practice speaking.

1.2.2012


We do this class at night. We do the practice again but,this is not like a forum. Its more to discussion in a group. This practice were very good. It is because, we can get our self ready for the speaking test. Many information that we get on that class. For example, the topic for the speaking test is more to the current issues or its near to you. Like 1 Malaysia, Baby Dumping or others topic. We need to read the newspaper to looking for something beneficion.Today we was learn technic in speaking test.Many rules and way must be followed in the speaking test.So we must do our best  memorize certain word that can use in the speaking test.I need do a lot of practice because my skill of communication is very poor.But,I hope i can get good marks in the speaking test. We will get the mark like this ::
     >> Content = 8 mark
     >> Language = 8 mark
     >> Communication Ability = 4 mark
* all of that is a 20 mark.

PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE...

1.2.2012.


Today, we have learn about Past Continuous Tense. Member of this group is kak Meyl, Maizatul Liyana, Raihana and Masfarah Ain.


What is the PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE??
The past continuous tense is used to show an action that was going on or that was being carried out in the past.

FORM

[was/were + present participle]

Examples:

• You were studying when she called.
• Were you studying when she called?
• You were not studying when she called.

Complete List of Past Continuous Forms

USE 1 Interrupted Action in the Past

Use the Past Continuous to indicate that a longer action in the past was interrupted. The interruption is usually a shorter action in the Simple Past. Remember this can be a real interruption or just an interruption in time.

Examples:

• I was watching TV when she called.
• When the phone rang, she was writing a letter.
• While we were having the picnic, it started to rain.
• What were you doing when the earthquake started?
• I was listening to my iPod, so I didn't hear the fire alarm.
• You were not listening to me when I told you to turn the oven off.
• While John was sleeping last night, someone stole his car.
• Sammy was waiting for us when we got off the plane.
• While I was writing the email, the computer suddenly went off.
• A: What were you doing when you broke your leg?
  B: I was snowboarding.

USE 2 Specific Time as an Interruption

In USE 1, described above, the Past Continuous is interrupted by a shorter action in the Simple Past. However, you can also use a specific time as an interruption.

Examples:

• Last night at 6 PM, I was eating dinner.
• At midnight, we were still driving through the desert.
• Yesterday at this time, I was sitting at my desk at work.

IMPORTANT

In the Simple Past, a specific time is used to show when an action began or finished. In the Past Continuous, a specific time only interrupts the action.

Examples:

• Last night at 6 PM, I ate dinner.
  I started eating at 6 PM.
• Last night at 6 PM, I was eating dinner.
  I started earlier; and at 6 PM, I was in the process of eating dinner.

USE 3 Parallel Actions

When you use the Past Continuous with two actions in the same sentence, it expresses the idea that both actions were happening at the same time. The actions are parallel.

Examples:

• I was studying while he was making dinner.
• While Ellen was reading, Tim was watching television.
• Were you listening while he was talking?
• I wasn't paying attention while I was writing the letter, so I made several mistakes.
• What were you doing while you were waiting?
• Thomas wasn't working, and I wasn't working either.
• They were eating dinner, discussing their plans, and having a good time.

USE 4 Atmosphere

In English, we often use a series of parallel actions to describe the atmosphere at a particular time in the past.

Example:

• When I walked into the office, several people were busily typing, some were talking on the phones, the bosswas yelling directions, and customers were waiting to be helped. One customer was yelling at a secretary and waving his hands. Others were complaining to each other about the bad service.

USE 5 Repetition and Irritation with "Always"

The Past Continuous with words such as "always" or "constantly" expresses the idea that something irritating or shocking often happened in the past. The concept is very similar to the expression "used to" but with negative emotion. Remember to put the words "always" or "constantly" between "be" and "verb+ing."

Examples:

• She was always coming to class late.
• He was constantly talking. He annoyed everyone.
• I didn't like them because they were always complaining.

While vs. When

Clauses are groups of words which have meaning, but are often not complete sentences. Some clauses begin with the word "when" such as "when she called" or "when it bit me." Other clauses begin with "while" such as "while she was sleeping" and "while he was surfing." When you talk about things in the past, "when" is most often followed by the verb tense Simple Past, whereas "while" is usually followed by Past Continuous. "While" expresses the idea of "during that time." Study the examples below. They have similar meanings, but they emphasize different parts of the sentence.

