News item

People Killed and Injured in Blast at Nightclub

Three people have been killed and eight others injured in a hand grenade blast at a packed village nightclub.

The explosion in Idvor, north of Belgrade, occurred at 2:30 a.m. Sunday (0030 GMT Sunday; 8:30 p.m. EDT Saturday) when a man activated the grenade at the entrance to the club. About 150 customers were inside at the time.

Such incidents aren't unusual in Serbia since the wars in the Balkans in the 1990s when many hand grenades and firearms were taken home from war fronts.

Serbia's state TV says the man was angry because he and three of his friends were refused entry by the club's security. He and one of his friends were killed in the blast.

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The Importance Of Reading

I personally think that reading is a very important activity in our life. Why do I say so?

Firstly, by reading we can get a lot of knowledge about many things in the world such as Science, technology, sports, arts, culture, etc written in either books, magazine, newspaper, etc.

Secondly, by reading we can get a lot of news and information about something happening in any parts of the world which can we see directly.

Another reason, reading can give us pleasure too. When we are tired, we read books, novel, comic, newspaper or magazine on the entertainment column such as comedy, short story, quiz, etc. To make us relaxed.

The last, reading can also take us to other parts of the world. By reading a book about Irian Jaya we may feel we’re really sitting there not at home in our rooms.

From the facts above, it’s obvious that everyone needs to read to get knowledge, information and also entertainment. Or in summary we can say reading is truly important in our life.

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Gabungan dua atau tiga kata yang menjadi kata kerja multikata

Phrasal verbs adalah bagian dari kata kerja yang disebut juga dengan istilah multi-word verbs (kata kerja multikata).

Multi-word verbs, termasuk phrasal verbs, adalah hal yang umum dipakai dalam berkomunikasi dalam bahasa Inggris. Umumnya banyak orang menyebut semua multi-word verbs dengan sebutan phrasal verbs. Beberapa contoh phrasal verbs: pick up, turn on, get up, look up, break down, etc.

Phrasal verbs terdiri dari basic verb + another word or words. Kata lain yang menyertai kata kerja dasar bisa berupa preposisi dan/atau adverbia. Gabungan dua atau tiga kata yang menjadi kata kerja multikata (multi-word verbs) disebut frase (phrase). Itulah mengapa kata kerja ini disebut dengan istilah “phrasal verbs”.

Hal penting untuk diperhatikan adalah bahwa phrasal verbs tetaplah disebut kata kerja, misalnya kata “get” dan “get up” adalah sama-sama kata kerja. Tetapi “get” dan “get up” mempunyai arti yang berbeda. Meskipun berbeda arti, phrasal verbs tetap diperlakukan dan dipelajari sebagaimana umumnya kata kerja. Dan masalah yang sering dihadapi adalah ketidakjelasan makna dalam suatu kalimat karena phrasal verbs memiliki beberapa arti yang berbeda.

Phrasal verbs juga dapat berupa intransitive dan transitive.
- The witness finally broke down on the stand. (Intransitive)
- She looked up her old boyfriend. (Transitive)

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belajar tentang WAS/WERE

Hi Fellas..
Pada kesempatan kali ini saya akan coba mengajak teman2 belajar tentang WAS/WERE.
Kapan itu digunakan dan bagaimana penerapannya??
Lets learn together!!
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Pada Simple Past Tense yang sudah kita pelajari, terdapat penggunaan WAS/WERE pada kalimat nominal. Pertama-tama yang harus kita perhatikan adalah subyeknya.

Bila subyek kalimatnya I, She, He, It, atau subyek tunggal lainnya, kita menggunakan WAS.
Sedangkan bilasubyek kalimatnya You, We, They, dan subyek jamak lainnya maka kita menggunakan WERE.

Untuk lebih jelasnya teman2 bisa perhatikan tabel di bawah ini.

Subject	To be
I He She It Singular (1)	was
You We They Plural (more than 1)	were

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Okey fellas... 
Sekian pembahasan saya mengenai penggunaan was/were, semoga bermanfaaat..
Bila ada pertanyaan atau kritik dari teman2, jangan sungkan untuk menulisnya di comment box yaaaa...

Thank you for visiting my blog.

Dont give up!! Keep learning!!

and...... FIGHTING!!!

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future perfect tense

Future perfect tense digunakan untuk:

a. menyatakan kejadian atau kegiatan yang akan dan baru saja/sudah selesai dilakukan pada waktu tertentu di waktu yang datang.
- I’ll have left by the time you read this.
- I like looking at these pictures, but I’ll have had enough by lunchtime.

b. menyatakan kejadian atau kegiatan yang telah dimulai pada waktu lampau yang akan sudah dilakukan dan belum selesai di masa yang akan datang.
- They will have lived here for four years next April.
- I’ll have been here for six months on May 22nd.


Keterangan waktu yang biasa dipakai dalam future perfect tense adalah by, by the time, before, for etc.

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