BASIC ENGLISH LANGUAGE..

Sunday, 4 March 2012

SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE AND PRESENT CONTINOUS TENSE 15.2.12

Today Elya’s and Megat’s group will present their task. Elya’s present about SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE, while Megat’s group present about Present Tense Continuous.

SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE

q Show habitual or regular action.

q State a general truths, facts and scientific laws.

q To indicate future action.

q Show permanent situations.

q To give instructions or orders.

Examples :

· I play tennis.

· She does not play tennis.

· Does he play tennis?

· The train leaves every morning at 8 AM.

· The train does not leave at 9 AM.

· When does the train usually leave?

· She always forgets her purse.

· He never forgets his wallet.

· Every twelve months, the Earth circles the Sun.

· Does the Sun circle the Earth?

For better understanding,i refer to this link.

http://www.eslgold.com/grammar/simple_present.html

PRESENT TENSE CONTINOUS

We use the Present Continuous Tense to talk about activities happening now.

Examples

· The kids are watching TV.

· I am sitting down, because I am tired.

· I am not learning German, because this is an English class.

· Who are you writing to?

We can also use the Present Continuous Tense to talk about activities happening around now, and not necessarily this very moment.

Examples

· Sally is studying really hard for her exams this week.

· I am reading a really interesting book now.

· How are you brushing up on your English for the trip?

· We aren't working hard these days.

The Present Continuous Tense is also used to talk about activities happening in the near future, especially for planned future events.

Examples

· I am seeing my dentist on Wednesday.

· Polly is coming for dinner tomorrow.

· Are you doing anything tonight?

· We aren't going on holiday next week.

http://www.eclecticenglish.com/grammar/PresentContinuous1A.html

PRESENTATION 15.2.12

Today Elya’s and Megat’s group will present their task. Elya’s present about SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE, while Megat’s group present about Present Tense Continuous.

q Show habitual or regular action.

q State a general truths, facts and scientific laws.

q To indicate future action.

q Show permanent situations.

q To give instructions or orders.

Examples :

· I play tennis.

· She does not play tennis.

· Does he play tennis?

· The train leaves every morning at 8 AM.

· The train does not leave at 9 AM.

· When does the train usually leave?

· She always forgets her purse.

· He never forgets his wallet.

· Every twelve months, the Earth circles the Sun.

· Does the Sun circle the Earth?

For better understanding, refer to this link.

http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verb-tenses_present.htm

PRESENT TENSE CONTINOUS

We use the Present Continuous Tense to talk about activities happening now.

Examples

· The kids are watching TV.

· I am sitting down, because I am tired.

· I am not learning German, because this is an English class.

· Who are you writing to?

We can also use the Present Continuous Tense to talk about activities happening around now, and not necessarily this very moment.

Examples

· Sally is studying really hard for her exams this week.

· I am reading a really interesting book now.

· How are you brushing up on your English for the trip?

· We aren't working hard these days.

The Present Continuous Tense is also used to talk about activities happening in the near future, especially for planned future events.

Examples

· I am seeing my dentist on Wednesday.

· Polly is coming for dinner tomorrow.

· Are you doing anything tonight?

· We aren't going on holiday next week.

http://www.eclecticenglish.com/grammar/PresentContinuous1A.html

INTRODUCTORY PARAGRAPH 14.2.12

The Hook - Designed to grab attention immediately and give some indication about the essay’s topic

The Transition - Moves the reader from the hook to the driving force of the essay…

The Thesis - Makes the contract with the reader about what will be discussed without a blatant announcement.

There are 7 types of hook:

1. Personal examples

2. Quatations

3. Facts and statistics

4. Rhetorical questions

5. Current event

6. Contrast to the thesis statement

7. Defination

I found that Facts and Statistics and Defination are the hardest one compared to Personal Examples and Quatations.

Miss Zu also ask us to write an essay title GENDER. So we decided to do Quatations title Women Played An Importance Role in the Development Of the Country

I am in a group with Syafiqah Saleh and Nabila Musa. Before yhe task we had practice some of the words that will be used in the test such as conjuction. I am the second speaker and I feel very nervous but my group members had help me a lot so I have to do well as the mark given were according to group's mark.

