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Modul Conversation Ma'Had
Modul Conversation Ma'Had
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Unit 4: Pronouns as a subject .................................... 82
Unit 5: Time ............................................................... 84
Unit 6: Reading .......................................................... 86
Unit 7: Self Introduction............................................. 88
Unit 8: Reading .......................................................... 97
Unit 9: A dictionary................................................... 99
Unit 10: The province of Aceh ................................... 102
Section III: Structural Focus .................................................. 103
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SECTION I
EXPRESSIONS
&
DAILY CONVERSATIONS
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CHAPTER 1
Introduction
Vocabulary
Come Son Daughter First Second
Third Younger Elder Sibling
Brother Sister Parents Family
Village Graduated Sleep TerribleDream
Bad High School
Skill Required
Understand Tenses; Present, Progressive and
Past
(Please discuss the skill required about fifteen
minutes in the class before you start the
conversation)
Conversation one
Please practice the conversation below:
Ask the students to be in pair and practice
introducing as outlined below. Ask them to
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Remember:
Normally we do not use title such as Mr.,
Mrs., Dr., dr,. etc.
If you have special name please tell them
how do you like them to call you by using
phrase “please call me………”
Conversation two
Please practice the conversation below:
Ask the students to go back in pair and practice
the Short Conversation by describing themselves
to friend. Ask them to switch with other friends
when he/she has done with a friend. Practice the
conversation about 20 minutes.
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Conversation Three
Please practice the conversation below:
A : Good morning!
B : Good morning!
A : Did you have a good dream/sleep last
night?
B : Yes I did, (I slept like baby). What about
you?
A : Ooo terrible, I could not sleep until 2 AM
Note:
Please add some more information if you think
important.
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CHAPTER 2
Introducing People
Vocabulary
Know Year Him Her Introduce Let
Cousin Hobby Live Town Village Job
Sing Read Sister Brother Mother Father
Uncle Aunty Roommate
Skill Required
Subject Pronouns, Object Pronoun and
Possessive Pronoun
(Please discuss the skill required about fifteen
minutes in the class before you start the
conversation)
Conversation one
Please practice the conversation below:
Ask the students to be in pair and practice
introducing as outlined below. Ask them to
switch with other friends when he/she has done
with a friend. Practice the conversation about 20
minutes.
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Short Conversation
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Remember
When you meet someone for the first time, avoid
asking question such as age, date of birth,
salary, weight and marital status.
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Conversation two
Please practice the conversation below:
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Conversation Three
Please practice the conversation such as outlined
below, ask the student to have information from
a friend before he/she introduces a friend in
front of class:
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CHAPTER 3
Asking and Giving Information
Vocabulary
Dormitory Department Expectation Leisure-time Lecturer
Engineering Parents Work Graduate Problem
Sound Teacher Abroad Wish Continue
Alright Tired Skill Good looking Math
Skill Required
Present tense, Past tense, Future tense
(Please discuss the skill required about fifteen
minutes in the class before you start the
conversation)
Conversation One
Please practice the conversation below:
Neyza : Hello, how are you?
Oji : Hi, I’m fine. Thank you. What about you?
Neyza : Wonderful, thank you.
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Conversation Two
Ask the students to write their own Short
Conversation with a friend and then practice in a
group that each group consists of four members.
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Adjective Opposite
1. good ........................................ close
2. fat ........................................ new
3. big ........................................ poor
4. tall ........................................ bad
5. full ........................................ dry
6. young ........................................ slow
7. open ........................................ short
8. wet ........................................ thin
9. hot ........................................ low
10. old ........................................ cold
11. happy ........................................ empty
12. fast ........................................ soft
13. high ........................................ small
14. rich ........................................ sad
15. hard ........................................ old
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CHAPTER 4
Simple Questions
Vocabulary
Spare-time Listen Kind Singer
Favorite Song Moral-Value Famous
Leisure Watch Lyrics Movie
Actor Spell Actress Comedy
Come from Funny Acting Comedian
Skill Required
Understand Tenses; Simple Present and Simple
Continuous
(Please discuss the skill required about fifteen
minutes in the class before you start the
conversation)
Conversation One:
Please practice the conversation below:
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Nia : Hi Bob
Bob : O.. Hello Nia, how are things going?
