CRITICAL BOOK REVIEW

CRITICAL BOOK REVIEW

MK. Filsafat Pendidikan
Prodi S1 ......... - Fakultas

Skor Nilai:

ASSIGNED BY:
DONI SETIAWAN SINAGA
2191121001
ENGLISH EDUCATION 2019
CLASS A
LECTURER: Drs. WILLEM SARAGIH, M.Pd
 PREFACE

First of all, I feel like saying “thanks” for God’s love and grace for us. Thanks
to God for helping me and give me chance to finish this assignment timely. And I
would like to say “Thank you” to Sir. Drs. WILLEM SARAGIH, M.PD as the
lecturer that always teaches us and give much knowledge about how to practice
English well.

This assignment is the one of English task that composed of critical book
review in English Grammar subject . I realized this assignment is not perfect. But
I hope that it can be useful for us. Critics and suggestion are needed here to
make this assignment be better. Hopefully, we as a student in State University of
Medan can work more professional by using English as the second language .
Thank you.

Medan, September 2019

Doni Setiawan Sinaga

 TABLE OF CONTENT

PREFACE ………………………………………………………..….

TABLE OF CONTENT…………………………………………......
BAB I INTRODUCTION

1.1 Background…………………………………………………………………....
1.2 Objective and Benefits………………………………………………………...
1.3 Bibliographic Information…………………………………………….............

BAB II SUMMARY OF CONTENT…………………………………………..

BAB III STRENGHT OF BOOK………...........................................................

BAB IV WEAKNESS OF BOOK……………………………………………….

BAB V ANALYSIS RESULT………………………………………………….

BAB VI CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION……………………………….

BIBLIOGRAPHY ………………………………………………………………
 BAB I

INTRODUCTION

1.1 Background
Term one of every school year presents us with an opportunity to lay down what is expected of learners
especially in English Language and Literature in English. For example, we demonstrate what they should
know and do to get high grades in their course work, tests and examinations. This is the time when we give
reminders on key points on various topic.

Language is a means of thinking both to convey messages to others and to receive messages from
others. Thoughts conveyed in speech or writing expressed through a series of words selected and
arranged according to certain rules. Language as a meaningful symbol consists of certain units that are
functionally interconnected as a system. The smallest unit that contains meaning in the form of words or
phrases (groups of words), while the larger units that contain thoughts in the form of sentences.

Sentences are parts of speech that have a minimum structure of the subject (S) and predicate (P) and
their intonation indicates that the speech part is complete with meaning. The final intonation of sentences in
written language is in the form of punctuation marks, question marks, or exclamation marks. Determination
of the minimum structure S and P in this case shows that the sentence is not merely a combination or
series of words that do not have a unity of form. Complete with meaning indicates a sentence must contain
a complete main idea as an expression of the purpose of the narrative. This shows that the mastery of
language as a means of thinking and communicating is largely determined by the mastery of the rules of
the sentence supported by adequate vocabulary.

1.1 Objective and Benefits

1 . Review the contents of the book.

2. Knowing the information of a book.
3. Comparing the contents of the main book with the comparison book
4. Rate and review grammar English books in all aspects of writing
5. Make students think christically about the contents of the book

So for the benefits of making this review is that we will learn and realize in speaking and writing English
and avoid mistakes in use in English. And we will get the latest discussion about using the latest update
english grammar. Something interesting from this review is this review's content was from different
sources. I think, it will attempt to get a good response by the learners.
 Bibliographic Information

1. Main Book

Name of book : A HANDBOOK OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR

Author : Slamet Riyanto with Emilia NH And Leila NH
Year : Author 2010

Amount Of Section : Third edition

Amount of pages : 585 pages
Distribution and city : Pustaka belajar, Yogyakarta
ISBN : 978-979-1277-43-3
 Comparasion Book

Name of book : Complete English Grammar

Author : Suryadi and with Junaidi, S,Pd
Year : Maret 2007
Amount Of Section : Third Edition
Amount of pages : 571 pages
Distribution and city : Pustaka Pelajar, Yogyakarta
ISBN : 978-979-1277-33-4
 BAB II

SUMMARY OF CONTENT

MAIN BOOK

Chaper 1. The Use of Linking Verbs of “TO BE’

The linking verbs of “ TO BE” are words to connect between Subject and Complement in a nominal
sentence. A Nominal Sentece is a sentence that is predicate or verbs does not express, but express
NAME, STATUS, QUALITY, STATE, and PLACE, for example

 Name, For example : He is Alexander, Laura, etc.

 Status, For example : She is doctor

 Quality, For example : He is diligent

 State, For example : He is happy

 Place, For example : It is in Denpasar

Complement can be in the forms of: noun, adjective, adverb of place, preposition, and numeral.
Linking Verbs Of “TO BE” has nine forms, that is : is, am, are, was, were, be, to be, being, been.

The Use of Am, Is and Are

 We use am with I.

 We use are with you, we, they and all plural subjects.

 We use is with he, she, it and all singular subjects.

The use of was and were

 We use was with he, she, it and all singular subjects in the third person.

 We use were with you,we, they and all plural person.

 Chapter 2. The Use of Noun

Nouns are the names of thing, or place. The use of the Noun, can be the subject of the sentence,
object of the verb, and object of prepositions. Nouns can be, for examples:

1, The names of persons:

 General Soeharto

 John F Kennedy

 King Hussein

 Adam Malik , etc

2. The names of places:

 Australia

 Asutria

 Jakarta

 New York, etc

3. The names of things:

 Table

 Door

 Chair

 Book , etc.

Chapter 3 The Use of Personal Pronoun

Personal Pronoun are words that are need to replace a person or thing, For Example:

 I, example: I am a man

 You, example:You are a girl

 They, example: They are students

  He, example: He is a student

 She, example: She is beautifull

 It, example: it is a car.

The changing form and position of personal pronoun

Subject Object of verb Possessive Possessive Reflesive pronoun

prepositions adjectives pronoun
I me my mine myself
You you yours yours yourself
He him his his himself
She her her hers herself
It it its - itself
We us our ours ourselves
They them their theirs themselves

Chapter 4 The Use Of Possesive Adjectives

Possesive Adjective are words that are used to express possessions. They can not stand alone, but they
are followed by a noun. For example:

 My car is new

 His house is big.

 This is my car

 That is your bag

 That is his house,etc.

Chapter 5 The Use Of Possesive Pronouns

Possesive pronouns are words that are used to express possession. They can stand alone. They are not
followed by a NOUN. For example;
  This is my car. Mine is made in Japan.

 That is your bag. Yours is black and mine is blue

 Rina has a handphone. Hers is Nokia

Chaper 6. The Use of Reflective Pronouns

Reflective Pronouns are words are used to express something that has a reciprocal relation.For Example:

 I do it myself

 You will hurt yourself

 He bought himself

 She hurts herself, etc.

Chapter 7.The Use Of Demonstrative Pronouns

Demonstrative pronouns are word that are used to point out something, for example:

1. This. Is used to point out the singular noun that is near to us. For examples:

 This is a new handphone

 This is nice bag

 This album is good

2. These is used to point out the plural noun that is near to us, For examples:

 These are new handphone

 These are nice bag

 These albums are good

3. That is used to point out the singular noun that is far to us, for example:

 That is an old car

 That is my favorite album

 That problem is very serious

4. Those is used to point out the plural noun that is far to us, for example:

 Those are old cars

 Those are my favorite albums

 Those problem are very serious

Chapter 8. The Use of Interrogative Pronouns

Interrogative pronouns are words that are used to ask for questions:

1. Who, is for a person, for example :

 Who is it?

 Who invented telephone?

 Who are you?

2. What, is for a thing, For example:

 What do you want?

 What bus do you take?

 What is that?

3. Which, is for thing to show a choice, for example:

 Which one is your sister?

 Which bus goes to Bali?

 Which is your bag?

4. When, asks for time, for example:

 When did you come?

 When were you born?

5. Where, asks for a place or location, for example:

 Where do you live?

  Where are you going?

6. Whose, asks for a possession or property, For example:

 Whose house is it?

 Whose car is that?

7. Whom, is for a person as an object, for example:

 Whom did you go with?

 Whom did you speak to?

8. Why, asks for a reason, for example:

 Why is she so unhappy?

 Why did you come late?

9. How asks for a feeling, frequentcy,measurement, etc. For example:

 How do you feel?

 How often do you play tennis?

 How far is Jogja to Solo?

Content of comparasion book

Chapter1. Definition of Grammar

Grammar is the science of rules in forming and combining words into sentences. so, grammar is very
important for people who want to be able to master English because grammar guides us to write words and
sentences correctly.

in grammar, words are grouped into eight that are familiarly known as the eight of part of speech, that is:
 1. Noun
2. Prononoun
3. Adjective
4. Verb
5. Adverb
6. Preposition
7. Conjunction
8. Interjection
Chapter 2. NOUN

Nouns are words used to define people, animals, living or inanimate objects, concrete or abstract, and
places. There are many types of nouns in English. seen from its form, nouns are grouped into two,
namely concrete nouns and abstract nouns
1) concrete nouns are tangible nouns. can be seen, felt, or touched, such as iron, gold, table, table,
dictionary, etc.

Concrete nouns are grouped into four types, namely:

a. proper noun - a noun that refers to the name of a person, company, product, country, city and place
name
example:
- Jakarta is capital of Indonesia
- Rina likes to listen to radio
- Pustaka pelajar is the famous book publisher in Indonesia.

B. Common NOUNS-Is a common noun. meaning not to show something specifically but in general for all
items of the same type, such as paint, bowl, hand, live, etc.

Example:
Take your book, please!
I met a man yesterday.

c. Material Noun is a word that indicates subsatines, basic materials, substances or objects which can only
be touched, measured, and weighed. for example, salt, water, wood

 d. Collective nouns - a noun that refers to a group of objects or people as a whole unit such as:
audience
crowd class
staff faculty
union team

2) abstract nouns -. nouns that cannot be recognized physically but whose existence is recognized. This
noun is in the form of ideas and feelings such as intelligence, love, hate, bravery, anger, happiness,
firendship, appearance, beauty, patience, etc.
Chapter III Pronoun

pronoun also called pronoun is a word used to replace noun in a sentence or paragraph. Mkasudnya, so
that no repetition of monotonous words occurs.
various pronoun

there are ten types of pronouns which will be discussed in more detail below.
1. an indefinite pronoun, that is to say a pronoun that does not refer to a particular person or thing.
a. Indefinite pronoun that can be a subject or an object.
Anybody anyone anything
Everybody everyone everything
Nobody no one nothing

b. idenfinite pronoun which only occupies the object of the sentence

one pronouns / singular pronouns
ones as pronouns / plural pronouns

example:
- Which apple do you prefer? I like this one
- Which apples do you prefer?

2. Demonstrative pronouns are pronouns used to indicate nouns for personal or impersonal
the pronouns used are:
- This = this, for single nouns
- These = this, for plural nouns
- That = that, for single nouns
- Those = that, for plural nouns

3.Impersonal pronouns - this refers to certain people but to people in general. some impersonal pronouns,
namely: they, you, one and he / she.

4. personal person, also called personal pronoun, is a word that stands as a substitute for the person's
name in the sentence. There are two kinds of personal pronouns: subjective, which acts as the subject and
active objects which act as objects.

5.possessive pronouns are pronouns that indicate ownership or belonging. different from possessive
adjectives, possessive pronouns may not be followed by nouns / nouns, like sentences, this is mine. Can't
say, this is my book.

6. Reflective pronouns are pronouns which are a reflection of personal pronoun or noun
how to form this reflective pronoun by adding the suffix "SELF" or "SELVES"
7.relative pronouns ie the word gsnti noun phrase or pronoun in the dependent clause. It functions to
introduce relative clauses or adjective clauses that describe nouns or pronouns in independent clauses.

8. Interrogative pronoun is a pronoun used to initiate a question, both in the form of direct or indirect
questions.

9. reciprocal pronouns are pronouns that express a reciprocal relationship between individuals consisting of
two or more. this pronoun can also be used for objects other than people.
10.. distributive pronoun is a pronoun used when members of a group are taken separately.

