Complex Sentence

    In grammar, a complex sentence is a sentence with one independent clause and at least one dependent clause. A complex sentence is often used to make clear which ideas are most important, and which ideas are subordinate.

Compound Sentences

This topic was presented by Dewi Agustin (@Dewirasysady) and M. Ikhsan E. Ohoiulun (@isannou) 

  

Definition

A Compound Sentence is a sentence that joins two independent clauses together with :

1. A comma + coordinating conjunction 

A coordinating conjunction is also known as a F.A.N.B.O.Y.S. (For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So).

Example :

FOR  : Let’s go to the swimming pool, for it’s hot inside the house.

AND : I want to go to the circus, and I want to ride a pony.

Review

     Review is an evaluation of a publication, product, service, or company such as a movies, books, products, etc

       The purpose of review is to analyze and evaluate some creative works, and to inform people about its strengths and weaknesses.

Assessing

Definitions 
    Estimation or judge the value, character, etc., of; evaluate: to assess one's efforts. Evaluate or estimate the nature, ability, or quality

Assessment Types

• Formative - for performance enhancement
• Summative - for performance  assessment
• Formal - quizzes, tests, essays, lab reports, etc.

Speculating

Definition of speculating :

     A conclusion, opinion, or theory reached by conjecture. American Heritage®

Guess, conjecture, supposition, surmise, surmisal, speculation, hypothesis(noun), a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence.

• I'm sure that ...
• —It's my speculation that ...
• —I hypothesize ...
• —I bet ...

Predicting

     Gambar di atas menceritakan tentang si Riska yang sedang memprediksi dirinya sendiri bahwa "today, I will be make english's power point" .
     Nah, untuk lebih lengkapnya, ayo kita mempelajari lebih dalam tentang Predicting. Let's more learn about that, guys !

Criticizing

   
Deng...Deng...Deng!!!
     Ini adalah postingan pertama di tahun 2013. Kali ini kita akan ngebahasa materi Criticizing. Kalimat pada gambar di atas adalah salah satu contoh dari criticizing. Lho kok bisa ? Mau tahu ? okay, let's learn about that guys ! 

Passive Sentences

Apa maksud dari tulisan pada gambar di atas ? You know ? yep, that’s right.  Tulisan pada gambar di atas ada kalimat dari passive sentence dalam tensis Present Continous Tense. Untuk lebih lengkapnya, let’s more learn about this. Check out !

Direct - Indirect Speech

We often have to give information about what people say or think. In order to do this you can use direct or quoted speech, or indirect or reported speech.

Direct Speech / Quoted Speech

Saying exactly what someone has said is called direct speech (sometimes called quoted speech)

Here what a person says appears within quotation marks ("...") and should be word for word.

For example:

She said, "Today's lesson is on presentations." Or "Today's lesson is on presentations," she said.

Narrative Text

Nah, kali ini kita akan membahas tentang Narrative text. Apa yang kamu pikirkan ketika melihat gambar diatas ? lucu ? Ya, of course. Itu hasil editan Mega melalu Corel photopaint. But, bukan itu intinya. Intinya adalah gambar diatas merupakan cerita Timun Mas atau Golden Cucumber. Cerita Timun Mas tersebut masuk kategori Narrative text. Mengapa ? kok bisa ? yuk... simak aja langsung ! Check this out guys !

Persuading and Encouraging, Preventing Someone from Doing Something

Persuading

Persuading is an expression to persuade someone. So, someone want to do something as like as persuader’s request. 

Expressions of Persuading :

§   Are you really sure you can’t/couldn’t...?

§   Don’t be so silly!
§   I really think it would be a pity if we didn’t...

§   Are you quite sure you won’t consider...?

§   Buy me this one, Mom, please ?

Contrastive Conjunction and Modal Perfect

Contrastive Conjunction

 

Types of conjunction

Different types of conjunctions link information in different ways. It is important to know which conjunctions establish which types of links.

There are five main types of conjunction in English.

1. Conjunctions of addition and replacement

Additive conjunctions simply add more information to what is already there. Examples of additive conjunctions include:

and, also, in addition, not only … but also, moreover, further, besides.

Discussion Text

 

Sekarang kita akan mempelajari tentang Discussion Text. Well, let's learn guys !

Asking possibilities, expressing couriusity and desire, Expressing Views

ASKING ABOUT POSSIBILITIES

To know, to find, to inform possibilities the following phrases might be useful.

Do you think it is possible

• ·         Is it likely to….
• ·         Is there any chance?
• ·         Can she be…?
• ·         I think it is going to….
• ·         I bet…..
• ·         It’s quite possible
• ·         It seems probable
• ·         It looks like

Business Letters

Pada materi kita kali ini, kita akan mempelajari materi tentang Business Letters. Ya, materi ini lumayan rumit. Nah, untuk lebih jelasnya.
Ayo... kita pelajari !
Let's go to check this out bro !

Explanation Text

Materi kita kali ini Explanation Text, secara garis besar Explanation text adalah sebuah text yang digunakan untuk memberitahukan Pembaca tentang fenomena yang ada di dunia, melalui berberapa proses (karakteristik).

Seperti gambar di samping. Gambar tersebut mejelaskan tentang fenomena efek rumah kaca. Namun, dalam penyajiannya belum memenuhi karakteristik Explanation Text. Well, kalo kamu mau tahu lebih jelasnya tentang Explanation text.  

Let's check this out, guys ! 

Complaining and Giving Instruction

Pada pembelajaran kali ini, kita akan membahas tentang Complaining and Giving Instruction. well, let's check this out, bro !

Making Suggestion and Requesting Something

Pada pembelajaran kali ini, kita akan ngebahas tentang Making Sugesstion and Requesting Something. Hayoo ? itu apa ya ? Nah, biar lebih jelasnya, yuk... kita simak saja langsung. let's learn my bro !

2nd and 3rd Conditional Sentences

Apa yang kamu pikirkan dari gambar di samping ? 
Mega berbicara kepada Bowo :  If you just apologized to your boss, he would give you your job back. Kalimat dalam gambar tersebut adalah sebuah Kalimat Pengandaian dalam bentuk kedua atau disebut 2nd Conditional Sentence. Tentunya sudah tidak asing lagi bukan ditelingamu. Nah, kali ini kita akan ngebahas 2nd and 3rd Conditional sentence. yuk... Let's check this out !

Admitting Mistakes and Making Promises

Pernahkah kamu mengakui kesalahan, baik itu kesalah besar maupun kesalah yang kecil sekalipun?

  Nah, jika kamu ingin mengakui kesalahanmu dan bingung ekspresi apa yang mau kamu gunakan, yuk... simak saja  materi di bawah ini, let's check this out guys !  

*Ada juga lho... Materi tentang Making Promises.