still used, however, to mean "ought to" as in
You really shouldn't do that.
If you think that was amazing, you should have seen it last night.
In British English and very formal American English, one is apt to hear or read should with the first-person pronouns in expressions of liking such as "I should prefer iced tea" and in tentative expressions of opinion such as
I should imagine they'll vote Conservative.
I should have thought so.
(The New Fowler's Modern English Usage edited by R.W. Burchfield. Clarendon Press: Oxford, England. 1996. Used with the permission of Oxford University Press. Examples our own.)

Uses of Do, Does and Did
In the simple present tense, do will function as an auxiliary to express the negative and to ask questions. (Does, however, is substituted for third-person, singular subjects in the present tense. The past tense did works with all persons, singular and plural.)
I don't study at night.
She doesn't work here anymore.
Do you attend this school?
Does he work here?
These verbs also work as "short answers," with the main verb omitted.
Does she work here? No, she doesn't work here.
With "yes-no" questions, the form of do goes in front of the subject and the main verb comes after the subject:
Did your grandmother know Truman?
Do wildflowers grow in your back yard?
Forms of do are useful in expressing similarity and differences in conjunction with so and neither.
My wife hates spinach and so does my son.
My wife doesn't like spinach; neither do I.
Do is also helpful because it means you don't have to repeat the verb:
Larry excelled in language studies; so did his brother.
Raoul studies as hard as his sister does.
The so-called emphatic do has many uses in English.
a.To add emphasis to an entire sentence: "He does like spinach. He really does!"
b.To add emphasis to an imperative: "Do come in." (actually softens the command)
c.To add emphasis to a frequency adverb: "He never did understand his father." "She always does manage to hurt her mother's feelings."
d.To contradict a negative statement: "You didn't do your homework, did you?" "Oh, but I did finish it."
e.To ask a clarifying question about a previous negative statement: "Ridwell didn't take the tools." "Then who did take the tools?"
f.To indicate a strong concession: "Although the Clintons denied any wrong-doing, they did return some of the gifts."
In the absence of other modal auxiliaries, a form of do is used in question and negative constructions known as the get passive:
Did Rinaldo get selected by the committee?
The audience didn't get riled up by the politician.
Based on descriptions in Grammar Dimensions: Form, Meaning, and Use 2nd Ed. by Jan Frodesen and Janet Eyring. Heinle & Heinle: Boston. 1997. Examples our own.

Uses of Have, Has and Had
Forms of the verb to have are used to create tenses known as the present perfect and past perfect. The perfect tenses indicate that something has happened in the past; the present perfect indicating that something happened and might be continuing to happen, the past perfect indicating that something happened prior to something else happening. (That sounds worse than it really is!) See the section on Verb Tenses in the Active Voice for further explanation; also review material in the Directory of English Tenses.
To have is also in combination with other modal verbs to express probability and possibility in the past.
As an affirmative statement, to have can express how certain you are that something happened (when combined with an appropriate modal + have + a past participle): "Georgia must have left already." "Clinton might have known about the gifts." "They may have voted already."
As a negative statement, a modal is combined with not + have + a past participle to express how certain you are that something did not happen: "Clinton might not have known about the gifts." "I may not have been there at the time of the crime."
To ask about possibility or probability in the past, a modal is combined with the subject + have + past participle: "Could Clinton have known about the gifts?"
For short answers, a modal is combined with have: "Did Clinton know about this?" "I don't know. He may have." "The evidence is pretty positive. He must have."
To have (sometimes combined with to get) is used to express a logical inference:
It's been raining all week; the basement has to be flooded by now.
He hit his head on the doorway. He has got to be over seven feet tall!
Have is often combined with an infinitive to form an auxiliary whose meaning is similar to "must."
I have to have a car like that!
She has to pay her own tuition at college.
He has to have been the first student to try that.
Based on the analysis in Grammar Dimensions: Form, Meaning, and Use 2nd Ed. by Jan Frodesen and Janet Eyring. Heinle & Heinle: Boston. 1997. Examples our own.
Modal Auxiliaries
Other helping verbs, called modal auxiliaries or modals, such as can, could, may, might, must, ought to, shall, should, will, and would, do not change form for different subjects. For instance, try substituting any of these modal auxiliaries for can with any of the subjects listed below.
I
you (singular)
he
we
you (plural)
they
can write well.
There is also a separate section on the Modal Auxiliaries, which divides these verbs into their various meanings of necessity, advice, ability, expectation, permission, possibility, etc., and provides sample sentences in various tenses. See the section on Conditional Verb Forms for help with the modal auxiliary would. The shades of meaning among modal auxiliaries are multifarious and complex. Most English-as-a-Second-Language textbooks will contain at least one chapter on their usage. For more advanced students, A University Grammar of English, by Randolph Quirk and Sidney Greenbaum, contains an excellent, extensive analysis of modal auxiliaries.
The analysis of Modal Auxiliaries is based on a similar analysis in The Scott, Foresman Handbook for Writers by Maxine Hairston and John J. Ruszkiewicz. 4th ed. HarperCollins: New York. 1996. The description of helping verbs on this page is based on The Little, Brown Handbook by H. Ramsay Fowler and Jane E. Aaron, & Kay Limburg. 6th ed. HarperCollins: New York. 1995. By permission of Addison-Wesley Educational Publishers Inc. Examples in all cases are our own.

