Modul of English Conversation
Modul of English Conversation
CAN, COULD,
WOULD…..YOU?
ETC
Request, offers,
permission, and
invitations
1. Asking people to do things
{request}
Note that we say “Do you
think you could”……? Not
can
We also use will and would to
ask people to do things {but can
and could are more usual}
2. Asking for things
3. Asking to do things
To ask to do something, you can also say:
“Do you mind if I….”, Is it all right / Is it OK if I….?
4. Offering to do things
5. Offering and Inviting
Chose the best alternative for the following:
Chose the best alternative for the following:
Chose the best alternative for the following:
May I take your order,
please?
VERB PHRASE
TENSES AND ASPECTS
SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE: biasanya
digunakan untuk menunjukkan waktu
sekarang dan tindakan kebiasaan
PRESENT PROGRESSIVE (CONTINUOUS)
Subject + am, is, are + (verb+ing)....
Choose either the simple present or
present progressive in the following
sentences
SIMPLE PAST TENSE: digunakan
untuk tindakan yang sudah selesai di
waktu lampau.
PAST PROGRESSIVE (CONTINUOUS):
digunakan untuk menunjukkan tindakan yang
sedang terjadi di waktu lampau dan diinterupsi
oleh tindakan yang lainnya.
PAST PROGRESSIVE juga digunakan untuk
menunjukkan dua tindakan terjadi pada saat yang
sama di waktu lampau.
Use either the simple past tense or the past progressive in
the following sentences as appropriate.
Make sentences by using the following verb
phrase:
PRESENT PERFECT AND
PAST PERFECT
NEXT TIME
SEMAAANGAAATT
PRESENT PERFECT TENSE
• Kejadian yang terjadi pada waktu yang tidak tentu di masa lampau.
• Example:
• David has travelled around the world. (we has + Past participle/verb 3
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1. Who is that woman?
Common
2. What is she like?
Question:
3. How does she look
like?
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Common
respond:nses:
1. She is Raisa Andriana. She is one of
the most beautiful artist in Indonesia
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Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Wknd
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Complete each phrase with “be” or “have”.
1 _______ straight blonde hair
2 _______ short and thin
3 _______ long brown hair
4 _______ long red hair
5 _______ middle-aged
6 _______ fairly short
7 _______ mustache
8 _______ curly black hair Erlenmeyer
9 _______ medium height
10 _______ elderly Lunch
11 _______ beard
12 _______ bald Watercolours
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The usage of be like and look
like:
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Then practice with a partner.
A : What’s your (1) __________ like?
B : She’s (2) ______ and very (3) ______. I like her a lot.
A : Really? What does she look like?
B : Well, she’s (4)_______ and she has (5) _______ .
A : Is she (6)___________ ?
B : Yes, she is. Why are you asking all these question?
A : Because I think that’s her over there. She’s waiting for
you!
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AGREEING
&
DISAGREEING
Compiled by Santi Yuliana Amtiran, S.S., M.Hum.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Agreeing with
Reading opinion
01 03
Disagreeing
Giving opinion with opinion
02 04
Read the questions carefully. Note down your opinions and reactions to the
questions. During the discussion with your teacher and classmates, offer your
personal reaction and understanding of the text.
In Indonesia is already familiar if often discussed problem of unemployment.
Unemployment is usually caused by a lack of employment opportunities that exist in
Indonesia either provided by the government and the employers.
View of the Indonesian population that will grow increasingly likely in
Indonesia unemployment increases if the government does not increase the number of
jobs.
City terrain it is high unemployment, even many who graduated scholars who
do not have a job so high school graduates. In Sumatera Utara, the number of college
graduates each year who are ready to pull out quite a lot of work. And moreover,
calculated by the number of secondary schools, the amount of unemployment in the
city is very much terrain.
The number of qualified graduates and the limited number of jobs that will be
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addressed to make us as students to investigate and try to find a solution of ARISAN PANJI BAKO
SONY JOSUA SIANIPAR
unemployment that later after we graduated from college with no fear of MEI SYAH PUTRA GULO
unemployment. And we also want to know the reasons that make the growing number
of unemployed, especially in North Sumatra Indonesia.
Answer these question:
1. Do you think unemployment is a serious issue
in your college? Give reasons to support your
opinion.
2. Did this opinion article raise/change your
awareness about employment? Please
explain.
3. Do you think it is necessary to educate people
on issue of unemployment? Why? Give
reasons to support your opinion.
“Education is the
most powerful weapon
which you can use to
change the world
—Nelson Mandela
GIVING OPINION
01
OPINION
Mercury 01 02 Venus
03
AGREEING WITH
OPINION
02
Let's look at the sentence structure to express agreeing with opinions.
01 02 Venus
03
DISAGREEING WITH
OPINION
03
Let's look at the sentence structure to express disagreeing with opinions.
01 02 Venus
03
Choose one of the topics given below. Write your opinion about it. Follow
the opinion giving technique you have learnt in building blocks.
outline
First Lesson
71
Asking about feelings
Expressing feelings
I feel a little sad / happy /
angry / ....
I am a little sad / happy /
angry / ....
To be honest, I'm a little bit
sad / happy / angry / ....
It's been a difficult day.
The thing is that, I am angry
/ sad / ...
I am mad at him / her..
Vocabulary
about feelings
sad / unhappy
feel blue
depressed
downhearted
angry
cross
annoyed
irritated
mad
furious
vexed
indignant
irate
seething
This is a list of
vocabulary items
related to emotions
Happiness
Sadness
Anger
Happiness
Sadness
Anger
Vocabulary exercises:
feelings
HOW TO START A
CONVERSATION
GREETINGS
evening
- Hello (there). Hi (there) . Hey!
SMALL TALK
How’s everything?
How is it going?
02
How have you been?
How to respond greetings
(+) (-)
Fine Not good
Cool Not well
Okay
All right
Neutral 04
Great
Could be better Saturn
Couldn’t be could be worse Saturn is
better composed of
hydrogen and
So-so helium
Getting by
Same as usual / same as
HOW TO END A
CONVERSATION
DIRECT
“Good-bye”
“Bye”
“Bye-bye” 01
“Farewell”
“See you.......”
“Later”
POLITE
“Oh, look at the time”
“Well Yuni. It’s really
good to see you, but I
really must go”