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Basic Structure (Unit 8-12)
Basic Structure (Unit 8-12)
CONJUNCTION, SENTENCES,
DIRECT AND INDIRECT SPEECH,
AND PUNCTUATION
Azka Amalina
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PREPOSITION AND
PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE
Prepositions are words that show a connection between other words. It usually
stand in front of nouns.
PREP NOUN
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PREPOSITION OF PLACE PREPOSITION OF TIME
SHOW WHERE
SOMETHING HAPPENS
Preposition • I’ll do my homework before dinner.
• We’re going to the zoo on Saturday.
of Time • I visited my grandparents during the
summer.
SHOW WHEre
SOMETHING is going
Preposition • A girl went past them on a bike.
Special Uses
• Kathleen is a member of the chess club.
• She painted the picture with her new paints.
AND OR BUT
Conjunction BUT
Phrase OR
• Is it quicker to go by train or by car?
• You could call it a thin book or a thick magazine.
AND
with OR
Conjunction BUT
That Join • Meera phoned her friend Anna, but she wasn’t at home.
Sentences OR
• Sam ran faster than Kim. He ran faster that David too.
• Sam ran faster than both Kim and David
BUT
Other • Grandpa is old but very fit
OR
• The movie wasn’t funny. It wasn’t interesting
• The movie was neither funny nor interesting
BEFORE
• Take the toy out of the box before you throw the box away.
AFTER
• After I went to bed, I heard a strange noise downstairs.
Conjunction
SINCE
• We’ve moved to a new house since I last wrote you.
UNTIL
of Time • Until the rice is cooked, we can’t eat dinner.
WHEN
• I’ll call you when I get home.
WHILE
Used to say when • While we’re waiting for the bus, let’s play a game.
something happens
AS
• People stand back as the train goes through the station.
AS SOON AS
• As soon as you’ve finished your homework, let me see it.
Conjunction WHERE
• Does anybody know where Mr Carter lives?
of Place
• Where the road is narrow, big trucks can’t get through
WHEREVER
• Wherever there are mountains, you will also find streams.
• The digs follow Andrew wherever he goes.
Used to TALK ABOUT
PLACES
BECAUSE
Conjunction
• Because we arrived late, we missed the beginning of the play
SINCE
of Reason • I took an apple since it was the only fruit in the bowl.
AS
• As you’re my best friend, I’ll lend you my new bike,
Used to tell why someone
does something IN CASE
• Take an umbrella in case it rains.
SO
• The children are wearing hats so they won’t get sunburned.
of Purpose
SO THAT
• We left early so that we wouldn’t be late.
• I hid comics under the bed so that nobody could find them.
IN ORDER TO
Used to tell what purpose
of something is • She gies jogging every morning in order to keep fit.
• In order to get to sleep, he reads a really boring book at
bedtime
SENTENCES
Group of words that express a complete thought. Sentences always
have a subject and a verb
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KINDS OF SENTENCE TRANSITIVE & INTRANSITIVE VERB
Kinds of
• Where are my keys?
• Why is the sky blue?
Sentences
EXCLAMATORY makes a very strong statement
• I don’t know
Transitive verb is a verb • The man smiled
that has an object
A clause is a group of
words that contain one
subject and one verb
Compound • She opened the bag and took out a book
Sentences It is possible but very unlikely that the condition will be fulfilled.
if + Simple Past, Conditional I (= would + Infinitive)
• If i got much money, i would.
• If i weren’t busy, i would come.
A sentence used to talk
about things that are PRESENT CONDITIONAL SENTENCES/ // TYPE 3
possible It is impossible that the condition will be fulfilled because it refers to
the past.
‘IF’ IS OFTEN USED IN
THIS SENTENCE if + Past Perfect, Conditional II (= would + have + Past Participle)
Positive
Tells about something exists or something that is happening
• I like ice cream
• There’s cartoon on TV
Sentences
Tells about something doesn’t exists or something that isn’t
happening
Questions
• He will be reading the book.
• Will he be reading the book?
If the verb is in the present tense, add either do or does and
put the main verb in its base form
• I like apples. — Do you like apples?
• Nancy reads a lot. — Does Nancy read a lot?
If the verb is in the past tense, add did and put the main verb
in its base form
• They did the homework.
• Did they do the homework?
QUESTION WORD QUESTIONS
Question words (what, which, who, whom, whose, when, where, and
how) are used to ask for information.
•Where do you live?
•Who are you?
•When do you get up?
•What is this?
•Why do you smoke?
•Whose book is this?
•Which bus do you take to school?
•How old are you?
•With whom will I speak?
Questions
If the main part of the sentence is positive, the question tag is
negative.
• He’s a doctor, isn’t he?
If the main part of the sentence is negative, the question tag
is positive
Indirect speech is the unexact words that used to report what someone says.
Direct EXAMPLES
Speech
• She says, "What time will you be home?”
• "There's a fly in my soup!" screamed Simone.
• He answered, “Yes I am ill.”
• Irine asked, “Do you know where Anis lives?”
RULES
Reporting verb and reported verb are connected by conjunction
• She said that she was listening to music
Changes in time
• She said, “I’m buying laptop today.”
• She said that se was buying laptop that day.
EXAMPLES
• Hana says, “I will go with you.”
• Hana says that she will go with me.
Indirect
• The teacher ordered us to stop running in the corridor
Commands • Miss Lee warned Alan not to be late again the next day
RULES
Put the subject before the verb or helping verb. The subject
comes after the helping verb.
• Where are they going?
Indirect
• I asked where they were going.
To report a question-word questions, use the same question
word in direct speech.
Questions •
•
Peter said, “Why did you leave before the end of the movie?”
Peter asked why i left before the end of the movie.
CAPITAL LETTER
PERIOD (.)
• Tim lent me his skateboard
COMMA (,)
• You need paper, scissors, and glue.
• No, It’s stopped.
• Goodbye, Andrew
Punctuation •
•
Could you pass me that pencil, please?
I’ve had enough cupcake, thank you.
Marks
• Tower Bridge, London
QUOTATION MARKS (“ “)
Punctuation •
•
“This bike is mine,” said Susan
“Don’t do that!” said Mom
Capital
Jakarta
• Taj Mahal
• J.K. Rowling
Letters •
•
Monday
Independence Day
• The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes