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a. Verb tenses
The significant position of verb might be as important as subject and object. Thereby; verb becomes fundamental element in a sentence.
And to understand more what verb is, here, the writer tries to quote some experts’ statements: Jeremy Harmer claims that verb is a word or group
of words which is used in describing an action, experience or state.
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It is, then, supported by Letourneau’s statement that: Verbs, traditionally,
defined, are words that donate actions, events, or states…
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On the basis of the above theory, it is possible to conclude that some experts agree of verb in some points which are verb as a describing
action, experience, state or events. Thereby. Why verb stands in a fundamental position or main issue in a complete and meaningful
sentence. The root or plain form of any verb is the infinitive, the form listed
in the dictionary and usually combined with to. This plain form is altered in a variety of ways, depending on how the verb is being used.
A verb can be combined with an auxiliary or helping verb to indicate different relationships between the action or state of being that
the verb describes and the passage of time tense, or the actor voice, or the writer’s view of the action mood. The modal auxiliaries are can,
could, do, does, did, may, might, must, shall, should, will, and would. Verb tense indicates the relationships between an action or state of
being and the passage of time.
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From the explanation above, we can make a conclusion that any of the forms of a verb that may be used to
show the time of the action or state expressed by the verb: the pastthe future the present tense. The present tense indicates that something is
taking place now. The past tense indicates that something was completed
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Jeremy Harmer, How to Teach English, an Introducing to the Practice of English Language Teaching..., p. 37
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Mark Letourneau, English Grammar, New York: Harcourt, 2001, p. 32
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Linda Stanley, Ways to Writing : Purpose, Task, and Process, New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, 1988, p. 427
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in the past. The future tense indicates that something will take place in the future.
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Moreover, some students were confused in using tenses in their writings. For example, “Where did you went last week?” this
mistake is caused by their lack of grammar understanding.
b. Diction
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