Grammar 5

Saarah Kurniawati

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Questions

What’s the difference of the use of “be” in these two sentences?

·         I am just being silly.

·         I am lonely.

What are the uses of emphatic auxiliary do as in examples below?

·         I do like horror movie.

·         I thought that I wouldn’t win, but I didn’t.

What’s the difference of verb ‘make’ and ‘do’ and give examples?

What are the use of the verb ‘have’ and give examples?

Answers

We use am being in these sentence for action and behavior, but not feeling.

I am just being silly. (= ‘I am just doing something silly’).

Whereas in this sentence:

I am lonely. It does indicate with feeling.

The uses of emphatic auxiliary do:

First, as emotive emphasis

We can use do with affirmative verbs to show that we feel strongly about what we are saying.

For example in this sentence:

I do like horror movie.

Second, as contrastive emphasis

Do can show a contrast-between false and true, appearance and reality, or a general statement and an exception, and also we can use do to compare expectations with reality

For example:

I thought that I wouldn’t win, but I didn’t.

The difference of verbs ‘make’ and ‘do’:

1)    We can use do as an auxiliary verb in simple tenses.

e.g: I don’t speak Korean because I’m from Indonesia.

2)    Do can also be an ordinary verb.

e.g: I’m doing some assignments.

3)    We use the ordinary verb do when we do not say what the action is,

e.g: What are they doing?

4)    The basic meaning of make is ‘produce’ or ‘create’.

e.g: He makes me smile.

Here are some patterns with make:

Ø  Make+ object

Sergio makes this building.

Ø  Make+ two objects

Shaheer made me this picture last night.

Ø  Make+ complement

A week in Yogyakarta would make a nice trip. (Make=be)

Ø  Make+ object+ complement

The film makes me sad.

The uses of verb ‘have’:

                     I.        We can use have as an auxiliary verb to form the perfect.

e.g: They have already packed a suitcase

                   II.        We use have and have got to express possession and other related meanings.

e.g: Sherly has got blue eyes.

                  III.        In the present we normally have got or has got.

e.g: My parents have got a car.

                 IV.        In the past we normally use had.

e.g: She had a stomachache yesterday.

                  V.        We can also use have with the perfect and in the to-infinitive or ing-form

e.g: It would be nice to have more friends.

It’s depressing having no money.

                 VI.        We can use have as action verb with all the tenses, including the continuous.

e.g: We’re having fun. (Experiencing)