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Minggu, 13 Februari 2011

Passive Voice

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Passive voice is used:
  • when we want to shift the importance
Example:Ariel gave Luna flowers
Luna was given flowers by Ariel
  • when we don't know who did it or it is not important who did it
Example:
The murderer was finally arrested
  • to make the information sound more formal
Example:
Action must be taken immediately

To change a sentences from active into passive:
1. The object becomes the subject in the passive voice
2. The tense remains the same tense, but it is moved from the main verb to the verb 'be'
3. The verb is in past participel

Examples:
* Simple Present
ACTIVE (A) : George helps Bella
PASSIVE (P) : Bella is helped by George

* Present Continuous
A : George is helping Bella
P : Bella is being helped by George

* Present Perfect
A : George has helped Bella
P : Bella has been helped by George

* Simple Past
A : George helped Bella
P : Bella was helped by George

* Past Continuous
A : George was helping Bella
P : Bella was being helped by George

* Past Perfect
A : George had helped Bella
P : Bella had been helped by George

* Simple Future
A : George will help Bella
P : Bella will be helped by George

* Be going to
A : George is going to help Bella
P : Bella is going to be helped by George

* Future Perfect
A : George will have helped Bella
P : Bella will have been helped by George

Dirrect and Indirrect speech

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Dirrect speech refer to reproducing another person's exact words or saying exactly what someone has said.

Indirrect speech refer to reproducing the idea of another person words that doesn't use quotation marks to enclose what the person said and it doesn't have to be word for word.

Here a the backshift of tenses:
FROM TO
Simple Present Simple Past
Simple Past
Present Perfect Past Perfect
Past Perfect
Will Would
am/is/are was/were
Was/were
has been Had been
had been

Time Signal:
Dirrect Speech Indirrect Speech

Now Then
Today That day/that night
Yesterday The day before/The previous day
Tomorrow The next day/following day
Last week The previous week
Next week The following week
A year A year before

There are three kinds of dirrect and indirrect speech:
  1. Statement
  • Dirrect speech (Present Tense): The students go to the library once a day
  • Indirrect speech (Past Tense): The students went to the library once day
  • Dirrect speech (Present Countinous Tense): The students are reading books now
  • Indirrect speech (Past Countinous Tense): The students were reading books then
  • Dirrect speech (Past Tense): The students borrowed books last week
  • Indirrect speech (Past Perfect Tense): The students had borrowed books the previous week
  • Dirrect speech (Present Perfect Tense): The students have returned the books
  • Indirrect speech (Past Perfect Tense): The students had returned the books
  • Dirrect speech (Future Tense): The students will borrow novels tomorrow
  • Indirrrect speech (Future Tense): The students would borrow novels the following day
  • Dirrect speech: The girls say, "We like reading een magazines."
  • Indirrect speech: The girls say that they like reading teen magazines.
  • Dirrect speech: Woody says,"I am on my way home."
  • Indirrect speech: Woody says that he is on his way home.
  • Dirrect speech: Riana says, " I can do this myself."
  • Indirrect speech: Riana says that she can do that herself.
2. Question
  • Dirrect speech: Peter asked me,"Do you play football?"
  • Indirrect speech: Peter asked me whether I played football.
  • Dirrect speech: Peter asked me,"When do you play football?"
  • Indirrect speech: Peter asked me when I play football.
3. Command
  • Dirrect speech: Mother said to me, "Turn off the TV and preapare yourself."
  • Inddirect speech: Mother told me to turn off the TV an preapare myself.
  • Dirrect speech: Nollan said to me, "Don't go anywhere after tou have done our homework."
  • Indirrect speech: Nollan told me not to go anywhere after I had done my homework.

Introductory It

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When the subjective is an infinitive phrase:
We begin a sentence with it when the real subject is an infinitive phrase.
So instead of saying,To accept your advice is difficult’, we say, ‘It is difficult to accept your advice’.

Structure: It + verb + subject complement + infinitive phrase (real subject)
  • It is easy to learn English. (To learn English is easy.)
  • It is easy to find fault with others. (To find fault with others is easy.)
  • It is difficult to know his motive. (To know his motive is difficult.)
  • It is difficult to find a good job during these troubled times.
  • It is dangerous to play with fire.
  • It could be dangerous to drive so fast.
Note:
That when we wish to emphasize the infinitive phrase, it may be put at the beginning, especially when it is short

News Item

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News item is factual text which informs the readers about events of the day which are considered newsworthy or important. Social function of news item is to informs readers, listeners, or viewers about event of the day which are considered newsworthy or important.

