Week 5 - Topic: Smartphone Apps That I Love

Hello, ladies and gentleman. Today, I would like to tell you about smarthpone apps that I love. In a smartphone, there are many kinds of applications such as navigation applications, social media applications, instant messaging applications, music player applications, the browser applications, and many other kinds of applications. In my smartphones, I have some favorite applications. They are Line and Spotify.

Synonyms

Grammar : Synonyms of Verbs and Adverbs for Academic English

 

Exercise 1. Verbs

Write the letter associated with the SYNONYMS (Exercise 1. Verbs) corresponding synonym next to each word!

 

1. Obliterate             = Destroyed                (B)

2. Severed                = Cut                             (C)

3. Conceive              = Create                       (M)

4. Tolerate               = Allow                         (E)

5. Ingest                   = Consume                  (K)

6. Pacify                   = Calm (down)           (D)

7. Calibrate              = Adjust                       (A)

8. Magnify               = Enlarge                    (F)

9. Incentivize          = Support                    (G)

10. Speculate           = Theorize                  (N)

11. Levitate               = Float                        (H)

12. Illustrate             = Exemplify               (O)

13. Elucidate            = Clarify                     (J)

14. Impede               = Interfere                  (L)

15. Advocate            = Motivate                  (I)

 

Exercise 2. Adverbs

Write the letter associated with the SYNONYMS (Exercise 2. Adverbs) corresponding synonym next to each word!

 

1. Methodically          = Systematically       (A)

2. Begrudgingly         = Resentfully             (N)

3. Amicably                = Quietly                    (D)

4. Fiercely                  = Severely                   (C)

5. Unintelligibly        = Unclearly                (K)

6. Sporadically          = Occasionally            (I)

7. Unequivocally       = Indisputably           (L)

8. Zealously               = Eagerly                    (G)

9. Laboriously           = Painfully                 (H)

10. Earnestly              = Desicively              (M)

11. Indisputably         = Indisputably          (L)

12. Definitely              = Absolutely              (J)

13. Faintly                   = Weakly                   (B)

14. Discreetly             = Privately                  (E)

 

1. Vocabulary

Match the words or phrases from the article with their definitions!

1. Broken home                     = A family where the parents have separated.

2. To snap at someone         = To speak to someone angrily.

3. To lose touch                     = To lose contact.

4. To snap out of it               = To recover quickly.

5. To cope                              = To deal successfully with a situation.

6. Blue                                    = Unhappy (informal).

7. Help line                            = A telephone advice service.

8. Self-injury                         = Harm that you do to yourself deliberately.

9. Counselor                          = A person professionally trained to talk to people

                                                      about their problems.

 

2. Comprehension

According to the text, are the following sentences true or false? (Choose ‘T’ for true and an ‘F’ for false next to each sentence.)

 

1.Teenagers don’t want to become adults.                                                      T / F

2. Teenagers often don’t know how to get helps with their depression.       T / F

3. Other people are usually the first to see that you are depressed.               T / F

4. A common symptom of teenage behavior is moody behavior.                 T / F

5. It is easy to recover quickly from serious depression.                                T / F

6. Talking to a person who is depressed is a good way to help.                     T / F

7. Telephone help lines are a private way to talk about your problems.        T / F

8. Anyone can be counselor.                                                                               T / F

9. Everyone feels miserable sometimes.                                                           T / F

Week 4 - Topic: What Movie Best Describes My Life

Hello, ladies and gentleman. In this occasion, I would like to tell you about movie best describes my life. Previously, I confused choose movie that correspond with my life, until finally I choose a film. This film describes my life, although not really complete with my life. At least there is little relations between this film and my life. Directly, the film that I mean is Yes Man. This movie is reminded my experience. You can see below, this is the poster of the film. I watched this movie when I was Junior High School grade 9. 

Review of English Tenses and Exercises

• Simple Present Tense

            Digunakan untuk menyatakan habitual action atau rutinitas dan fakta-fakta umum.

Rumus :

(+)	(­-)	(?)
S + V1(s/es)	S + do/does + not + V1	Do/Does + S + V1

Examples:

     1. They go to campus by bus.

   (-) They don’t go to campus by bus.

   (?) Do they go to campus by bus?

                     2. She Goes to  campus by motorcycle.

    (-) She doesn’t go to campus by motorcycle.

    (?) Does she go to campus by motorcycle?

• Simple Past Tense

           Digunakan untuk menyatakan kalimat yang terjadi di masa lampau.

Rumus :

(+)	(­-)	(?)
S + V2	S + did + not + V1	Did + S + V1

 
Examples :

                      1.They went to campus by bus.

           (-) They didn’t go to campus by bus.

           (?) Did they go to campus by bus?

            2. She went to campus by motorcycle.

        (-) She didn’t go to campus by motorcycle.

        (?) Did she go to campus by motorcycle?

Observations of International Cultural Festival at UPT Bahasa Untan

Summary: Subject Verb Agreement

• Subject

Subject is the person/people/thing(s) that do the activity.
Example : I, you, they, we, she, he, it, my dad and my mom, Linda and Susi, the bank, the flight schedule, etc.

• Verb

Verb is a word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence, and forming the main part of the predicate of a sentence.

Kinds of verb :

• Action Verb

Also known as MAIN VERB.
Action verbs are words that express action (give, eat, walk, etc.) or possession (have, own, etc.). 
Action verbs can be either transitive (with object) or intransitive (without object). 
Example : Laurissa rises slowly from her seat.

• Linking Verb

A linking verb connects the subject of a sentence to a noun or adjective that renames or describes the subject.
To be : is, am, are, was, were.

Example : We were there!

Verb: seem, appear, become, grow, remain, get, prove, turn, look, sound, smell, taste, feel.

Example : That sounds great!

• Helping Verb

Helping verbs are used before action or linking verbs to convey additional information regarding aspects of possibility (can, could, etc.) or time (was, did, has, etc.) 

Modals always function as Helping Verbs.

Modals = can, could, may, might, shall, will, ought to, should, would.

Example : The trip might (helping verb) be (main verb) dangerous.

• MAIN RULE OF "Subject Verb Agreement"

Exercise: Subject and Verb Agreement Exercise

Choose the correct form of the verb that agrees with the subject!

1.       Annie and her brothers are at school.

2.      Either my mother or my father is coming to the meeting.

3.      The dog or the cats are outside.

4.      Either my shoes or your coat is always on the floor.

5.      George and Tamara don’t want to see that movie.

6.      Benito doesn't know the answer.

7.      One of my sisters is going on a trip to France.

8.      The man with all the birds lives on my street.

9.      The movie, including all the previews, takes about two hours to watch.

10.    The players, as well as the captain, want to win.