Uses of Can and Could
The modal auxiliary can is used
to express ability (in the sense of being able to do something or knowing how to do something):
He can speak Spanish but he can't write it very well.
to expression permission (in the sense of being allowed or permitted to do something):
Can I talk to my friends in the library waiting room? (Note that can is less formal than may. Also, some writers will object to the use of can in this context.)
to express theoretical possibility:
American automobile makers can make better cars if they think there's a profit in it.
The modal auxiliary could is used
to express an ability in the past:
I could always beat you at tennis when we were kids.
to express past or future permission:
Could I bury my cat in your back yard?
to express present possibility:
We could always spend the afternoon just sitting around talking.
to express possibility or ability in contingent circumstances:
If he studied harder, he could pass this course.
In expressing ability, can and could frequently also imply willingness: Can you help me with my homework?

Can versus May
Whether the auxiliary verb can can be used to express permission or not — "Can I leave the room now?" ["I don't know if you can, but you may."] — depends on the level of formality of your text or situation. As Theodore Bernstein puts it in The Careful Writer, "a writer who is attentive to the proprieties will preserve the traditional distinction: can for ability or power to do something, may for permission to do it.
The question is at what level can you safely ignore the "proprieties." Merriam-Webster's Dictionary, tenth edition, says the battle is over and can can be used in virtually any situation to express or ask for permission. Most authorities, however, recommend a stricter adherence to the distinction, at least in formal situations.
Authority: The Careful Writer by Theodore Bernstein. The Free Press: New York. 1998. p. 87.

Uses of May and Might
Two of the more troublesome modal auxiliaries are may and might. When used in the context of granting or seeking permission, might is the past tense of may. Might is considerably more tentative than may.
May I leave class early?
If I've finished all my work and I'm really quiet, might I leave early?
In the context of expressing possibility, may and might are interchangeable present and future forms and might + have + past participle is the past form:
She might be my advisor next semester.
She may be my advisor next semester.
She might have advised me not to take biology.
Avoid confusing the sense of possibility in may with the implication of might, that a hypothetical situation has not in fact occurred. For instance, let's say there's been a helicopter crash at the airport. In his initial report, before all the facts are gathered, a newscaster could say that the pilot "may have been injured." After we discover that the pilot is in fact all right, the newscaster can now say that the pilot "might have been injured" because it is a hypothetical situation that has not occurred. Another example: a body had been identified after much work by a detective. It was reported that "without this painstaking work, the body may have remained unidentified." Since the body was, in fact, identified, might is clearly called for.

Uses of Will and Would
In certain contexts, will and would are virtually interchangeable, but there are differences. Notice that the contracted form 'll is very frequently used for will.
Will can be used to express willingness:
I'll wash the dishes if you dry.
We're going to the movies. Will you join us?
It can also express intention (especially in the first person):
I'll do my exercises later on.
and prediction:
specific: The meeting will be over soon.
timeless: Humidity will ruin my hairdo.
habitual: The river will overflow its banks every spring.
Would can also be used to express willingness:
Would you please take off your hat?
It can also express insistence (rather rare, and with a strong stress on the word "would"):
Now you've ruined everything. You would act that way.
and characteristic activity:
customary: After work, he would walk to his home in West Hartford.
typical (casual): She would cause the whole family to be late, every time.
In a main clause, would can express a hypothetical meaning:
My cocker spaniel would weigh a ton if I let her eat what she wants.
Finally, would can express a sense of probability:
I hear a whistle. That would be the five o'clock train.
Uses of Used to
The auxiliary verb construction used to is used to express an action that took place in the past, perhaps customarily, but now that action no longer customarily takes place:
We used to take long vacation trips with the whole family.
The spelling of this verb is a problem for some people because the "-ed" ending quite naturally disappears in speaking: "We yoostoo take long trips." But it ought not to disappear in writing. There are exceptions, though. When the auxiliary is combined with another auxiliary, did, the past tense is carried by the new auxiliary and the "-ed" ending is dropped. This will often happen in the interrogative:
Didn't you use to go jogging every morning before breakfast?
It didn't use to be that way.
Used to can also be used to convey the sense of being accustomed to or familiar with something:
The tire factory down the road really stinks, but we're used to it by now.
I like these old sneakers; I'm used to them.
Used to is best reserved for colloquial usage; it has no place in formal or academic text.

