My Hobby

My hobby is reading. I read story books, magazines, newspapers and any kind of material that I find interesting. This hobby got started when I was a little boy. I had always wanted my parents to read fairy tales and other stories to me. Soon they got fed up and tired of having to read to me continually. So as soon as I could, I learned to read. I started with simple ABC books. Soon I could read simple fairy tales and other stories. Now I read just about anything that is available. Reading enables me to learn about so many things that I would otherwise not know. I learned about how people lived in bygone days of magic and mystery. I learned about the wonders of the world, space travel, human achievements, gigantic whales, tiny viruses and other fascinating things of our world. The wonderful thing about reading is that I do not have to learn things the hard way. For example, I do not have to catch a disease to know that it can kill me. I know the danger so I can avoid it. Also I do not have to go deep into the jungle to learn about the tiger. I can read all about it in a book. Books provide the reader with so much information and facts. They have certainly helped me in my daily life. I am better equipped to cope with living. Otherwise I would go about ignorantly learning things the hard way. So I continue to read. Besides being more informed about the world, I also spend my time profitably. It is indeed a good hobby.

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1.       My hobby is reading. (Here reading is a verb ending in –ing. At the same time it is the subject of the verb is and function as a noun. Such a form of the verb ending in –ing and used as a noun is called a gerund).

2.       I learned about the wonders of the world, space travel, human achievements, gigantic whales, tiny viruses and other fascinating things of our world. (Present participle can be used as a verb or an adjective. This is a type of adjective) because as an adjective, present participle is placed in front of the noun).

3.       I was sleeping when you called me. (As a verb, present participle is placed after the auxiliary verb to form a continuous / progressive tense).

Eat Your Vegetables: 15 Tips for Veggie Haters

Vegetables are one of those foods people either love or hate. The problem with hating vegetables is that they are arguably the most health-promoting food group on the planet. If you aren't eating vegetables, you aren't getting all their amazing components like fiber, antioxidants, and other powerful phytochemicals.

So what's a veggie-hater to do? People who think they hate vegetables can definitely learn to embrace this colorful food group. But before we talk tips, we need to understand what causes some people to scatter when broccoli is served.

Are veggie haters born, or made? The answer seems to be both. Some of us have negative veggie experiences from our childhood that come back to haunt us as adults. Maybe you were forced to eat vegetables, or had to plow through a stack of green beans to get to dessert. Maybe you were served overcooked, mushy vegetables. Or perhaps some time in your life, you were on a fad diet where all you could eat were certain vegetables.

I trace my distaste for peas to a childhood memory of having to choke down a pile of them before I could be excused from the table. To this day you will never see me eat a spoonful of peas. I won't pick them out of a casserole or fried rice, mind you, but they stand, 40 years later, as my least favorite vegetable (no offense, Green Giant).

"If veggies are only served in ways that don't match your personal flavor preferences, they won't seem exciting," explains Karen Collins, MS, RD, nutrition advisor for the American Institute for Cancer Research. So if you love spicy food, you won't like veggies served plain; or if you love simple, earthy flavors, veggies covered with rich sauce won't appeal.

But there are also innate physical reasons why some people have an aversion to certain vegetables. According to Collins, a genetic trait has been identified that seems to make some people have extra-sensitive receptors for bitter tastes.

"They are sometimes dubbed 'super tasters' and they make up about 25% of the population," says Collins.

The vegetables that tend to be the bitter offenders are cruciferous vegetables (those from the cabbage family, including broccoli and cauliflower), some of the leafy greens, and eggplant.

But there are ways to tame the bitter taste in these nutrition-packed vegetables. Check out the tips below for help on this, and for more ways to get vegetables past the lips of even confirmed veggie haters.

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A.      In the words of the statement, often used the word that (that) as a liaison between the introductory phrase and sentence were reported. According to articles in above, there are two type of statement in reported speech:

·         "If veggies are only served in ways that don't match your personal flavor preferences, they won't seem exciting," explains Karen Collins, MS, RD, nutrition advisor for the American Institute for Cancer Research.

It can be changes into indirect speech, likes: Karen Collins explained that If veggies were only served in ways that didn't match your personal flavor preferences, they won't seem exciting.

·         "They are sometimes dubbed 'super tasters' and they make up about 25% of the population," says Collins.

It can be changes into indirect speech, likes: Collins said that They were sometimes dubbed 'super tasters' and they made up about 25% of the population.

B.      At the command line, direct and indirect sentences are divided into positive and imperative sentences negative imperative sentences. At the command line needs to be added to in the next sentence. The example of imperative positive sentences in reported speech:

·         He asked me, “open the door”

He asked me to open the door.

