The Mouse Deer and The Crocodile

Tugas Softskill (Bahasa Inggris Bisnis 2) berupa voiceover recording dari sebuah cerita narasi berjudul “The Mouse Deer and the Crocodile”.

One hot sunny day in a jungle, a small mouse deer was walking around for food. When he reached the river, he saw plenty of fruits on the other side of the river. However, he knew that the river was full of hungry crocodiles that might be waiting underwater to eat him. An idea came to his mind when he saw a floating log on the river.

“Hey, crocodile!” called out the mouse deer loudly. A crocodile surfaced from underwater. “Hello, mouse deer. Do you come here to be my lunch?” asked the crocodile. “I’m ready to be your lunch on one condition,” said the mouse deer. “Tell me, what is it?” asked the crocodile. “You have to share my flesh evenly with all of your friends here, crocodile. I need you to gather them so I can count them all,” replied the mouse deer. Then the crocodile called all of his friends to gather.

After the crocodile got all of his friends gathered, the mouse deer ordered them to do what he said, “Attention all crocodiles! I need you all to float in a row from here to the other side of the river.” In a moment, the crocodiles arranged themselves to float in a row across the river.

The mouse deer then jumped onto the crocodile’s back. “One,” he counted. He jumped onto the next crocodile’s back and yelled, “Two.” He kept jumping and counting until he reached the other river’s side.

“How many of us are there, mouse deer?” asked the crocodile. “Well, I don’t think that my flesh will be enough for you all so I wish you get a larger prey next time. But thank for helping me to cross the river. Bye!” said the mouse deer as he run quickly to the jungle. 

The End

Simple Past Tenses

Active : S + V2 + O

Passive : O + tobe + V3

1. The Crocodiles arranged themselves to float. 

    Themselves were arranged by the crocodile. 

2. He reached the river. 

    The river by him. 

3. He saw plenty of fruit on the other side of the river.

    Plenty of fruit was saw by him on the side of the river. 

4. The crocodile called all of his friend. 

    All of his friend was called by the crocodile. 

Gerund and Infinitives

What is Gerund ??

Gerund is the verb form –ing used as a noun, form of the same as the form in present participle/v-ing, differences between the present participle is that the gerund is a noun while the present participle is an adjective.

Some functions of gerund, that is :

1.  Gerund as subject

Example : 
Swimming is my hobby.

2.  Gerund as object

a.  Object of verb

Example : 
She enjoys cooking.

Some verb to be followed by a gerund, that is : 
admint, appreciate, avoid, anticipate, continue, deny, delay, detest, enjoy, excuse, finish, forgive, keep, mind, pratisie, prevent, risk, understand, quit.

3. Gerund as complement

Example : 
- His hobby is singing (Subjective Complement).

- She likes shopping (Objective Complement).

4. Gerund as noun modifier

Example : 
The reading book is on the table.

What is Infinitives ??

Infinitives are the basic forms of the verbs. In English, infinitives writing usually begins by “to”.

Example : to read, to walk, to give, and so on. Although in general the infinitive preceded by “to”, but there are some infinitive without "to", usually referred to as "bare infinitive".

Example:
“Help me open the window”.

Some verbs that can be followed by
the usual "infinitives" is as follows :

hope to, plan to, advise to, command to, intend to, decide to, promise to, agree to, offer to, refuse to, seem to, appear to, expect to, would like to, want to, need to, invite to, order to, etc.

Formula to use the infinitive:

A.  Subject + Verb + to infinitive

Sample Sentences :

- I want to study English.

- I hope to see you again.

B.  Subject + Verb + Object (nouns/ Pronouns) + to infinitive

Sample Sentences :

- I want you to study English, now.

-The police ordered the driver to stop.

Subject Verb Agreement

Pengertian Subject-Verb Agreement

Subject-verb agreement adalah persesuaian antara verb (kata kerja) dengan subject kalimat dalam hal number, yaitu: singular (tunggal) atau plural (jamak).

Subjek dapat berupa noun (kata benda), pronoun (kata ganti), atau konstruksi lain yang berakting sebagai noun, seperti gerund dan infinitive. Pada dasarnya, singular subject (subjek tunggal) menggunakan singular verb (kata kerja tunggal), sedangkan plural subject (subjek jamak) menggunakan plural verb (kata kerja jamak).

Subject – Verb Agreement Rules

Rules 1

Singular subject must be accompanied by singular verb, plural subject must be accompanied by plural verb.

Singular Subject  : nama orang, he, she. It, etc.

Singular Verb      : diiringi dengan  akhiran –s/ -es.

Plural Subject      : we, they, you.

Plural Verb          : tanpa diiringi akhiran –s/-es.

Contoh :

She breaks the window intentionally.

They are just acting tough, I know they want to cry.

Rules 2

If there is a noun phrase containing "of", then the verb is recognized as a subject and followed by the form is the noun before of.

Contoh :

The secrets of Nina need to be revealed immediiately.

Yang diakui sebagai subject dan harus diikuti oleh verb “need” adalah “The secret”.

Rules 3

The singular subject associated with or, either / or, and neither / nor use the singular verb.

Contoh :

Maybe Nanda or Ali is the one who did this, but we can’t conclude the result if there isn’t any proof.

Rules 4

If the two subjects in the sentence are different (singular / plural), the verb in the sentence that has or, either / or, and neither / nor follows the closest subject.

Contoh :

The students or Adi visits Kellan who is sick at the hospital.

Rules 5

Two subjects that are linked to and use a plural verb (unless the subject is a compound noun).

Contoh :

You and I are meant to be together forever.

Rules 6

If there are additional phrases (along with ...,as well as..., besides..., not..., etc) separating subject and verb, those phrases are not considered in the agreement.

Contoh :

Mr.Mark, along with his children, goes to the beach now.

meski pada kenyataannya Mr.Mark pergi ke pantai bersama anak-anaknya, dalam kalimat tersebut phrases “along with his children” tidak dihitung.

Rules 7

In sentences that use there or here, the subject is usually behind the verb, and the verb must still follow the subject.

Contoh :

Here is the orange juice you ordered.

Rules 8

Singular verb can be used for plural subjects, as long as the plural subject is considered as singular in the context of the sentence.

Contoh :

Five thousand dollar per month is considered high for a fresh graduate.

Dalam konteks kalimat tersebut, “Five thousand dollar per month” adalah noun phrase yang diperlakukan sebagai singular subject.

Rules 9

In sentences that use determiner a lot of, all, some, etc, verb follows the form of the subject that precedes it.

Contoh :

A lot of people have been suffering from war and poverty.

Rules 10

In sentences that use collective noun (family, team, population, etc), you can use plural or singular verb.

Contoh :

Family is the one you need to prioritize over anything.

Rules 11

Verb to be "were" can be used in any sentence to indicate contrast / presupposition conditions, no matter the subject is singular or plural.

Contoh :

If you were my girlfriend, I swear I’ll give you anything.