2nd Meeting

Introduce Yourself

Hello, welcome to English class. We are going to have fun and learn English
for this semester. The followings are useful expression you can use to introduce
yourself confidently:
1 Greetings Good morning/ Good afternoon / Good
evening
Hallo
Hi
2 Addresses The honorable…
Ladies and gentleman,…
Everybody/everyone,…..
Guys
Honorable Distinguished guests
Friends
3 Opening It is nice to be here
Let me introduce myself…
Allow me to introduce myself…
4 Name I’m ....
My complete name is …..
My nick name is ….
You can call me...
My friends usually call me…..
5 Origin I come from ……
I am from ……..
6 Place and date of I was born in (name of month)
birth I was born on ( name of the day)
7 Address I live in (name of the city/place)
I live at (street– number)
8 Educational status I study ….
My latest education is….

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 I was graduated from…..
9 Nationality / Origin I am Indonesian.
I’m Rejangnese.
10 Occupation/profession I am a student of IAIN Curup. My major is
Islamic Studies Education.
I am ....
I work at …..
11 Hobby My hobby is ....
My hobbies are ….
I’m interested in .....
12 Telephone number My phone number is ...
13 Religion I am a moslem
14 Pre-closing It is nice to see you
Nice to meet you.
15 Closing See you
Bye
Good bye
Thanks, bye
Have a nice day

Asking someone’s identity

Name What is your name?
Address Where do you live?
I live in/on/at...

Where is your adress?

My address is in...
Hobby What is your hobby?
What are your hobbies?

Phone number What is your phone number?

Original Where do you come from?

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 I come from Indonesia. I am Indonesian

Where are you from?

I am from...
Someone’s life How are you?
How is it going?
How is your life?
What’s up?
Are you OK?
What do you feel today?
Do you love your day?

Responses:
I am fine, thank you.
I am OK. Thanks for caring.
I am better.
Not too bad.
Just s o so.
I am little bit nervous.
I am gloomy.
Everything is running well.
I am not feeling well.
I’ve got cough.
Occupation/job What are you?
I am a university students.

What do you do?

Major/course What is your major?
I am an islamic studies education
student.
Exercise
Introduce yourself by using the above expressions. Then, you introduce one of
your family members. Make it into a video.

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3rd Meeting
PART OF SPEECH PART 1
1. Nouns
Nouns are words that identify a person [teenager], place [Toronto], thing
[table], or idea [hope]. Nouns can be singular [table] or plural [tables]. Nouns can be
common [table] or proper [Elizabeth]. Proper nouns always start with a capital.
In the following example sentences, the nouns are shaded red.
The cat jumped on the table.
An elephant is bigger than a car.
Elizabeth is full of hope.
Task 1: Colour the NOUNS RED in the following sentences!
1. The dog jumped on the sofa.
2. A monkey is smarter than a cow.
3. Jonathan doesn’t have much imagination.
4. The boys and girls danced in the sunshine.
5. The teacher went to Australia for a visit.

2. Pronouns
Pronouns are words that replace nouns. Instead of “Scott”, one could use the
word “he” or “him”. Instead of “the cats”, one could use the word “they” or “them”.
Instead of “the book”, one could use the word “it” or “this”.
In the following sentences, the pronouns are shaded pink.
We put them to sleep ourselves.
If you will take that, then I will take this.
The cats don’t like us, and we don’t like them.
Task 2: Colour the PRONOUNS PINK in the following sentences.
1. He was afraid that he had lost it.
2. Did you tell them about it?
3. They thought she was on the train.
4. On Monday, he hurt himself playing hockey.
5. This is the high road and that is the low road.

