News item

People Killed and Injured in Blast at Nightclub

Three people have been killed and eight others injured in a hand grenade blast at a packed village nightclub.

The explosion in Idvor, north of Belgrade, occurred at 2:30 a.m. Sunday (0030 GMT Sunday; 8:30 p.m. EDT Saturday) when a man activated the grenade at the entrance to the club. About 150 customers were inside at the time.

Such incidents aren't unusual in Serbia since the wars in the Balkans in the 1990s when many hand grenades and firearms were taken home from war fronts.

Serbia's state TV says the man was angry because he and three of his friends were refused entry by the club's security. He and one of his friends were killed in the blast.

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Penggunaan Adjective (kata sifat) dan Adverb (kata keterangan)

Adjective (kata sifat) memberikan informasi tentang kata benda. Contoh:

·         She’s an excellent dancer.

·         I’ve got a new apartment.

Adverb (kata keterangan) merubah kata kerja, yakni kata keterangan menjelaskan bagaimana sesuatu dilakukan. Contoh:

- She learns quickly.
- You can speak English well.

Adjective (kata sifat)

Adjective bisa ditempatkan sebelum kata benda. Contoh:

·         This is a beautiful bird.

·         “This is a bird beautiful.” tidak benar.

Kata sifat memberikan informasi seperti ukuran (kecil, besar), bentuk (bulat, persegi), warna (kuning, hijau), kebangsaan (Cina, Polandia), dan opini (baik, buruk).

Adjective tidak mengalami perubahan yang tergantung pada jumlah (tunggal atau jamak). Contoh:

·         She has a cute puppy.

·         She has three cute puppies.

Perhatikan bahwa adjective (cute) tidak mengalami perubahan baik dalam bentuk tunggal (puppy) maupun jamak (puppies).

Adjective juga bisa ditempatkan setelah kata kerja tertentu seperti be, feel, look, dan taste. Contoh:

·         I’m really happy today.

·         She’s got a new job so she feels great.

·         You look wonderful!

·         This chicken tastes delicious.

Adverb (kata keterangan)

Adverb sering dibentuk dengan menambahkan -ly di belakang adjective. Contoh:

·         quick (adjective) - He’s quick at learning new things.

·         quickly (adverb) - He learns quickly.

·         bad (adjective) - He didn’t get a bad test score.

·         badly (adverb) - He didn’t do badly in his test.

Untuk adverb yang terbentuk dari adjective yang berakhiran dengan huruf “-y”ganti “-y” dengan “-i” dan tambahkan “-ly“. Contoh:

·         easy (adjective) - He thinks math is easy.

·         easily (adverb) - He can do math easily.

·         happy (adjective) - He’s a happy man.

·         happily (adverb) - He works happily every day.

Untuk adverb yang terbentuk dari adjective yang berakhiran dengan huruf “-le” ganti “-le” dengan “-ly“. Contoh:

·         simple (adjective) - The teacher makes difficult things simple.

·         simply (adverb) - He teaches simply and clearly.

Beberapa adverb sama dengan adjective. Contoh:

·         He runs fast (adverb) - He’s a fast runner. (adjective)

·         He studies hard. (adverb) - It’s a hard life. (adjective)

Adverb untuk “good” adalah “well“. Contoh:

·         She’s a good pianist.

·         She plays the piano well.

Adverb juga bisa mengubah adjective dan adverb-adverb lainnya. Contoh:

·         That’s a good book.

·         That’s a very good book.

·         She’s a talented girl.

·         She’s an incredibly talented girl.

·         You’re right!

·         You’re absolutely right!

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Phrasal verb atau kata kerja frase

Phrasal verb atau kata kerja frase adalah gabungan dari sebuah verb + preposisi. Pharasal verb sangat umum dalam bahasa Inggris dan bisa memiliki lebih dari satu arti. Pharasal verb sangat penting dipelajari khususnya untuk penggunaan dalam speaking. Salah satu verb yang memiliki banyak phrasal verb adalah “get“, 8 diantaranya yang sangat umum adalah sebagai berikut:

Get up

Bangun dari tempat tidur di pagi hari. Ini berbeda dengan ‘wake up’ yang berarti terjaga atau saat kita membuka mata setelah tertidur.

Example: Although my alarm wakes me up at 5, I don’t get up until 6:30.

Get into

Masuk ke mobil atau taksi. Kita menggunakan ‘get on’ untuk bus dan kereta api, tetapi untuk mobil kita pakai ‘get into’.

Example: Jack is too fat to get into his car.

Get on (with someone)

Memiliki hubungan yang baik dengan seseorang.