The example of imperative negative sentences in reported speech:

·         She told me, “don’t eat that meal”

She told me not to eat that meal

C.      Sentence Question
In interrogative sentence, question words like where, when, why, what, who, how, and others are used as conjunctions.

            • That girl asked me, "where do you live?"
                That girl asked me where i lived
            • Jane asked me, "When did you get back from your trip?"
               Jane asked me when I had got back from my trip.

            If the sentence is a question requiring the answer yes or no, the word we use is if or Whether (if, if). example:

            • The teacher asked me, "have you finished your homework?"
            The teacher asked me if I had finished my homework.
            • John asked me, "did you see Jane at the party yesterday?"
            John asked me Whether I had seen Jane at the party yesterday

Active and Passive Voice, Pengajaran Bahasa inggris Berbantuan Komputer

A. Active / Passive Verb Forms

Active Form

In active sentences, the thing doing the action is the subject of the sentence and the thing receiving the action is the object. Most sentences are active.

[Thing doing action] + [verb] + [thing receiving action]

Passive Form
In passive sentences, the thing receiving the action is the subject of the sentence and the thing doing the action is optionally included near the end of the sentence. You can use the passive form if you think that the thing receiving the action is more important or should be emphasized. You can also use the passive form if you do not know who is doing the action or if you do not want to mention who is doing the action.
[Thing receiving action] + [be] + [past participle of verb] + [by] + [thing doing action]

Active / Passive Overview

	Active	Passive
Simple Present	Once a week, Tom cleans the house.	Once a week, the house is cleaned by Tom.
Present Continuous	Right now, Sarah is writing the letter.	Right now, the letter is being written by Sarah.
Simple Past	Sam repaired the car.	The car was repaired by Sam.
Past Continuous	The salesman was helping the customer when the thief came into the store.	The customer was being helped by the salesman when the thief came into the store.
Present Perfect	Many tourists have visited that castle.	That castle has been visited by many tourists.
Present Perfect Continuous	Recently, John has been doing the work.	Recently, the work has been being done by John.
Past Perfect	George had repaired many cars before he received his mechanic's license.	Many cars had been repaired by George before he received his mechanic's license.
Past Perfect Continuous	Chef Jones had been preparing the restaurant's fantastic dinners for two years before he moved to Paris.	The restaurant's fantastic dinners had been being prepared by Chef Jones for two years before he moved to Paris.
Simple Future will	Someone will finish the work by 5:00 PM.	The work will be finished by 5:00 PM.
Simple Future be going to	Sally is going to make a beautiful dinner tonight.	A beautiful dinner is going to be made by Sally tonight.
Future Continuous will	At 8:00 PM tonight, John will be washing the dishes.	At 8:00 PM tonight, the dishes will be being washed by John.
Future Continuous be going to	At 8:00 PM tonight, John is going to be washing the dishes.	At 8:00 PM tonight, the dishes are going to be being washed by John.
Future Perfect will	They will have completed the project before the deadline.	The project will have been completed before the deadline.
Future Perfect be going to	They are going to have completed the project before the deadline.	The project is going to have been completedbefore the deadline.
Future Perfect Continuous will	The famous artist will have been painting the mural for over six months by the time it is finished.	The mural will have been being painted by the famous artist for over six months by the time it is finished.
Future Perfect Continuous be going to	The famous artist is going to have been painting the mural for over six months by the time it is finished.	The mural is going to have been being paintedby the famous artist for over six months by the time it is finished.
Used to	Jerry used to pay the bills.	The bills used to be paid by Jerry.
Would Always	My mother would always make the pies.	The pies would always be made by my mother.
Future in the Past Would	I knew John would finish the work by 5:00 PM.	I knew the work would be finished by 5:00 PM.
Future in the Past Was Going to	I thought Sally was going to make a beautiful dinner tonight.	I thought a beautiful dinner was going to be madeby Sally tonight.

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The writer uses article Handphone as a Modern Lifestyle to analyze active and passive voice.

Handphone as a Modern Lifestyle

                Handphone has become the new technology of today’s lifestyle. As a proof, children as young as 7 years old are already using handphones. Thinking back at a decade ago, handphones are still bulky and expensive and they are only used by some people such as businessman and the rich. Today, handphones are largely used by most of us. It has been the primary needs of our daily life. In this rapidly changing world, technology is growing and handphones are getting affordably cheap.

