41.
Besides being self-motivated and result-oriented, [I] am able to
work with (minimum
supervision).
Verb-to-be
F1 F2 F3 F4
am
is being was been
are
were
(Since “besides” which is a preposition can’t link the adjectives
“self-motivated and
result-oriented” so “being” is used.
Why not other form? It is because
only a noun
or F2 follows after a
preposition. As we know that an
adjective can associate
with verb-to-be. In this case
only F2 of the Verb-to-be is suitable here.
)
42.
be able to “root verb”
43.
Enclosed herewith are [my full resume and certified copies of my
documents] for
(your perusal).
44.
like = such as (preposition)
like (verb)
45.
[I] have seen (an old lady) <who was snatched> when [she] was
about to enter (the
gate) of (her house).
[I
] have seen (an old lady) { being snatched}……………………………….
(If
you don’t use the relative pronoun “who” which indicates “an old lady”, you
must change “was” into “being” with the rest remain the same.) (In the relative
clause “who was snatched”, the
verb is in the passive voice and so if you omit
“who” and you have to change “was” into “being”. Hence
the present participial
phrase “being snatch” modifies “an old lady”)
[I]
have seen (a man) who snatched (an old lady’s handbag) when [she] was
about to enter (the gate) of (her house).
I
have seen a man snatching ………………………………………………
(On
the other hand, if you want to omit “who”, in this case, you have to change
the verb “snatched” into F2 and the rest remain the same. Did you notice that the
verb “snatched” is in the active
voice? For the active voice, you use F2
when
you omit “who” and the rest
remain the same.)
(You
will find that the English language like mathematics formulae, there are
codes of rules to crack.)
46.
[The frequent occurrences of crime] have reached (an alarming
level). [We all] are
worried about (our safety).
[This matter] really needs (urgent attention and action) to
solve (the problem) as soon as possible.
47.
resident (person) / a / the
residential area / residence (place / house)
[Selina] is a resident in Taman Jaya. (noun)
[Taman
Jaya] is a residential area.
(attributive adjective before a noun)
[The
case of murder] happened near (my residence). (noun)
48.
[I] am the chairman of
(Taman Bintang) and [I] would like to lodge( a complaint)
about (the increasing crime rate).
(
You can’t do this: [I] am the chairman
of Taman Bintang, would like to lodge a
complaint ………….. ungrammatical )
(You
see: [I] is the subject of the verb “am”
and what about another main verb
“would like”? To correct it, you
have to use the conjunction “and”.
Without
second [I] is alright.)
(
Remember One subject and one main verb.
In case you want to join another
main verb with the same subject, you
usually use “and” to join them like the
example above. )
49.
crime (noun)
[Crimes]
often occur in (our residential area).
( the Subject of the sentnece )
[The gangsters] always commit (crimes) in our area. (the Object of the verb
“commit”)
50.
lose losing lost lost
Vs loss
[Mr
Wong] lost all his belongs on the journey. (F3)
[The
fire victims] suffered (great loss) in (the fire accident). (noun)
51.
Besides, [the cases like break-in or burglary] are on (the rise /
increasing).
Subject – verb agreement
Singular subject ----singular verb ------ is / was / verb suffixed “s” /
“es”
Plural subject ---- plural verb ----
are / were / root verb
(In other words, it concerns the agreement in the Simple Present
Tense. For Simple
past, only verb-to-be – was / were is affected )
(In
the case above, the Subject “the cases” is the real subject and we don’t
consider the prepositional phrase “like break-in or burglary ”, so the
verb must
agree with the plural subject)
52.
[The condition] is frightening and threatening because [no one] is
guaranteed of
(their safety).
(Here the words “frightening and threatening” are used as adjectives)
It
is / was F2 (same verb pattern
as Present / Past Continuous tense)
53.
burglar (person) / burglary (act)
The
police caught the burglar a few days ago.
There
were many cases of burglary here last month.