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3. Verbs
Verbs are words that express action, existence, or occurrence. Most parts of
speech are usually a single word, but verbs are often made up of several words
(because they include expressions of time). The additional words in multi-word verbs
are called helper or auxiliary verbs, and they are sometimes separated from the main
verb (especially by the word “not”).
In the following example sentences, the verbs are shaded yellow.
Jeremy ran down the road.
We are never alone.
The lawyer had been hoping for a miracle.
Task 3.1: Colour the VERBS YELLOW in the following sentences!
1. The girls opened the door.
2. She is a very pretty baby.
3. The raccoons have been washing their food for ages.

Contractions and Negatives

Sometimes verbs are contracted with their pronoun subject: for example, “I
am” might be written “I’m” and “you are” might be written “you’re”. Sometimes, the
adverb “not” forms part of the contraction.
In the following example sentences, the contraction is written out in full and the verb
is shaded yellow.
They’re (THEY ARE) going to lose their shirts.
We’ll (WE WILL) never be sick at sea.
Don’t (DO NOT) forget about the timer on the oven.
Task 3.2: Expand the CONTRACTIONS in the following sentences!
1. Aidan wasn’t listening to the teacher at that particular moment.
2. Unfortunately, they didn’t understand the directions on the cake mix box.

4. Adjectives
Adjectives are words that describe nouns. Three adjectives – “a”, “an” and
“the” - are in a special category of their own called “articles”. There is also a special

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group of pronouns – the ones showing possession – that count as adjectives: for
example, “my” and “theirs”.
In the following example sentences, the adjectives are shaded grey.
The beautiful lady gave me a wonderful smile.
He looked into her big brown eyes.
I hope I will win an enormous apple because I’m really hungry
Task 4: Colour the ADJECTIVES GREY in the following sentences!
1. The cute little bunny was hopping around in our garden.
2. Jennifer’s first doll lost her head in a terrible accident.
3. Our American friends are coming for a short visit.
4. Jason’s old dog always comes along on his trips to the big orchard.
5. Alison was embarrassed when her elderly aunt shouted loudly.

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4th Meeting
PART OF SPEECH PART 2
5. Adverbs
Adverbs are words that describe verbs, adverbs, and adjectives. They answer
the questions how, when, where, and how much, and often end in the letters ‘ly’.
In the following example sentences, the adverbs are shaded green.
We slowly walked to our house. (The adverb is describing the verb “walked”.)
Monday was an extremely cold day. (The adverb is describing the adjective “cold”.)
The children laughed very happily. (The adverb is describing the adverb “happily”.)
Task 5: Colour the ADVERBS GREEN in the following sentences!
1. Bob shouted loudly and ran quickly across the driveway.
2. The very sad dog headed home.
3. The girls moved too slowly to suit their teacher.
4. The young children were eagerly waiting for Christmas.
5. We have a really nice cat.

6. Prepositions
Prepositions are words that indicate the relationship between nouns or
pronouns and other words. They introduce prepositional phrases that usually indicate
location, direction or association.
In the following example sentences, the prepositions are shaded brown.
Tom lived near the pond.
Jeremy headed towards the north side of the town.
My father thinks you look like Marilyn Monroe.
Task 6: Colour the PREPOSITIONS BROWN in the following sentences!
1. My house is at the end of this street.
2. The car drove through the woods and into the valley.
3. Do you have a lot of money for me?
4. Tie a yellow ribbon around the old oak tree.
5. The three girls are no longer friends with each other.

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7. Conjunctions
Conjunctions are words that connect words, phrases, or clauses. There are
two kinds of conjunctions – co-ordinate conjunctions (like “and”, “so”, and “but”)
and subordinate conjunctions (like “which”, “when”, and “because”). In order to
understand conjunctions properly, students need to know what phrases, principal
clauses and subordinate clauses are. More will be explained about these topics later
on, but for now it’s enough to know that principal clauses can stand alone, while
subordinate clauses cannot stand alone.

Task 7: Colour the CONJUNCTIONS PURPLE in the following sentences!

