CRITICAL BOOK REPORT

“ENGLISH GRAMMAR”
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BY :

NAME : TRINITA FEBRIANTI TAMBUNAN (2193121029)

CLASS : DIK A BAHASA INGGRIS 2019

LANGUAGES AND ART FACULTY

ENGLISH AND LITERATURE DEPARTMENT
SEPTEMBER 2019
 PREFACE

Thankfulness from author to Almighty God, for author can

complete the Critical Book Review to conve the assignment in English
Grammar lecture.

Storing things that happened during the Critical Book Review

assignment is boardening the horizons in analyzing thiese books, adding
insight, and so on. Glad to find out for Sir Drs.Willem Saragih, M.pd as a
lecturer in English Grammar who has given his direction so Critical Book
Review can be submitted on time.

Author acknowledges in making this Critical Book rview is far from

perfect. Therefore, the author accepts building critism and suggestios
so authr can improve. Hopefully this Critical Book Review will be useful
for author and readers in general. Finally, author says thank you.
 TABLE OF CONTENTS
PREFACE……………………………………………………………………………………………..

CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION…………………………………………………………………

1.1 Background of CBR……………………………………………………………….

1.2 Purpose of CBR…………………………………………………………………….

1.3 Benefits of CBR…………………………………………………………………….

1.4 Book Identity……………………………………………………………………….

CHAPTER II SUMMARY OF BOOK…………………………………………………………

2.1 Main Book……………………………………………………………………………

2.2 Comparison Book…………………………………………………………………

CHAPTER III CRITICISM………………………………………………………………………..

3.1 Strengthness………………………………………………………………………..

3.2 Weakness……………………………………………………………………………..

CHAPTER IV CLOSING…………………………………………………………………………..

4.1 Conclution……………………………………………………………………………

4.2 recommendation………………………………………………………………….
 INTRODUCTION

1.1 The Background of Critical Book Review

Critical Book Review is an activity that criticizes books by comparing the
books, analyzing the contents, writing systematic, strengthness and weakness of
the books. In making Critical Book Review, it is better if we can choose books that
are worth to be criticized. The topic in these books is about English Grammar.

1.2 The Purpose of CBR

1. To fulfill assignments in English Grammar lecture.

2. To improve way of thinking to be more critical in reviewing books

3. To explain the strengthness and weakness of the book

1.3 The Benefits of CBR

1. As an assignments for English Grammar lecture

2. To improve our way of thinking to be more critical in reviewing book

3. to know the weakness and strengthness of the books

1.4 Book Identity
BOOK 1 (MAIN BOOK)

Title : English Grammar In Use

Author : Raymond Murphy

Publisher : Cambridge University Press

City : Cambridge

Year : 2012

BOOK 2 (COMPARISON BOOK)

Title : Advanced Grammar In Use

Author : Martin Hewings

Publisher : Cambridge University Press

City : Cambridge

Year : 2013
2.1 main book

UNIT 1
PRESENT CONTINUOUS (I AM DOING)

1. I am doing something means I am in middle of doing it; I have started doing it

and I have not finished yet.

2.You can use the present continuous with today/ this week/ this year,etc
(periods around now)

3.We use thee present continuous when we talk about changes happening
around now, especially with these verbs : get change become, increase, rise, fall,
grow, improve, begin, start.

UNIT 2
PRESENT SIMPLE (I DO)

1. We use the present simple to talk about things in general. We use it to say that
something happens all the time or repeatedly, or something that true in general.

2. We use do/ does to make question and negative sentences.

3. We use the present simple to ay how often we do things

4. Sometimes we do things by saying something, for example when you promise
to do something you can say “I promise….”. in the same way we say I apologise,
advise,agree etc

UNIT 3
PRESENT CONTINUOUS AND PRESENT SIMPLE 1 (I AM DOING
AND I DO)

1. For present continuous (I am doing), we use the continuous for things

happening at or around the time of speaking. The action is not complete.
Example: I am living with some friends until I find a place of my own

2. present simple (I do), we use the simple ffor things in general or things that
happen repetedly. Example: my parents live in London

UNIT 4
PRESENT CONTINUOUS AND PRESENT SIMPLE 2(I AM DOING
AND I DO)

we use continuous forms for actions and happenings that have started bu not
finished. Some verbs are not normally used in this way. We don’t say “I am
knowing” but we say “I know”
the following verbs are not normally used in the resent continuous: like, want,
need, prefer, know, realize, suppose, mean, undertand, believe, remember,
belong, fit, contain, consist, seem

UNIT 5
PAST SIMPLE (I DID)

1. Very often the past simple ends in –ed (regular verb)

2. many verbs are irregular. The past simple does not end in –ed, but changed to
verb 2.

3. in questions and negatives we use did/ didn’t + infinitive

3. the past of be (am, is, are) is was/ we

UNIT 6
PAST CONTINUOUS ( I WAS DOING)

1. I was doing something = I as in the middle of doing something at a certain time.

The action or situation had already started before this time, but had not finished.

