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GRATITUDE,COMPLIMENT & CONGRATULATION

Several expressions of congratulating, complimenting, and  thanking:Congratulation ] is an expression that we use to give the congratulation utterance when he/she succeeds in doing something.

Congratulating:

  • Congratulations!
  • Congratulations on your success!
  • Happy birthday!
  • Happy Lebaran Day/Happy led!
  • Merry Christmas!
  • Happy New Year!
  • Happy Valentine!
  • Happy anniversary!

Expressing

      • Let me congratulate you
      • My congratulations on your success
      • Pretty good

Responding

      • Thank you
      • Thanks, I needed that
      • It’s very kind of you to say that
      • Do you really think so ?

Compliment ] is an expression that we show or say to express/give praise. Some people use compliments to “butter up” somebody or to flatter in order to increase good will, for example:

  • on his/her general appearance
  • if you notice something new about the person’s appearance
  • when you visit someone’s house for the first time
  • when other people do their best

Complimenting:

  • What a nice dress!
  • You look great.
  • You look very nice/beautiful/handsome.
  • I really must express my admiration for your dance.
    • Good grades!
    • Excellent!
    • Nice work!

Gratitude ] is an expression that we show or say to express grateful feeling to other people. When speaking English, you say “thanks” very often. Please say “thank you” when people give you something, help you do something, wish you something and give you a compliment etc.

Thanking:

  • Thank you very much
    • Thank you for your help
    • I’m really very grateful to you
    • You’re welcome
    • Don’t mention it
    • It’s a pleasure / My pleasure
    • I want to express my gratitude to (my teacher, my father, etc)
    • I am grateful to your help

Simple Future

A.Definition

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).

B. Positive Tenses

Pattern :

  • S + will+ verb1+ O+ modifier
  • S + ( is,are.am ) + going + verb1+ O+ modifier
  • S + ( is,are,am ) + ( verb1 + ing ) + O + modifier

Example :

  • Farmers in Jati Bali will grow rice crops next month
  • Some students are going to conduct research on vegetative plant propagations next semester.
  • Transpiration will start to increase tomorrow morning.

C. Negative Tense

Pattern :

  • S + will + not + verb1+ O + modifier
  • S +{ ( is,are,am ) going to }+ not +verb1 + O + modifier
  • S + ( is,are,am ) + ( verb1 + ing ) + O + modifier

Example :

  • Farmers in Jati Bali will not grow rice crops next month
  • Transpiration will not start to increase tonight
  • He will not be very happy when he finds out.

D.Question

Pattern :

    • Will + S + verb1+ O + modifier
    • Will + S + { ( is,are,am ) going to }+ O + modifier
    • Will + S + ( is,are,am ) + ( verb1 + ing ) + O + modifier

Example :

      • Will farmers in Jati in Bali grow rice crops next month ?
      • Will transpiration start to increase tomorrow morning  ?
      • Will he be very happy when he finds out ?

Suprise & Disbelief

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 taht we cant or impossible.

To express surprise or disbelief:

  • What a surprise! That’s a surprise!
  • (Well), that’s very surprising!
  • Really?
  • What?
  • Are you serious? You must be joking!
  • You’re kidding!
  • Fancy that!
  • I must say … surprises me.
  • I  find that hard to believe.

Suprising  amazement of something :

  • Fantastic
  • It’s great
  • It’s terrific
  • Wonderful !
  • What a lovely flowers !

Example of expressing  surprise:

A: How can you say that?

B: Well, that’s the fact.

Example of expressing  surprise:

A: I can’t believe it!

B: That’s true.

When you got a surprising fact, you can say:

¨      Do you know what?

¨      Believe it or not?

¨      You may not believe it, but …

¨      Can you believe this?

You can respond to the surprising fact using these expressions:

¨      Really?

¨      Are you joking?

¨      Oh?

¨      Where? Show me.

DIRECT SPEECH AND INDIRECT SPEECH

Direct Speech refers to reproducing another person’s exact words or saying exactly what someone has said (sometimes called quoted speech).

We use quotation marks (“______________”) and it should be word for word.

For example:

Nicky said, “It’s hot”.

Or

“It’s hot,” Nicky said.

Indirect speech refers to reproducing the idea of another person’s words that doesn’t use quotation marks to enclose what the person said and it doesn’t have to be word for word.

Indirect speech is sometimes called reported speech.

The tense usually changes when reporting speech. This is because we are usually talking about a time in the past and obviously the person who spoke originally spoke in the past.

The verbs therefore usually have to be in the past too.

▪         Note: The reporting verbs that are usually used to report imperative sentences are:

Tell, order, command, ask, warn, remind

▪         Don’t forget to mention the indirect object.

Father warned me not to drive fast.

For example:

Direct speech Indirect speech

Present simple                                                                      Past simple

Vita said, “I eat fried rice.                              Vita said that she ate fried rice.

Past simple                                                                            Past Perfect

Mother said, “I went to market yesterday”.                           Mother said (that) she had gone to market the day before.

Future simple Past Future

Lea said, “I am going to wash my clothes”. Lea said (that) she was going to wash her clothes.