Chapter IV Adjectiva

adjective is a word that is used to describe nouns in order to limit or give character to the noun.

adjective types

seen from the shape there are three types of adjectives namely
1. Pure adjective. said to be a judge because this adjective does not have affixation

example:
patient
clean
pale

2. adjective in the form of nouns. this noun appears before the headword or after the headword that
precedes the preposition.
example:
ballon air
egg shell
head office

3. Adjective formed by other words

when viewed from its type, there are 6 types of adjective viz
1. proper adjective is an adjective formed from the name of the object. This adjective always starts with a
capital letter
2. Adjective descriptive is an adjective that describes the state of an object, person or animal
3. quantitative adjective, which is adjective which explains the number of intended nouns.

4. Adjective numeral shows how many or in what order, or how many times a noun is called. there are two
types of adjective numeral, namely a. definite numerical
b. Indefinitee numeral.

5. demonstrative adjective used for pointer pronouns both personal and non-personal
6. adjective distributed, which includes these adjectives namely each, every, either and neither,

Chapter 5. Articles
 article is a word used to describe whether a thing is specific or not specific. article is located in front of the
noun. There are two types of articles:
1. indefinite article
2. definite article

1. indefinite article, A and And adlah article used to describe objects or people in general is not specific so
that people who hear or read only know the objects mentioned in general.
for example, Cinta has a cat. the cat is white cat and beautiful
The definite article is used for countable nouns or uncountable nou. The following will be explained in more
detail regarding the use of the article.
a. for objects that have appeared or were mentioned before.
-Ita has a book. The book is Grammar
b. for objects that are first mentioned, but they are clearly known because they are explained with a few
words
-The boy who called you yesterday is my brother.
c. for an object that is first mentioned but the object is explained where it is located so that it is known by
the listener.
-Where is NOVI? She is in the classroom.
 BAB III STRENGHT OF THE BOOK

After reviewing the book,” A Handbook of English grammar” and “Complete English Grammar” that
books are really good to learners of English grammar
The book contain a good explanation and really easy to understand, especially to learners.
- The first book contain more complex explanation and supported the example. the material is
discussed in depth and describes the contents of the material and does not deviate from the
content of the material.
- The cover of this book is interesting, so readers will like to buy the book.
- Have good paper material, and clear writing.
- In the aspect of layout and layout of the writing in the main book uses standard language and does
not look using non-standard language. There is a bold sentence which is the core of the discussion
and italic type selection, the font is good.
- every material discussed in this book has an exercise for the reader with the aim of the writer so
that the reader can know the reader's understanding
- In the discussion, this book uses full English but has a translation from the English language. thus
the reader will learn English and also understand from the word

In the other book “ Complete English Grammar” second book explain the grammar with deeper discussion.
We can know English grammar section, the first topic of the book tell the definition about grammar that
make the reader understand the meaning of grammar first before understanding the next material .and I
think that the point plus for this book. I think The cover of book looks good as well, and this book have
good paper material, and clear book identity of this book, and in the aspect of layout of the writing this book
uses standard language and not look using non- standard language.
 BAB IV WEAKNESS OF THE BOOK

Weakness of the main book:

- This book has a thick 585 pages, making readers feel bored, because the material is endless.
- The material presented is only explained in a narrow range and explained in detail
- in chapters 4 to 7 about possessive material should be a whole chapter so that it does not bore the
reader in reading this book
- in this book there is no material on understanding grammar, I think this is important because the
reader will first understand the context to be read
- The contents in this book are not organized, the material that should be discussed is the first part
of part of speech, if it is seen from this book that the material discussed first is to be the part of
speech that should be the first discussion material

Weakness of the second book:

- in the use of the language in this book which is English, I think it is not in accordance with the
context of the title of the book because if you use English, the reader will learn about the English
language and if necessary use a translation
- this book explains more material than it gives examples of material
- this book is too thick and there are no images or colors in the contents of this book so that makes
the reader feel bored reading this book
- this material is too much explained so that it makes the reader feel like they don't understand
because of the many materials explained
 Bab V Analysis Result
In reviewing, the reviewer uses two different books with the same subject matter for comparison with
each other, both in terms of the completeness of the material and the way it is presented. The book being
compared is the first book and the second book

