Introductory it

When the subject is an infinitive phrase, the sentence often begins with it. Instead of saying ‘To find fault with others is easy’, we say, ‘It is easy to find fault with others’. More examples are given below :

news item

You often see or find news item on TV, radio, newspaper,and magazine,etc. But, do you know what is news item,the generic structure,and other thing about news item?

News item is factual text which infroms the readers about events of the day which are considered newsworthy or important.

Function of news item :
Social function of news items is to infrom readers, listeners or viewers about events of the day which are considered newsworthy or important.

Generic structure:
- Newsworthy event(s) : recounts the events in summary form.
- Background event(s) : elaborate what happend , to WHOM, in WHAT circumstance.
- Sources : Comments by participants in, witnesses to and authorities expert on the event.

Significant Granma features:
~ Short, telegraphic information about story captured in headline.
~ Generally using Simple Past Tense
~ Use of material priocesses to rettel the event
~ Using Action verbs, ex: run, go, kil, etc
~ Using saying verbs, ex: say, tell
~ Focus on circumstances
~ Use of projecting verbal processes in sources stage.

There an some rules that can help to make newspaper headlines more comprehensible:
1. The passive voice is used without the appropriate from of “be’
2. It is unusual to find complex forms, generally the simple present form is used
3. The present progressive tnese is used, usually to describe something that is changing or
developing,but the auxiliary verb is usually left out.
4. To refer to the future, headlines often use the infinitive
5. Headlines are not always complete sentence

A headline is the text at the top of a newspaper article, indicating the nature of the article
below it.
Read some newspaper headlines below:
1. Michael Jackson’s last album “This is it” will be on the market in November.
2. Rupiah becomes stronger at the end of this week.

Asking Information

Asking Information There are a number of formulas used when asking for information in English.

The use of 5W 1H-Questions
What
When
Where
Why
Who
How

descriptive text

descriptive text is the text that is always in around us when we want to describe something or someone. Descriptive text is a text which say what a person or a thing is like. Its purpose is to describe and reveal a particular person, place, or thing.

offering

Have you heard the waiter in the restaurant said "would you like some dessert?". That's an example of offering.Definition of Offering :

* The act of making an offer.
* Something, such as stock, that is offered.
* A presentation made to a deity as an act of religious worship or sacrifice; an oblation.
* A contribution or gift, especially one made at a religious service.

asking if someone remembers or not

if you want to asking someone remembers or not,there are some way to do it and the respond. ;)

Formal expressions

* I wonder if you remember ….
* You remember ...., don’t you?
* You haven’t forgotten ...., have you?
* Don’t you remember ....?
* Do you happen to remember it now?

finite verb

Definition of finite verb :
a verb that has a subject, this means that it can be the main verbs in a sentences. It shows tense (past/present, etc) or number (singular/plural), A finite verb makes an assertion or expresses a state of being and can stand by itself as the main verb of a sentence.

noun phrases

noun phrases?what is that?What is noun phrases?to know what is noun phrases,we must know what is Noun,and Phrases firstly. OK? :)
noun is a word that names a person, animal, place, thing, idea, or concept, or anything considered as noun
Remember that...
There are more nouns in the English Language than any other kind of words.

prepositions : in , on , at.

check the information about prepositions : in , on , at. Prepositions are words that specify place, direction, and time. There are three types of prepositions : in , on , at.

Direct and indirect speech

this is about Direct & indirect speech, do you know what is the different from them?let see the different guys....when i said "I'm going to the cinema",and she said she was going to the cinema. from this sentences,can you find the different in them?

perfect tense

wew,my last material is perfect tense.This one of other tense
Usage :
1. To talk about a completed past action at a non- specific time
example : I have read that book before
2. It is used to express personal experience there is not a definite time given.
example : I have ever visited Surabaya.
3. To talk about something that began in the past and continues to the present.
example : I have studied in this school since last
June .

advertisement

hi boys and girls....
hi all,i will explain about advertisement,maybe this is very familiar for you. and you can find this in your daily life.

advertisement is information for persuading and motivating people so that will attract to the service and the things that offered or informed.

vocab

Vocab?How much you know about many parts in your body.You know eyes?or nose or ears?
just that?i have some vocab about part of human body and shapes

greeting

Who know what is greeting?Who?:)
Yep,You're right.Greeting in Indonesian language means 'salam'. you know that almost every day we do it?hhe.so, if you want to know more about that,please check this material.OK?

present tense

We will study about other tense,that text is present tense Present tense is simple form which used to express situation going in to effect.
simple present tense is used for :
• express habits,general truths,repeated actions or unchanging situations,emotions and wishes
• give instructions or directions
• to express arrangement

past tense

wow,our next material is about tense.Do you know what?Yes,that's about past tenseSimple past tense is a kind of tense which is used to describe an event or action that happened already in a certain time in past.
 The pattern :
(+) subject + verb II + complement
(-) subject + did not + verb I + complement
(?) did + subject + verb I

procedure text

Our next material is procedure text.This text is very close with our life , because almost everything we do have way or steps to do it.

narrative text

Wew,do you know about our next text?We will study about narrative text ;)
Narrative text is the text that is used for the purpose of entertaining or amusing ,creating,stimulating emotions,motivating,guiding,and teaching the readers or listener and usually deals with actual or vicious experience.

Recount text

wow guys...Do you know about Recount text?that is a kind of text.Do you want to know more?:D
Recount text is a text that is used to retell events for the purpose of informing or entertaining

announcement

our next material is announcement....So,please check it,OK?
The definition of Announcement is something said, written, or printed to make known what has happened or (more often) what will happen.