Senin, 30 Januari 2012

invitation


Invitation is a way to invite someone or more to go to a place or to do
something.

Giving invitation is an expression that is disclosed when there is someone who wants to ask other persons to come to a place or when there is someone who asks others to do something for him/her.
· Here are some expression to invite someone :
Ø Let’s go to my house
Ø What if we ask Jannice to join us ?
Ø How about seeing a film this afternoon ?
· Here are some expression to accepting an invitation :
Ø I won’t say no !
Ø That’s a good idea
Ø O.K
· Here are some expression to declining an invitation :
Ø Thank you for you invitation, but I don’t think I can ménage it. Sorry.
Ø Sorry, that wouldn’t be possible. Thanks anyway
Ø I’am really sorry about that. I have something else to do that day.






Surprises and Disbeliefs


Surprises and Disbeliefs is expression that used to expressomething that we can’t believe or impossible.


Kind of Surprises and Disbeliefs expression are :
What a surprises?
That’s very surpising!
Really?
Oh, no…………..
Are you serious?
What?
That’s unbelieveble!
Fancy that!
You’re kidding!
I find that hard to believe.


Surprising amazement of something :

o Fantastic!

o How marvelous/beautiful!

o It’s very interesting!


o It’s great!

o It’s terrific!

o Wow, that’s amazing!

o Wonderful!

o What a nice……

o What a lovely flower!

o Hey, that’s really terrific!

Gratitude, Compliment & Congratulation


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

Some expressions of congratulations:
· Congratulations!
· Congratulations on your success!
· I must congratulate you.
· Congrats! Finally, your dream comes true!
· Please accept my warmest congratulations.
· I’d like to be the first to congratulate you.

Expression of congratulations in special events:
· Happy birthday!
· Happy Lebaran Day/Happy led!
· Merry Christmas!
· Happy New Year!
· Happy Valentine!
· Happy anniversary!

b. Compliment is an expression that we show or say to express/give praise. Some people use compliments       to “butter up” somebody or to flatter in order to increase good will, for example:
· On his/her general appearance
· If you notice something new about the person’s appearance
· When you visit someone’s house for the first time
· When other people do their best

Some expressions of compliment:
· What a nice dress!
· You look great.
· You look very nice/beautiful/handsome.
· I really must express my admiration for your dance.
· Good grades!
· Excellent!
· Nice work!
· Good job!

c. Gratitude is an expression that we show or say to express grateful feeling to other people. When speaking     English, you say “thanks” very often. Please say “thank you” when people give you something, help you         do something, wish you something and give you a compliment etc.

Some expression of gratitude:
· Thank you very much
· Thank you for your help
· I’m really very grateful to you
· You’re welcome
· Don’t mention it
· It’s a pleasure / My pleasure
· I want to express my gratitude to (my teacher, my father, etc)
· I am grateful to your help

Responding gratitude:
· It was the least I could do.
· You’re welcome
· No big deal.
· Don’t mention it.
· It’s a pleasure.
· That’s alright.
· Any time.

Minggu, 29 Januari 2012

prepositional phrase


Prepositions are a class of words that indicate relationships between nouns, pronouns and other words in a sentence. Most often they come before a noun. They never change their form, regardless of the case, gender etc. of the word they are referring to.

Some common prepositions are:


About
By
outside
About
Despite
Over
Across
Down
Past
Across
During
Since
Against
Except
Through
Along
For
Throughout
Among
from
Till
around
In
To
At
inside
Toward
Before
into
Under
Behind
like
Underneath
below
near
Until
Beneath
of
Up
Beside
off
Upon
Between
on
With
Beyond
onto
Within
but
out
without
 
Prepositions typically come before a noun:
For example:
  • after class
  • at home
  • before Tuesday
  • in London
  • on fire
  • with pleasure
A preposition usually indicates the temporal, spatial or logical relationship of its object to the rest of the sentence.
For example:
  • The book is on the table.
  • The book is beside the table.
  • She read the book during class.
In each of the preceding sentences, a preposition locates the noun "book" in space or in time.
Prepositions are classified as simple or compound.
Simple prepositions
Simple prepositions are single word prepositions. These are all showed above.
For example:
  • The book is on the table.
Compound prepositions
Compound prepositions are more than one word. in between and because of are prepositions made up of two words - in front of, on behalf of are prepositions made up of three words.
For example:
  • The book is in between War and Peace and The Lord of the Rings.
  • The book is in front of the clock.
Examples:
  • The children climbed the mountain without fear.
  • There was rejoicing throughout the land when the government was defeated.
  • The spider crawled slowly along the banister.

advertaisement


Advertising is a form of communication used to persuade an audience (viewers, readers or listeners) to take some action with respect to products, ideas, or sevices. Most commody, the desired result is to drive consumer behavior with respect to a commercial offering, althought political  and ideological  advertising is also common.

Advertising messages are usually paid for by sponsors and viewed via various traditional media, including most media such as newspaper, megazines, television commercial, radio advertisement, outdoor advertising or direct mail, or new media such as webites and text messages.

perfect tense


·         Perfect Tense
a.       The simple past perfect tense
The simple past perfect tense used to declare the events that have happened before another event occurred in the past.
Patterns :
(+) : Subject + had + V3 + Complement
(-) : Subject + had + not + V3 + Complement
(?) : Had + Subject + V3 + Complement + ?
b.      The simple present perfect tense
The simple present perfect tense used to declare the start of events in the past and still happens today.
Patterns :
(+) = Subject + have/has + V3 + Complement
(-) = Subject + have/has + not + V3 + Complement
(?) = Have/has + subject + V3 + complement + ?