8th Graders: Simple Present Tense Form (Part one)

        Assalamualaikum, dear 8^th graders? …

How are you today? … . I hope you all fine💓.

Let’s start our activity today with saying Bismillahirrohmanirrohim first👐.

Today’s session is Simple Present Tense. Check it out!

       Talking about general fact and habitual activity, we use Present tense. This is about the rule to make a sentence. How do we make it, dears? Let’s learn about this tense. (Berbicara tentang kenyataan secara umum dan kebiasaan yang dilakukan, maka kita menggunakan tensis Present. Ini adalah tentang membuat kalimat sesuai pola tensisnya. Bagaimanakah cara kita membuat kalimatnya? Yuk kita pelajari tensisnya)

Simple Present Tense

Tensis Present memiliki pengertian tentang penggunaannya dalam menjelaskan kenyataan secara umum dan kebiasaan yang dilakukan, check this definition below, dears!

1. The use of simple present tense is to say:

A. General truth/ fact (kenyataan umum)

-       Elephant is the largest animal on land.                                        

-       A giraffe is a mammal.

-       Lion and Tiger are predators.

 

Ketiga kalimat diatas merupakan fakta umum bahwa gajah adalah hewan terbesar didarat, Jerapah merupakan bianatang mamalia, dan Singa dan harimau adalah hewan pemangsa.

 

B. Habitual activity (kebiasaan yang dilakukan)

-       Every Sunday, the zoo opens a half earlier.

-       We feed thelions fresh meat two or three times a day.

-       Tigers often spend about 10 kilos of fresh meat per day.

 

Ketiga kalimat diatas merupakan kebiasaan yang dilakukan misalnya adalah pada kalimat pertama yang berbunyi setiap hari Minggu, kebun binatang buka setengah jam lebih awal, kalimat kedua yaitu kami memberi makan singa daging segar dua atau tiga kali sehari, kalimat ketiga adalah harimau sering menghabiskan sekitar 10 kilogram daging segar setiap harinya.

 

        Tensis present memiliki pola yang umum seperti penggunaan base form (bentuk dasar) dari kata itu sendiri, disebut bentuk dasar karena memang tidak punya awalan atau imbuhan apapun, Nak! Contohnya kata ‘sleeping’ bukanlah base form karena memiliki imbuhan –ing dibelakang kata sleep itu sendiri, sedangkan base form-nya tentu saja adalah ‘sleep’

   Dalam sebuah kamus kita terkadang menemukannya dengan istilah ‘Verb 1' atau 'infinitive’ pada kolom Regular Verb. Yuk kita simak tabel dibawah ini ya… .

2. The form of simple present tense:

base form	Examples
Eat	I/You/They/We eat … She/He/It eats …	I eat rice three times a day
		It eats ten kilos meat a day
go	I/You/They/We go … She/He/It goes …	They go to the zoo on Sunday
		She goes to the lion’s cage
Watch	I/You/They/We watch … She/He/It watches …	We watch a K-movie
		He watches a sad drama

Catatan:

Saat menambahkan –s untuk base form dalam beberapa verbs, perlu memperhatikan;

-          bentuk infinitive ditambah –s: contohnya, to help → helps

-          bentuk infinitive yang berakhir dengan huruf vokal ‘o’ ditambah –es: contohnya, to do → does

-          bentuk infinitive yang berakhir dengan huruf konsonan ‘ch/sh/s/x’ ditambah –es: contohnya, to teach → teaches

-          bentuk infinitive yang berakhir dengan huruf vokal ‘e’ ditambah –s: contohnya, to use → uses

-          bentuk infinitive yang berakhir dengan huruf konsonan ‘y’ didahului oleh konsonan lain, maka ‘y’ diganti dengan ‘i’ lalu ditambah –es: contohnya, to fly → flies

-          bentuk infinitive yang berakhir dengan huruf konsonan yang didahului huruf vocal ditambah –s: contohnya, to play → plays

 

base form	Examples
Be	I am …, You/ They/We are … He/She/ It is …	I am a teacher
		You are students
		She is a diligent girl
Have	I/You/They/We have … He/She/It has ….	They have unique pets
		She has beautiful voice

     Catatan:

Secara umum penggunaan ‘be’ dan ‘have’ adalah dengan bentuk irregular dalam present tense.

