Vocabs (Shapes, Part of body)

Vocabs (Shapes, Part of body)

Materi yang satu ini berguna buat kita ngenalin bagian-bagian tubuh dan berbagai macam bentuk yang ada disekitar kita. Mau tau lebih banyak lagi? Let's check it out.

Vocab is a collection of words alphabetized; a dictionary or the collection of words one knows and uses.

Shapes

Simple Straight sided shapes

• Rectangle
• Square
• Triangle
• Simple Rounded shapes
• Circle
• Oval

Types of triangles

• Equilateral triangle
• Isosceles triangle
• Right angled triangle

3D shapes

• Cone
• Cube
• Cylinder
• Pyramid
• Rectangular Prism
• Sphere

Mathematical shapes

• Parallelogram
• Pentagon - 5 sides
• Hexagon - 6 sides
• Octagon - 8 sides

 
Miscellaneous shapes

• Coffin
• Diamond
• Heart
• Kite
• Petal
• Shell
• Star
• Teardrop

Human Body

• foot
• leg
• face
• neck
• mouth
• lip
• eyelid
• eyebrow
• hand
• nose
• front head
• ear
• eye
• hair
• eyelid
• head
• elbow
• knee
• chest
• ankle 
• arm
• shoulder
• bottom
• thigh
• calf
• heel
• little toe
• big toe
• toe nail
• thumb
• middle finger
• index finger
• finer nail
• ring finer
• little finger
• knuckle
• wrist

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Perfect Tense

Perfect tense

Ini tense yang buat aku bingung setengah mati(lebaynya keluar lagi). Daripada sama-sama bingung, lebih baik kita ngeliat dan ngebaca yang stau ini. Are you ready?

Perfect tense is used for describing a past action’s effect on the present.

The pattern of present perfect tense
(+) S+have/has+verb 3 (been) +object
(-) S+have/has+not+verb 3+object
(?) Have/has+S+verb 3+object

Examples:
(+) I have been in Bandung before.
(-) I have not learn English since three years ago.
(?) Has he awoke from his bed?

Adverbs used:
- Once
- This week
- Twice
- Since Monday
- Lately
- Many times

Past perfect tense is a kind of tense that is used t describe an action or an event that started in a certain time in the past and completed or finished till certain time in the past too.

The pattern:
(+) S+had+verb 3+complement
(-) S+had not+verb 3+complement
(?) Had+S+verb 3+complement

Examples:
(+) They had been at school before at 07.00a.m.
(-) I had not slept for a this when I met my cousin.
(?) Had he studied music for a year when I began it?

Adverbs used:
- One
- Twice
- From 1995 to 2000
Future perfect tense is used to describe an action or events that started in the past and finished at the future.

The pattern:
(+) S+shall/will+have+verb 1 (been) +…
(-) S+shall/will+not+have+verb 1(been)+…
(?) Shall/will+have+verb 1 (been)+…

Examples:
(+) We shall have arrived at Cilacap by Monday.
(-) They will not have been at school by the end of this week.
(?) Will you have been a police by next year?

Adverbs used:
- By Sunday
- By next year
- By next month
- By the end of this week
- By the end of this month
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Advertisement

Advertisement

Ga cuma kepandaian buat memanage dan tau tentang seluk beluk bisnis, para pengusaha maupun pedagang harus ngerti nih ma yang satu ini yaitu advertisement/iklan. Iklan berguna banget sebagai media promosi mereka untuk menjual/menawarkan dagangan yang dijual.Betul ga? Daripada panjang lebar, liat aja yang dibawah. Hehe

Advertisement is information for persuading and motivating people so that it will attract them to the service and the thing that are offered or informed.
Function of advertisement:
1. Promotion
2. Communication
3. Information




In making an advertisement keep the following points:
1. Language of advertisement
- Using correct or suitable words
- Using the interesting and suggestive expression
- Using positive expression
- Text advertisement should be directed to the goals

2. Content of advertisement
- Objective and honest
- Brief and clear
- Not mocking to group or other product

The placement of advertisement
An advertisement usually placed on:
- A public area
- Newspaper
- Magazine
- Billboard
- Etc.