Example: She doesn’t get on with her brother. They’re always fighting.

Get off

Saat dimana kita menyelesaikan pekerjaan dan kembali ke rumah di hari itu.

Example: Do you wanna go for a dinner after work? I get off at 4:00.

Get in (somewhere)

Berhasil memasuki sebuah tempat setelah berusaha keras atau bahkan menggunakan tindakan kriminal.

Example: Thieves got in the office by breaking the window.

Get (someone) down

To get (someone) down berarti ada sesuatu yang membuat tidak senang atau depresi.

Example: Don’t let your love problems get you down.

Get over (something)

To get over (something) berarti membaik atau pulih dari penyakit atau setelah kejadian yang membuat kita tidak senang.

Example: He was sad when he broke up with his girlfriend, but now he has got over it.

Get together

Bertemu dan menghabiskan waktu bersama-sama

Example: Every Saturday we get together with some friends and have dinner in a restaurant.

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Contoh phrasal verb dalam kalimat

§  We usually eat out for both lunch and dinner.
(Kita biasanya makan restoran baik makan siang maupun malam.)

§  All babies need a lot of love to grow up.
(Semua bayi memmbutuhkan banyak cinta untuk tumbuh.)

§  It is important to keep away from one who always try to put you down.
(Penting untuk menghindar dari seseorang yang selalu mengeritikmu.)

§  If I were you, I’d watch out for food expiration dates at the grocery store.
(Jika aku itu kamu, aku akan berhati-hati dengan tanggal kadaluarsa makanan di toko tsb.)

§  Every runner doesn’t want to fall behind.
(Setiap pelari tidak ingin tertinggal di belakang.)

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Bentuk karangan bahasa ingggris

Discussion

Fungsi Discussion: Untuk menyajikan informasi dan pendapat tentang lebih dari satu sisi masalah ("untuk" poin "melawan" poin).

Generic structure discussion:

- Membuka pernyataan menyajikan masalah

- Argumen atau bukti untuk sudut pandang yang berbeda (pro dan kontra)

- Penutup Rekomendasi

Karakteristik:

* Penggunaan kata benda umum

* Penggunaan kata kerja yang berkaitan

* Menggunankan thinking verbs: think, feel, hope believe, etc.

* Penggunaan additive connectives: addition, furthermore, besides, etc.

* Penggunaan causal connectives: because, because of, etc.

* Penggunaan adverbial manner: hopefully

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Menggunakan kalimat future perfect tense

Future perfect tense digunakan untuk:

a. menyatakan kejadian atau kegiatan yang akan dan baru saja/sudah selesai dilakukan pada waktu tertentu di waktu yang datang.
- I’ll have left by the time you read this.
- I like looking at these pictures, but I’ll have had enough by lunchtime.

b. menyatakan kejadian atau kegiatan yang telah dimulai pada waktu lampau yang akan sudah dilakukan dan belum selesai di masa yang akan datang.
- They will have lived here for four years next April.
- I’ll have been here for six months on May 22nd.


Keterangan waktu yang biasa dipakai dalam future perfect tense adalah by, by the time, before, for etc.

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Tenses

Tenses adalah perubahan bentuk verba yang terkait dengan perubahan waktu yang menggambarkan suatu kegiatan atau kejadian dalam suatu percakapan maupun tulisan.

Bahasa Inggris mengenal bentuk waktu lampau (past), waktu sekarang (present), dan waktu yang akan datang (future).

Tenses dalam bahasa Inggris yang kita kenal:
- Present simple
- Present continuous
- Present perfect
- Present perfect continuous
- Past simple
- Past continuous
- Past perfect
- Past perfect continuous
- Future simple
- Future continuous
- Future perfect
- Future perfect continuous
- Past future simple
- Past future continuous
- Past future perfect
- Past future perfect continuous

Empat tenses diantaranya jarang digunakan, yaitu past future simple, past future continuous, past future perfect, dan past future perfect continuous.

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Ungkapan Suka & Tidak Suka

Beberapa kata/frasa yang menunjukan suka (like) dan tidak suka (dislike) sebagai berikut:

Like

§  Don't mind

§  Like, (be) fond of, (be) keen on

§  Love, (be) crazy about, (be) mad about, (be) a great fan of

§  Adore

Dislike

§  Can't stand, can't bear, detest

§  Dislike

§  Hate

Example:

Ungkapan Suka

§  We don't mind waiting for you here.

§  I like grapes and apples.

§  I love singing. I do it every day.

§  I adore Tom Cruise as my favourite actor.