Nia : Not bad, how is yours going?
Bob : Yeah so far all good
Nia : Bob, may I know what are you normally
doing when you have a spare time?
Bob : Just relaxing and listening music
Nia : Oh really, what kind of music?
Bob : I am a big fan of Dangdut
Nia : You cannot be serious, who is your
favorite singer?
Bob : Rhoma Irama, he is a famous singer
Nia : Seriously..? He is my favorite singer too.
What is your favorite song?
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Remember:
Try to appreciate people hobby or what
they say by using the phases such as “oh
really”, “you cannot be serious”, “you
kidding me”, “seriously”, etc
Conversation Two:
Please practice the conversation below:
Ask the students to go back in pair and practice
the Short Conversation below with more detail
on what he/she is doing when he/she has spare
time. Ask them to switch with other friends when
he/she has done with a friend. Practice the
conversation about 20 minutes.
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CHAPTER 5
Asking and Giving Direction
Vocabulary
Skill Required
Simple Present, WH Question, Modal,
Preposition
(Please discuss the skill required about fifteen
minutes in the class before you start the
conversation)
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Conversation One:
Please practice the conversation below:
Ask the students to be in pair and practice of
asking direction to unknown person as outlined
below. Ask them to switch with other friends
when he/she has done with a friend. Practice the
conversation about 20 minutes.
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Conversation Two:
Please practice the conversation below:
Ask the students to go back in pair and practice
the Short Conversation below. You will ask the
direction to the people that you already know.
Ask them to switch with other friends when
he/she has done with a friend. Practice the
conversation about 20 minutes.
Adjective Opposite
1. right .......................... thin
2. strong .......................... unkind
3. dead .......................... expensive
4. early .......................... unfriendly
5. thick .......................... awake
6. wide .......................... stupid
7. male .......................... wrong
8. kind .......................... late
9. clever .......................... difficult
10. clean .......................... narrow
11. cheap .......................... noisy
12. easy .......................... weak
13. friendly .......................... dirty
14. quiet .......................... alive
15. asleep .......................... female
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CHAPTER 6
Describing People and Things
Vocabulary
Friendly Arrogant Smooth Silver
Funny Selfish Stubborn Good looking
Nice Delicious Stingy Curly Oval
Dark Blonde Round Thin Thick
Durable Pointed Nose Sharp Nose Flat Nose
Skill Required
Adjective
(Before practicing conversation below, please
discuss the adjective in the class such as function
and position with noun)
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Conversation One:
Please practice the conversation below:
Ask the students to be in pair and practice the
conversation below. Ask them to switch with
other friends when he/she has done with a
friend. Practice the conversation about 20
minutes.
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Conversation Two:
Please practice the conversation below:
Ask the students to go back in pair and practice
the Short Conversation below. Ask them to
switch with other friends when he/she has done
with a friend. Practice the conversation about 20
minutes.
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CHAPTER 7
Asking Permission
Vocabulary:
Advertising Appointment Excuse Turn Office
Busy Confused Left Talk Quite Gate
Show Hold on Wait Ticket Find
Check Any time Straight Bad
Skill Required:
Modal Auxiliary
Conversation One
Please practice the conversation below:
Ask the students to be in pair and practice the
conversation below. Ask them to switch with
other friends when he/she has done with a
friend. Practice the conversation about 20
minutes.
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Telephone Ring…!!
Secretary : Halo, Emerald Advertising, can I
help you?
Andrey : Halo, I’m Andrey from UIN Ar-
Raniry. May I talk to Mr. Farel,
please?
Secretary : Hold on a second please, I am going
to check if he is free. Do you have any
appointment before?
Andrey : Yes. I do, I wait long for the fix price
of our backdrop banner.
