Abstract
The purpose of this independent study was to analyze the verbs used in an English learning website, BreakingNewsEnglish.com. The sample for the study consisted 40 news selected by simple random sampling. This case study analyzed two aspects of verb usage: transitive verb and intransitive verb. The conclusion based on the results as follows: 1) The transitive verb in the base form was used most frequently (40.41%) while present participle form was used the least frequently (6.79%). 2) The intransitive verb in the base form occurred most frequently (7.13%) whereas the verb in present participle form were used only (2.21%). In conclusion, in Breaking news used transitive verb more than intransitive verb all types, the most of percentages was transitive verb with 40.41% and the lowest percentages was intransitive verb in present participle with 2.21%. BreakingNewsEnglish.com refers to events that are currently developing and are unexpected, the base form of transitive verbs helpful instructions for users on the site are extremely basic, clear and simple instruction usually seem to be a good indication of thoughtful.
Highlights
English has firmly become the international language and more widely used in the world of communication and in news that we read each day
This case study was analyzed in two parts of verbs as an analysis of vocabulary verb used in transitive verb and intransitive verb and an analysis of using word choices
In the result of the four categories of verbs; base form, -s form, past form and present participle form to show that base forms were most frequently used in transitive verb and intransitive verb and found that transitive verbs were more popularly used than the intransitive verb
Summary
English has firmly become the international language and more widely used in the world of communication and in news that we read each day. It is not enough to know only about domestic news but we should know about international news. BreakingNewsEnglish.com has headlines from news stories as they happen around the world each day, including variety of exercises, topical lessons and all skills. The site is interactive and has printable English lessons for classes and homework. There are answers at the end of each lesson; it’s like an online classroom to attract people to learn English online. The verb usage at BreakingNewsEnglish.com is usually in the present simple, because verb is the word that shows the action of subject in sentences and changes the
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