NAMA: Wisnu Septiaji

KELAS: X IIS 3
MATA PELAJARAN: B.INGGRIS

Expressing of sympathy
The definition of sympathy Expression :
Sympathy Expression is an expression or feeling of
pity and sorrow when we know and see someone or
people are unlucky or have trouble and in bad
condition .By expressing sympathy we want to show
our concern or carefulness on other people s
condition.
How can we give sympathy expression to someone :
We express it directly to him/her orally or we can
use a letter or card by post also by short message
service ( sms ), e-mail,television ,radio ,and
newspaper if he /she who got the trouble is far from
us.
There are some expressions to show our sympathy to
other people. Some of the examples are shown
below.
Oh, I am sorry to hear
that
Thats too bad
What a pity of you !
Be patient, it would be better soon

I take my sympathy to you

I sympathize with your condition
I know how is your feeling
It would be OK soon.
There are also some responses to accept sympathy
from other people. Here the examples.
Thank you very much
Its very kind of you
I hope so
Thats a pity, isnt it?
Thanks for your sympathy
Thanks for your support
I would be OK, thank you very much for your
support
Sample Dialogue Expressing Sympathy
Here is an example of dialogue
express sympathy ( expressing
sympathy ) .
This material is intended for high
school students class X.
Rina : Hi , Doni . What's up ? You
look so sad .

Doni : Yea , my grandpa Died last

night .
Rina : Really ? I'm sorry to hear
that .
Doni : Thanks .
Rina : If I 'm not mistaken , he is
in Bandung , right ?
Doni : Yes . We have not visited
him yet .
Rina : Does your family plan to go
to Bandung ?
Doni : Yes . Tonight. We are going
to leave for Bandung .
Rina : Oh , I hope your family will
be fine .
Doni : Thanks a lot , Rina .
In a conversation between Rina and
Doni at the top there is an
expression of sympathy ( expressing
sympathy ) that " I'm sorry to hear
that . " Rina states participate in
mourning over the death of his
grandfather Doni .

UNDERSTANDING THE INVITATION

I. SUMMARY OF THE
Invitation is the text in the form of
solicitation or invitation, so that all the
text in which there is an expression of
solicitation may be called "invitation".
Invitation may appear in the text
"announcement", "short message ','
letters', etc.
The invitation-ungakapan expression is:
a. I invite you to come .........
Example: I invite you to come to my
birthday party, this afternoon (2:00 pm)
in my house, jl. Youth 67 Klaten.
b. Come to ......... ..
Example: Come to the classmeeting on Friday, November 23th 2007
in our
school at 4:00 pm. Come on
time!

c. I would like to invite you ....

Example: I would like to invite you to
Participate in the English contest that
will be held next Monday, November
26th 2007 in SMP 1 Surakarta.
d. I thank / hope for coming ... ..
Example: I hope for coming in the
next study club of class IX that will be
held every Sunday in our school, at
9:00 am to 12:00 am Thank you.
e. I hope you could come to ....
Example: I hope you could come to the
meeting in order to prepare our
schools's program, today, in the council
room.
f. I'll wait you to come ....
Example: I'll wait you to come to see the
biggest music show in JEC, on Sunday,
December 25th, 2007, 9:00 am - 2:00
pm
g. Would you please come to ...
Example: Would you please come to the

configuration of the students of our

school tonight.
h. I'll be glad if you could come to ....
Example: I'll be glad if you could come
to my house to have dinner together
with my family tonight.
i. Would you please come to ....
Example: Would you please
come to school to support Our
basketball team
this afternoon.
j. Do you fancy coming to ......
Example: Do you fancy
coming to my engagement party at July
13th2010 at my house?
Invitation / invitation requires
an answer / reply, either accept the
invitation or
reject the invitation.
Here is a phrase accept and reject the
invitation;

A. The phrase to accept the invitation or

invitation (accepting invitation).
a. Yes, Iam very glad to receive your
invitation.
b. Ok. I will come to your party.
c. Your invitation is very interesting. I
like it.
d. That's a good idea to go there. I
agree with you.
e. I hope I could come there.
f. It's fantastic. Good idea!
B. Expression to refuse an invitation
(refusing / ignoring / Rejecting /
declining) invitation.
a. I've received your letter, but I am
sorry I can not.
b. It's a good idea, but I can not go
there. I am very busy.
c. What a pity. I have a lot of works, so
I can not receive your nice invitation.
d. It's very sorry that I can not go to

your party.
e. Well, your invitation to go to Mount
Bromo in very nice, but It's too cold for
me. I can not stand
it.
f. I am not sure I can go there. Maybe
next time.
g. I disagree with your idea to go to the
beach. Any other idea?
h. I am afraid I can not. Your house is
too far, so I can not go there alone at
night.
i. Oh, I'll go to somewhere else by the
time you will be having a party.
j. I do not think I can. No one can fetch
me to go there. I do not know the place.
Questions usually appear in the
invitation / invitation / invitation.
A. Function / purpose: Function /
destination text.
- What is the function of the text?

- The text has the function to ... ..

- The purpose of writing the text is ... ..
- The writer wrote the text to ... ..
Function / Purpose of Invitation;
a. To invite someone to come to.: To
invite someone to come to ....
b. To ask someone to attend ...: To ask
someone to attend ......
c. To invite people to join ... ..: To invite
people to follow ......
d. To ask people to take part: To invite
people to follow ....
B. inviter and INVITEE: Inviting and were
invited.
Consider the following questions.
Differentiate and observe questions
underlined.
- Who invited the party? (Who's invited
to the party?)
- Who is the inviter?
- Who are invited to the party? (Who's
invited to the party?)

- Who is the INVITEE?

Understand these questions, then
observe who inviter and who is invited
to the invitation. By understanding the
question correctly, then the bias you
answer correctly.
C. What kind of invitation: Invitation for
any event.
- The invitation is about .......
- What is the kind of the invitation?
- The text is to invite someone to come
to .........
Kinds of Invitation:
- Seminar Invitation
- Party
- Meeting
- Celebration
- Ceremony
- Retirement (pension / retirement)
- Reunion.
- Discussing
- Doing assignment

- etc
D. When and How Long: When and How
long is the event?
- When does the party begin / stop?
(when the party start / end?)
- When will the party be held? (When
the party will be held?)
- How long does the party Happen?
(How long the party lasts?)
Consider the question "When: when and
How long: how long"
When asked when the incident took
place / started / ended. The answer can
be: year, month, week, day or hour.
While the "how long" ask how long span
of time the incident took place. So the
answer is: Two hours, sixty minutes, two
days, three months, etc.
For example:
When will the meeting be held?

- The meeting will be held on Sunday,

July 12nd, 2009.
How long does the meeting take place?
- The meeting takes place for Five days.
Understand also vocabulary associated
with time:
- Am (Anti Meredium) started after at 12
am - 12 noon
(12:01 night - 12.00pm)
- Pm (post Meredium) starts after 12 pm
- 12 pm
(12:01 noon - 12 pm)
- Morning: morning (until 12 am)
- Noon / Midday: noon / noon (- +
12.am-1pm)
- Afternoon: afternoon (12:01 pm to
about 6 pm)
- Evening: evening / night (After 6.pm times to go bed /
arrived bedtime)
- Night: night (When it was time to
sleep)

- Midnight: Midnight (about 12:00 pm-01

am)
E. Where: Where the incident took
place.
- Where does the party Happen?
- Where is the venue (the scene) of the
party?
- The event is held in .......