Grammar

Present Continuous ( Progressive)

We use continuous tense only for actions and happenings (they are eating, it is raining) Some Verbs (for example, know and like) are not action verbs. You can not say I am knowing or they are liking, but you can only say I know, They like….

The following verbs are not normally used in continuous tense

Like love hate want need prefer

Know realize suppose mean understand believe remember

Belong contain consist depend seem

Example :

v I’m hungry, I want something to eat

v Do not understand what I mean?

v Ann doesn’t seem very happy at the moment

v She is waiting her friend

v They are watching TV

Put the verb into the correct form, present continuous

1. I am………………..of selling my car (think)

2. Are you………………..in God (believe)

3. she is ……………..out this evening (go)

4. What are you………………..this evening (do)

5. At 10:30 my sister …………..his boy friend at the station (meet)

6. George are…………volleyball (play)

7. What time are you………tomorrow ( leave)

8. Alex is ……………married next month (get)

9. Are you……………..in the morning? (sleep)

10. He is ………………dinner with Ann on Friday (have)

Traditional Costumes

There are various kinds of traditional costumes in Indonesia. Men wear “sarong” and shirts with long sleeves. Women wear “kain” and long or short “kebaya” and some ornaments. There are also various kinds of kebaya worn by women and girls. The cultural diversity has resulted in different style of dress on the various islands.

In west Java, Central Java and East Java women wear kain batik (cloth with batik designs) and kebaya. But the patterns and styles of the kebaya are slightly different. The kinds of material used are also defferent.

Traditional dresses worn by Indonesians are beautiful and charming, they are fancy dresses. Some of the traditional dresses are locally made, they are usually worn by young men and young girls on special events, such as wedding party and graduation day. Western style dresses are usually worn for daily activities.

Task one

Read the text once more then decide true (T) or false (F) for the following sentences after that correct the false (F) ones

1. Mean wear sarong and shirts with long sleeves …...

2. Women wear kain and kebaya without ornaments …...

3. There are only a few kinds, of kebaya worn by women ……

4. The kinds of material used between Central Java and West Java are the same …..

5. Traditional dresses are fancy dresses …..

Find the reference for each of the following words.

1. There are……………………….. in Indonesia

2. Women wear….............. and long or short………. Some ornaments

3. There are……………….. worn by women and girls

4. ………………………. women wear kain batik (cloth with batik designs) and kebaya.

5. ……………….worn by Indonesians are beautiful and charming,…………….

6. Some of the traditional dresses…………… usually worn…………… and…………

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TUTOR BLOG

Task 1

Reading

Air Transportation

The aeroplane changed many of the world’s habits within a few years. Planes could reach the most isolated places on the globe. As travel time between continents grew shorter, round the world travel increased. Foods and medicine could be shipped across great distances on cargo planes. Mails were speeded up.

The helicopter, another valuable vehicle in air transport, has been in use for freight, mail, industrial purposes, and passenger service since 1947. The helicopter is able to rise straight up off the ground.

In air transportation, the trend is toward higher speeds and large aeroplanes. The Boeing 747 jumbo jet can carry about 375 passengers and 20 tons of freight at nearly 600 miles per hour. The SST (Supersonic Transport) is designed to fly at speeds over 1.300 miles per hour. But the United Stated cancelled or dropped plants to build an SST because of the expense, and possible environmental problems.

Task Two

Read the text then answer the questions.

1. what changed many of the world’s habit within ten years?
2. when has the helicopter been inuse for pessanger service
3. is helicopter able to rise straight up off the ground?
4. how many passengers can jumbo jet carry?
5. how fast is the jumbo jet per hour?
6. what does SST stand for?
7. Did the United States build an SST?

Task three

Complete the following sentences with the suitable words/phrase.

Reservation desk - get on - took off - run away - flight

Attendants - seat belt - booked - booking office

1. The………were really calm and told us not to worry
2. I had……… my flight over the telephone
3. The plane…………and everything seemed to be all right
4. The passengers can buy their tickets at the……..
5. The pilot made a perfect landing on the……..
6. “Please remain seated and keep your…..fastened”
7. I was the last person to…..the plane
8. I had to rush to the ………to pay for my ticket

Task four

Read the dialogue silently then answer the questions.

Clerk : Good morning. May I see your tickets, please?

Doni : Certainly. Here it is

Clerk : Thank you. Could you put your luggage here? That’s all righ.

Doni : I’m afraid I’ve bought a lot of things here

Clerk : Would you like a smoking or non smoking seat?

Doni : Non-smoking, please

Clerk : Here’s your boarding card. When your flight is called, you should go immediately to the departure lounge

Doni : Thank you

Questions

1. Where does the dialoguetake place?
2. Who are they?
3. Does Doni like smoking seat?
4. What expression does the Clerk use to ask permission?

GRAMMAR

Superlative and Comparative

Example:

Comparative

We use –er for short word one syllable (cheap – cheaper, fast-faster)

We also use –er for two syllable words (easy- easier, pretty – prettier. etc)

- This hotel is cheaper than all other in town.

- Let’s go buy car. It’s cheaper.

Superlative

We use -est for short words and most…….. For longer words

- This hotel is the cheapest in the town.

- What is the longest river in the world?

Complete the sentences use a superlative (-est or most…) or a comparative (-er or more…)

1. We stayed at…………hotel in the town (cheap)

2. Our hotel was ………..than all the others in the town. (cheap)

3. The United States is very large but Canada is…………..(large)

4. He was a bit depressed yesterday but he looks…………..today. (happy)

5. What is………………….sport in your country? (popular)

6. Mr. and Mrs. Brown has got three daughters………………..is 14 years old. (old)

7. What’s ………………..way of getting from here to the station? (quick)

8. We had a great holiday. It was one of the…………….holidays we’ve ever had. (enjoyable)

9. Everest is……………..mountain in the world. It is…………than any other mountain. (high)

10. It was an awful day. It was…………….day of my life. (bad)