ASKING IF SOMEONE REMEMBERS OR NOT

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?Ways to respond:

- Let me think, yes, I remember.

- I remember especially the scenery.

- I’ll never forget that

- I’ll always remember.

- I can remember it clearly.Informal expressions:

- Remember the old house we used to live in?

- Remember that?

- I’m sorry I don’t rememberWays to respond:

- Hold on. Yes, got it!

- I know.....

- It’s coming back to me now.Respond if you forget:

- Sorry, I’ve completely forgotten.

- I’m affraid I forget.

- I really can’t remember.

- I’m afraid I have no memory of him

- Errr, let me think. No, it’s gone

- Sorry, it slipped off my mind.

OFFERING

The expression of “ Would you like....”is normally used for offering something to someone.

Zean : Would you like a milk, Yenz?

Yenz : Yes, please. Thank you. Hmmm...this milk tastes good

Zean : Thank you. I’m glad you like it.

Ways to say it

* Would you like a cup of tea, Fivi?

* Should I get you a bottle of water?

* Could I offer you a glass of milk, Mr. john?

* Would you care some salad?

Ofering to friends:

* Want some?

* Have some?

* Chocolate?

* Grab some for yourself

Less formal expressions:

* Would you like to have a pancake?

* Why don't you have some lemonade?

* What can I get for you?

* What will you have?Declining an offering

* No, thanks

.* No, really won't, thanks

* Not for me, thanks.

Accepting an offering:

* Thank you.

* Yes, please

* I'd like it very much

* That would be very nice

Asking For Information

Asking Information There are a number of formulas used when asking for information in English. Here are some of the most common:
· Could you tell me...?
· Do you know...?
· Do you happen to know...?
· I'd like to know...
· Could you find out...?
· I'm interested in...
· I'm looking for..
These two forms are used for asking for information on the telephone:
· I'm calling to find out...
· I'm calling about...
Here are some sample phrases and sentences for asking information in English

1. What is this? This is a tableThis is a table
2. What is that? That is a chair.
3. What's this? It's a pen.
4. What's that? It's an apple.
5. What are these? These are pencils.
6. What are those? Those are books.
7. Where is Mr. King? He is over there.
8. Where is Ms. Knight? She's (right) here.
9. Where's Johnny? He's in the house.
10. When's the movie? It's at 9:00.
11. When's lunch? Lunch is at noon.
12. How is the food? It's delicious.

Information about company
What does your company do?
What is your specialty?
What do you specialize in?
What is your main line of business?

Information about products
Could you give me some (more) information on this?
What can you tell me about this (product)?
Tell me about this one/model.

Information about Price
What are you asking for this?
What does this sell for?
How much is it?
How much does it run?

Invitation

Invitation is a way to invite someone or more to go to a place or to do something.

There are two types of invitation.
They are Formal Invitation and Informal Invitation.

Formal invitation is usually originate from Institutes, Companies and a kind of it. Normally formal invitation is written invitation.

Informal invitation is personal invitation given to a friend, family, etc. Informal invitation can be written invitation and verbal invitation.

How to Write An Invitation??

Step 1Before you write an invitation, decide on the tone, voice and level of formality, based on the event itself. This will dictate whether you hand-write the cards or have them printed, and whether you choose A preprinted or personalized invitation.

Step 2
Choose the type of invite you want, and order or buy a few more than you think you'll need. This will permit you to add some guests to your list at the last minute, if necessary. For small parties, you may want to hand-write the invitations on stationery or blank cards. For large gatherings, consider ordering printed invitations.

Step 3
Determine the wording of your invite based on the level of formality. For example, a formal invitation might say, 'Dr. and Mrs. Stanley request the pleasure of your company,' whereas a more casual note might say, 'Please join us.'
Step 4
Include the names of the host and/or hostess, as well as the place (with street address), time, date and purpose of the occasion, even if it's a simple get-together.

Step 5
Make sure to add RSVP information at the bottom of the invite if you need to know who will be attending; for example, 'RSVP' followed by your telephone number.

R.S.V.P. which means "please reply.“The person sending the invitation would like you to tell him or her whether you accept or decline the invitation. That is, will you be coming to the event or not?

Step 6
Include a respond-by date on a formal invitation so you can get an accurate head count in time to adjust the amount of food, number of place settings and room size. For a wedding, charity function or other formal event, consider including a response card and a stamped, self-addressed envelope inside the envelope containing your invite.

