Minggu, 12 Februari 2012

Vocabs: Shapes, Parts of Body

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

Appointment

APPOINTMENT

Definition of appointment:

Appointment tell about agreement for meeting it is good to make an appointment before you meet or people.

1.Making an Appointment

  • Can I come and see you ?
  • I want to make an appointment to see
  • I ‘ll be there

2.Accepting an Appointment

  • Be there on time
  • It’s a deal
  • I’ll wait for you

Invitation

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.

Happiness Expressions


Happiness expression is an expression that is used to show that someone or people are glad have excited feelings.
Expressing Happiness
- I'm really happy
- I'm happy to hear that
- I'm very pleased with the news
- It gives me great pleasure
- Great ! Fantastic !
- Terrific !

Gaining Attention

Gaining attention is a way or expression that is spoken so that other people will pay their attention to what we want to.

Gaining Attention:
  • Attention please!
  • May I have your attention, please?
  • Excuse me, ...
  • Listen to me please!
  • Waiter?
  • I'm sorry, but ...
  • Wow really
  • I'm listening

Symphaty Expressions

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.
We expressing Sympathy directly to him/her orally we can use a letter or card by post also by short message servise (SMS) , e-mail, television,radio and newspaper if he/she who got the trouble is far for use.

* Showing Sympathy
  • I'm sorry for what's happened.
  • Look ! This is not the end of the world.
  • (Oh dear) I am sorry (to hear that)
  • That's a pity / shame.
  • You have my sympathy.

Giving Instructions

Giving instruction is an expression that is used in other that order person does what we instruct or request .
Example giving instruction :

  • open your book please !
  • close the window please !
  • silent please !
  • take the book please !
  • give me an example please !

Announcement

Announcement is something said, written, or printed to make known what has happened or (more often) what will happen.

Generic structure/ points:
1.The title or type of event
2.Date or time, place
3.Contact person

Narrative Text

Narrative text is a text that is used for the purpose of entertaining or a musing, creating, stimulating emotions, motivating, guilding, and teaching the listeners and it usually deals with actual or vicious experience.

 Narrative texts such as : 
fable (mouse dear and crocodile), 
legend folk tales (sangkuriang, Maling kundang),
fair tale (cinderela, snow white, pinochio).

Recount Text

Recount text is a text that is used to retell events for the purpose of informing or entertaining.

The generic structures of recount text are :
Orientation : ( it gives the readers the background information needed to understand the text such as who was involved, where it happened, when it happened)
Events : (a series of events, ordered in a chronological sequence)
Re-orientation : (restates the writer’s opinion or personal comment of the writer on the incident)

Characteristic of Recount Text :
Use of simple past tense
Use of temporal conjunctions (when, after, before, next, later, then)
Use of personal pronoun (I, we)

Procedure Text

Procedure Text is design to describe ow something is achieved trough a sequence of steps or to help use to do a make something. They can be a set of instructions or directions.

The Generic Structure:

  • Goal: the final to purpose of doing the instructions.
  • Materials: ingredients, utensils, equipment to do the instructions.
  • Steps: a set of instructions to achieve the final purpose

Simple Present Perfect Tense



Simple Present Perfect Tense is used to talk about activities in the past and have still a contact with the time now.
Fuctions :
  • A recently complete action.
  • Past action whose time is not finite.
  • An action beginning in the past and still continue to the present.
  • A repeated action in the past.

Simple Past Tense


Simple past tense is used to indicate the activity in the past. Furthermore, simple past is used for retelling successive events. So, it is commonly used in a story telling.

The formula of Simple Past Tense :
a. Without Verb :
(+) S + to be (was/were) + Obj. / Compliment
(-) S + to be (was/were) + not + Obj. / Compliment
(?) To be (was/were) + S + Obj. / Compliment + ?
Example : (+) I was at home last night
(-) I was not at home last night
(?) Was I at home last night?

Simple Present Tense


The simple present or present simple is one of the two present tenses used in modern English, the other being Present continuous.
There two kinds of simple present tense :

1. NOMINAL SENTENCE
(simple present tense without verb)
Formula :
(+) S + Tobe + Adj/Noun/Adv
(-) S + Tobe + not + Adj/Noun/Adv
(?) Tobe + S + Adj/Noun/Adv ?

Greetings

If you meet with your auto tourists would want to say hello and talk a lot with tourists.But usually we are afraid to talk with tourists it was only possible because someone can speak English a little, or scared if it was ridiculed by tourists.if you do not want something like that happens, the most important thing you should learn is how to greet a good and true.Because the first sight people see you are from the preference that we use. Below I've made an e-primbon  about greetings.and later you can choose the appropriate greetings for use greet others. Especially tourists.