2 minutes later
Secretary : I’m sorry. Mr. Farel is quite busy at
the moment. Would you mind to call
back in 15 minutes? Or if you leave
your message, I will let him know.
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Conversation Two:
Please practice the conversation below:
Ask the students to go back in pair and practice
the Short Conversation below. Ask them to
switch with other friends when he/she has done
with a friend. Practice the conversation about 20
minutes.
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CHAPTER 8
Asking for Repetition
Vocabularies
Skill Required:
Modal Auxiliary
Conversation One
Please practice the conversation below:
Ask the students to be in pair and practice the
conversation below. Ask them to switch with
other friends when he/she has done with a
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Conversation Two:
Please practice the conversation below:
Ask the students to go back in pair and practice
the Short Conversation below. Ask them to
switch with other friends when he/she has done
with a friend. Practice the conversation about 20
minutes.
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CHAPTER 9
Inviting
Vocabularies
Invitation Dance Prom Attend Exhibition
Invite Ball Room Wedding Dress Code Art
Hall Fancy Performance Appointment Farewell
Memo Political rally Card
Commencement Housewarming
Skill Required
Simple Future Tense
(Before practicing conversation below, please
discuss Simple Future Tense in the class such as
how to form, when we use and why we use it)
Conversation One:
Please practice the conversation below:
Ask the students to be in pair and practice the
conversation below. Ask them to switch with
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Conversation Two:
Please practice the conversation below:
Ask the students to go back in pair and practice
the Short Conversation below. Ask them to
switch with other friends when he/she has done
with a friend. Practice the conversation about 20
minutes.
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CHAPTER 10
Accepting and Refusing
Vocabularies
Like Appointment Weekend Invite
Come Information Sure Good
Good Party Sound Afford
Fun Join Time Accept
Idea Busy Sorry Refuse
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Skill Required:
Modal Auxiliary
Before practicing conversation below, please
discuss Modal Auxiliary in the class such as how
to form, when we use and why we use it. Please
ask the students to memorize expressions listed
above before practicing conversation.
Conversation One:
Please practice the conversation below:
Ask the students to be in pair and practice the
conversation below. Ask them to switch with
other friends when he/she has done with a
friend. Practice the conversation about 20
minutes.
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Conversation Two:
Please practice the conversation below:
Ask the students to go back in pair and practice
the Short Conversation below. Ask them to
switch with other friends when he/she has done
with a friend. Practice the conversation about 20
minutes.
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CHAPTER 11
Comparing Things
Vocabularies
Skill Required
Adjectives, Comparison Degree, Simple Present
Tense
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Conversation I
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Conversation II
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CHAPTER 12
Offering
Vocabularies
Cookie Want Need Pie
Cake Sugar Bread-store Delicious
Sure Look Bake Coffee
Much Milk Many Some
Skill Required
Countable and Uncountable Noun and
Measuring Word
Before practicing conversation below, please
discuss Countable and Uncountable noun and
measuring word in the class.
Conversation one
Please practice the conversation below:
Ask the students to be in pair and practice
introducing as outlined below. Ask them to
switch with other friends when he/she has done
with a friend. Practice the conversation about 20
minutes.
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Short Conversation
Agung : Hi Jessy, how are you?
Jessy : Hi Agung, I am very good thank,
and you?
Agung : Very well thank you, where have you
been?
Jessy : I have been from Bread store and
bought some pies, would you like
some?
Agung : Oh really, look delicious, let me try
little bit, I am quite full actually.
Jessy : Yeah, my friend told me last night
about this and I could not wait to try
it myself.
Agung : Hmm….this is really yummy, but
you know what, it will be more
delicious with coffee. There is a
coffee vending machine on that
corner. Would you like some?
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Conversation Two:
Please practice the conversation below:
Ask the students to go in groups, each group
consist of three students, and practice the Short
Conversation below. Please use sufficient time to
practice the conversation.
Short Conversation
Deni : Hi Reno, where have you been
Reno : O hi Deni, I am from English class, it was
so terrible. The tutor was from Australia
and I have no idea what he talked about, it
was fully in English.
