style in written english

·        Question

1.     Amel comes from london, doesn’t she?

2.     You aren’t a student, are you?

3.     Have a drink, won’t you?

·        Redundancy

1.Redundant : The room was red in colour.
   Benar : The room was red
2. Redundant :.Thelma she ran into her room and slammed the door.
    Benar : Thelma ran into her room and slammed the door.
3. Wordy : He looked at me in a threatening manner.
     Padat   : He looked at me threateningly

·        participle adjective

1.the disturbing voice
2. The woman working as an indonesian teacher is beautiful
3. The boy singing is my friend.

·        say/tell

1.     he asked, "where is my car"

2.     mita says “can i borrow your bag?”

3.     Susi will say that they are studying hard

·        sequence of tenses

1.     I am going to meet him tomorrow (simple future tense)

2.     He would forgive you. (simple past future tenses)

3.     thought you would have slept by the time I arrived. (past future perfect tense)

sumber :

http://nulisindah.wordpress.com/2012/04/
http://www.wordsmile.com/pengertian-rumus-dan-contoh-kalimat-16-macam-tenses-bahasa-inggris