Kamis, 23 Februari 2012

Simple Future Tense

Simple Future Tense used to express occurrence/activity to happened/to be done in the future,do 10 minutes or 1 hour to come ,tomorrow ,the day after tomorrow ,next week,next month ,next year,and so on.If past tenses express occurrence/activity after now ( time past ) ,tenses future simple express occurrence /activity before now.
( time future).
Positive Tenses

Introductory It

In this pattern, it has no meaning. It is used only to fill the cubject position in the sentence. thus, it is called introductory “it”.

Introductory “it” as a subject:
A : To watch musical programs is pleasent.
B : It is pleasent to Watch musical program
Introductory it with seem, appear and look

Introductory it is also used with seem, appear and look when the subject is an infinitive phrase with a gerund ini t or a clause.

Asking if Someone Remember or not

Formal expressions:
Ø I wonder if you remember.....
Ø You remember...., don’t you?
Ø You haven’t forgotten...., have you?
Ø Don’t you remember.....?
Ø Do you happen to remember it now?

Ways to respond:

Preposition In, On, and At

In preposition of time We use:
•at for a PRECISE TIME
•in for MONTHS, YEARS, CENTURIES and LONG PERIODS
•on for DAYS and DATES
at in on

PRECISE TIME MONTHS, YEARS, CENTURIES and LONG PERIODS DAYS and DATES

Senin, 20 Februari 2012

Noun Phrase

A noun phrase (NP) is a phrase whose head is a noun or a pronoun, optionally accompanied by a set of modifiers.
 This means that one noun or pronoun can be grammatically functioned as NP.
 For the NP modifer, there are 2 kinds considering by its position:
 1. pre-modifier (modifier which is placed before the noun)
 2. post-modifier (modifier which is placed after the noun)
 The NP pattern is simple in normal sentence and imperative mood, but it’s much harder in question form with inversion.

Invitation (Written)

Invitations is a request to somebody to do something or go somewhere. in a invitation , there are the date, time and place of the event. Sometimes there is also R.S.V.P which means “please reply”.

Finite Verb

Definition of Finite verb
1.Also called a main verb
2.A verb that has a subject
3.A verb that shows tense, person, and number
4.Can be the main verb in a sentence
Moods in Finite Verb
1).Indicative mood (expressing a state of affairs)
Example : The tea is hot.
2).Imperative mood (giving a command)
Example : Make the tea hot.
3).Subjunctive mood (expressing something that might or might not be the state of affairs, depending on some other part of the sentence)
Example :If the tea was hot, I would drink it.

Kamis, 16 Februari 2012

Surprises and Disbelief


Surprises :
A feeling that we feel when heard an amazing news which surprised and amazed us an expression that we show/ say when we know/ hear/ see something that rather difficult to believe. Used to express something that wa can not or impossible.
Disbelief :
A state of the mind

Modals in The Past Form


Modals in the Past form dalam bahasa Indonesia adalah kata bantu pengandaian dalam bentuk lampau.
When do we use modals ?
1.     To talk about someone’s ability (or inability) to do something.
Example        :     
Ø We can find your house without the street plan.
Ø She can’t have a daughter that old !
2.     To talk about an action that is necessary (or impossible or not necessary)
Example        :

Asking for Information


Asking for information is one way of communicating the purpose of obtaining or asking for information person unknown.
Indicator :

Descriptive Text



Descriptive text is a text which say what a person or a thing is like. It’s purpose is to describe and reveal a particular person, place, or thing.
Generic Structure of Descriptive Text
1.Identification
2.Identifying the phenomenon to be describe.
3.Description
4.Describing the phenomenon in parts, qualities, or and characteristics.

Vocabs : Shapes and Part's of Body

Shapes : shapes are all the geometrical information that remains when location, scale and rotational effects are                   filtered out from an object.

Example of Shapes



Example of Part's of Body



Sabtu, 11 Februari 2012

Prepositional Phrases


A prepositional phrases is a preposition and the noun following it. The preposition is in the head position and the noun is in the complement position. Please note that prepositions are words such as in, from, to, etc. Used before a noun or a pronoun to show a place, a position, time or a method.
Here are other examples of prepositional phrases

Kamis, 09 Februari 2012

Recount Text

Recount Text is a text which retells events or experiences in the past.  Its purpose is either to inform or to entertain the audience.

Generic Stucture :

Sympathy Expression

Sympathy expression is an expression or feeling of pity and sorrow when we know and see someone or people are unlucky or have trouble and in bad condition. By expressing sympathy we want to show our concern or carefulness on other people’s condition.
How can we give sympathy expression to someone?
We express it directly to him/her orally or we can use a letter or card by post also by short message service (sms),e-mail,television,radio,and news paper if he/she who got the trouble is far from us.

Here are some expressions we can use to show our sympathy?

Procedure Text

HOW TO MAKE MEATBALLS
Ingredients       :
·       1 kilo of very fine minced meat (preferably beef)
·       2 eggs
·       300 gr of tapioca-flour
·       4-8 cloves of garlic
·       1 red onion
·       1 teaspoon of white pepper
·       2 teaspoons of salt
The steps to make meatballs  :

Greetings

Greetings is an act of communication in which human beings (as well as other member of the animal kingdom) intentionally make their presence known to eachother,to show attention to,and to suggest a type of relationship or social status between individuals or groups of people coming in contact with each other.

Greetings are often,but not always,used just prior to a conversation.