1. Byron likes to think in terms of dollars and cents.
2. She lives near the bridge but far from the pond.
3. We were out of groceries, so we went to the supermarket.
4. My father really likes the painting that hangs on your wall.
5. When my sisters were infants, they cried all night long

8. Interjections
Interjections are short utterances that usually express emotion.
In the following example sentence, the interjection is shaded aqua.
Ouch! That hurt.
Task 8: Colour the INTERJECTIONS BLUE in the following sentences.
1. My gosh, that’s a huge pumpkin!
2. I can’t go to school today, alas.
3. Ladies and gentlemen, ahem, dinner is served.

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5th Meeting
ALPHABET, NUMBER & SIMPLE ARITHMETIC

1. Alphabet
 Aa = [ei] = Apple  Nn = [en] = Nose
 Bb = [bi:] = Ball  Oo = [o] = Ocean
 Cc = [si:] = Cat  Pp =[pi:] = Pig
 Dd = [di:] = Dog  Qq  = [kju:] = Queen
 Ee = [i:] = Elephant  Rr = [a:/ar] = Rat
 Ff = [ef] = Fish  Ss = [es] = Sun
 Gg =[dӠi:] = Goat  Tt = [ti:] = Train
 Hh = [eit∫] = Hand  Uu = [ju:] = Umbrella
 Ii = [ai] = Iguana  Vv =[vi:} = Violin
 Jj = [dӠei] = Juice  Ww = [‘dΛəlju:] = Water
 Kk = [kei] = King  Xx = [eks] = X - Ray
 Ll = [el] = Lamb  Yy = [wai] = Yellow
 Mm = [em] = Monkey  Zz = [zed/zi:] = Zoo

Task 1: Spelling your name!

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2. Number
a. Cardinal number (bilangan biasa)
Cardinal numbers adalah angka yang mengatakan berapa banyak dari
sesuatu yang ada. Cardinal numbers biasanya digunakan untuk menjelaskan
jumlah atau quantity dari sebuah objek.
Bentuk dari cardinal numbers atau bilangan biasa beserta cara
membacanya adalah sebagai berikut:
1 : one – 11 : eleven – 21 : Twenty-one Contoh kalimat:
2 : two – 12 : twelve – 22 : Twenty-two
3 : three – 13 : thirteen – 23 : Twenty- My mom bought me 2 (two) new clothes.

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three I’ve been travelling to more than 5 (five)
4 : four – 14 : fourteen – 24 : Twenty- countries in a year.
four We organized 10 (ten) events in this
5 : five – 15 : fifteen – 25 : Twenty-five whole year.
8 : eight – 18 : eighteen – 100 : one
hundred
9 : nine – 19 : nineteen – 1.000 : one
thousand
10 : ten – 20 : twenty – 1.000.000 : one
million

b. Ordinal number (bilangan bertingkat)

Ordinal number adalah angka yang mengindikasikan posisi sesuatu dalam
sebuah daftar. Ordinal number juga biasanya digunakan untuk menjelaskan
mengenai sebuah urutan atau tahapan.
Bentuk dari ordinal number dan cara membacanya dapat dilihat sebagai
berikut:
1st :  first – 11th : eleventh – 21st : Contoh kalimat:
twenty-first
2nd : second – 12th : twelfth – 22nd : My mother birthday is on the ninth of
twenty-second July.
3rd : third – 13th : thirteenth – 23rd : I’m going through C-Section to give
twenty-third birth to my third child.
5th : fifth – 15th : fifteenth – 25th : It’s almost 2AM in the morning when
twenty-fifth the first earthquake occurred.
6th : sixth – 16th : sixteenth – 26th :
twenty-sixth
8th : eighth – 18th : eighteenth – 100th :
one hundredth
9th : ninth – 19th : nineteenth – 1,000th :
one thousandth
10th : tenth – 20th : twentieth –