There are a lot of important usages we can get from handphone. Let’s take a look at some of its positive effects. As its primary usage, of course, it is use as a way of communication. We can communicate anywhere we want as long as it has signal. For example, in Indonesia there are a lot of people working in other countries; handphones enable them to communicate with their family, especially for people living in the countryside. Short Message System which is also known as SMS is very popular among the youngsters. This is because SMS is much cheaper than making a call, thus makes them able to communicate without fearing of spending too much expenses. Multimedia Message System which is also known as MMS is very useful because we can send photos or pictures easily. Handphone can also be called as our personal secretary. It is already embedded with a lot of business applications such as calendar, reminder, calculator, notes, Microsoft office, and now it already supports Wi-Fi so that we can access to email, messenger and browse the web everywhere we want. These effects increase our society’s interaction and economical growth, and easy internet connection network brings us closer to what’s happending in the world around us. Another purpose is, it can be used as a source of entertainment such as game applications, radio FM and music player. We are no longer required to bring walkman and other game consoles, thus affect our moods as a tranquilizer to relax.

Besides of its positive effects, there are also negative effects too. As we all know, the spreading of pornography is getting more and more uncontrollable and handphone can be use as a tool of this reason. Pornography can be transfer easily through MMS, Wi-Fi and GPRS connection. This pornography influences the moral of the people. Some people are concerned that internet could be exploited for serious crimes. It also can be use as a way of cheating; there are some cases where students are using their handphones to cheat by sending SMS to some friends, another case is, teachers and students find it rather disruptive as it distracts the concentration of other pupils when they are using phones during lessons and starts to ring. This negative effect wasted teachers’ time by scolding pupils and slowed the class progression. The other effect is that it can give some negative effect for our health, due to its radiation that is emitted while using handphones. This might affect our health issue as it expose us with more radiation and extensive exposure of radiation leads us to injuries that damages our tissues and cells in the body. It can also be use as a way of communication at the wrong hands, for example criminal communicates to other criminals to break the law by doing criminal acts. These dishonorable acts bring great effects in our society.

As we know that children may be more vulnerable than adults to the potential risks of using mobile phones. Therefore, it is important for parents to monitor their children’s activities on the phone. In my opinion, handphone is an incredible invention with great usages provided we, as users, are completely aware of the negative and harmful effects that is affecting ourselves and the society. We have to be responsible for our behaviours, so that other people does not feel uncomfortable or even opposed by our acts.

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C.Active

Handphone has become the new technology of today’s lifestyle.

This sentence is called active voice because handphone as a subject of a sentence doing action. And as a verb is become. This type of a sentence is present perfect. Because the pattern of present perfect is S+Has/have+V3.

As a proof, children as young as 7 years old are already using handphones.

The subject of the sentence above is childen. And as a verb from the sentence above is    using. This type of the sentence above is present continuous. The pattern is S+is/am/are+Ving.

In this rapidly changing world, technology is growing and handphones are getting affordably cheap.

The sentence is also called present continuous tense. Because the technology as subject and are getting as a verb. The pattern of the sentence above is S+is/am/are+Ving.

As its primary usage, of course, it is use as a way of communication.

This sentence above is called active voice. The type of the sentence above is simple present. It as the subject doing action. Use as a verb. Communication receiving the action is the object.

This pornography influences the moral of the people.

This type of the sentence is also simple present tense. This pornography is a subject. And influences as a verb. And the people as the object.

Passive

Thinking back at a decade ago, handphones are still bulky and expensive and they are only used by some people such as businessman and the rich.

In passive sentences, the thing receiving the action is the subject of the sentence and the thing doing the action is optionally included near the end of the sentence. The pattern of the passive voice is be+v3. We can see the sentence above that be is are, and v3 from the sentence above is used.

Today, handphones are largely used by most of us.

The sentence above is also passive voice. Because handphones as the subject receiving action. Are largely used is passive verb. And by most of us is doing action.

Handphone can also be called as our personal secretary.

The sentence above also called passive voice because handphone as a subject receiving action, be called as a passive verb and our personal secretary as a object doing action. The pattern passive voice is be+past participle (v3).

It is already embedded with a lot of business applications such as calendar, reminder, calculator, notes, Microsoft office, and now it already supports Wi-Fi so that we can access to email, messenger and browse the web everywhere we want.

The sentence above is also called passive voice. It as a subject, is already embedded is passive verb, and a lot of business applications as object doing action.

Another purpose is, it can be used as a source of entertainment such as game applications, radio FM and music player.

The sentence number 5 is also passive voice, because there is be+past participle (v3). The subject of the sentence is it, can be used as a passive verb and the object of doing action is a source of entertainment.

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