Finite Verb

A finite verb is a verb that is inflected for person and for tense according to the rules and categories of the languages in which it occurs. Finite verbs can form independent clauses, which can stand by their own as complete sentences.

The finite forms of a verb are the forms where the verb shows tense, person or singular plural. Non-finite verb forms have no person, tense or number.

I go, she goes, he went - These verb forms are finite.

To go, going, gone - These verb forms are non-finite.

In most Indo-European languages, every grammatically complete sentence or clause must contain a finite verb; sentence fragments not containing finite verbs are described as phrases or minor sentences. In Latin and some Romance languages, however, there are a few words that can be used to form sentences without verbs, such as Latin ecce, Portuguese eis, French voici and voilà, and Italian ecco, all of these translatable as here ... is or here ... are. Some interjections can play the same role. Even in English, a sentence like Thanks for your help! has an interjection where it could have a subject and a finite verb form (compare I appreciate your help!).

In English, as in most related languages, only verbs in certain moods are finite. These include:

• the indicative mood (expressing a state of affairs); e.g., "The bulldozer demolished the restaurant," "The leaves were yellow and stiff."
• the imperative mood (giving a command).
• the subjunctive mood (expressing something that might or might not be the state of affairs, depending on some other part of the sentence).

Verb forms that are not finite include:

• the infinitive
• participles (e.g., "The broken window...", "The wheezing gentleman...")
• gerunds and gerundives

PASSIVE VOICE .. !!

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Passive voice is used when the focus is on the action. It is not important or not known, however, who or what is performing the action.

Example: My bike was stolen.

In the example above, the focus is on the fact that my bike was stolen. I do not know, however, who did it.

Sometimes a statement in passive is more polite than active voice, as the following example shows:

Example: A mistake was made.

In this case, I focus on the fact that a mistake was made, but I do not blame anyone (e.g. You have made a mistake.).

Form of Passive

Subject + finite form of to be + Past Participle (3rd column of irregular verbs)

Example: A letter was written.

When rewriting active sentences in passive voice, note the following:

• the object of the active sentence becomes the subject of the passive sentence
• the finite form of the verb is changed (to be + past participle)
• the subject of the active sentence becomes the object of the passive sentence (or is dropped)

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DESCRIPTIVE TEXT

Descriptive text is a text tells about parts of thing, human, and place or give description and information with detail about characteristic, part, etc. of something.

The purpose of descriptive text is to describe and reveal a particular person, thing or place.

Descriptive text uses Simple Present Tense and noun conjunction.

General Structure:

Identification

(mention the name, occupation, profession, career, and special participant)

Description

(mention the phenomenon in part, quality, and characteristics of the subject being described)

Language Feature:

Focus on specific participant

e.g.: _ Borobudur is a great Buddhist temple.

_ Liu Ching Hai is a executive Chinese chef of Shang Palace restaurant.

The use of adjectives and compound adjectives

e.g.: _ Hero looks attractive and handsome.

_ A beautiful ancient Roman opera house.

The use of linking verbs/relating verbs

e.g.: _ Netty is a model from Palangka Raya.

_ The temple consist of five terraces.

The use of Simple Present Tense

e.g.: _ Usually, Tetsu comes to my house once in week.

_ The hotel provides 450 rooms and large swimming pool.

The use of degree of comparison

e.g.: _ Aricaa has the same bag as Erika.

_ The weather in Jakarta is hotter than Bandung.

Borobudur Temple

Borobudur is a great Buddhist temple.

The temple is located in Magelang on the island of Java Indonesia. Built in the 9^th century under the Syailendra dynasty of Java, it was abandoned in the 11^th century and partially excavated by archeologists in the early 20^th century.

Influenced by the Gupta architecture of India, the temple is constructed on a hill 46 m (150 ft) high and consists of eight steplike stone terraces, one on top of the other. The first five terraces are square and surrounded by walls adorned with Buddhist sculpture in bas-relief; the upper three are circular, each with a circle of bell-shaped stupas (Buddhist shrines). The entire edifice is crowned by a large stupa at the center of the top circle. The way to the summit extends through some 4.8 km (some 3 mil) of passages and stairways. The design of Borobudur, a temple-mountain symbolizing the structure of the universe, influenced temples built at Angkor, Cambodia. Borobudur was rededicated as an Indonesian national monument in 1983 following extensive reclamayion, aided by United Nations.