Ungkapan Tidak Suka

§  We can't stand out boss. He is arrogant.

§  I hate a careless man who often does some mistakes.

§  I dislike watching a war movie.

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PRESENT PERFECT TENSE

     VERBAL

             1.     I have played football.

                  2.     Mr. Andri has been in SEMARANG .

                  3.     Have they played football for 90 minutes?

                  4.     You has bought a laptop.

                  5.     Mia has not driver the car to her office yet.

                  6.     He has not studied English at school since 2007.

                  7.     He have cleaned the rooms in the hotel already.

                  8.     Mrs. Ellen has live in Surabaya since 2008.

                  9.     TONY has gone JAKARTA already.

                  10.   Mr. Thomas already go to bandung.

                  11.   I have drunk a cup of tea twice a day.

      NOMINAL

                  1.     I have been a student of SMAN 1 BALI since 2012.

             2.     He has been sick for 3 days.

                  3.     I have been here since three minutes ago.

             4.     She has been in the Santana Hotel since yesterday.

                  5.     We have been in Jakarta since 1999.

                  6.     She has been there for five hours.

                  7.     I have been busy for two weeks.

                  8.     I have been to Ancol beach before.

                  9.     He has been shot by me just now

                  10.   Mr. Harry has been here since yesterday.

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Soal Bahasa Inggris mengenai Gerunds

Use the correct Gerund form.

1. I enjoy____________(study) with Mr. Smith.

(a) I enjoy to studying with Mr. Smith.
(b) I enjoy studying with Mr. Smith.
(c) Don’t Know

2. Mr. Stevens stopped _____________(go) to his English class.

(a) Mr. Stevens stopped going to his English class.
(b) Mr. Stevens stopped to going to his English class.
(c) Don’t Know

3. Do you mind____________________(wait) a few minutes in the hall?

(a) Do you mind waiting a few minutes in the hall?
(b) Do you mind wait a few minutes in the hall?
(c) Don’t Know

4. We are considering_____________________(buy) a cassette recorder.

(a) We are considering buying a cassette recorder.
(b) We are considering to buy a cassette recorder.
(c) Don’t Know

5. Did you enjoy________________(travel) through Florida last summer?

(a) Did you enjoy traveling through Florida last summer?
(b) Did you enjoy traveled through Florida last summer?
(c) Don’t Know

6. Ask that salesman whether he minds ______________(come) back this afternoon.

(a) Ask that salesman whether he minds coming back this afternoon.
(b) Ask that salesman whether he minds to coming back this afternoon.
(c) Don’t Know

7. Mr. Gomez enjoys _________________(listen) to the radio.

(a) Mr. Gomez enjoys listening to the radio.
(b) Mr. Gomez enjoys to listening to the radio.
(c) Don’t Know

8. Mr. and Mrs. Hernandez have stopped ___________(talk) to each other.

(a) Mr. and Mrs. Hernandez have stopped to talking to each other.
(b) Mr. and Mrs. Hernandez have stopped talking to each other.
(c) Don’t Know

9. They resent_____________(hold) the classes in the evening instead of the morning.

(a) They resent to hold the classes in the evening instead of the morning.
(b) They resent holding the classes in the evening instead of the morning.
(c) Don’t Know

10. We will avoid ________________(receive) visitors after noon.

(a) We will avoid receiving visitors after noon.
(b) We will avoid to receive visitors after noon.
(c) Don’t Know

11. They have finished ________________(paint) our apartment at last.

(a) They have finished to paint our apartment at last.
(b) They have finished painting our apartment at last.
(c) Don’t Know

12. Pablo was driving fast and couldn’t avoid____________(hit) the other car.

(a) Pablo was driving fast and couldn’t avoid hitting the other car.
(b) Pablo was driving fast and couldn’t avoid to hit the other car.
(c) Don’t Know

13. Jose denied ______________________(take) the book.

(a) Jose denied to take the book.
(b) Jose denied taking the book.
(c) Don’t Know

14. You shouldn’t risk ______________________(go) out if you have a cold.

(a) You shouldn’t risk going out if you have a cold.
(b) You shouldn’t risk to going out if you have a cold.
(c) Don’t Know

15. He admitted___________(make) the mistake after we questioned him for a long time.

(a) He admitted to make the mistake after we questioned him for a long time.
(b) He admitted making the mistake after we questioned him for a long time.
(c) Don’t Know

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JAWABAN SOAL BAHASA INGGRIS

1. b
2. a
3. a
4. a
5. a
6. a
7. a
8. b
9. b
10. a
11. b
12. a
13. b
14. a
15. b

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