The kinds of advertisement
1. Commercial advertisement
- Product advertisement (goods or service)
- Job vacancy
2. Covert advertisement

Example of advertisement
Southgate Area
Brand new luxury 1 and 2 bedroom apartments.
At the Heatherdowns and Green Street. Convenient to Southgate Centre. Close the bus route 22.
Rentals from $250 include the following utilities: heat, air, shag carpet, appliances, dishwasher, patio, laundry, room, pool, 1 year lease and security deposit.
One-preschool-aged child considered in 2 bedrooms.
Absolutely no pets.
Model open weekdays 1-6, Sun. 1-5 or by appointment 241-7721. Managed by Sands Corporation.
An equal housing opportunity.

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Greetings

Greetings

Rini:"Hi, Tara."
Tara:"Hi, Rini."
Rini:"How are you?"
Tara:"I'm fine, thanks. And you?"
Rini:" I'm fine too, thanks."

Percakapan singkat diatas udah termasuk greeting loh. Setelah diteliti lebih lanjut, bukan cuma itu saja. Penasaran? check it out!

Greeting is an act of communication in which human being intentionally make their presence known to each other, to show attention to, and to suggest a type of relationship or social status between individuals or groups of people coming in contact with each other.
Some expressions you can use to greet other people

- Formal greeting:
- Good morning (until about lunch time, or before 12 a.m.)
- Good afternoon (12-16p.m.)
- Good evening (until about 9 p.m.)
- Good morning, Sir/Madam

- Informal greeting
- Hi, Lizzy!
- Morning, Jim!
- Hello

- Initilal greeting:
- How are you?
- How’s it going?
- How are you going?
- How’s life?


- Responding to initial greeting:
- Very well, thank you and how are you?
- I’m good/ okay/ alright.
- Very well, thank you.
- Oh, pretty good.
- Not too bad, thanks.
- Fine, thanks.
- Excellent.

- Pre-closing:
- Ok then…
- I’ve got to go now
- So, I’ll see you next week
- I think I’d better be going now
- Well, it’s time for me to leave
- I think it’s already late at night
- I must be going home

- Closing/leave taking:
- Goodbye (formal/informal)
- Bye-bye; bye; good bye
- See you later
- See you soon
- See you tonight
- Good night (after 8 p.m. or retiring to bed)
- Good night, Dad/ Mom

- Responding of leave taking:
- See you
- Take care
- Fine
- Ok
- Alright
- Good night, dear

Introducing oneself and other people
• Introducing oneself
- Let me (allow me to) introduce myself. I’m …(Rini)
- Hi, my name’s …(Rino)
- Hello, I’m Ratna. How do you do?
- Good morning, Sir. I’m Rini your new secretary.

• Responding
- Hello, I’m …(Rina)
- Hi Rino. I’m Sinta.
- I’m Rama. How do you do?
- Good morning, Rini. Pleased to meet you.

• Introducing someone to other people
- Please let me introduce the keynote speaker for this occasion, Ms. Rebecca Coogan
- Jelita, I’d like you to introduce my brother buyung. Buyung , introduce my friend Jelita.
- Reno, this is Marni. Marni, this is Reno.

Example in dialog
Greeting and leave taking
Rini:”Hello, Charlie.”
Charlie:” Hello, Rini.”
Rini:”How about our task?”
Charlie:” What? Can you repeat it again?”
Rini:” Ok, how about our task?
Charlie:” It is not yet finish.”
Rini:” So, what will we finish our task?”
Charlie:” At Sunday. Do you want?”
Rini:” Ok. Well, it’s time for me to leave. See you tomorrow.”
Charlie:” See you. Bye.”

Introducing someone to other people
Charlie:” Hi, Rini. We meet again.”
Rini:” Hi, Charlie. Yeah, glad to see you again.”
Charlie:” M e too. How’s life?
Rini:” Great.”
Charlie:” By the way, please meet my girlfriend Gina. Gina, this is Rini my friend.
Rini:” Nice to meet you, Gina.”
Gina:” Nice to meet you too, Rini.”
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Present Tense

Present tense

Kalo kita ngomongin kegiatan sehari-hari pasti ada hubungannya dengan tense yang akan kita bahas kali ini. Coba tebak tense kita kali ini apa? Ya betul, present tense. 1OO buat yang jawab.
Simple present tense is used to express habits, general truth, repeated actions or unchanging situations, emotions, and wishes.