-          be → am/ is / are

-          have/ has (lihat table diatas)

 Okay, dears! Have you got the explanation above? Now, for your practice, do these simple exercises on your own book. Change the words in the bracket into correct form. Ubahlah kata-kata didalam kurung berikut menjadi bentuk kata yang benar.

1.      Every day I and my friends (go) to school by bike

2.      Bilal always (get) number one for the English project form Mr. Trio.

3.      A peacock (have) a beautiful and smooth further.

4.      A crocodile (be) a great hunter in the lake.

5.      The children (play) on the playground every morning.

6.      The schools (close) for this month because of the pandemic.

7.      All students still (wait) the update information from their teachers.

8.      Batik (become) one of Indonesian’s culture which is known to international.    

                                                     

Happy learning, dears!😉

9th Graders: Passive voice (Part one)

     Assalamualaikum, dear 9^th graders? …

How’s life today? … . I hope you all fine😀.

Let’s start our activity today with saying Bismillahirrohmanirrohim first.

Today’s session is Passive voice (kalimat pasif)😎.

Let’s take a look a read for a while, dears!

Have you ever eat satay, dears? ... . I’m sure you all have tasted that food.  It tastes good, right? Satay is made of chicken, beef, or lamb. ‘Sate ayam’ is made of chicken meat and it is served with peanut and soy sauce. ‘Sate kambing’ is made of beef meat and it is served with soy sauce mixed with union and tomatoes.

Pernahkah kalian makan Sate? … . Saya yakin kalian pernah mencicipi makanan tersebut. Rasanya enak, kan? Sate dibuat dari ayam, daging kambing atau sapi. Sate ayam dibuat dari daging ayam dan disajikan bersama saus kacang dan kecap. Sate kambing dibuat dari daging kambing dan disajikan bersama kecap dan bawang dan tomat.

Now, check these statements!

1.      Satay is made of chicken, beef, or lamb.

2.      ‘Sate ayam’ is made of chicken meat.

3.      It is served with peanut and soy sauce.

4.      ‘Sate kambing’ is made of beef meat.

5.      It is served with soy sauce mixed with union and tomatoes.

Let’s make it simple, dears! Most passive voice sentences have common pattern with:

“be + Verb 3”. 

-          is (be)

-          made (V3)

-          served (V3)

Let’s practice, dears! These sentences are not completed yet. Fill them with the correct words but you must change the words into past participle (Verb 3) first. Number one has done as an example for you. Remember the ‘be pattern’ is depended on the subject pronoun in the sentence.

1.      Pempek (make) of fish and tapioca starch.

Pempek is made of fish and tapioca starch.

 

2.      Some Kerupuk (fry) in very hot sand.

…

3.       The soup (cook) with some special recipe.

…

4.      Angklung (know) as traditional musical instrument from West Java.

…

5.      The flowers on the table (use) to decorate the room.

…

6.      The umbrella (carry) to anticipate the weather today.

…

    Well, dears! Can you make it? It’s easy, isn’t? Just ask me if you have a question🙋. 

I'll be glad to answer that😄. See you later on the next chap... .

 

7th Graders: Descriptive Text (Part One)

 Assalamualaikum, dear 7^th graders? …

How’s life today? … . wish you all fine👩.

Let’s start our activity today with saying Bismillahirrohmanirrohim.

Today’s session is DESCRIPTIVE TEXT. Check it out👇!

Let me ask you dears …. Do you have an idol in your life? Is it your Mama? Your father? Or your best friend?

Can you describe him/ her? Is she/ he tall or short? Slim or big? What about his/ her personality? Is she kind or friendly man?

Nha… the description of his/ her physical appearance or personality which we describe in can be called as Descriptive Text.

Okay dears…Let’s learn the definition, generic structure, purpose and the language features of Descriptive Text.

1.      Definition of Descriptive Text

Descriptive text is a text which describe what a person or a thing is like. The description is about sensory experience (look, sound, taste) but mostly about visual appearance (sight sensory).

Teks descriptive adalah teks yang menceritakan tentang bagaimana seseorang atau sebuah benda seperti kelihatannya. Teks ini melibatkan semua indera baik penglihatan, suara, dan rasa namun kebanyakan adalah penglihatan.

2.      Purpose of Descriptive Text

The social function of this text is describing a particular person, place or thing in specific.

Fungsi teks descriptive adalah menggambarkan seseorang, tempat, benda secara rinci.

3.      Generic structure of Descriptive Text

There are three parts of this text, they are:

a.       Identification

This part tells introduction of person, place, animal, or object will be described.

Pada bagian ini penulis akan mengenalkan tokoh, tempat, hewan, objek yang akan didescripsikan.

b.      Description

This part contains about a description of something such as animal, things, place or person by describing its features: forms, colors, or anytjig related to what the writer describe.

Pada bagian ini berisi penggambaran hal-hal tentang orang, tempat, hewan, atau objek yang dideskripsikan berdasarkan cirri-ciri fisik: bentuk, warna, atau hal yang berkaitan dengan deskripsi si penulis. 

4.      Language feature of Descriptive Text

-          Introducing specific participant

Specific participant merujuk tokoh secara specific, misalnya tokoh yang akan dideskripsikan secara rinci adalah my mother.

-          Using adjective (kata sifat)

Adjective disini misalnya big, small, slim, short, etc.

-          using of action verbs

Action verbs digunakan jika menggambarkan aktivitas,

misalnya: Poppy sleeps on the sofa everyday.

-          Using simple present tense.

Poppy eats carrot every morning. (eat- Verb1).

Well dears... that's all for today's chap. The video below taken from Ezy mandarin you tube and decribes a mama for us. I'm sure you'll aggre with the description about A Mama in the video. 

We'll see you later on the next part, Okay! 

 

8th Graders: Recount Text (Part Two)

 Assalamualaikum 8^th graders? … .😃

Hi, how are you dears? … . I hope you all fine. I’m glad to see you in this chap and now before we are going to see the chap deeper let’s say “Bismillahirohmanirrohim” first.👐

Let’s take a look for a while on preview chap, dears. Topic of Recount text today is Holiday.

Read the text below carefully.

My Holiday

        On the last school holiday, Ardi and his school mates went to Bandung, West Java for recreation. They visited the Asia Africa Building to observe historical artifacts. After that, the students continued their Journey to the Tangkuban Perahu Crater to enjoy the beautiful scenery. They got an open air minibus to reach the crater. They enjoyed the scenery at the crater. At about two o'clock, they went to Ciater which was not too far from the crater area. Ciater was an enjoyable park with a sulfuric hot spring. Most of his friends took a bath in the warm, sulfuric water.

        At about four o'clock, they left Ciater to go to Cibaduyut where they bought many souvenirs and food for themselves and also for their families.

        

        Ardi and his friends felt tired, but they were satisfied.

Have you done with the text above dears?....

Let's analyse the text. Sekarang kita check apakah text diatas termasuk dalam jenis Recount Text.

1. Based on the text it tells about past experiences of the writer. (isi dari text tersebut sesuai dengan definisi Teks Recount)

2. Based on the structure of the Recount Text:

Part	Statement
Orientation (pengenalan pada tokoh, tempat dan waktu)	- Ardi and his schoolmates went to Bandung - They went to Bandung, West Java. - They went there for recreation
Events (rangkaian kegiatan yang terjadi di masa lampau)	Event 1= They visited Asia Africa building to observe historical artifacts Event 2 = They went to Tangkuban Perahu to enjoy beautiful scenery. Event 3= They went to Ciater hot spring, they took a bath Event 4= They went to Cibaduyut for buying souvenirs
Reorientation (kesan penulis)	They felt tired but they were satisfied

 3. Based on the characteristics of Recount Text:

    - introducing personal participant: teks tersebut menghadirkan tokoh si penulis itu sendiri dengan merujuk pada kata 'Ardi'

    - chronological events: menghadirkan rangkaian kegiatan yang dilakukan si penulis (Event1,2,3,etc.)

    - past tense: pada tiap statemen menggunakan tense lampau (visit-visited, go-went, feel-felt, etc)

Well, dears! Have you got all the explanation above?

Ask me if there is a question, Ok! 

Write your question and your identity (Nama/ Kelas/ No.abs) on the kolom komentar. 

Recount text (part two)

See you on the next chap, dears!