Dave said, “I will buy an I-Pod next week”.  Dave said (that) he would buy an I-Pod the week after.

Present continuous                                                             Past continuous

Gama said, “I am playing football”.                                        Gama said he was playing football.

Past continuous                                                                   Past perfect continuous

She said, “I was teaching earlier.”                                        She said she had been teaching earlier.

▪         When we want to report what someone said, we do not usually repeat their exact words, we use our words. We can use reporting verbs, such as tell, say, ask followed by ‘that-clause’.

Example: My mother said that she got up at 4 o’clock.

▪         When reporting verbs is in the Present, Present Perfect, or Future, there is no change of tense in the words reported.

Example: She will tell you

She says                       (that) she doesn’t know.

She has just said

In time expressions and pronouns

Direct speech

Indirect speech

Now

Today/tonight

Yesterday

Tomorrow

Last week

Next week

Ago

Then

That day/that night

The day before/the previous day

The next/following day

The previous week

The following week/the week after

Before

This/these

Here

Pronouns

That/those

There

They change according to the context

Sometimes we need to report someone’s questions. The reported question are introduced with the verb ask, inquire, wonder, want to know, etc.

Type

Form

Examples

Yes-No questions

Ask                    +  if/whether  +  subject  +  verb

Wonder etc.

“Do you speak English?”

– He wondered if I spoke English.

Wh-questions

Ask                    +  question word + subject +  verb

Wonder etc.

“What are you watching?”

– She asked what I am watching.

PASSIVE VOICE

 

 

1.

Simple present

Active

passive

We

 

 

 

 

 

 

OB on RCTI

watched

is watched

OB on RCTI

(by us)

everyday.

everyday.

2.

Simple past

Active

passive

Rita

 

A letter

wrote

was written

a letter

by Rita

yesterday.

yesterday.

3.

Simple Future

Active

passive

My family

 

 

 

 

 

 

A villa

will rent

will be rent

a villa

by my family

for holiday.

for holiday.

When rewriting active sentences in passive voice, note the following:

  • the object of the active sentence becomes the subject of the passive sentence

  • the finite form of the verb is changed (to be + past participle)

  • the subject of the active sentence becomes the object of the passive sentence (or is dropped)

Agent

In a passive clause, we usually use a phrase beginning with by if we want to mention the agent – the person or thing that does the action, or that causes what happens.

Examples:

My mother   makes   sandwich every morning.

Subject     verb1+s/es      O            C (adv. of time)

 

Sandwich is made  by my mother every morning.

Subject     to be+V3      Agent               C (adv. of time)

present continuous : [ S + to be + being +V3 (past participle)

present perfect: [ S + has/have + been + V3 (past participle)

present continuous

Active

Passive

A young boy is catching a butterfly.

A butterfly is being caught by a young boy.

present perfect

Active

Passive

Yano has returned the book to the library.

The book has been returned to the library by Yano.

If you want to change an active sentence which has two objects into its passive forms, there are two ways:

  1. 1. Make its indirect object into the subject of the passive sentence.

  2. 2. Make its direct object into the subject of the passive sentence.

Examples:

Active:

John  is giving  his girl-friend a bunch of flower.

indirect object      direct object

Passive:

The indirect object as the subject

John’s girl-friend     is being given         a bunch of flower.

Passive:

The direct object as the subject

A bunch of flower    is being given to John’s girl-friend.

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT

Descriptive text is available for a screen reader device to audibly describe a graph or map so a visually impaired user can understand the graphical information . Or to describe the characteristic of particular Person, thing , or place .

* Textstructure:
– Identification: Identifies thing, person, place, phenomenon to be described.
– Description: Gives the information of particular thing, person, or
Place being discussed or describes parts, qualities, or Characteristic.

* Language figures:
a. Topic is usually about the attributes of a think.
b. The use of think person pronoun forms is used.
c. The use of focus specific human and non human participants.
d. The use of reasoning expressed as verbs or noun.
e. The use of material.
f. The use of relation and mental process.

* Characteristic:
a. Use the simple present tense.
b. Using detailed noun phrases to provide information on the subject.
c. Uses relating verbs to provide information on the subject.
d. Use the thinking and feeling verbs to reveal personal views about the subject
author.
e. Use action verbs.
f. Use adverbials to provide additional information.
g. Use figurative language such as simile, metaphor.

* Grammatical features:
– Who? What?
– Using linking verb and simple present tense,
– Epithet: adjective or adjective phrase,
– Attributive (the)
– Use a attributive and identifying process,
– Focus an specific participants,
– Frequent use of epithets and classified in nominal groups

EXAMPLE OF DESCRIPTIVE TEXT :

Acapulco

Acapulco (officially known as Acapulco de Juárez) is a city, municipality and major sea port in the state of Guerrero on the Pacific coast of Mexico, 300 kilometres (190 mi) southwest from Mexico City. The city is best known as one of Mexico’s oldest and most well-known beach resorts, which came into prominence by the 1950s as a getaway for Hollywood stars and millionaires.[1] Acapulco is still famous for its nightlife and still attracts many vacationers, although most are now from Mexico itself.[2] [3][4] Acapulco is located on a deep, semi-circular bay and has been a port since the early colonial period of Mexico’s history.[5] It is a port of call for shipping and cruising lines running between Panama and San Francisco, California, United States.[6] The tourist resort city of Acapulco is the largest city in the state, far larger than the state capital Chilpancingo.[7] The resort area is divided into two. The north end of the bay is the “traditional” area, where the famous in the mid 20th century vacationed and the south end is dominated by newer luxury high rise hotels.