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1,000,000th : one millionth

Dalam bahasa Inggris, ada beberapa catatan khusus dalam mengucapkan

angka tertentu, seperti:
- Pengucapan angka 14 yaitu fourteen - Pengucapan angka 100 adalah one
bukan forteen hundred
- Pengucapan angka 15 yaitu fifteen - Pengucapan angka 2,100 adalah two
bukan fiveteen thousand one hundred
- Pengucapan angka 40 yaitu forty - Pengucapan angka 1,000 adalah one
bukan fourty thousand
- Pengucapan angka 15 yaitu fifteen - Pengucapan angka 201,000 adalah two
bukan fiveteen hundred one thousand
- Pengucapan angka 55 adalah fifty five - Pengucapan angka 1,000,000,000 adalah
- Pengucapan angka 105 adalah a one billion
hundred five - Pengucapan angka 1,000,000,000,000
- Pengucapan angka 421st adalah four adalah one trillion
hundred and twenty-first - Pengucapan angka Rp.100,- adalah one
- Pengucapan angka 5,111th adalah five hundred rupiah
thousand, one hundred and eleventh - Pengucapan angka $100 adalah one
- Pengucapan angka 110 adalah one hundred dollar
hundred and ten (namun bisa juga tidak - Pengucapan angka €100 adalah one
memakai “and“) hundred euro
- pengucapan angka 110 adalah one - Pengucapan angka €200 adalah two
hundred ten hundred euros (karena angka dua adalah
- Pengucapan angka 1,250 adalah one jamak, kalau angka satu tidak perlu pakai
thousand two hundred fifty kata “s“).
- Pengucapan angka 1,254 adalah one
thousand two hundred fifty-four
- Pengucapan angka 2,001 adalah two
thousand one

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Task 2: Termasuk kedalam bilangan cardinal atau ordinal bilangan yang
tertulis di dalam kalimat berikut ini!
1. I’ve been visiting Seoul for two times.
2. This is my first time going to London.
3. I think we’ve met for the fourth times today.
4. I don’t think we can go hiking. It’s been raining so hard these past two days.
5. This is not the first time Attila doing it.

3. Simple Arithmetic
1) Basic Math Vocabulary
(+) : tambah, plus (<) : lebih kecil dari, is less than
 2 + 2  (two plus two ) 7 < 10 (seven is less than ten)
(-) : kurang, minus (>) : lebih besar dari, is greater than
 6 – 4  (six minus four) 10 > 7 (ten is greater than seven)
(x) atau (*) : kali, times (≤) : lebih kurang atau sama
 5 x 3  (five times three) dengan, is less than or equal to
 45 * 67 (forty-five times sixty- 4 + 1 ≤ 6 (four plus one is less than or
seven) equal to six)
(÷) atau (/): bagi, divided by (≥), lebih besar atau sama
 12 ÷ 3  (five divided three) dengan, is greater/more than or
 45 / 5 ( forty-five times sixty- equal to
seven) 5 + 7 ≥ 10 (five plus seven is greater
(=) : sama dengan, equals than or equal to ten)
 10 + 4 – 6 = 8 (ten plus four minus (≠) : tidak sama dengan,  is not
six equals eight) equal to
 5 x 3 ÷ 5= 3 (five times three 12 ≠ 15 (twelve is not equal to fifteen)
divided by five equals five)

2) Pecahan (Fraction)
Beberapa cara penulisan  2/3 : two third Untuk pecahan yang lebih
dan penyebutan bilangan  1 1/2 : one and a half besar/kompleks, gunakan
pecahan dalam bahasa  1 1/3 : one and a third kata over:
Inggris  1 1/4 : one and a  34/259 : thirty four over
 1/2 : one half quarter two hundred and fifty nine

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 1/3 : one third  2 3/4 : two and three  218/576 : two hundred and
 1/4 : one quarter quarters eighteen over five
 1/5 : one fifth hundred and seventy six
 3/4 : three quarters

3) Bagaimana Menyebut angka “0”

