Wednesday 22 February 2012

today we learn how to make conclusion

Conclusion may refer to:
conclusion: when a statement or question comes to an answer; when an idea or thought is settled.

HOW TO MAKE CONCLUSIONS

1. Read the paragraph and identify the topic sentence and main idea.
2. Look for supporting details as evidence that you can use to reach a conclusion (E.g of evidences are: facts, statistics, reasons, definitions and descriptions.
3. Combine your prior knowledge with the supporting details to draw conclusions.
4. Ask these questions:

-What is the writer trying to prove?
-What is the consequences of these events?
-What is going to happen because of these actions?
-What can I conclude from the paragraph?

Tuesday 21 February 2012

today Miss zu teach us  how to make an inference and prediction. An inference is a logical conclusion based on what has been stated in the text. You make an inference when you use clues from the story to figure out something that the author does not tell you.

1. Information which is provided must be analysed.
2. Use your experience, knowledge, common sense and power of reasoning to draw logical conclusions.

Thursday 15 February 2012

Today,we have another two grammar presentations like yesterday. Iffah's group will explain to us about Simple Past Tense and Jihan's group on Past Continuous Tense.

SIMPLE PAST TENSE

The simple past tense is sometimes called the preterite tense. We can use several tenses to talk about the past, but the simple past tense is the one we use most often.

To make the simple past tense, we use:
past form only
or
auxiliary did + base form

Here you can see examples of the past form and base form for irregular verbs and regular verbs:

	V1 base	V2 past	V3 past participle
regular verb	work explode like	worked exploded liked	worked exploded liked	The past form for all regular verbs ends in -ed.
irregular verb	go see sing	went saw sang	gone seen sung	The past form for irregular verbs is variable. You need to learn it by heart.
			You do not need the past participle form to make the simple past tense. It is shown here for completeness only.

The structure for positive sentences in the simple past tense is:

subject + main verb past
The structure for negative sentences in the simple past tense is:
subject + auxiliary verb + not + main verb
The structure for question sentences in the simple past tense is:
auxiliary verb + subject + main verb


The auxiliary verb did is not conjugated. It is the same for all persons (I did, you did, he did etc). And the base form and past form do not change. Look at these examples with the main verbs go andwork:

	subject	auxiliary verb		main verb
+	I			went	to school.
	You			worked	very hard.
-	She	did	not	go	with me.
	We	did	not	work	yesterday.
?	Did	you		go	to London?
	Did	they		work	at home?

Exception! The verb to be is different. We conjugate the verb to be (I was, you were, he/she/it was, we were, they were); and we do not use an auxiliary for negative and question sentences. To make a question, we exchange the subject and verb. Look at these examples:

	subject	main verb
+	I, he/she/it	was		here.
	You, we, they	were		in London.
-	I, he/she/it	was	not	there.
	You, we, they	were	not	happy.
?	Was	I, he/she/it		right?
	Were	you, we, they		late?

PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE

The past continuous tense is an important tense in English. We use it to say what we were in the middle of doing at a particular moment in the past.

The structure of the past continuous tense is:

subject	+	auxiliary verb BE	+	main verb
		conjugated in simple past tense		present participle
		was were		base + ing

For negative sentences in the past continuous tense, we insert not between the auxiliary verb and main verb. For question sentences, we exchange the subject and auxiliary verb. Look at these example sentences with the past continuous tense:

	subject	auxiliary verb		main verb
+	I	was		watching	TV.
+	You	were		working	hard.
-	He, she, it	was	not	helping	Mary.
-	We	were	not	joking.
?	Were	you		being	silly?
?	Were	they		playing	football?

YOU CAN KNOW HOW WE CAN USE PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE IN THIS LINKhttp://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verb-tenses_past-continuous_u.htm 

Wednesday 15 February 2012

today,Elya's group will present about  Simple Present Tense while  Dinie's group will present about present continuous tense.

SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE

The simple present tense in English is used to describe an action that is regular, true or normal.

We use the present tense:

1. For repeated or regular actions in the present time period.
I take the train to the office.
The train to Berlin leaves every hour.
John sleeps eight hours every night during the week.

2. For facts.
The President of The USA lives in The White House.
A dog has four legs.
We come from Switzerland.

3. For habits.
I get up early every day.
Carol brushes her teeth twice a day.
They travel to their country house every weekend.

4. For things that are always / generally true.
It rains a lot in winter.
The Queen of England lives in Buckingham Palace.
They speak English at work.

for more information, you can visit this website http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verb-tenses_present.htm

PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE

WHEN TO USE PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE

We use the Present Continuous Tense to talk about activities happening now.
Examples
The kids are watching TV.
I am sitting down, because I am tired.
I am not learning German, because this is an English class.
Who are you writing to?


We can also use the Present Continuous Tense to talk about activities happening around now, and not necessarily this very moment.

Examples
Sally is studying really hard for her exams this week.
I am reading a really interesting book now.
How are you brushing up on your English for the trip?
We aren't working hard these days.


The Present Continuous Tense is also used to talk about activities happening in the near future, especially for planned future events.

Examples
I am seeing my dentist on Wednesday.
Polly is coming for dinner tomorrow.
Are you doing anything tonight?
We aren't going on holiday next week.

	subject	auxiliary verb		main verb
+	I	am		speaking	to you.
+	You	are		reading	this.
-	She	is	not	staying	in London.
-	We	are	not	playing	football.
?	Is	he		watching	TV?
?	Are	they		waiting	for John?

You also can try some quiz in this link http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verb-tenses_present-continuous_quiz.htm

Tuesday 14 February 2012

Today,Ms Zu taught us how to write introduction for essay.Introduction is the most important part in the essay because introduction will attract the reader to read your essay more.If the introduction is lame the reader will boring.For introduction, there are 3 sections of introduction,which are the hooks,the transition and the thesis.T There are 7 hooks:

1. Personal example
2. Quotations
3. Facts/statistic
4. Rhetorical questions
5. Current issues/events
6. Contrast to the thesis statement
7. Definition

The Transtitions-use to move reader's attention from hook to the thesis of the essay. The Thesis-the purpose of the essay

Make your opening an introduction that hooks the reader with the content and makes then want to stay.
Begin with a question or a challenge to your reader.

1. Follow this with a good thesis statement that identifies the objective of the work, makes a point with making, provides structure for the complete work and is easy to identify. 
2. The remainder of the work should be filled with stories and solutions that the reader can connect to as they continue to read. 
3. Make sure that all of the remaining sections of the work are compelling, well organized and easily read.

Friday 10 February 2012

yeah!!!today is our listening test.We have practice for this test about 3 times.so i think,i'm ready for this test.Listening test will be held at BK002 at 12.01 p.m.I hope,i can get good mark for this test.

Wednesday 8 February 2012

Today we have a speaking test.everybody feel afraid and nervous included me.my team mate is Taufik,Din and Galang.our question is How to increase the lifestyle among the youngster and my point is increase the transportation technology.transportation are basic needs that all people must have so its important to increase transportation technology to increase the lifestyle among youngster. There are 2 sections,A and B. In section A,we were given 2 minutes to elaborate the point and 5 minutes to speech it out.I think,section A is quiet difficult because we must elaborate our point spontaneously.