Resensi Buku

Title                       : Langsung Bisa Menguasai Tenses

Author                   : Joanna Adia

Publisher               : Agogos Publishing

Prints                     : The first, 2011

Thickness of book : vi + 168 pages

ISBN                      : 978-602-19011-6-8

 English is the international language. Almost all countries from different parts of the world use English as their native language, second language, or third language. Indonesia is one country that uses English. English is even a compulsory subject that must be pursued in national examinations since junior high school.

    From this book, we can learn English more practically and certainly cost-effective, without spending more money, and without following the course though. This book explains 16 tenses in English. Not only that, this book also comes with an explanation of the question tags, degrees of comparison, parts of speech, etc.

    In this book, we will be explained the structures in English, how to use them, and also with examples of sentences related to our daily life. On the first page we will be taught what subject is, what complement is, to be, yes / no question, and WH question.

     Advantages :

• This book is packaged in a practical and interesting way, this book is easy to carry anywhere and easy to store.

• Each tense is elaborated with a broad explanation.

• To distinguish several similar tenses, the authors make summaries to help the reader understand them.

     Deficiency :

• In some tenses, the writer tends to explain in a convoluted language that it is a little hard to be understood.