Problem with usage Pertemuan 9

Matakuliah : G0602 / Bahasa Inggris 3Tahun : 2007

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Contents

1. Distinguish make and do 2. Distinguishlike, alike, and unlike 3. Distinguish other, another, and others

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• Mahasiswa dapat menerangkan penggunaan kata make, do, like, alike, unlike, other, another, and other

Learning Outcomes

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Problem with Usage (Make & Do)

• Make, and do are easily confused because their meaning are so similar.

• Make often has the idea of creating or constructing. The following expressions show some of the possible uses of make:

She likes to make her own clothes.Would you like to make a cake for a dessert?If you make a mistake, you should correct it.He was unable to make a response to the threat.

In English certain groups of words have similar uses, and these are sometimes confused in written expression questions on the TOEFL test.

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Problem with Usage (Make & Do)

• Do often has the idea of completing or performing. The following expressions show some of the possible uses of do:

This morning she did all the dishes.The students are doing the assignments.The janitors did the work they were assigned.You can do your laundry at the laundromat.

• Many uses of make and do are idiomatic and therefore difficult to classify.

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Problem with Usage(Like, alike, and

unlike)• Like, alike, and unlike are easily confused because

they look so similar and they have many different uses.

Example 1:

John and Tom are alikeJohn and Tom worked in a like manner.

• In both these examples, alike and like are adjectives that mean similar.

• In the first example, alike is a predicate adjective describing John and Tom.

• Because alike is a predicate adjective, it can only be used after a linking verb such as are.

• In the second example, like is the adjective form that is used immediately before noun manner.

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Problem with Usage (Like, alike, and

unlike)

Example 2:

John is like Tom John unlike Tom.

• In the first example, the preposition like is followed by the object Tom. It means that Tom and John are similar.

• In the second example, the preposition unlike is followed by the object Tom. It means that Tom and John are not similar.

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SUMMARY (1)

LIKE, ALIKE, AND UNLIKE

GRAMMAR

MEANING

USE

likealike

adjectiveadjective

similarsimilar

As an adjective, like is used before a noun.As an adjective, alike is used after a linking verb.

likeunlike

preposition

preposition

similardifferent

Both prepositions are followed by objects. They can both be used in many positions, including at the beginning of the sentence.

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Problem with Usage(Other, another, and

others)

• Other, another, and others are very easy to confuse. • To decide how to use each of them correctly, you must

consider three things:

1. If it is singular or plural2. If it is definite (the) or indefinite (a, an)3. If it is an adjective (it appears with a noun)

or if it is pronoun (it appears by itself).

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SUMMARY (2)

SINGULAR PLURAL

INDEFINITE

I have another book. (Adj)I have another. (Pro)

I have other books. (Adj)I have athers. (Pro)

DEFINITE I have the other book. (Adj)I have the other. (Pro)

I have the other books. (Adj)I have the others. (Pro)

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EXERCISES

1. Exercise 58 (p.326).

2. Exercise 59 (p.327)

3. Exercise 60 (p.328)

4. Exercise skills 58-60 (pp.328-330)

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MATERI PENDUKUNG

1. http://esl.about.com/library/grammar/blgr_prep7.htm

2. http://englishgrammar101.com/

3. http://www.grammarstation.com/servlet/GGuide?type=INVVUI