Besides that, to give instructions or directions and to express fixed arrangement, present or future.

Adverb of time:
- Always
- Never
- Every
- Often
- Seldom
- Usually
- Sometimes
- Everyday
- Etc.
 
The pattern:
- Verbal sentences
(+) S+verb I (s/es)+object
(-) S+do/does+not+object
(?) Do/does+S+verb I+object?
Examples:
(+) He sees stars in the sky.
(-) He does not see stars in the sky.
(?) Does he see stars in the sky?

- Non verbal sentences (nominal sentences)
(+) S+to be (am/is/are)+noun/adjective/adverb
(-) S+to be+ not+noun/adjective/adverb
(?) To be+S+noun/adjective/adverb
Examples:
(+) He is handsome.
(-) He is not handsome.
(?) Is he handsome?

Notes:
1. Verbs ending in –y: the third person changes the –y to –ies.
Examples:
fly→flies
cry→cries
2. Add –es to verbs ending in :-ss, -x, -sh, -ch
Examples:
He teach→he teaches
She pass→she passes
He fix→he fixes
It push→it pushes

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Past Tense

Past tense

Ga kerasa sekarang udah SMA, padahal rasanya baru kemaren aja SMP. Ingat kenangan di SMP, ingat juga ma jenis tense yang satu ini. Taukan apa tensenya? Ga lain dan ga bukan ya iyalah past tense (lebay deh).

Simple past is formed for regular verbs by adding –ed to the root of a word. In other word, simple past is used for describing acts that have already been concluded and whose exact time of occurrence is known. Furthermore, simple past is use for retelling successive events. That is why it is commonly used in storytelling.

Simple past tense is a kind of tense which is used to describe an event or action that happened already in a certain time in the past.

The pattern:
- Using be
(+) S+was/were+complement
(-) S+was/were not+complement
(?) was/were+S+complement?

- Using verbs
(+) S+verb II+complement
(-) S+did not+verb I+complement
(?) did+S+verb I?

Examples:
- Using be
(+) I was a student.
(-) I was not a student.
(?) Was I a student?

- Using verbs
(+) I went to Tahai Lake yesterday.
(-) I did not go to Tahai Lake yesterday.
(?) Did I go yesterday?

Adverbs used:
- Yesterday
- Last night
- Last week
- Two days ago
- A few minutes ago
- Last weekend
- Last month
- Last year
- Etc

The functions of the simple past:

1. To express that an action started and finished at a specific time in the past.
2. To describe a habit which stopped in the past. To make it clear that we are talking about a habit, we often add expressions such as: always, often, usually, never, when I was a child, when I was a younger, etc.
3. To describe past facts or generalizations which are no longer true.

Past continuous tense is a kind of tense that is used to describe an event or an action which was happening in a certain time in the past.
The pattern:
(+) S+was/were+verb-ing+complement
(-) S+was not/were not+complement
(?) was/were+S+verb-ing+complement?
Examples:
(+) He was writing a letter at eight o’clock last night.
(-) He was not writing a letter at eight o’clock last night.
(?) Were you writing a letter at eight o’clock last night?

Adverbs used:
- At the time like this yesterday
- At seven o’clock last night
- All day yesterday
- Etc


Past perfect tense is a kind of tense that is used to describe an action or event that started in a certain time in the past and completed or finished till certain time in the past too. In other words, past perfect tense is used to express an action or an event that had happened before the other event or action happened.

The pattern:
(+) S+had+verb III+complement
(-) S+had not+verb III+complement
(?) Had+S+verb III+complement?

Examples:
(+) I had sent a message.
(-) I had not sent a message.
(?) Had I sent a message?

Adverbs used:
- From 1998
- Once
- Twice
- Etc

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Procedure text

Procedure text

Pernah kan kalian bantu ibu masak di rumah? Klo aku sih setiap hari (pede banget). Pasti kita nanya yang ini diapain, yang itu diapain, ya kan? Sama aku juga gitu kok. Nah ini nih gunanya kita belajar ma text yang satu ini yaitu procedure text. Selain itu, text ini juga berguna supaya kita bekerja sesuai dengan aturan yang berlaku atau cara kerja yang baik dan benar. Ga percaya? Please read the text below.