1) 0 = oh (baca : “ow”), untuk: 3) 0 = zero, untuk:
 Sesudah angka desimal (after a decimal point),  temperatur : -10oC (10
contoh : 9.02 (nine point oh two). degrees below zero)
 Menyebutkan nomor ruangan (gedung atau  US English : paling
hotel), contoh : room 101 (room one oh one) umum digunakan dalam
 Menyebutkan nomor telepon : 7600124 (seven American English
six oh oh one two four) (termasuk point 1 dan 2
 Menyebutkan tahun : 1908 (nineteen oh eight) diatas)
2) 0 = nought (buka kamus untuk mengetahui cara 4) 0 = nil, digunakan dalam
pengucapannya), untuk menyebutkan angka nol pertandingan sepakbola
sebelum angka desimal (before a decimal point)  Chelsea 2 MU 0
 0.17 : nought point one seven, bukan nough (Chelsea two
point seventeen Manchester United nil)
 0.278 : nought point two seven eight (US zero 5) 0 = love, digunakan dalam
point two seven eight), bukan nough point two pertandingan tennis
hundred and seventy eight  20 – 0 (twenty love)
 0.06 : nought poin oh oh six

Task 3: Write the simple arithmetic below into English!

1. 45 + 12 – 11 = 46
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2. 50 X 2 : 5 = 20
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3. 12 X 5 : 2 = 30
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4. 25 > 24
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5. 78 < 88
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6th Meeting
DAY, MONTH, DATE & TIME
1. Day and Month
Day Month Example:
Monday = Senin January = Januari  Today is Monday
Tuesday = Selasa February = Februari  The day after tomorrow will
Wednesday = Rabu March = Maret be Wednesday
Thursday = Kamis April = April  I go to school every Monday
Friday = Jumat May = Mei until Friday
Saturday = Sabtu June = Juni  The third month is March
Sunday = Minggu July = Juli  Before January is December
August = Agustus  After April is May
September = September
October = Oktober
November = November
December = Desember

Task 1: Answer the questions below carefully!

1. What is the first day of the week?
2. What is the eleventh month of the year?
3. Today is Sunday, tomorrow will be_____________.
4. The day between Sunday and Tuesday is_______________.
5. The day between Saturday and Monday is_______________.

2. Date
You write You say Dalam membaca tahun biasanya kita
1900 nineteen hundred memisahkan tahun dalam puluhan.
nineteen hundred  1985 is split up in 19 and 85. (nineteen
1901
(and) one eighty-five).
nineteen oh-one
1995 nineteen ninety-five Dari 2000 sampai 2009 tahunnya tidak
2000 two thousand dipisahkan.
twenty hundred  2000 = two thousand

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 two thousand (and)  2001 = two thousand (and) one
2002
two Dalam pengucapan dan penulisan tahun kata
twenty oh-two and sering ditinggalkan. Kemudian dari
two thousand (and) 2010 dalam tahun dipisahkan kembali.
2010
ten  2010 is split up in 20 and 10. (twenty ten).
twenty ten

a) Menulis dan Membaca Tanggal

Writing and saying the date in British English
Aturan: Day – Month – Year
Day Month Year
You 1st January, 2010
write:
You say: the first o January twenty ten
f
Ingat: 2 huruf diakhir angka dan koma sering ditiadakan.

Writing and saying the date in American English

Aturan: Month – Day – Year
Month Day Year
You January 1st, 2010
write:
You say: January (the)* first twenty ten
* The definite article ›the‹ dapat dihilangkan.

Task 2: Write the Following date!

1. August 3rd 1996
= ………………...................................................................................…     
2. November 2nd 1985
= ……………………..............................................................................    
3.  February 28th 1975
= ….....................................................................................……………..       

