Bahasa Inggris Kelas XI IPA semester 1

Spoken Text

            the text is a spoken report text. It describes the way things are. In the text, the speaker is talking about what allergies are. it is in spoken from, so the speaker may use informal gambits to interact with the listeners, such as do you know… ?, well,… er…., etc.

Written Text

            The text is a written report text. A report text describes the way things are, with reference to a range of natural, man-made and social phenomenon in our environment. It consists of general classification and description.

1.      General classification tells us what the phenomenon under discussion is.

2.      Description tells us what the phenomenon under discussion is like in terms of : parts (and their functions), qualities, habits or behavior.

Reports generally describe an entire class of things, whether natural or man-made, such as kinds of diseases, human body and natural phenomenon. The common grammatical features of an information report include the use general nouns, the simple present tense and technical terms.

Significant language features :

1.      The use of general nouns.

2.      The use of present tenes.

3.      Focus on generic participants.

4.      The use of behafioral verbs.

5.      The use of technical terms.

6.      The use of relating verb.

Notes :

            A sentence using the present perfect tense usually has only one adverb of time, either in the middle or at the end of the sentence.

            Some adverbs of time in the present perfect tense that we can use are already, just, ever, never, yetrecently, lately, in the last few days/weeks/ months, since (followed by a particular time, such as since yesterday, since you came, or since 1999), and for (followed by a duration of time, such as for two hours, for two months, or for one year).

Example  verbal sentence :

Singular :

(+) he has gone to library.

(-) he has not gone to library.

(?) has he gone to library.

Plural :

(+) they have read book in the library.

(-) they have not read book in the library.

(?) have they read book in the library.

Adjective clauses

            The clauses in bold is called an adjective clause or an adjectival or relative clause. It usually answers the question ‘which one?’

            An adjective clause must have a subject and a verb. It begins with a relative pronoun (who, whose, that, or which) or a relative adverb (when, where, or why).