Alhamdulillah, Miss Zu said that, our group did well in the test eventhough there are the time when I start to used that errkk and the emmm sound.

PRESENTATION 2.2.12

Again today we did the listening practice, and again I cannot manage to get great mark, even Nabila answered the question as scratch but it is screened..

Other than that, my group have to present about subject verb agreement (S.V.A) and adverb.

An adverb is a modifying part of speech that describes verbs, other adverbs, adjectives, and phrases. They are used to describe how, where, when, how often and why something happens. Here are a few examples:

Adverb- Mike worked very carefully on his paper. (very shows how carefully he worked) Adjective- She is nearly ready to go. (nearly tells to what extent she is ready)

Adverbs of manner

Carefully, correctly, eagerly, easily, fast, loudly, patiently, quickly, quietly, and well.

example:

She decided to write her paper. (no adverbs)
She quickly decided to write her paper. (her decision was quick)
She decided to write her paper quickly. (her writing was quick)

Adverbs of place

Abroad, anywhere, downstairs, here, home, in, nowhere, out, outside, somewhere, there, underground, upstairs.

I wanted to go upstairs.
She has lived in the city since June. (in the city – prepositional phrase)

Adverbs of purpose

So, so that, to, in order to, because, since, accidentally, intentionally, and purposely.

Jenny walks carefully to avoid falling.
Bob accidentally broke the vase.

Adverbs of frequency

Always, every, never, often, rarely, seldom, sometimes, and usually.

Mackenzie gets a ride from her brother every day.
The fish usually swims near the top of its tank.

Adverbs of time

After, already, during, finally, just, last, later, next, now, recently, soon, then, tomorrow, when, while, and yesterday.

He came home before dark.
It will be too dark to play outside soon.
Jessica finished her supper first.
Andy left school early.

SUBJECT VERB AGREEMENT ; The subject and verb must agree in number: both must be singular, or both must be plural. Problems occur in the present tense because one must add an -s or -es at the end of the verb when the subjects or the entity performing the action is a singular third person: he, she, it, or words for which these pronouns could substitute.

Singular	Plural
The student sings. (He or she sings)	Your children sing. (They sing)
The bird does migrate. (It does)	Those birds do migrate. (They do)

In order to find out if your subject and verb agree, you need to be able to identify the subject of your sentence.

The committee members were satisfied with the resolution.
Subject: members	Verb: were

Anyone who wants to pursue higher education has to pass entrance exams.
Subject: anyone	Verbs: wants, has

Indefinite pronouns (someone, somebody, each, either one, everyone, or anyone) are considered singular and need singular verbs although they convey plural meaning.

Everyone on the committee is welcome to express his/her ideas.
Subject: everyone	Verb: is

For more information, you can refer to this link
http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/grammar/subverag.html

SPEAKING PRE TEST 1.2.2012

What ?? Speaking?? I cannot do it. When i start to speak formal and infront of many people, I will make this sound err..emmm.. Ouh. It is very hard to me, yet I must do well in order to get great mark. I have to speak in two minutes and that is a long time, I am afraid that I talk to fast as usuall and I will lost my idea. I will try to be more confident and read more in order to get more idea especially in current issue. Other than that, in order to overcome my nervous feeling, I tried to speak English with my friends eventhoug they laught very hard to me, yet I explained to them that they heve to do so because the speaking test is around the corner.

LISTENING PRACTICE 31.1.12

Oh My God. Today Miss Zu want to do some practices about listening test. We used the Stride Ahead Book and Miss Zu played the audio. Is my ear are not functioning well or the speakers do not speak well? I cannot answer well the question and I got the worse marked ever. 1.5 over 15?? I hope the in the mark will change real exam and I will make sure on that day, my ear are functioning well.

MID TERM TEST PAPER 26.1.12

Today is the day we will take the mid term test paper. So the question was very hard to me. Its about old folks homes, which the number of old folks send to the house increasing every year, and i am wondering, why people did not appreciate their parent and felt that their old folks were a burden to them. We as Malaysian and muslim should not do such thing like that because they are the ones who had rise us up and be a successful person.