2. we ofen ue the past simple and the past continuous together to say that
something happened in the middle of something else.
UNIT 7
PRESENT PERFECT 1 ( I HAVE DONE)

1. The present simple is have/ has + past participle. The past participle often ends
in –ed, but many important verbs are irregular

2. when we use the present perfect, there is a connection with now. The action in
the past has a result now.

3. you can use the present perfect with just, already, yet

 Just = a short time ago

 Already = to say that something happened sooner than expected
 Yet= until now
2.2 Book 2(Comparison book)

UNIT 1
PRESENT CONTINUOUS AND PRESENT SIMPLE

1. we can use the present continuou with some state verbs to emphasise that a
situation is temporary or for a period of time around the present.

2. some verbs have different meanings when they are used to talk about states
and when the describe actions.

3. with some verbs describing mental states.

4. we use the present simple with verbs which perform the action they describe

Dotes the present simple can be used to highlight an event.

UNIT 2
PRESENT CONTINUUS AND PRESENT SIMPLE 2

1. we often use the present simple and present continuous in stories and jokes in
informal spoken English to create the impression that events are happening now.

2. we use the present simple with verbs which perform the action they describe

Dotes the present simple can be used to highlight an event.

3.We can use the present simple in phrase such as I says here, I hear, I gather, I
see, I understand etc.

UNIT 3
PAST SIMPLE AND PRESENT PERFECT

1. Time expressions that reer to the present can be used with either past simple
or present perfect verbs.

2. in a sentence which includes a time clause with since we generally prefer a past
simple verb in the time clause and a present perfect verb in the main clause.

3. with time clauses introduced by after, until, when, as soon as, once, by the
time and the time expressions the minute/ second/ moment the past simple
refer to past completed events and the present perfect refers to future events

UNIT 4
PAST CONTINUOUS AND PAST SIMPLE

1. when we talk about two events or activities that went o over the same period
of past time, we can often ue the past continuous aor the past simple for both

2 using the past continuous emphasizes that the events or activitw was in
progress during the past period of time
3. when we talk about two or more past completed events that followed one
anoter, we use the past simple, not the past continous, for both.

UNIT 5
PAST PERFECT AND PAST SIMPLE

1. when we undertand that we are talking about events before another past
ecvent, we don’t have to continue using the past perfect

2. if the order of past events is clear from the context we can often use either the
past pefect or past simple.

3. we can use either the past perfect or past simple when we talk about things
that we intended to do, but didn’t or won’t now di in the future

UNIT 6
PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS AND PRESENT PERFECT

1. We don’t use the preent perfect continuous with erbs such as belong,
kmow,like dislike, understand etc

2. when we talk about situations that exist until the present we can often use
either the present perfect or present perfect continuous.

3. we use present perfect continuous rather than the present perfect when we
draw a conclusionfrom what we can see, hear etc.
4. the present perfect continuous emphasis that an activity is on going and
repeated, while the present perfect suggest the activity happened only once or on
a specified number of occasions.

UNIT 7
PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS, PAST PERFECT AND PAST
CONTINUOUS

1. we can often use either the past perfect continuous or the past perfect with a
similar meaning.

2. if we talk about how many times something happened in a period up to a

particular past time, we use the past perfect, not the past perfect continuous.

3. the past prfect continuous can be used to talk about the situation or activity
that went on before a particular past time and finished at the time/ continued
beyond it/ finished shortly before it.

4. if we are not interested in how long the activity went on, w can use the past
continuous instead of the past perfect continuous.

UNIT 8
PRESENT AND PAST TIME : REVIEW
1. we use simple forms to talk about general situations, habits, and things that are
or were always true

2. we use simple forms with verbs that describe unchanging states.

3. we use perfect verb form to describe one event or state from the point of view
of a later time.

4. the past perfect is used to locate a past event before another past event.

5.we combine the perfect and continuous forms in the present perfect continuous
to describe an activity in progress either at or recently before the time of
speaking.
 CRITICISM

STRENGTHNESS

Basically both books have the same advantages. the contents of the book
are very easy to understand, especially the second book. moreover, each chapter is
equipped with practice questions that practice the reader's understanding of the
contents of the book.

WEAKNESS

The two books actually do not have weakness that are too prominent. it's
just that it would be more better if the books has a more orderly arrangement, and
a larger font so that readers will be more interested in the two books.
 CLOSING

CONCLUSION

Based from my books review about Grammar, I conclude that the level of
difficulty learning English grammar is actually relative, depending on how we learn
about English grammar itself. if we understand the grammar and structure of
English grammar correctly, then English grammar is not difficult. conversely, if we
do not fully understand the material being studied, it will be difficult to apply it in
daily life.

RECOMMENDATION

these books will be very interesting to teach in school, especially if they

are guided by teachers who are proficient in the English grammar field.