Step 7
Mail invitations three weeks before most events, four weeks before a formal affair and three months before a wedding, to allow for airline reservations. For events held during the December holidays, send invitations around Thanksgiving.

EXAMPLE
Extending (mengundang)
Let’s go to the Keroncong Festival!
Please try to come!
I hope you’ll join us!
If you are not busy, pleset come to my party!
Shall we see the film?
I would like to invite you come to my house!
Accepting (menerima)
Great! Let’s do it!
Thank you. I’d like to!
That’s a good idea!
That would be very nice!
Thank you for invitation!

Declining (menolak)/refusing:

I’m really sorry about that.
Sorry. I can’t. I have to do something.
I’d love to. But I can’t.
Sorry. I really busy.
(If you declining an invitation, please give a reason^^)

Narrative Text

Narrative text is a text which contains about story (fiction/non fiction/tales/folktales/ fables/myths/epic) and in its plot consists of climax of the story (complication) then followed by the resolution.

A narrative is a text to amuse, entertain and deal with actual or vicarious experience in different ways. Narratives deal with problematic events which lead to acrisis or turning point of some kind which in trun find a resolution.
The generic structure of narrative text:
1. Orientation : It set the scene and introduces the participants (it answer the question, Who,What,When and Where).
2. Complication : A crisis of a problems aries. It usually involves the main characters.
3. Resolution : A Solutions the problem (for Better or worse). Main charaters find a way to solven the problem.
Other generic structure of the text:
J Evaluation : (optional) a step back to evaluate the plight (the narrator’s viewpoint).
J Coda : (optional) Change of the characteristic or lesson/value of the story.
J Re-orientation : (optional)
Language fetures:
- Nouns (kata ganti orang dalam cerita; stepsister,housework,etc)
- Adjectives (membentuk noun phrase; long Black hair,etc)
- Times connectives dan conjuctions (mengurutkan kejadian; and, than,before,that, etc)
- Action verbs (past tense; stayed)
- Saying verbs (menandai ucapan; said,told and thinking verbs yang menandai pikiran/perasaan tokoh; felt,thought,etc)
- Simple Past Tense

Kinds of narrative text:
-A myth -A legenda -Fable - A folklore

Example

Napombalu

ONCE upon a time there were a handsome hunter, his name was Lawongo. In the jungle he only hunted wild hogs. The animals often always destroyed the villagers' fields. The villagers were very grateful. With Lawongo's help, their field were safe from the wild hogs.
Lawongo was also very great in playing a flute, it was so melodious. Everybody always enjoyed listening his playing the flute. One of the people was a beautiful girl. She always listened attentively. Lawongo knew there was a beautiful girl who always paid attention to him. Lawongo fell in love with her. The girl also loved him, later they got married.
They were very happy. They loved each other and promised to be always together. They would be together until they died.
In one night, Lawongo had a strange dream. In his dream he was hunting a very big wild hog. The hog attacked him. He did very hard to kill the hog. He used his knife to stab the hog and it finally died.On the next morning, Lawongo went hunting. It was still early in the morning and he did not want to wake his wife up.
In the jungle ha did not see any animals. He could not find any wild hog either. He felt very strange. He walk and he felt very thirsty. He picked a coconut. And when he wanted to open it using his knife, he saw his knife was full of dried blood. He was confused. Suddenly he remembered his wife. Somehow he had a bad feeling about his wife. He immediately went home.
When he arrived home, many people were in front of his house. One of the people said,"We're sorry for your wife, Lawongo. Please accept our condolences."
"What happened?" asked him. He rushed into his house. He saw his wife was dead. Her body was full of blood. Lawongo was very sad. He felt very guilty. He knew last night he stabbed hi wife. He then told the villagers to do something.
"I cannot live without my wife. Please prepare two coffins, one for me and the other one is for my wife.""No, please don't do it. You are still young and we still need you here. Besides that we still want to hear you play the flute." said one of the villagers.
"Don't worry, I still play the flute for you. Male a hole on the coffin's cover. If you cannot longer hear my playing, it means I'm dead. You go to the beach. A strange thing will appear from the sea. Do not point at that thing and do not say anything. It is my reincarnation." said Lawongo.
Later, the villagers buried the two coffins. At the first night, they could still hear his playing. However the sound was getting weaker and weaker. And finally the villagers did not hear anything.
They did Lawongo's request. They went to the beach. They all set down on the beach. Suddenly, a strange thing appeared from the sea. It was very big. They all were surprised. However they did not say anything. The thing finally stooped growing.