MID TERM TEST PAPER CONSULTATION 25.1.2012

Today I got a phone call from Elya said that we have to meet Miss Zu infront of the MPP’s room. Miss Zu wants us to ask her anything about the mid term test paper because we will take the paper on the next day. So I asked her, do we have to put all the information given in the non linear? She said that is not necessary, all we have to do is find the most shocking, fluactuating, increases and decreases.

NIGHT CLASS 19.1.2012

Today Ezuan, Taufiq and Izaudin will present about adjectives and conjuction.

Adjective is a word that describe the noun (people, things, places and so on.)

Types of adjectives:

1. Predictive

2. Descriptive

3. Limiting

4. Possessives

5. Superlatives

A conjunction is a joiner, a word that connects (conjoins) parts of a sentence.

There are three types of conjunctions which are Coordinating, Correlative and Subordinating Conjunction.

Note: You can also use the conjunctions "but" and "for" as prepositions.

Tips: You can used acronym FANBOYS can be used to remember the coordinators for, and, nor, but, or, yet, and so.

MID TERM TEST PAPER 18.1.2012

Today we learned about mid term exam paper because Miss Zu wants to make sure that we know the format of the question and how to answer it.

So, the question paper consist of 2 section ; A and B. Section A is READING COMPREHENSION, while Section B is Non Linear writing which we had done before.

We end the class early because Miss Zu have something to do

TALK SHOW 17.1.2012

Today we have speaking pre test. Miss Zu divided us in a group and gave a task and I will be a police Inspector, talk about vandalism among the teenagers. I am very nervous at that time, but Megat told me to be relax and confident. So as I hate him because he always calm and I cannot be like him, I’m wondering how he have that character of confident?

So in my talk, i said that vandalism is also a crime, but not all citizen are taking tart in it and feel painting in the area ofcivil is an art. Yes it do, but in the wrong way.

SO YOU THINK YOU CAN ACT? THE MUSICAL 11.1.2012

We have a lot of fun today. Our task were to act and it is musical acting. The title of our group presentation was about airplanes. It was fun as Taufiq and Izzaudin give jokes. Even Taufiq and Izzaudin were wearing the same white colour t – shirt.

Its like a bless from Allah, when our group were presenting, and its raining. So we were unable to finish our presentation.

Non linear essay writing report 5.1.2012

5 / 1 / 2012 report of hours spent of activities by different age

Remember non linear to linear writing? This is what my group had done for the task that Miss Zu have gave us.

Write a report based on this table:

The length of this report should be 150 – 200 words.

Hours spent on activities by different age groups in Someland
Activity Age	Teens	20s	30s	40s	50s	60s	70s +
Watching TV/videos	1,200	700	400	500	600	700	1,100
Socialising with 4 or less people	150	150	300	250	250	200	200
Socialising with 4 or more people	350	350	50	50	25	25	25
Doing individual exercise	150	100	200	200	50	75	150
Doing group exercise/spot	450	350	200	150	50	0	0
Watching movies in cinemas	100	75	50	25	25	50	75

HOURS SPENT ON ACTIVITIES BY DIFFERENT AGE GROUP in SOMELAND

The table shows the people of someland in different age groups spent their spare time during certain ages. As we can see, there are two types of groups, teenagers and those over 70’s, spent most of their time watching television or videos. (OV + CI)

It is proven in the table that some activities such as watching television is the most famous activity in different age groups. Teenagers spent almost 1200 hours watching television while those in their 30s spent only 400 hours. Moreover, the popularity of watching television increased to about 1100 hours to those in their 70s. (KF 1)

Furthermore, age groups of 30s and 40s do not socialise as frequent as the 20s and teenagers. This is because they have more important priorities such as work. Age group in the 30s and 40s have the same hours spent in exercising in group which is 200. The reason is because they are influenced by their friends. (KF 2)

In conclusion, youngsters have more energy to carry out physical activities and socialising while the older age group are restricted from doing so due to their health condition. The government could help to solve this problem by organizing health events throughout the country.(Pi + Pii)

By,

1.megat adam

2.aufdinie

3.syazwan

4.hazwani

5.syafiqah