Deni : Really, I hope he is not coming to my class
next week.
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SECTION II
VOCABULARY
DEVELOPMENT
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UNIT 1
Numbers (Angka/bilangan)
English Indonesia
One Satu
Two Dua
Three Tiga
Four Empat
Five Lima
Six Enam
Seven Tujuh
Eight Delapan
Nine Sembilan
Ten Sepuluh
Eleven Sebelas
Twelve Dua belas
Thirteen Tiga belas
Fourteen Empat belas
Fifteen Lima belas
Sixteen Enam belas
Seventeen Tujuh belas
Eighteen Delapan belas
Nineteen Sembilan belas
Twenty Dua puluh
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A. Statements (kalimat berita/pernyataan)
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A. Questions and short responces with “Yes”
(pertanyaan dan jawaban singkat dengan
“ya”)
Speaker A Speaker B
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7. Is number seven is a tree? Yes, it is.
Apakah nomor enam adalah Ya, benar.
sebuah pohon?
Speaker A Speaker B
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3. Is number three a book? No, It is’nt.
Apakah nomor tiga adalah Tidak.
sebuah buku?
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10. Is number eight a station? No, It isn’t
Apakah nomor delapan adalah Tidak.
sebuah stasiun
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4. Is number three a No, It isn’t
book? Tidak.
Apakahnomor tiga
adalah sebuah buku?
What is number Number three is a car
three? Nomor tiga adalah
Apakahnomor tiga? sebuah mobil
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8. Is number seven is a No, It isn’t
hospital? Tidak.
Apakah nomor enam
adalah sebuah rumah
sakit?
What is number seven? Number seven is tree
Apakah nomor tujuh? Nomor tujuh adalah
sebuah pohon
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UNIT 2
Day Hari
Sunday Minggu
Monday Senin
Tuesday Selasa
Wednesday Rabu
Thursday Kamis
Friday Jumat
Saturday Sabtu
Today is Sunday
Hari ini hari minggu
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Questions and answers
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Q: What is the sixth day?
Hari apa hari keenam?
R: It is Friday
Hari jumat
Q: What is the seventh day?
Hari apa hari ketujuh?
R : It is Saturday
Hari sabtu
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UNIT 3
Reading
Ali is a student. He is a diligent student. He
gets up early every morning. After he gets
up, he brushes his teeth. After he brushes
his teeth, he takes a bath. After taking a
bath, he takes a retual washing, and then he
prays shubuh prayer.
Questions Answers
1. Is Ali a student? Yes, he is
2. Is he diligent? Yes, he is
3. Does he get early every Yes, he does
morning?
4. What does he do after he He brushes his teeth
gets up?
5. When does he take a After he brushes his
bath? teeth
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New words Kata-kata baru
students Siswa
diligent Rajin
get up Bangun tidur
early Segera
every Setiap
morning Pagi
he Dia (laki-laki)
brush Menggosok, menyikat
teeth Gigi
take a bath Mandi
retual washing Wudhu’
pray shalat
shubuh prayer shalat subuh
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UNIT 4
Pronouns as a subject
Personal pronoun Kata ganti orang
I Aku, saya
You Kamu, saudara, tuan
He Dia (laki-laki)
She Dia (perempuan)
We Kami kita
They Mereka
It Dia (benda, binatang)
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Gunakan to be isuntuk He, She, I
He is tired
She is tired
He is happy
She is happy
He is clever
She is clever
He is clever
She is clever
He is angry
She is angry
He is hungry
She is hungry
It is a window
It is a cupboard
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UNIT 5
Time(waktu)
1. A week is 7 days
Seminggu adalah 7 hari
2. A month is 28-31 days
Sebulan adalah 28-31 hari
3. A year is is 365 days
Setahun adalah 365 hari
4. A day is 24 hours
Sehari adalah 24 jam
5. An hour is 60 minutes
Satu jam adalah 60 menit
6. A decade is 10 years
Satu dasawarsa adalah 10 tahun
7. An century is 100 years
Satu abad adalah 100 tahun
8. A minute is 60 seconds
Satu menit 60 detik
9. A millennium is 1,000 years
Satu melinium adalah 1.000 tahun
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Questions and answers
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UNIT 6
Reading
John is a teacher. He gets up at 5 o’clock every
morning. He teaches English at school. He goes
to school by car in the morning. He eats lunch
at noon. He stays at school from morning until
afternoon. He likes teaching his students. So
teaching is his hobby.