Procedure text is a text that is designed to describe how something is achieved through a sequence of actions or steps. It explains how people perform different processes in a sequence of steps. This text uses simple present tens, often imperatives sentences. It also uses the temporal conjunction such as first, second, third, then, next, finally, etc.

Generic structures of procedures text:
1. Goal or aim (title)
2. Material (not required for all procedural text. Besides using materials, some procedure text often using ingredients, utensils, equipment to do the instructions)
3. Steps (the action must be taken or a set of instructions to achieve the final purpose)

Language features of procedure text:
• Use of imperatives
(e.g.: cut, don’t mix)
• Use of action verbs
(e.g.: turn, put, mix)

• Use of connectives
(e.g.: first, then, finally)
• Use f adverbial phrases
(e.g.: for five minutes, 2 centimeters from the top)


Example of procedure text

Es Teler (Ice Fruit Cocktail with Condensed Milk)

Ingredients:
• 150 sugar
• 2 pandan leaves
• 50 ml water
• 400 gram ripe avocado, cut into 1 cm cube
• 400 gram ripe jackfruit, deseeded and cut into 1 cm cube
• 3 young coconut , meat scraped out
• Crushed ice
• Condensed milk

Steps:
1. Combine sugar, pandan leaves and water in small saucepan.
2. Heat for a few minutes until sugar dissolves.
3. Cool syrup.
4. Place generous spoonfuls of cube avocado, jackfruit, and young coconut into a serving bowl.
5. Add a little syrup to sweeten.
6. Top with crushed ice and drizzle on a condensed milk.
7. Serve immediately.

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Narrative text

Narrative text

Ngomongin tentang narrative text pasti ingat ma yang namanya dongeng, cerita binatang atau apa yang sering nenek atau mamah dongengin buat kita sebelum tidur waktu kecil dulu. mau lagi ah jadi anak kecil, biar didongengin terus. Weeit jangan ditiru ya yang tadi karena itu ga bakalan terjadi lagi. Lebih baik kita telusuri tentang text yang satu ini.

Narrative text is a text that tells about fairy tales, fables, myths, tall tales, and etc. The purpose of narrative text is to amuse the readers with actual or imaginary experiences in difference ways. Narratives always deal with some problems which lead to the climax and then turn into a solution to the problem.

Generic structures of narrative text:
1. Orientation (it sets the scene end introduces the participants. It answers the questions; who, what, when , where)
2. Complication (a crisis or a problem arises followed by other problems. It usually involves the main characters)
3. Resolution (a solution to the problem for better or worse. Main characters find a way to solve the problem)

Other generic structures of narrative text:
1. Evaluation: (optional) a step back to evaluate the plight (the narrator’s viewpoint)
2. Coda: (optional) changes of the characters or lesson /value of the story
3. Re-orientation: (optional)

Languages features:
• The use of nun phrases
(e.g.: a beautiful princess, a huge temple)
• The use of connectives
(e.g.: first, before, that, then, finally)
• The use of adverbial phrases of time and place
(e.g.: in the garden, two days ago)

• The use of the simple past tense
(e.g.: he walked away form the village)
• The use of action verbs
(e.g.: walk, sleep, and wake up)
• The use of saying verbs
(e.g.: say, tell, ask)
• The use of thinking verbs feeling verbs, verbs of senses
(e.g.: she felt hungry, she thought she was clever, she smelt something burning)
• Adjectives that formed noun phrases
(e.g.: long black hair, two red apples)

Example of narrative text:

The farmer and the beet

Once upon time, a farmer planted a beet. The beet grew and grew.
One day the farmer pulled on the beet, but the beet did not come up. “Horse, please help me pull up this beet. I want to eat it for dinner,” said the farmer. “Sure, I’ll help you,” said the horse. But the beet did not come up.

