Senin, 17 Januari 2011

Passive voice

PASSIVE VOICE

1.
Simple present
Active
passive
We
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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:

Invitation

To invite someone
¨        I would like you to …
¨        We would be pleased if you could …
¨        Would you like to …?
¨        Shall we …?
¨        How about …?

News Item

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 inform readers, listeners or viewers about events of the day which are considered newsworthy or important.

Narrative text

Once upon a time there lived a couple in a village. They had got married for a long time, but so far they did not have a baby yet. Every single minute they prayed to God, begged for a baby, but it never came true.

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.

Descriptic Text

The aim of descriptive text:      to describe the characteristics of particular person, thing, or place.
Text Structure:
▪           Identification Þ  identifies thing, person, place, phenomenon to be described.
▪         Description Þ gives the information of particular thing, person, or place being discussed or describes parts, qualities, or characteristics.

Surprise and Disbelief

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

Congratulation, Compliment and Gratitude

Congratulation  is an expression that we use to give the congratulation utterance when he/she succeeds in doing something

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Invitation

Definition : Is a request to someone that invites him/her to go somewhere or do something, or the cards this is written on.

Appointment

Appointment
Definition :
1.      Noun, an arrangement to meet a person or be at place at a certain time
2.      Noun, the act of placing in a job/position
3.      Noun, the person who receives such as job/position
4.      Noun, the job/position to which such as a person is appointed

Gaining Attention

Gaining Attention
Definition : Is a way or expression that is spoken so that other people will pay attention to that we went to.
Here are some expressions of Gaining Attention :
·         Attention, please!
·         May I have your attention, please?
·         Excuse me, look here !!
·         Listen to me, please
·         Waiter !!!
·         I’m sorry, but…
·         Wow really !!??
·         Look at the board, please?
·         Hello !! Can you quiet?

Happines Expressions

Happines Expressions
Definition : Is an expressions that is used to show that someone or people are glad have excited feelings.
Here some expressions of Happines Expressions :
·         I’m Happy
·         I’m (very) pleased(really) delighted (about)
·         Great !!
·         Fantastic !!

Sympathy Expression

Definition : An expression or feeling of pity and sorrow when we know and see someone/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.

Announcement

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

Past Tense

Past Tense
1.Simple past is used for describing acts that have already been concluded and whose exact time of occurrence is known. Furthermore, simple past is used for retelling successive events. That is why it is commonly used in storytelling.
Simple past is formed for regular verbs by adding –ed to the root of a word. Example: He walked to the store. A negation is produced by adding did not and the verb in its infinitive form.

Present Tense

Present Tense is simple form which used to express situation going into effect in this time. Like habit, everyday fact or natural phenomenon.
Simple Present tense to express habits, general truth, repeated actions or unchanging situations, emoticons and wishes.

Perfect Tense

Perfect Tense have 3 types:Present perfect tense is used for describing a past action's effect on the present: he has arrived.Now he is here.This hold true for events that have just been secluded as well as for events that have not yet occured.

Recount text

Terkadang kita sering menceritakan pengalaman kita kepada orang-orang terdekat kita,baik ortu kita, best friend kita, atau temen spesial kita.. tapi tau nggak, sebenarnya kita sedang mencoba untuk belajar membuat sebuah recoun text..

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

Bumi bukanlah planet yang muncul tiba-tiba di jagat raya ini. Bumi terbentuk melalui proses yang sangat panjang, melalui prosedur dan terus berkembang hingga sekarang ini. terkadang semua harus dalam prosedurnya...
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