The name “Acapulco” comes from the Nahuatl language, and means “place of big reeds” [8] or “place of broken reeds.” “de Juárez” was added to the official name in 1885 to honor Benito Juárez. The seal for the city shows broken reeds or cane.

INVITATIONS

Most spore invitation are in the farm of question they often begin with will,would,would you like to,would you care to,etc

Offerins invitation
->Would you like to come to the restaurant this evening?
->Will you join us?
->Would you care to have dinner with us tonight?
->Could you come to a party at my place tomorrow?
->I wander whether you would care to come on a picnic with us next week?

Accepting invitation
->Yes,I’d love very much.
->Thank you.
->Yes,with pleasure.

Reffusing
->If you don’t mind,i’d rather not.
->Thank you,i’m busy,may be next time.
->I have got another appointment.
->I’m sorry.
->I’ve lost to work to do.

EXAMPLE :

Invitation Verbal

Example:

We want to invite you to come to our house

Can you come to my restaurant?

Are you free tonight?

Accepting (menerima)

I like that

That sounds good

Thank you for inviting

Refusing(menolak)

I like that but I can’t

I’m very sorry for not able to come

Sorry, I’m very busy

EXAMPLE FORMAL :


Narrative Text

Someone tells a narrative text in order to entertain, stimulate emotion or to teach.

A narrative text has three elements or parts :
1. The orientation introduces main characters in a setting of place and time. It tells about : the story’s setting , the time when the story happens, and the main characters of the story.
2. The complications tells the problems of the story and how the main characters solve them. Series of events ( It includes situations, activities, or events that lead to the climax or complication. )
3. The Resolution tells the ending of the story (The complication or problem is solved here. It shows the end of the story, usually a happy ending ).
A narrative text uses the simple past tense.

EXAMPLE :

The smartes parrot

Once upon time, a man had a wonderful parrot. There was no other parrot like it. The parrot could say every word, except one word. The parrot would not say the name of the place where it was born. The name of the place was Catano.

The man felt excited having the smartest parrot but he could not understand why the parrot would not say Catano. The man tried to teach the bird to say Catano however the bird kept not saying the word.

At the first, the man was very nice to the bird but then he got very angry. “You stupid bird!” pointed the man to the parrot. “Why can’t you say the word? Say Catano! Or I will kill you” the man said angrily. Although he tried hard to teach, the parrot would not say it. Then the man got so angry and shouted to the bird over and over; “Say Catano or I’ll kill you”. The bird kept not to say the word of Catano.

One day, after he had been trying so many times to make the bird say Catano, the man really got very angry. He could not bear it. He picked the parrot and threw it into the chicken house. There were four old chickens for next dinner “You are as stupid as the chickens. Just stay with them” Said the man angrily. Then he continued to humble; “You know, I will cut the chicken for my meal. Next it will be your turn, I will eat you too, stupid parrot”. After that he left the chicken house.

The next day, the man came back to the chicken house. He opened the door and was very surprised. He could not believe what he saw at the chicken house. There were three death chickens on the floor. At the moment, the parrot was standing proudly and screaming at the last old chicken; “Say Catano or I’ll kill you”.

Modals In The Past Form

Modals in the Past form dalam bahasa Indonesia adalah kata bantu pengandaian dalam bentuk lampau.
Modals in the past are :
1. Could
2. Would
3. Should
4. Shall
*Could + Verb base
We can use this expression : to offer suggestion or possibilities.
Example :
Dhina : I’m having trouble with math.
Rizki : Why don’t you ask Nuri ?
Perhaps she could help you.
*Might + Verb base
Use might to tell possibillities.
Example :
Helda : Why is Rio taking the bus to get home.
Fany : He might get a flat time.

*Would + verb base
Use would for an action that was repeated regulary in the past.
Example :
Yoan : What did you usually do on holidays ?
Lia : I would visit my grandparents In the village, but how not anymore.
*Would + Mind + V-ing

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Finite Verbs

A finite verbs is a verb that is inflected for tense according to the rules and categories of the languages in which it occurs. Finite verbs can form independent clauses, which can stand by their own as complete sentences.

Every grammatically correct sentence or clouse must contain a finite verb; sentence fragments not containing finite verb are described as phrases.

Some interjections can play the same role. Even in English, a sentence like thanks for you help! Has an interjection where it could have a subject and a fibite verb form compare I appreciate your help!

A verb is a world that expression an occurrence, act, or made, of being, finite verbs, sometimes called main verbs, are limited by time (see tense), person, and number.

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