Then the farmer went to the cow. “Dear cow, please help me pull up this beet. I want to eat it for dinner,” said the farmer. “Sure, I’ll help you,” said the cow. But the beet did not come up. So the farmer went to a goat. “My lovely goat, please help me to pull up this beet. I want eat it for dinner,” said the farmer. “Sure, I’ll help you,” said the goat. But the beet did not come up.
Next the farmer went to the cat. “Oh my dear cat, please help me to pull up this beet. I want to eat it for dinner,” said the farmer. “Sure, I’ll help you,” said the cat. But again the beet did not come up. So the farmer went to the mouse.” Lovely mouse, please help me to pull up this beet,” said the farmer. “Sure, I’ll help you,” said the mouse. So the mouse pulled on the cat. The cat pulled on the goat, and the goat pulled on the cow. The cow pulled on the horse, the horse pulled on the farmer, and farmer pulled on the beet. And the beet came up! “Thank you, horse. Thank you cow. Thank you goat. Thank you cat. And thank you, mouse!” said the farmer. “Now we can all eat dinner.” And they did.

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Recount Text

Recount text

Menulis pengalaman pribadi kalo dalam bahasa inggris pasti make text yang satu ini. Taukan apa textnya? Meskipun sama menggunakan  past tense text yang satu ini beda ma narrative text yang udah kitra bahas sebelumnya. Penasaran apa bedanya? Baca aja sendiri. Hehe

Recount text is a text which retells events or experiences in the past. The purpose of recount text is to tell the readers what happened in the past through a sequence of events.

Generic structures of recount text:
1. Orientation (it gives the readers the background information needed to understand the text such as who was involved in the story, where it happened, and when it happened)
2. Events (a series of events, ordered in chronological sequence)
3. Re-orientation (restates the writer’s opinion or personal comment of the writer on the incident and the conclusion of the experience)

Language features of recount text:
• The use of nouns and pronouns
(e.g.: David, we, his)
• The use of action verbs
(e.g.: went, spent, and played)
• The use of past tenses
(e.g.: We went for a trip to the zoo)
• The use of time conjunctions
(e.g.: and, but, after, finally)
• The use of adverbs and adverbs phrases
(e.g.: in my house, two days ago, slowly, carefully)
• Adjectives (beautiful, sunny)

Example of recount text
Last week, I went to a flower shop to buy some flowers for several occasions. When I went into the flower shop, I was surprised at the wide variety of flowers to choose. The florist told me that she could arrange beautiful bouquets of flowers for just about any event. For starters, I ordered some roses for my mother’s birthday, and I asked the florist to deliver them, along with a birthday card. I was also planning to attend the funeral of a dear friend, so I also ordered a flower arrangement to express my condolences to the family. Finally, I bought some nice cut flowers for my auntie who has been ill, and I wanted to cheer her up. I delivered them myself along with a get-well card. The florist told me that the shop had their own website, so I might order flowers online next time.

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Announcements

Announcements

 "Pegumuman, pengumuman siapa yang punya anak bilang-bilang aku, aku yang tengah malu sama temanku karana cuma diriku yang tak laku-laku". Loh kok malah nyanyi lagunya wali yang "cari jodoh" sih? Berhubuing kata pertama dari reff lagu itu pengumuman, mari kita ngulik yang namanya pengumuman.

Announcement is an information or something said, written, or printed to make known what has happened or what will happen.

The kinds of announcement
Based on the using of language and the announcement comes from,
There are two kinds of announcement:
1. Formal announcement
Formal announcement is a kind of announcement that use formal language, usually this announcement is an announcement from office, and others.
2. Informal announcement
Informal announcement is a kind of announcement that use informal/daily language, usually this announcement is from personal, and others.

Based on the way to make,
There are two kinds of announcement:
1. Written announcement
Written announcement is a kind of announcement that is made by written
2. Oral announcement
Oral announcement is a kind of announcement that is directly said by the announcer.

Generally, the characteristics of an announcement are :
- Using language that simple, clear, and easy to understand by another people who read, hear or see it.
- In writing an announcement, include the following points :
1. The title of the announcement
2. The type of the announcement
3. The date of the announcement
4. The time of the announcement
5. The place of the announcement
6. Who to contact for the announcement

An announcement usually placed on:
- A public area
- Wall
- Announcement board, and others


Example of announcement

DECEMBER HOLIDAY EXCURSION

Organized by

GARAMOND SCHOOL COMMITTEE
KIDS’ WORLD NATIONAL ART
GALLERY MAGAZINE

This education and exciting excursion is organized for pupils of Lucida Primary School.
Lunch and refreshment are provided during the excursion. The fee for each pupil is $ 8.
Those who are interested can sign up for the excursion with the teacher in charge, Miss Jones.
Please register early so that we can arrange for the buses.
All parent’s consent forms must be signed and submitted to Miss. Jones before 12 June.
Date: Thursday, 15 June
Pick up – point: School Canteen
Time: 08:00 a.m.

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Giving Instructions

Giving Instructions

Yang namanya nyuruh itu pasti enak. Coba kalau kita yang disuruh rasanya pasti sebel banget. Ya kan? Nah biar orang yang kita suruh ga sebel, dibawah ini ada sedikit tips yang diberikan. Check it out!

Giving instructions is an expression that is used in order that other person does what we instruct or request.

When the commanding word is a verb, we use the infinitive without to
Examples:
 write the sentences
 sweep the floor
 wash the bed sheet
 take the medicine three times a day
 cover the food

If we don’t use a verb as a commanding word, we use be + adjective
Examples:
 be yourself
 be strong
 be a good student
 be happy
 be courageous

When we forbid someone to do something, we use don’t + verb infinitive without to
Examples:
 don’t climb
 don’t be cruel
 don’t be noisy
 don’t throw the garbage into the ditch
 don’t be lazy

We often put the word ‘please’ at the beginning or t the end of an instruction. We use it to make the instruction sounds more polite.
Examples:
 please sit down or sit down, please
 please don’t open the door or don’t open the door, please

Note: the tense used in giving instruction is simple present tense.

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Sympathy Expression

Sympathy Expression

"Inilah saat terakhir ku melihat kamu jatuh air mataku menagis pilu hanya mampu ucapkan selmat jalan kasih. Satu jam saja kutelah bisa sayangi kamu,kamu, kamu dihatiku namun bagiku melupakanmu butuh waktuku seumur hidup, dinantiku." Nyanyi lagu itu jadi ingat nenek yang udah meninggal. Sedih banget waktu nenek udah ga ada.Untuk mengucapakan belasungkawanya temanku mengirimkan sms yang berbunyi " I'm sorry to hear your grandmother.". Kata yang dicetak tebal adalah salah satu dari sympathy expression. Selain itu, masih banyak lagi ungkapa-ungkapan sympathy. Mau tau lebih banyak lagi, silahkan liat yang dibawah ini.

Sympathy expression is an expression or feeling of pity and sorrow when we know and see someone or 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.
We can give sympathy expression to someone directly to him/her orally or we can use a letter or card by post also by short message service (SMS), e-mail, television, radio, and newspaper if he/ she wh gt the trouble is far from us.
We can express our sympathy with the following expressions
Offering condolences:
 I’m sorry
 I’m sorry to hear about your father
 Let me offer my condolences
 I know how you must feel
 Oh, dear!

Responding to condolences:
 Thank you
 That’s very kind of you
 It’s God will, I suppose
 There’s nothing that can be done about it
 God gives and God takes away
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Gaining Attention

Gaining Attention

Kalo minta perhatian pasti secara ga langsung kita udah belajar yang namanya gaining attention. Masa cuma itu sih yang dimaksud dengan gaining attention? Ya iyalah pastinya ga. So, mari kita kupas (emang bawang dikupas) bersama-sama

Gaining Attention is a way of expression that is spoken so that other people will pay their attention to what we want to.

Asking for attention (formal):
 Excuse me, …
 May I have your attention, please?
 Sorry to trouble you

Asking for attention (informal):
 Look at me!
 Attention, please!
 Look!
 Hey!

Showing attention:
 I see
 Really?
 I know what you mean
 How interesting!
 Oh! Oh!
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Happiness Expression

Happines expression

Kalau kita dapat pujian, hadiah, atau apapun yang membuat kita senang pasti kita akan mengekspresikan kesenangan kita dengan berbagai macam ekspresi, entah itu with word or gesture.
Betulkan pendapat ku tentang itu? Of course yes. Usut punya usut happiness expression ternyata ga cuma sekedar itu. Let’s continue our lesson.

Happiness Expression is an expression that is used to show that someone or people are glad have excited feelings. In other words, happiness expression is used to express happiness feelings when we are successful to do something.

In other words, happiness expression is used to express happiness feelings when we are successful to do something.

Here are some other expressions to showing happiness
1. Expressing happiness: Formal
 Oh , I’m so happy
 I can’t say how pleased I am
 I had splendid time there
 What a marvelous place I’ve ever seen
 It gives me great pleasure
 It’s an outstanding adventure
 It’s an interesting experience
 It’s a sensational trip

2. Expressing happiness: Informal
 Great!
 Exciting!
 Fantastic!
 Super!
 Terrific!
 Hey, that’s terrific/great

Example in dialog
The host:”Congratulations for you! You’re the first winner and you deserve sixty million rupiah.”
The winner:”Am I? Thank you very much.”
The host:”How do you feel?”
The winner:”It really gives me great pleasure! I’m so happy!

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Appointment

APPOINTMENT

Di materi kita sebelumnya (invitation) kita udah belajar bagaimana cara kita menginvite seseorang, accepting undangan seseorang atau declining invitation seseorang. Masih ingat kan? Bagus. Okay, sekarang kita lanjut lagi ke appointment. Appointment ini sering kita gunain untuk buat janji ma seseorang sebelum kita menemuinya. Di materi ini kita juga diajarin untuk membuat, menerima, menolak atau membatalkan appointment dan yang membuatnya beda dengan invitation yaitu kita juga diajarin untuk mengubah appointment yang udah kita buat sebelumnya dengan seseorang. Do you understand? Mari kita kupas bersama-sama lebih dalam lagi tentang appointment.
Appointment is something said or written that use to tell about agreement for meeting. It is good to make an appointment before you meet people.

How to make an appointment, for example:
 Can I see you at 11 a.m.?
 What if we go camping this afternoon?
 Would tomorrow be possible?
How to accepting an appointment, for example:
 Great, it’s a perfect time
 All right. See you there
 That will be fine

How to declining an appointment, for example:
 I’m sorry, I have another appointment
 Sorry, I don’t think so
 I really want to, but I can’t
How to changing an appointment, for example:
 I’m sorry I can’t meet you today. I’m very busy. Can we meet another day?
 Could we change the schedule of the meeting?
 What about….. (Wednesday at 03.00 p.m.)

Example in dialog
Reno:”Riana, let’s continue doing our paper this evening in my house. Can you make it?”
Riana:”Sorry, I have another appointment this evening. What about tomorrow, at about 7 p.m.?”
Reno:”Tomorrow, at 7 o’clock? O.K. I think I’ll be free then.”


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Invitation

Invitation

Pada tahu semuakan apa yang dimaksud dengan invitation?
Haah! Ga tahu. Cape deh. Memang , terkadang kita tidak menyadari bahwa kita sedang menggunakan yang namanya invitation. Termasuk si penulis sendiri. Hehehe.
Coba deh kita ingat apa sih invitation itu. Udah ingat kan? Ya betul. Invitation itu sama artinya dengan mengundang. Mau tahu lebih lengkap sama yang namanya invitation? Check it out.
Invitation is a way to invite someone or more to go to a place or to do something

There are two types of invitation:
1. Formal invitation
Formal invitation is usually originate from institutes, companies, and a kind of it. Normally formal invitation is written invitation.
2. Informal invitation
Informal invitation is personal invitation given to a friend, family, etc. Informal invitation can be written invitation or verbal invitation.

How to invite someone, for example:
 Shall we see the film?
 Would you like to come to my launching book?
 Will you come to my birthday party on Sunday night?

How to accept an invitation, for example:
 Great! Let’s do it.
 Thank you. I’d love to.
 That would be very nice.
 
How to decline an invitation, for example:
 No, thank you.
 I’d like to but I have to baby sit my little brother
 Sorry, I can’t. I have something to do that day.
 
Example in dialog
Charly:”Ratih, please come to my launching album on Saturday night”.
Ratih:”Sorry, I can’t. I have something to do that day.”
Charly:”That’s OK. No problem.”

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