Vocab around the house

Introductory It

A. To understand this lesson is easy.

B. It is easy to understand this lesson.

In this pattern, it has no meaning. It is used only to fill the subject position in the sentence. Thus, it is called introductory “it”.

A and B mean the same thing, but sentence B is more common and useful than A. A was introduce mainly to make the meaning of C easier to understand.

Introductory “it” can fill the position both of the subject and object.

• A word when usedin sentence, do not influence the sentences meaning because it’s meaning have

• Been contained by other sentence element. Introductory it earn also function as word change the.

• It serve the purpose of subject and also object.

• It Accommodating with the word it’s change

• As subject weather situation

Example :

- Today is hot

• it is hot today

- Yesterday was cloudy

• It was cloudy yesterday

- Summer is of note of rainy

• It is of note of rainy in summer.

Showing distance

- How far is the station to your home.

- My house is far away from here.

- Is the mosque far from here

- How far is it to your home

- It is about 24 km

- Is it far from here

- Assuring / explaining tio infinitive (showing condition of)

- To do the test is not easy

* It is not easy to do the test.

- To study math is very interesting

* it is very interesting to study math

- To meet you again will be nice

* it will be nice to meet you again

• As object Assuring / explaining to infinitive (showing condition of )

News Item

News Item

• News Item text is a factual text which inform the reader or daily newspaper about events of the day which are regarded as newsworthy or important.

Purpose text of News Item :

To inform the reader or listener. Clear objectives News Item is to inform the news to the readers or listeners . Purpose you read the news or not to obtain information from sources that clearly.

The generic structure of news item :

Correspondence

Newsworthy events :

Recounts the event in summary form

Background events :

Elaborate what happened, to whom, in what circumstances.

Linguistic features :

Action Verbs.

Verbal Verbs.

Mental Verbs.

Temporal Circumstances.

Spatial Circumstances.

Specific Participants.

Structure of the text consist of three parts :

Core write news or events that are considered important

Write the background or the cause of the event

Write a news source, usually contains about quotes from the usual resource witness, or senior official associated with the event.

To distinguish the type of news item text and other text that is easy for news item has a unique feature that is preceded by a city or place. Another characteristic that is the excerpt from the resource persons.

Prepositions of Time: at, on, in

A preposition is a word or groups of words used before a noun or a pronoun to show place, position, time or method.

Preposition in usage with periods of times and places.
Examples:
• Months = in April
• Seasons = in winter
• Country = in Greece
• City or town names = in New York
• Times of the day = in the morning, afternoon, or evening.

Exception: at noon, at night
 Preposition on usage with specific days.

Examples: on Friday, on New Year’s Day, on April 16

Note: American English = ‘on the weekend’ or on ‘weekends’
 Preposition at usage with specific times and specific places.

Examples: at 7 o’clock, at 6.15, at night, at school

Note: British English = ‘at the weekend’ or ‘at weekends’

Narrative Text

The Legend of Karimunjava Island

Once upon a time in muria mountain, there lived the family of sunan muria. Amir Hasan or called as Sunan Nyamplungan is the son of Sunan Muria.

He was very spoiled by his mother. Because of that, he became a naughty boy.

Then his father, Sunan Muria asked him to study in kudus. He studied islamic religion to his uncle, Sunan Kudus. After some time, he became an obedient young man. Sunan Muria was very proud of him.

One day, Sunan Muria asked Amir Hasan to go to somewhere to spread islamic religion. His father asked him to go to an island that could be seen from muria mountain. it was on the west - north of jepara. this island seemed to be fade (kremun-kremun in javanese). and from that time, people called the island as karimunjava island.

Amir Hasan followed by his mate went to karimunjava island. they sailed to the island day and night and finally they reached the island. then they did what his father said. amir hasan and his people lived in the island ever after.



Generic Structures: Orientation - Complication - Evaluation (optional) - Resolution

Orientation: it is about WHO, WHEN, and WHERE the story happened.

Evaluation: is optional; it is usually used to make the story more interesting.

Complication: it is about the conflict or the big problem of the story. Complication is the part of the story in which there is a conflict among the characters of the story (it is possible to make more than one conflict in a complication), and it is the climax of the story (the big problem in the story). A story can have more than one complication.

Resolution: it is the solution of the problem. It can be a happy or sad ending. In Resolution, the solution or the way out of the conflict/ the big problem must be written.

Coda: it is the change of one of the character or two, or the meaning of the story that can be caught as a moral value of life.

Offering

Definition
The making available of a new securities issue to the public through an underwriting. also called public offering.

Way to say it

* Would you like a cup of tea, Mr malik?
* Should I get you a bottle of water?
* Could I offer you a glass of milk, Mr. gery?
* Would you care some candy?

In the following dialogue is given some examples of expressions when we are going to offer something to someone else.

gaby: Here. Have a cookie.
dubai: Thanks

nia : Would you like some cake?
budi : No thank you. It looks delicious though

jesica: How about a glass of coffee?
dita: Thanks, but I don’t drink coffee.

novia: What will you have (to drink)?
rilan : Manggo juice will be fine.

sanny: Would you like some more pie?
toro : Sure. It’s really good. Did you bake it yourself?

vivi : Can I get you some milk or something?
togi : Well, a glass of water would be okay.


a : Here. Have a cookie.
b : Thanks.

a : Would you like some pie?
b : No thank you. It looks delicious though.



a:How about a glass of wine?
b:thanks, but I don't drink (alcohol).

a : What will you have (to drink)?
b : Orange juice will be fine.

a :Would you like some more cake?
b :Sure. It's really good. Did you bake it yourself ?



a :Can I get you some milk or something?
b :Well, a glass of water would be okay.

Asking if someone remember or not

*to ask someone if he remember about something or not.

Formal expressions:
* I wonder if you remember.....
* You remember...., don’t you?
* You haven’t forgotten...., have you?
* Don’t you remember.....?
* Do you happen to remember it now?

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

Informal expressions:
-Remember the old house we used to live in?
- Remember that?
- I’m sorry I don’t remember

Ways to respond:
*Hold on. Yes, got it!
*I know.....
* It’s coming back to me now.

Respond if you forget:
* Sorry, I’ve completely forgotten.
* I’m affraid I forget.
* I really can’t remember.
* I’m afraid I have no memory of him
* Errr, let me think. No, it’s gone.
* Sorry, it slipped off my mind.