Generic Structure of News Item:
  • Newsworthy event: recount the event in summary form
  • Background event: elaborate what happened, to whom, in what, circumstances.
  • Sources: comments by participants in witnesses to and authorities expert on the event.
Significant Grammar Features:
  • Short, telegraphic information about story captured in headline
  • Generally using simple past tense
  • Use of material priocesses to retell the event
  • Using action verbs
  • Using saying verbs
  • Focus circumstances
  • Use of projecting verbal procccess in sources stages
There are some rules that can help to make newspaper headlines more comprehensible:
  1. It is unusual to find complex forms, generally the simple present form is used
  2. The present progressive tense is used,usually to describe something that is changing or developing, but the auxiliary verb is usually left out
  3. To refer to the future, headlines often use the infinitive
  4. Headlines are not always complete sentences
  5. The passive voice i sused without the appropriate form of "be"

Noun Phrases

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The noun phrase is a group of words that ends with a noun. It can contain determiners (the, a, this, etc.), adjectives, adverbs, and nouns. It cannot begin with a preposition. Remember that both subjects and complements are generally noun phrases.
Example:
  • My coach is happy.
  • I like the cars over there.
  • The woman who lives there is my aunt.
  • Frankenstein is the name of the scientist not the monster.
  • I consider Meong my favorite cat.
  • Small children often insist that they can do it by themselves.
  • To read quickly and accurately is John’s goal.
  • Two of my guests have arrived.
  • Mr. Jones spoke to Dr. James.
  • My friend works with her father.
  • Alex is a smart tall white boy.
  • It's a beautiful red car.
  • Mr. Aldy has just bought an expensive large house.

Simple Future

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Simple Future Tense is used to describing job or action that will to do (happened) at future.

The Formula:
1. Will

(+) S + shall/will + Verb I
(-) S + shall/will + not + Verb I
(?) Shall/will + S + Verb I?


2. Going to

(+) S + be + going to + Verb I
(-) S + be + not + goimg to + Verb I
(?) be + S + going to + Verb I?


How do we use the Simple Future Tense?

  • No Plan: we use the simple future tense when there is no plan or decision to do something before we speak. We make the decision spontaneously at the time of speaking.

Example:

  1. Hold on. I'll get a pen.
  2. We will Tebalsee what we can do to help you.
  3. Maybe we'll stay in and watch television tonight
  4. I think I'll go to the gym tomorrow.
  5. I think I will have a holiday next year.
  6. I don't think I'll buy that car.
  • Prediction: we often use the simple future tense to make a prediction about the future. Again, there is no firm plan. We are saying what we think will happen.

Example:
  1. It will rain tomorrow.
  2. People won't go to Jupiter before the 22nd century.
  3. Who do you think will get the job?
Note:
That when we have a plan or intention to do something in the future, we usually use other tenses or expressions, such as the present continuous tense or going to.

Time signal:

1. Tomorrow…
  • Morning
  • Afternoon
  • Evening
  • Night
2. Next…
  • Time
  • Week
  • Month
  • Year
  • January
3. Tonight
4. The day after tomorrow
5. Soon
6. Later
7. Two, three more days
8. Two, three days later
9. By and by

Rabu, 01 Desember 2010

Vocabs: Shapes, Parts of Body

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The Human Body
ankle | arm | chest | foot | hand | knee
leg | neck | shoulder
back | bottom | calf | elbow | head
heel | thigh
The human body shoulder neck The human body Learn more about appearances here.
Close up on the foot
Close up on the hand
ankle | big toe | heel | little toe | toenail
index finger | knuckle | fingernails
little finger | middle finger
ring finger | thumb | wrist
foot
hand

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Inside the Body - Simple Anatomy

bladder The organ inside the body of a person, where urine is stored before it leaves the body. bladder
brain The organ inside the head that controls thought, memory, feelings and activity. brain
digestive system The organs in your body that digest food. digestion
ear The ear is made up of three different sections: the outer ear, the middle ear, and the inner ear. These parts all work together so you can hear and process sounds. ear
eye 'The eyes takes in information about the world around you - shapes, colours, movement, and more. Then they send the information to your brain. eye
heart The heart sends blood around the body. The blood provides oxygen and nutrients to the body. heart
kidney One of the main jobs of the kidneys is to filter the waste out of the blood. kidney
liver A large organ in the body which cleans the blood and produces bile (a bitter yellow liquid which helps to digest fat). liver
lungs The lungs are one of the largest organs in the body, they work with the respiratory system to take in fresh air, and get rid of stale air. lungs
mouth The opening in the face which consists of the lips and the space between them, or the space behind which contains the teeth and the tongue. mouth
skeleton The frame of bones that support the body. skeleton
spine The line of bones down the centre of the back that provides support for the body. vertebra
teeth The hard white objects in the mouth, which are used for biting and chewing. teeth
tooth (see above) teeth
urinary tract The parts of the body which produce and carry urine. urinary tract

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