In this study, the reviewer examines as many as two chapters of each book, with the same discussion,
namely in the first book, in chapter 1 explains about nouns. Whereas in the second book, in chapter 2
about the use of nouns

Analysis first book

This book explain the noun that Nouns are the names of thing, or place. The use of the Noun, can be the
subject of the sentence, object of the verb, and object of prepositions. Nouns can be, for examples:

1, The names of persons:

 General Soeharto

 John F Kennedy

 King Hussein

 Adam Malik , etc

2. The names of places:

 Australia

 Asutria

 Jakarta
  New York, etc

3. The names of things:

 Table

 Door

 Chair

 Book , etc.

in the first book, the author only gives understanding and direct giving examples of the material but does
not describe the contents of the material and in providing this material, the authors assume that the reader
will understand indirectly about this noun material. but the reader considers that what is conveyed material
about this noun has not conveyed an understanding to the reader where in understanding this material is
still lacking when viewed from the perspective of the reader.

Analyisis second book

Nouns are words used to define people, animals, living or inanimate objects, concrete or abstract, and
places. There are many types of nouns in English. seen from its form, nouns are grouped into two,
namely concrete nouns and abstract nouns
1) concrete nouns are tangible nouns. can be seen, felt, or touched, such as iron, gold, table, table,
dictionary, etc.

Concrete nouns are grouped into four types, namely:

a. proper noun - a noun that refers to the name of a person, company, product, country, city and place
name
example:
- Jakarta is capital of Indonesia
- Rina likes to listen to radio
- Pustaka pelajar is the famous book publisher in Indonesia.

B. Common NOUNS-Is a common noun. meaning not to show something specifically but in general for all
items of the same type, such as paint, bowl, hand, live, etc.

Example:
Take your book, please!
I met a man yesterday.
c. Material Noun is a word that indicates subsatines, basic materials, substances or objects which can only
be touched, measured, and weighed. for example, salt, water, wood

 d. Collective nouns - a noun that refers to a group of objects or people as a whole unit such as:
audience
crowd class
staff faculty
union team

2) abstract nouns - nouns that cannot be recognized physically but whose existence is recognized. This
noun is in the form of ideas and feelings such as intelligence, love, hate, bravery, anger, happiness,
firendship, appearance, beauty, patience, etc

in the discussion of this noun book two more explains and describes the contents of the material it
appears that the author is more insightful while the first book discussion in giving material only explains the
understanding of Noun and gives examples but is incomplete in giving material to the reader. in this book
describe the material but not distorted in the discussion of the noun. in the first book the contents of the
book very little discussing the material has an exercise that makes the reader test how understanding of the
material while in the second book the discussion of the material is discussed thoroughly without deviating
from the material and has an exercise so that the reader tests the understanding of the material.

BAB VI CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION

CONCLUSION

Having reading and review this book, I am aware and understand there are any knowledge and
information to improve my English grammar skills. That make me correction on speaking and writing with
English grammar. And after comparing this book make me understand about English grammar. After
comparing this books, the writer can conclude that both of the books are really good and recommended to
learners. And this books can will be use as a guide to learn about English grammar.As impotant Eglish
lesson, we should understdnd about grammar. And then we grammar that is easily practiced in everyday
SUGGESTION
After analyzing and reviewing this book, the author suggests increasing the discussion of the contents of
the book so that readers can also improve their English grammar. And the reader can be aware of having
the guide of English grammar so that this book can be a guide to the reader in understanding English
grammar. from all aspects it's good but the author also reminds book makers to overcome the
shortcomings of books.
This writer also recommends students or readers to be this book as a guide to learning English.
according to the author of this review this book is good despite its shortcomings.

Reference
Riyanto, Slamet. 2010, A Handbook Of English Grammar. Yogyakarta: Daftar Pustaka.
Suryadi.2007, Complete English Grammar. Yogyakarta : Daftar PUstaka.