Orientation:
This morning I saw an accident. It was between two motorbikes.
Event :
I always go to school by bike. This morning I peddled my bike slowly while enkoying the morning breeze. Suddenly, Brak! I looked behind. There were two motorbikes lying in the middle of the street. Beside them, there were two peoples who might be the motor riders, lying helplessly. Directly many people came to the victims and help them. Luckily, the victims could wal. Then, people took them to the nearest hospital.
Re-Orientation:
The accident really made me shocked.
The text above is a recount text in written form. A recount text tells us about past events. It could be someone’s experiences, someone’s life the past, the history of something, etc. That’s why, the main feature of a recount text is the use of simple past tense. A recount text has certain elements. Those are orientation, series of events, and sometimes reorientation.
• Orientation tells about what happened, where the story happened, who was involved in the story, when it occurred, or why it happened.
• Series of events tell the story. There are usually described in time order.
• Re-Orientation is the closure of events (usually optional).
Well, the next materials is announcement. You must know what is announcement. And you must ever read some announcement. I just want to retelling you about Announcement. For you who not yet understand about it, wish you can understand with my definition about announcement.Attention please,
All the teacher will conduct a meeting tomorrow.
All of you can go home early, after the first break.
Please be informed.
The text above is an announcement. Announcement is something said, written, or printed to make known what has happened or (more often) what will happen.
It is used to give information about something in a public place.
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| He said "Take me some water, please..." |
Examples:
1. Read the sentences!
2. Wash your hand!
3. Take the bottle!, etc.
If you do not use a verb as a commanding word, you use “be + adjective”. Examples:
1. Be yourself.
2. Be better.
3. Be strong.
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| "Hey, don't give him the ball! |
The sentences “hey, don’t give him the ball.” Is used to express a prohibition or to forbit someone to do something. When you forbid someone to do something, you use Don’t + Verb infinitive without to.
Examples:
1. Don’t run!
2. Don’t be afraid!
3. Don’t forget me!
You often put the word ‘please’ at the beginning or at the end of an instruction. You use it to make the instruction sounds more polite.
Example:
1. Please silent/silent please.
2. Please come back/come back please.
Tukinem : “What’s wrong with you Din? You look so sad today.”
Udin : “My mother is sick, Nem.”
Tukinem : “Oh, I’m sorry to hear that.”
Udin : “Thanks, Tukinem.”
(namanya keliatan terlalu tradisional ya? Hehe)
The bold-typed sentences in the dialog is used to express sympathy. This is the Sympathy expressions. Sympathy expression is expression or feeling of pity when we know and see someone are unlucky or have trouble and in bad condition. This is the more example to showing sympathy.
Showing sympathy:
• I’m sorry for what’s happened.
• Oh, you, poor little thing.
• Look! This is not the end of the world.
• (Oh dear) I am sorry (to hear that).
• That’s a pity/shame.
• You must be very upset.
• Oh, no!
• I know how it feels.
Gaining attention is away or expression that is spoken so that other people will pay their attention to what we want to.
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| *so sweet boo... |
Tae kyung : “You look so pale. Are you alright?”
Mi Nyu : “I think I’ve got a temperature.”
Tae Kyung : “Really? Let me take you to the clinic.”
Mi Nyu : “Ok. Thanks.”
The bold-typed sentence in the dialog is used to show affection or give attention. You show you’re affection or give attention somebody when he/she wears a nice thing, look sad, etc. You also use certain expression s like “Really?”, “Are you?”, etc. to show that you are listening to what someone says.
Giving attention:
• Are you alright?/Ok?
• What’s wrong with you?
• Do you?
• Really?
• Are you?
• Did he?
• Nice dress.
• Is that it?
Happiness expression is an expression that is used to show that someone or people are glad have exited feelings. You can express your Happy with this expression.
Here some other expression of showing pleasure.Expressing Happiness:
• I’m really happy (delighted)
• I’m happy to hear that.
• I’m very pleased with the news.
• I’m very pleased/delighted about it.
• It gives me great pleasure.
• (Oh) how marvelous!
• Great!/fantastic!
Next, I’ll tell you about appointment. Appointment is an arrangement to do something or meet someone at a particular time and place. You can make appointment when you want to make some plan with your friends, sisters/brothers, uncle/aunt, grandmother/grandfather (hayoo janjian apaan coba sama kakek/nenek? Ckck).
This is the little example how to Making, Accepting, cancelling, and Reschedulling an appointment.Making an appointment Accepting an appointment
• I’d like to make an appointment to see Mr. Kevin.
• All right, see you there.
• Would you like to arrange for a personal interview?
• No problem, I’m free on …
• Let’s make a plans to go shopping next Saturday.
• I’ll wait for you.
Cancelling an Appointment Rescheduling an Appointment
• I couldn’t keep the appointment because I was sick.
• I want to change my appointment from Monday to Friday.
• I’m sorry, I can’t keep the appointment.
• Do you have another time this evening?
• I’m sorry, I have to put of our appointment.
• Can I move my appointment tomorrow?
Ok guys… This primbon we start with Invitation. Have you got an invitation? Do you know what is invitation? Invitation is a request (spoken or written) to participate or be present or take part in something. I know that you must ever got some invitation. Maybe from your friends, from your family, etc.
Example :
Karina : “Miley and I will go to the beach this weekend. Would you like to join us?”
Mary : “I’d love to, but I can’t. Sorry.”
Karina : “I see. What about having lunch with us after school?”
Mary : “Sure. Thanks.”
Would you like to join us? And What about having lunch with us after school? are used to invite someone.
I’d love to, but I can’t. Sorry is used to decline an invitation.
Sure, thanks is used to accept an invitation. Here are some other expressions of inviting and the responses.
Inviting Accepting the invitation Declining the invitation
• Could you come to my house for dinner tonight, please?
• I’d love to. Thank you very much.
• I’d love to, but I can’t. I’m really sorry.
• Would you accompany me to the seminar?
• Certainly, I would.
• I’m afraid I can’t. I have something else to do.
• Shall we see the film?
• Great! Let’s do it.
• I’m sorry. I can’t.