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 4. December 25th 2001 =  .........................................................................
……………………….
5. May 23rd 2020      
=  .........................................................................……………………….
3. Time
a) Istilah yang sering muncul dalam Telling Time
 a.m : ante meridiem (dimulai dari  Hour : Jam
jam 12 malam sampai jam 12 siang)  Minute : Menit
 p.m : post meridiem (dimulai dari  Second : Detik
jam 12 siang sampai jam 12 malam)  O'clock : Digunakan untuk
 Long hand : Jarum panjang menunjukan jam ketika jarum
 Short hand : Jarum pendek panjangnya tepat ke jam 12.
 Second hand : Jarum detik  Past : Lebih
 Alarm clock : Jam beker  To : Kurang
 Clock : Jam dinding  A quarter : Seperempat (15 menit)
 Watch : Jam tangan  A half : Setengah (30 menit)

b) Untuk membaca jam dalam bahasa inggris silahkan lihat gambar di

bawah ini:

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 c) Ada dua rumus untuk menyatakan jam:
Jam + Menit Minutes + past/to +hour
Cara ini merupakan cara yang Pada cara ini kita harus menyebutkan menit-
paling mudah untuk menunjukan nya dulu baru jam-nya dan memakai kata 'past'
waktu, hanya dibacakan saja atau 'to' untuk menerangkan kurang atau
angkanya dalam bahasa inggris. lebihnya menit pada jam tersebut.
Contoh : Contoh :
03.30 = It's three thirty 08.10 = It's ten past eight
06.45 = It's six forty-five 08.55 = It's five (minutes) to nine

Untuk membaca jam ada beberapa hal yang harus kita perhatikan. Kata O'clock
digunakan untuk jam tepat, quarter (seperempat) digunakan untuk menyatakan
waktu yang kurang atau lebih 15 menit. Sedangkan half (setengah) digunakan
untuk menyatakan waktu yang lebih dari 30 menit.

1. Jam tepat = Jika jam 2. Jam lebih = Jika jarum 3. Jam kurang = Jika
menunjukkan jam panjang jam jarum panjang
tepat/pas (jarum menunjukkan lebih 1-30 menunjukkan lebih dari
panjang tepat ke angka menit, maka kita harus 31 menit ke atas, maka
12) maka kita harus mengatakan: kita harus mengatakan:
mengatakan seperti ini: It's a half past twelve It’s ten to nine
It's seven o'clock

4. Kalimat untuk menanyakan jam.

 What time is it now?  Do you know what time is  When does the store
 What is the time? it? open?
 What time is it right  May I know what time is it?  When should we meet
now?  What time exactly the again?

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Untuk lebih jelasnya silahkan lihat pada gambar di bawah ini:

Task 3: Choose the best answer in the following questions!

1. What time does Cindy have dinner? 4. Jam menunjukkan pukul 03.00, jika
She has dinner at 07.30. dibaca menjadi ?
A. A half-past seven A.  It is a three o’clock
B. A past seven B.  It is three clock
C. Seven thiryty o’clock C. There o’clock
2. Jam 8 pagi = …. 5. Jam menunjukkan pukul 10.10, jika
A. 08.00 p.m. dibaca menjadi ?
B. 08.00 a.m. A.  It is ten past ten
C. 08.00 in the morning. B.  it is ten past ten o’clock
3. Jam 12 malam = … C.  It was a ten o’clock

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B. 12 o’clock.
C. Midnight

7th Meeting
Simple Sentence

Pola kalimat sederhana yang utuh dalam Bahasa Inggris pada dasarnya sama
dengan pola kalimat Bahasa Indonesia, yaitu wajib terdiri dari Subject dan
Predicate, dan boleh ditambahkan object/ keterangan/ object dan keterangan ( S+P/
S+P+O / S+P+K / S+P+O+K). Oleh karena itu, terjemahan langsung dari kalimat
sederhana bahasa Indonesia ke Bahasa Inggris sangat memungkinkan.
Example:
1. Indonesia Mereka membeli beberapa buku.

English They buy some books.