Passive Voice

Passive Voice
April 9, 2008 — ismailworld
Kalimat aktif merupakan kalimat yang subjek kalimatnya adalah pelaku sebuah tindakan, sedangkan kalimat pasif adalah kalimat yang subjeknya bukan pelaku suatu tindakan. Si subjek adalah si penerima akibat dari sebuah tindakan.
Bandingkan kalimat-kalimat berikut:
Aktif : Susi mengetik surat ini kemarin
Pasif : Surat ini diketik oleh Susi kemarin
Aktif : Kucingku membunuh seekor tikus
Pasif : Seekor tikus dibunuh oleh kucingku
Catatan:
1.Gunakan bentuk pasif jika pelaku tindakan tidak begitu penting.
Contoh:
Menara ini dibangun tahun 1955
1.Kalau kita perlu menyebut siapa pelaku suatu tindakan, gunakan kata oleh (by)
Contoh:
Menara ini telah dibangun oleh Pemerintah Daerah pada tahun 1955
Rumus umum untuk membentuk suatu kalimat Pasif
Aktif : S + Verb (Kata Kerja) + Objek + dll
Pasif : Objek + to be + Verb 3 (Kata Kerja Bentuk III) ( + by subjek) + dll
To be yang digunakan
a.Present : is, am, are
b.Past : was, were
c.Perfect : been (di depan have, has, atau had)
d.Future : be (setelah modals)
e.Continuous : being (di depan salah satu dari 7 to be di atas)
Hal-hal yang perlu diketahui dan diingat
1.Untuk menyatakan suatu kalimat dalam bentuk pasif, tenses tidak berubah. Tenses harus sama dengan kalau kita menyatakannya dalam bentuk aktif. Yang berubah hanya kata kerja-nya.
2.Kata kerja yang tidak memiliki objek (Kata Kerja Intransitif) tidak dapat diubah menjadi kalimat pasif, seperti, menangis, mendidih, terbit, dll.
Contoh-contoh kalimat aktif dan pasif
a.Jack sings a song (active)
b.A song is sung by Jack (Passive)
1.Jack sang a song yesterday (active)
2.A song was sung by Jack yesterday (passive)
a.Jack has sung a song (active)
b.A song has been sung by Jack (passive)
1.Jack will sing a song (active)
2.A song will be sung by Jack (passive)
a.Jack is singing a song (active)
b.A song is being sung by Jack (passive)
1.Jack can sing a song (active)
2.A song can be sung by Jack (passive)
Beberapa Bentuk Kalimat Passive
1) Passive Imperative Sentence
Rumus:
Let + objek + be + Kata Kerja Bentuk III
Help the poor (active)
Let the poor be helped (passive)
2) Passive Infinitive: It is/was time
Rumus:
It is/was time for + objek + to be + kata kerja III
It is time to send the letter (active)
It is time for the letter to be sent (passive)
3) Negative Passive Imperative Sentence
Rumus:
Subjek + be + Kata kerja III + not to + infinitive
(kata kerja III yang sering digunakan adalah: advised, asked, begged, commanded, requested)
Don’t wait for me (active)
You are advised not to wait for me (passive)
4) Passive Sentence with Verbs of Perception
Rumus:
Subjek + be + adjectives + when + subjek + be + kata kerja III
(kata kerja yang digunakan adalah: taste, smell, feel)
This food tastes delicious (active)
This food is delicious when it is tasted (passive)
5) Passive Sentence with Certain Verbs followed by “that-clause”
Kata kerja yang digunakan adalah: accept, admit, agree, assume, believe, decide, expect, find out, intend, plan, point out, presume, prove, regret, report, say, think, understand.
We regretted that the principal had to resign from office (active)
It was regretted that the principal had to resign from office (passive)
6) Passive Sentence with Nouns or Adjectives as Complements
I consider her very pretty (active)
She is considered very pretty (passive)
7) Passive Sentence with two objects
He gave me a book (active)
A book was given to me by him (passive 1)
I was given a book by him (passive 2)
Passive Sentence with Gerund Verbs
The teacher enjoyed teaching the students (active)
The students enjoyed being taught by the teacher (passive)
9) Agent consisting long expression at the end of sentence
Dalam kalimat pasif, jika pelaku terdiri dari ekspresi yang panjang, sebaiknya subjek tersebut ditempatkan di akhir kalimat setelah by.
We were all surprised by her sudden announcement to get married
I was confused by his plan to stop the ongoing project and begin a new one.
10) Passive Sentence with unique verbs
Kata kerja yang digunakan adalah: require, deserve, need
This wall needs to be painted (sama dengan)
This wall needs painting.