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New words:
(Kata-kata baru)
eat : makan
lunch : makan siang
stay : tinggal, menetap
afternoon : sore
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UNIT 7
Self Introduction
(Memperkenalkan diri)
My name is Fatimah
I live at Banda Aceh
I am student at a junior high school.
I have two brothers and two sisters.
I am the oldest girl in my family
I am twelve years old.
My mother’s name is Minah
My father’s name is Budi.
My father is a teacher.
My mother is a house wife.
New words
name = nama
live = tinggal
a junior high school = SMP
have = mempunyai
brother = saudara laki-laki
sister = saudara perempuan
mother = ibu
father = ayah
mother’s name = nama ibu
father’s name = nama ayah
a house wife = ibu rumah tangga
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Questions Short answer
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8. What is her mother’s Minah
name? Minah
Siapa nama ibunya
Intoduce yourself!
Perkenalkan dirimu!
My name is................
I live...........................
I am a.........................
I have......brothers and .......... sisters.
I am ........ years old.
My father’s name is .............
My mother’s name is ...........
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Short conversation 1
Percakapan 1
Questions Answers
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Short conversation 2
Percakapan 2
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Ali : What part of Australia are you from?
Australia bagian mana kamu berasal?
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Practice these verb phrases!
Praktikan ungkapan-ungkapan kata kerja ini!
a. Watch TV everyday
Menonton TV setiap hari
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Practice the verb phrases above as shown in the
examples below!
Praktikkan ugkapan-ungkapan kata kerja di atas
seperti yang ditunjukkan pada contoh-contoh di
bawah ini!
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Make yes/no questions in short answers from
the above sentences !
Speaker A to ask questions and speaker B
answer in short answers as shown below.
Speaker A SpeakerB
questions short answers
1. Do you watch TV everyday? Yes, I do
2. Do you play a guitar everynight? Yes, I do
3. Do you read a newspaper every night? Yes, I do
4. Do you...............................................? No, I don’t.
5. Do you...............................................? Yes, I do
6. ...........................................................? Yes, I do.
7. ...........................................................? ................
8. ...........................................................?................
9. ...........................................................?.................
Speaker A Speaker B
questions short answers
1. Does he watch TV every day? Yes, he does
2. Does he play a guitar every night ? Yes, he does.
3. Does............................................? Yes, he does.
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UNIT 8
Reading
A library
New words;
Kata-kata baru
place = tempat
borrow = meminjam
like = suka, menyukai
comfortable = menyenangkan
many = banyak
kinds = jenis
there are/ there is = ada
read = membaca
reading section = bagian tempat membacca
newspapaer = surat kabar
magazine = majalah
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by reading = dengan membaca
develop = mengembangkan, meningkatkan
knowledge = pengetahuan
therefore = oleh sebab itu
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UNIT 9
A dictionary
A dictonary is important for students because they
can find the meanings of the words in the
dictionary. Beside that they can know how to
pronoun the words correctly in the dictionary. A
good dictionary will show them how to pronoun
the words. So if you want to know the meaning of
the words and how to pronoun them, consult the
dictionary.
New words
important = penting
can find = dapat menemukan
meaning = arti, makna
study = belajar
new words = kata-kata baru
beside that = disamping itu
will show = akan menunjukkan
how to = cara
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Look at the sentences below!
Perhatikan kalimat-kalimat di bawah ini!
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Look at these questions and answers!