S P O
2. Indonesia Nia dan Lia pergi ke sekolah.

English Nia and Lia go to school

S P K
3. Indonesia Saya makan sebuah apel di dapur.

English I eat an apple in the kitchen.

S P O K
Dari contoh diatas, dapat disimpulkan bahwa subject selalu diisi oleh kelas
kata benda (noun), dan predicate selalu diisi oleh kelas kata kerja (verb). Kalimat
dengan pola ini disebut kalimat verbal karena memiliki kata kerja (verb) yang
berperan sebagai predicate. Akan tetapi, ada juga jenis kalimat yang tidak memiliki
kata kerja (verb) utama. Kalimat semacam ini disebut kalimat nominal. Contohnya:
Kamu cantik.
Buku itu diatas meja.
Kedua contoh kalimat diatas tidak memiliki kata kerja (verb). Jika
diterjemahkan langsung ke bahasa Inggris, kedua kalimat tersebut menjadi:

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 You beautiful.
The book on the table.
Terjemahan diatas salah karena kalimat tersebut hanya memiliki satu
komponen wajib kalimat yang utuh, yaitu hanya memiliki subject, tapi tidak
memiliki predicate. Oleh karena itu, dalam kalimat nominal, kita membutuhkan to
be, sehingga terjemahan yang benar dari dua kalimat diatas adalah:
You are beautiful.
S P
The book is on the table.
S P
Dari penjelasan diatas, dapat disimpulkan bahwa kalimat yang utuh harus
memiliki subject dan predicate. Peran subject biasanya diisi oleh kelas kata benda
(noun), sementara predicate biasanya diisi oleh kata kerja (verb) untuk kalimat
verbal, atau to be dalam kalimat nominal yang tidak memiliki verb.

Simple
Sentenc S P
e

Verbal: Main
Kelas kata Verb
benda Nominal: to
(noun) be

Akan tetapi, penyusunan kalimat bahasa inggris yang lebih kompleks

melibatkan konsep tenses yang tidak ada dalam bahasa Indonesia. Tenses adalah
konsep perubahan kata kerja tergantung waktu dan aspek penekanannya. Tenses ini
adalah salah satu kajian yang menjadikan Bahasa inggris terkesan sulit. Contoh-
contoh kalimat dalam penjelasan sebelumnya disajikan dalam bentuk tense simple

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present tense. Simple present tense adalah tense yang paling sering digunakan dalam
bahasa Inggris.
Simple present tense berasal dari gabungan kata simple yang artinya
sederhana, present yang artinya sekarang dan tense yang artinya waktu. Jadi simple
present tense bisa diartikan sebagai kata kerja bentuk sederhana yang menjelaskan
kejadian di waktu sekarang. Seperti namanya, kata kerja bentuk ini bisa digunakan
untuk menerangkan suatu aktifitas atau kebiasaan yang biasa dilakukan sehari-hari.
Selain itu kata kerja ini juga digunakan untuk memberikan informasi atau fakta yang
benar di masa sekarang ini.

Penting! Simple present tense tidak digunakan untuk menyatakan kegiatan yang
sedang terjadi, seperti dalam kalimat: saya sedang makan. Tenses yang
digunakan untuk kegiatan yang sedang terjadi adalah continous tenses.
Misal kalau kita ingin menjelaskan bahwa setiap hari kita berangkat sekolah,
maka tenses ini yang tepat digunakan. Example:
I go to the school everyday (Aku berangkat ke sekolah setiap hari)
Atau menggambarkan phenomena, menjelaskan fakta, atau sekedar
memberikan informasi yang benar pada ssat ini:

The sun rises everyday (Matahari terbit setiap hari)

A bird has 2 wings (Burung punya 2 sayap)

My mother is beautiful. (Ibu saya cantik)

Exercise: Buatlah masing-masing sepuluh kalimat sederhana dalam bentuk

verbal dan nominal!

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