Receive received
received Water
Watered watered
Stay stayed
stayed
2. Irregular verbs
Irregular verbs are verbs that have their own forms in simple past and past
participle without added by “-d” or “-ed”. Here are the examples
Table 2.2 The Examples of Irregular Verb
Infinitive Past
Past Participle
leave Left
left buy
bought bought
catch caught
caught go
Went gone
see Saw
seen This research focused on ordinary verbs, which covered regular and irregular
verbs. It was chosen based on the material taught in Institutional Based Curriculum 2006 for the eighth grade students at Junior High School and the result of discussion
by doing an interview to the English teacher that has been conducted by the researcher.
2. Noun
A noun is a word used to name or identify any of class of things, people, places, or ideas Hornby, 1995:791. In a line with this, Hatch and Brown 1995:219 note
that a noun is a word that refers to a person, place, or thing. According to Thomson and Martinet 1990:24, noun is classified into four kinds. They are:
a. Common nouns
Common nouns refer to anything that we can see, touch, hear, or taste. They do not need capital letters and can be identified easily by placing “a”, “an”, or “the”
in front of the word. For instances: a chair, an ear, the board Hatch and Brown, 1995:219
b. Proper nouns
Proper nouns are names of people, places, days, months, and things. They always take capital letters. For instances: David, Central High School, Sunday, March,
Garfield Monument Hatch and Brown, 1995:219 c.
Abstract nouns Abstract nouns are name of feeling or qualities, things that we cannot see, feel, or
touch, but still exist. For instances: love, hunger, hatred Hatch and Brown, 1995:219.
d. Collective nouns
Collective nouns are a number of persons or things are considered as a unit. For instances: orchestra, army, herd, jury Hatch and Brown, 1995:219
This research focused on common and abstract nouns. These materials were chosen based on the material taught in Institutional Based Curriculum 2006 for the
eighth grade students at Junior High School and the result of discussion by by doing an interview to the English teacher that has been conducted by the researcher.
3. Adjective
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