1. Is it important to sudy English ? yes, it is.
2. Is it easy to speak English ? yes, it is.
3. Is it difficult to do maths ? yes, it is.
4. Is it interesting to read a story ? No, it isn’t.
5. Is it comfortable to stay in Banda Aceh ? yes, it is.
6. Is it expensive to buy a car ? yes, it is
7. Is it cheap to stay at the village? yes, it is.
8. Is it good to meet you ? yes, it is
9. Is it new for you to be here ? yes, it is.
10. Is it bad to cheat in the examination ? yes, it is
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UNIT 10
The Province of Acheh
The province of Acheh is situated in Banda Aceh.
It is the capital city of Acheh. In this province
many people come here. Some of them come from
domestic, and others come many countries,for
example, Malaysia, Australia, America, canada,
India, etc. They come here for various purposes,
for example, sight-seeings, business, meeting
people, studying,etc. The Achenese people are
very friendly. Beside that, there are many
restaurants in Acheh. So you can have the
achehnese food at the reastaurat.
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SECTION III
Structural Focus
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UNIT 1
Present Tense
VERB BE (is, am, are)
Exercises 1. Put in am, is, or are
1. The weather ________ nice today.
2. I _____ not tired.
3. This bag _______ heavy.
4. These suitcases ______ heavy.
5. John’s brother and his sister ______ good
tennis players.
6. He ______ a taxi driver.
7. Her father ______ a teacher.
8. His mother ______ a house wife.
9. They _____ farmers.
10. He _____ a lecturer.
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Exercises 2. Write complete sentences, use
VERB “Be”
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Exercises 3. Make questions from the statement
below, as shown in the example
Example:
I am interested in history
Are you interested in history?
1. I am hungry.
_____________________?
2. It is warm today.
_____________________?
______________________?
_____________________?
______________________?
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Exercises 4. Make questions with these words.
Use is or are
Example:
(at home/your brother)
is your brother at home?
1. (your teacher/well)
_________________________?
2. (interesting/ your campus)
___________________________?
3. (interested in sport/ He)
__________________________?
4. (mosque/ near here)
__________________________?
5. (mother/ at the market)
__________________________?
6. (you/ busy now)
__________________________?
7. (It nice/ to live in Banda Aceh)
____________________________?
8. (why/ you/ late)
________________________?
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Exercises 5. Write Simple Present sentences by
using verb prases below!
Example:
speak english everyday
I speak english everyday
3. drive a car.
_____________________________
4. sing a song.
_____________________________
5. make a report.
_____________________________
7. play a guitar.
_____________________________
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8. teach english.
_______________________________
9. repair a car.
_______________________________
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17. write a journal.
_______________________________
Example:
I speak English everyday
Do you speak English everyday?
1. ___________________________________?
2. ___________________________________?
3. ___________________________________?
4. ___________________________________?
5. ___________________________________?
6. ___________________________________?
7. ___________________________________?
8. ___________________________________?
9. ___________________________________?
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Exercises 7
Complete the following dialogue!
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UNIT 2
Past Tense
Exercise 1. Fill in the blank with was/were!
1. Yesterday ______ a public holiday. The shops
_______ closed.
_____ you?
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Exercise 2. Complete the sentences by using the
words below. Use one of these verbs in the
simple past
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Exercise 3. Write past simple from these words.
1. get - got
2. see - ______________
3. play - ______________
4. pay - ______________
5. visit - ______________
6. buy - ______________
7. go - _______________
8. think - _____________
9. copy - _____________
10. know - _____________
11. put - _______________
12. speak - _____________
13. watch - _____________
14. seek - ______________
15. bring - ______________
16. take - _______________
17. go - _________________
18. write - _______________
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Exercise 3. Change the following sentences into
past tense.
Example:
Jane always goes to school by car
Yesterday she went to school by car
2. _______________________________________
3. _______________________________________
4. _______________________________________
5. _______________________________________
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Exercise 5. Change the above statements into
negetions!
2. ______________________________________
3. ______________________________________
4. ______________________________________
5. ______________________________________
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Exercise 6. Change the following statements to
questions with short answer (yes)
Statements:
1. They finished the work.
2. They spoke to John.
3. They were in their office.
4. Mr Smith visited his friend in Japan.
5. The teaher told to the students the answer to
the questions.
6. That movie was interesting.
7. The professor was at the meeting.
8. The students studied seriously for the
examinations.
9. The last lesson was very difficult for the
students.
10. There were many students in the hall
yesterday.
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6. ___________________________?
7. ___________________________?
8. ___________________________?
9. ___________________________?
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6. ___________________________?
7. ___________________________?
8. ___________________________?
9. ___________________________?
10. ___________________________?
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UNIT 3
Present Progressive
Exercise 1. Complete the following with present
progressive tenses
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Exercise 2. Read the following story. Study the
verbs carefully
1. What is Anton?
2. Is Anton a doctor?
3. ______________________________________
4. ______________________________________
5. ______________________________________
6. ______________________________________
7. ______________________________________
8. ______________________________________
9. ______________________________________
10. ______________________________________
11. ______________________________________
12. ______________________________________
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UNIT 4
Past Progressive
Exercise 1. Complete the following statement
into past progressive tenses
Example:
The truck (go) very fast when it crossed
the street.
The truck was going fast when it crossed
the street
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UNIT 5
Future Tense
Exercise 1. Change the sentences into the future
tense
Example:
He (leave) early tomorrow
He will leave early tomorrow
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8. They (play) guitar tomorrow.
_____________________________________
Example:
He will leave early tomorrow
Will he leave early tomorrow?
1. ______________________________________
2. ______________________________________
3. ______________________________________
4. ______________________________________
5. ______________________________________
6. ______________________________________
7. ______________________________________
8. ______________________________________
9. ______________________________________
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UNIT 6
Countable and uncountable nouns
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Exercise 2. Find out the plural forms of these
nouns!
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6. I need _____ information about studying
abroad.
7. They have got ____ very nice furniture in their
home.
8. Would you like to have _____cheese? Yes,
please.
9. Can you give me ____ paper, please.
10. They arre listening to ____ news.
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UNIT 7
Prepositions
Exercice. Complete the following sentences with
correct preposition.
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Exercise 2. Insert prepositions where necessary
in the following questions!
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16. It’s dark in here. Can you turn _____ the light,
please?
17. Before going out, Don’t forget to switch
_______ the television.
18. Keep ______ studying. Don’t give _______
19. If you want to enter the hall, Don’t forget to
take ______ your shoes.
20. He is responsible _______ this seminar.
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UNIT 8
Comparisons of adjectives
and adverbs
Exercise 1. Underline the adjectives in the
following statements
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Exercise 2. Insert the adjectives in the following
exercises
1. It is _________ to study English
2. Arabic is much more ________ than English
3. Ali is as ___________ as his brother
4. His brother is _______ than Budi
5. She is the _________ writer.
6. She is the __________ girl in her country.
7. You can see some __________ places here in
our country.
8. It is __________ to give than receive.
9. It is _________ for you to study English.
10. She has bought a _______ house.
11. She will give you ______welcome.
12. Our people here are very _______
13. Don’t be ____________. It seems to me you
have never spent your money for your own
need.
14. They are quite ______ for us. They always
help us whenever we need.
15. “Be ________ when you cross the busy street”,
her mother said.
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Exercise 3. Change the adjectives to adverbs!
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UNIT 9
Modals
Fill in the blank with must, may or can!
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UNIT 10
Article
Exercise 1. Insert a, an, or the where necessary.
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UNIT 11
Gerund and infinitive
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7. It is useful to study Arabic.
______________________________________
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Exercise 2. Change the verb in the bracket to
gerund
Example:
Don’t be affraid of (make) mistakes in English
Don’t be affraid of making mistakes in English
1. After (work) hard, she can get success.
______________________________________
2. Before (come) here, he prepares his lessons
______________________________________
3. She is interested in (reading) novels
______________________________________
4. (Work) hard is his hobby
______________________________________
5. She is crazy at (play) games
______________________________________
6. She likes (cook)
______________________________________
7. They are waiting for your (come)
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References
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