Advertisement

Advertising is a communication whose purpose is to inform potential customers about products and services and how to obtain and use them. Many advertisements are also designed to generate increased consumption of those products and services through the creation and reinforcement of brand image and brand loyalty. For these purposes advertisements often contain both factual information and persuasive messages. Every major medium is used to deliver these messages, including: television, radio, movies, magazines, newspapers, video games, the Internet and billboards. Advertising is often placed by an advertising agency on behalf of a company.

Sabtu, 11 Februari 2012

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

Vocabulary Around the House

attic
  • basement
  • bathroom
  • bathtub
  • bed
  • bedroom
  • blanket
  • book shelf
  • ceiling
  • chair
  • chest of drawers

Passive Voice

PASSIVE VOICE

Passive voice is used when the focus is on the action. It is not important or not known, however, who or what is performing the action.
Example: My bike was stolen.
In the example above, the focus is on the fact that my bike was stolen. I do not know, however, who did it.
Sometimes a statement in passive is more polite than active voice, as the following example shows:
Example: A mistake was made.
In this case, I focus on the fact that a mistake was made, but I do not blame anyone (e.g. You have made a mistake.).

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:
Ø Let me think, yes, I remember.
Ø I remember especially the scenery.
Ø I’ll never forget that
Ø I’ll always remember.
Ø I can remember it clearly.

Offering

The expression of “ Would you like….”is normally used for offering something to someone.

Dhina: Would you like a fried rice Yen?
Yensy : Yes, please. Thank you. Hmmm…that is my favourite food.
Zean : Thank you. I’m glad you like it.
Ways to say it
* Would you like a cup of tea, Fivi?
* Should I get you a bottle of water?
* Could I offer you a glass of milk, Mr. john?
* Would you care some salad?

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).

Noun Phrase

Noun phrase are formed by a noun or pronoun and any modifiers, compelemnts, or determiners.
Example :
The most beautiful ring
The greatest King
An ugly cat
A lovely jacket

Finite Verb

A finite verb is a verb that is inflected for person and for tenses according to the ruler and categories of languages in which it occurs.
· Finite verb can form “Indenpendent Clause” which constand by their own as complete sentences
· An Independent clause is a complete sentences it contain the main subject and verb of asentences
· In English only verb in contain mob the finite.These includes.

News Item

News item is to inform the readers about events of the day which are considered newsworthy or important. Is structure is:
• Newsworthy Event(s): recounts the events in summary form
• Background Event(s): elaborate what happened, to WHOM, in WHAT circumstances.
• Sources: comments by participants in, witnesses to and authorities’ expert on the event.

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

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.

Direct and Indirect Speech

A. Direct speech
Direct speech refers to reproducing another person’s exact word oe saying exactly what someone has said(sometimes called quoted speech) here what a peson says appears within quotation marks(“….”) and should be word for word.
For example :
She said,”today’s lesson is on presentations.” Or
“Today’s lesson is on presentations,” she said.

B.Indirect speech
Indirect speech (sometimes called reported speech),doesn’t use quotation marks to enclpse what the person said and it doesn’t have to be word for word.

For example :” I’m going to the cinema”,he said – he said he was going to the cinema.

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 :
Nitha : I’m having trouble with math.
Rizki : Why don’t you ask Novita ?
Perhaps she could help you.

Narrative Text

Narrative Text is story. Mostly, narrative are imaginary stories but sometimes narratives can be factual too. Narrative includes fairy stories,fables,mystery,science,fictions,any romance and horror.

Characteristic of Narrative Text

1. Entertain the readers
2. Structure of the text = orientation()- complication()- resolution()
3. Other Generic structure = evaluation and coda
4. Language features = nouns, adjectives, time conjuction and conjunctions, adverb and adverbial phrases, action verbs, saying verbs

Asking For Information

Asking Information There are a number of formulas used when asking for information in English.
Here are some of the most common:
· Could you tell me…?
· Do you know…?
· Do you happen to know…?
· I’d like to know…
· Could you find out…?
· I’m interested in…
· I’m looking for..

Invitation

Invitation tells about how to invite or ask someone to come along or join a particular program or activity.
 There are two types of invitation. *ada 2 macam*
  FORMAL INVITATION 
Formal invitation is usually originate from Institutes, Companies and a kind of it. Normally formal invitation is written invitation.
INFORMAL INVITATION 
Informal invitation is personal invitation given to a friend, family, etc. Informal invitation can be 
written invitation and verbal invitation. 
Invitation is a way to invite someone or more to go to a place or to do something.