THE FUTURE TENSE

THE FUTURE TENSE

1. Talking about future actions

We use both will and going to to talk about our future actions but there is a clear difference.

Study this example situation

Helen,s bicycle has a flat tyre. She tell her father.
Helen   : My bicycle has a flat tyre.
               Can you repair it for me ?
Father  : Okay but I can't do it now.
              I'll repair it tomorrow.

Will  : kita menggunakan will bila kita memutuskan untuk melakukan sesuatu pada saat berbicara.
           Pembicara tidak memutuskan sebelumnya. Sebelum Helen menyuruh ayahnya, dia tidak tahu 
           kalau ban kempes.

Later, Helen's mother spaeaks to her husband.
Mother    : Can you repair Helen's bicycle ?
                  She has a flat tyre.
Father      : Yes, I know. She told me.
                   I am going to repair it tomorrow.

Going to    : kita menggunakan going to bila kita telah memutuskan untuk melakukan sesuatu. 
                    Ayah Helen telah memutuskan untuk memperbaiki sepeda sebelum istrinya berbicara 
                   padanya.

ADJECTIVES : Word order

ADJECTIVES : Word Order

1. Sometimes we use two or more adjectives together :

    

    Tom lives in a nice new house

    In the kitchen there was a beautiful large round wooden table.

   Adjectives like new  /  large  / round  /  wooden are fact adjectives.
   They give us objective information about something. ( age, size, color, etc ).
   Adjective like nice / beautiful are opinion adjectives.
   Opinion adjectives usually go before fact adjectives :

                      Opinion                  Fact

                          a nice                  sunny                            day
                         delicious              hot                                 soup
                         an intelligent        young                            man
                         a beautiful           large round wooden       table

2. Sometimes there are two or more fact adjectives. Very often ( but not only ) we put 
    fact adjectives in this order

A tall young man   (  1 ----- 2 )

Big blue eyes    ( 1 ------- 3 )

A small black plastic bag ( 1 ---- 3 ------5 )

A large wooden table ( 1 --------- 5 )

An old Russian song ( 2 ---------- 4 )

An old white cotton shirt  ( 2 ------ 3 ------- 5 )

Adjectives of size and length ( big / small / tall / short / long / etc ) usually go before adjectives of shape and width ( round / far / slim / wide / etc ) :

                  A large round table               a tall thin girl               a long narrow street