CONDITIONAL SENTENCES

CONDITIONAL SENTENCES (IF CLAUSE)
By robbymilana
1.Pengertian
Conditional Sentences adalah Kalimat Kemungkinan atau Kalimat Pengandaian. Conditional Sentences biasanya digunakan untuk mengandaikan suatu kejadian atau kondisi yang seharusnya terjadi atau kondisi yang diinginkan. Karena itu kalimat ini selalu menggunakan kata “IF” (jika).
Conditional sentences mempunyai dua clauses, yakni main clause dan dependent clause. Dependent clause adalah kalimat yang dimulai dengan kata “IF” tadi. Perhatikan penggunaan keduanya dalam contoh berikut:
If you study hard, you will pass your exam.
Dependent Clause Main Clause
Present Tense Future Tense
1.Conditional Sentences dalam Bentuk Future
Dalam bentuk Future, dependent clause-nya adalah dalam bentuk Present Tense (kata kerja pertama) dan main clause-nya dalam bentuk Future Tense (gunakan will).
If I have enough money, I will go to Bali
Dependent Clause Main Clause
Pada contoh di atas, dalam dependent clause “have” adalah bentuk Present Tense karena merupakan bentuk pertama. Sementara dala main clause digunakan “will” sebagai penunjuk bahwa kalimat itu merupakan Future Tense. Dan sesuai dengan prinsip Future Tense, setelah “will” harus digunakan kata kerja bentuk pertama (V1). Pada contoh digunakan kata “go” sehingga menjadi “will go”.
Lihat pula contoh berikut:
If she works hard, she will get the raise
Dependent Clause Main Clause
Kata “works” jelas menunjukan ciri khas dari Present, yakni penggunaan tambahan “s” pada kata kerja pertama (work) jika Subject-nya berbentuk tunggal. Sementara “will get” menunjukan ciri dari Future.
1.Conditional Sentences dalam Bentuk Present
Dalam bentuk Present, dependent clause adalah dalam bentuk Past Tense (kata kerja kedua) dan main clause-nya menggunakan modals would, should, could, atau might ditambah kata kerja pertama (V1).
If you studied hard, you would pass your exam
Dependent Clause Main Clause
Kata “studied” pada contoh menunjukan kata kerja kedua dari kata “study” yang merupakan ciri khas dari Past Tense. Semua bentuk Past Tense (kata kerja kedua) digunakan untuk membuat conditional sentences bentuk Present kecuali “to be”. Dalam hal ini semua “to be” yang digunakan hanya “were”, walaupun itu untuk subject tunggal.
If I were you, I would love her very much
Dependent Clause Main Clause
1.Conditional Sentences dalam Bentuk Past
Dalam bentuk Past, dependent clause-nya adalah dalam bentuk Past Perfect Tense (had + V3). Sementara main clause-nya menggunakan would have, should have, could have, dan might have ditambah kata kerja ketiga (V3).
If you had studied, you would have passed your exam
Dependent Clause Main Clause
Pada contoh di atas, kata “had studied” merupakan bentuk Past Perfect (had + V3). Kata “studied” merupakan V3 dari kata “study’.

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SENTENCE

SENTENCE

By robbymilana

Sentence atau kalimat adalah kata atau sekelompok kata-kata yang memiliki makna yang dapat berupa statement (pernyataan), command (perintah), question (pertanyaan), atau exclamation

(seruan). Perhatikan contoh:

1. Statement : My name is ishaq. I am a student.

2. Command : Tell me about your self.

3. Question : What about you?

4. Ezclamation : So, you are a student too!

Setiap sentence atau kalimat dalam bahasa Inggris selalu berisi Subject dan Predicate. Subject dapat berupa kata ganti orang atau benda. Misalnya She (dia perempuan), He (dia laki-laki), It (ini/itu untuk benda), They (mereka), We (kami/kita), I (saya), You (kamu), juga nama-nama orang atau benda (Ranny, pen, cat, father, etc).

Sementara Predicate adalah yang “menerangkan” segala yang berhubungan dengan Subject. Di dalam Predicate biasanya selalu terdapat Verb (kata kerja), Complement (kata pelengkap) dan Modifier (kata keterangan). Perhatikan tabel berikut:

SUBJECT	PREDICATE
	Verb	Complement	Object	Adverbial (Time/Place)
He	eats		some apples	everyday
Ranny	is	a student
I	put		a book	on the table
They	are	students
You	bought		some apple	on the market

Bentuk kalimat atau sentence yang lengkap dalam contoh di atas menjadi:

1. He eats some apple everyday (tanpa complement)

S V O A

2. Ranny is a student (tanpa object & adverbial)

S V C

(Keterangan: S = Subject V= Verb O= Object A= Adverbial C= Complement)

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