The villagers used their sampan and came to the thing. It was a coral island. They named the island as Napombalu, which is from the words Napo and Nawalu. Napo means a coral island and Nawalu means a strange thing which turn into an island.

Descriptive Text

The aim of descriptive text: to describe the characteristics of particular person, thing, or place.

Text Structure:
▪ Identification = identifies thing, person, place, phenomenon to be described.
▪ Description = gives the information of particular thing, person, or place being discussed or describes parts, qualities, or characteristics.
Grammatical Features:
▪ Who? What?
▪ Using Linking verb and Simple Present Tense
▪ Epithet: adjective or adjective phrase
▪ Attributive (the)
▪ Use of attributive and identifying process
▪ Focus on specific participants
▪ Frequent use of epithets and classifier in nominal groups


Example of Descriptive text

Bandengan Beach

Bandengan Beach or Tirta Samudra Beach is the famous beach in jepara. the place is very beautiful and romantic. people around Jepara, Kudus, Demak knows this place.

This place is located 7 kilometers north of Jepara city center. The way to get there is very easy. Just follow the traffic sign and you will find it. From the town square, follow the road to Bangsri then turn left when reached kuwasen village. You can take public transportation or by your own vehicle.

The white sandy beach which has pure water is good for swimming. The beach is save enough for swimming because the beach is shallow and the wave is not so big. This place is more beautiful at dusk. We can see the beautiful sunset with our family or friends.

In this location, we can sit and relax on the shelter while enjoy the natural beach breezy wind. It also has large pandan tree field. It is suitable for youngster activities such as camping.

If we want to sail, we can rent the traditional boat owned by local people. We can make voyage around the beach or we can go to pulau panjang (panjang island). Some time we can find banana boat and jet ski for rent.

In this place we can find many traditional footstalls. We can order traditional foods sold by the trader such as roasted fish, crab, boiled shell. Pindang srani is one of the delicious food enjoyed by the visitors. come to the bandengan beach and you will find a paradise on the tips of Muria peninsula.

Noun phrase

A noun phrase is either a single noun or pronoun or any group of words containing a noun or a pronoun that function together as a noun or pronoun, as the subject or object of a verb.
For example, ‘they’, ‘books’, and ‘the books’ are noun phrases, but ‘book’ is just a noun, as you can see in these sentences (in which the noun phrases are all in bold)
Example 1:
Yuri : Do you like books?
Lee : Yes, I like them.
Yuri : Do you like books over there?
Lee : Yes, they are nice.
Yuri : Do you like the book I brought yesterday?
Lee : Yes, I like it. (Note: ‘It’ refers to ‘the book’, not ‘book’)
Example 2:
Nicko was late.
(‘Nicko’ is the noun phrase functioning as the subject of the verb.)
Some noun phrases are short: The students
Some are long: The very tall education consultant
Structures of noun phrases:
▪ A beautiful old painting on the wall
The structure of this noun phrase contains three sections:

A noun phrase is either a single noun or pronoun or any group of words containing a noun or a pronoun that function together as a noun or pronoun, as the subject or object of a verb.
For example, ‘they’, ‘books’, and ‘the books’ are noun phrases, but ‘book’ is just a noun, as you can see in these sentences (in which the noun phrases are all in bold)
Example 1:
Yuri : Do you like books?
Lee : Yes, I like them.
Yuri : Do you like books over there?
Lee : Yes, they are nice.
Yuri : Do you like the book I brought yesterday?
Lee : Yes, I like it. (Note: ‘It’ refers to ‘the book’, not ‘book’)
Example 2:
Nicko was late.
(‘Nicko’ is the noun phrase functioning as the subject of the verb.)

Some noun phrases are short: The students
Some are long: The very tall education consultant
Structures of noun phrases:
▪ A beautiful old painting on the wall

The structure of this noun phrase contains three sections:

Pre-modifier Head noun Post-modifier

A beautiful old painting on the wall
A beautiful old painting -
- painting on the wall

Noun phrase can be in form of gerund (Vbase+ing) or gerund and other nouns compounding.
Example: passing the exam watching TV
preparing the equipment sliding down a rope
going to school diving board