MEETING 2: ASSIGNMENT OF NOUNS

I.A. Use capital letters for Proper Nouns in the following sentences.

1. jakarta is the capital of indonesia.: Jakarta is the capital of

Indonesia_______________________________
2. republic of liberia is on the west coast of africa.: republic of Liberia is on the west coast of
Africa_________________________.
3. ‘war and peace' was written by leo tolstoy. ‘war and peace’ was written by Leo Tolstoy
_______________________________
4. john's two dogs are named rover and boxer. .: John two dogs are named Rover and
Boxer____________________________
5. david will travel to france to do a degree course on the french revolution. .: David will
travel to France to do a degree course on the French
revolution_______________________________

II. Underline the Common Nouns in the following sentences.

1. We arrived early at the station.

2. There are different species of fish.
3. The man was trying to steal his car.
4. They have gone to the zoo.
5. The baby is crying.
6. My mother is in the kitchen.
7. That temple was built before I was born.
8. He has bought a new car.

III. Fill in the correct plural forms of the given words.

Singular Plural
River Rivers______________
Firemen_____________
Fireman
_
Table Tables______________
Piano Pianos______________
Farm Farms______________
Zoo Zoos______________
Dress Dresses______________
Bush Bushes______________
Park Parks______________
Children_____________
Child
_
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INDONESIAN LEGISLATURE
Legislative power vested in The House of Representatives and less-powerful upper house,
Regional Representative Council. People’s Consultative Assembly (MPR), which formerly
elected the president and vice president, now joint sitting of The House of Representatives
and Regional Representative Council but retains separate powers restricted to swearing in
president and vice president, amending constitution, and having final say in impeachment
process. Newly decentralized power of sub-national authorities enshrined and delineated in
amended constitution. Numerous political parties; Democrat Party, Golkar Party, and
Indonesian Democracy Party–Struggle gained largest number of The House of
Representatives seats in 2009 election.
Legislature: The House of Representatives is a parliament with 560 seats. The upper house
has 128 seats. After Suharto was ousted, The House of Representatives had 500 seats (462
elected seats and 38 armed forces seats). Today all 550 seats are elected. No seats are
reserved for the military. Under Suharto, The House of Representatives was a rubber stamp
body that ratified decisions already made by Suharto. Seventy-five places were reserved for
the military and only 40 percent of the members were elected. It was dominated by Suharto's
Golkar Party. Over time it has evolved into a body that passes legislation and debates issues.
People's Consultative Assembly is the upper house; it consists of members of The House of
Representatives and Regional Representative Council and has role in inaugurating and
impeaching the president and in amending the constitution but does not formulate national
policy; House of Representatives 560 seats, members elected to serve five-year terms,
formulates and passes legislation at the national level; House of Regional Representatives,
constitutionally mandated role includes providing legislative input to The House of
Representatives on issues affecting regions (132 members, four from each of Indonesia's
original 30 provinces, two special regions, and one special capital city district)

VI. Find and rewrite in the list of proper nouns, common nouns, singular and plural nouns
from the text. Translate to Bahasa Indonesia.

NO. PROPER NOUN MEANING IN BAHASA INDONESIA

Indonesia Indonesia
Suharto Suharto
President President
Vice President Vice President
Democrat Party Partai Demokrat
Golkar Party Partai Golkar
Indonesian Democracy Partai Demokrasi Indonesia
Party

NO. COMMON NOUN MEANING IN BAHASA INDONESIA

House of Representatives Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat dan Dewan Perwakilan Daerah
and Reigonal dan Majelis Permusyawaratan Rakyat
Representative Council Indonesia
and People’s Consultative
Assembly

NO. SINGULAR & PLURAL NOUNS MEANING IN BAHASA INDONESIA

 Seat Seats
Party Parties
Region Regions
Province Provinces
Term Terms
Power Powers

NO. COUNTABLE NOUN MEANING IN BAHASA INDONESIA

1. The House of 500 bangku
Representatives is a 462 kursi terpilih
parliament with 560 seats 38 kursi untuk angkatan bersenjata
2. 462 elected seats
3. 38 armed forces seats