Examples:

• I was studying when she called.
• While I was studying, she called.

REMEMBER Non-Continuous Verbs / Mixed Verbs

It is important to remember that Non-Continuous Verbs cannot be used in any continuous tenses. Also, certain non-continuous meanings for Mixed Verbs cannot be used in continuous tenses. Instead of using Past Continuous with these verbs, you must use Simple Past.

Examples:

• Jane was being at my house when you arrived. Not Correct
• Jane was at my house when you arrived. Correct

ADVERB PLACEMENT

The examples below show the placement for grammar adverbs such as: always, only, never, ever, still, just, etc.

Examples:

• You were just studying when she called.
• Were you just studying when she called?

ACTIVE / PASSIVE

Examples:

• The salesman was helping the customer when the thief came into the store. Active
• The customer was being helped by the salesman when the thief came into the store. Passive

speaking(forum),...

30-1-2012.

Today, miss Zu want all students to practice speaking for test. Miss Zu, give the question and we have to divide into 5 group. I as a group 4 of members. My group get a question about "The Malaysian public is not very concerned about cleanliness and good maintenance of public amenities. Discuss what the problems are and how we can encourage and give awareness to the public on this issue". From this question, we had to create a dialogue to be in 'formal forum'. Such as program Wanita Hari Ini, Selamat Pagi Malaysia and so on. So, miss Zu want to all students to give a good commitment to do the best foramal forum to practice speaking for test. With that, we in order to know the true situation in the forum of formal forum. With this, these issue can be peeled to find a suitable solution. I have really enjoy and happy in BEL 120' class today. It's really fun. And I have get a new knowledge from practice speaking.

 

DETERMINERS AND SIMPLE PAST TENSE...

26-1-2012.


Today the third group to present their work. Members of their group is Nurul Shuhadah, Nur Rabiatul Adawiyah, Noor Hadayu and Nurizan Naseha. We present and explain about DETERMINERS AND SIMPLE PAST TENSE. Miss Zu also help me to explain a little bit about determiners and simple past tense. Determiners are focus to used to measure uncountable nouns. Other than that, Determiners are used to show quantity. While, Simple past tense are focus about used to describe an action or an event which occurred at a specific time in the past.


What is DETERMINERS??

žOther than the articles a, an, and the, there are other word

that can be used to show quantity.

Determiners are used in front of nouns to indicate whether you are referring to something specific or something of a particular type.

Determiners are different to pronouns in that a determiner is always followed by a noun. Therefore personal pronouns ( I , you , he , etc.) and possessive pronouns (mine, yours, his, etc.) cannot be determiners.

The definite and indefinite articles a/an/the are all determiners.

You use a specific determiner when people know exactly which thing(s) or person/people you are talking about.

The specific determiners are:

the definite article : the demonstratives : this, that, these, those possessives : my, your, his, her, its, our, their

For example:-

"The dog barked at the boy."
"These apples are rotten."
"Their bus was late."

You use general determiners to talk about people or things without saying exactly who or what they are.

The general determiners are:

the indefinite articles : a, an a few a little all another any both each either enough every few fewer less little many more most much neither no other several some

http://www.learnenglish.de/grammar/determinertext.htm

What is simple past tense??

The simple past tense is used to describe an action or an event which occurred at a specific time in the past.

Example: I bought a new computer last week.

an action done in the past tense(last week)









The past simple is used:
to talk about completed actions in the past:

My brother got a new job in Madrid last week.
What did he say when you told him?
Shakespeare died in 1616.

to talk about habits in the past:

We always had roast beef on Sundays when I was a boy.
We never went abroad for our holidays until the 1970s.
I travelled by bus until I passed my driving test.

to talk about events that happened one after the other:

He jumped out of bed, ran into the bathroom and slammed the door.
I came, I saw, I conquered.

 Past simple and past continuous
As far as Spanish speakers are concerned, the main thing that you should remember is that you have more verb tenses in Spanish than we have in English.

trabajé	I worked
trabajaba	-----
estaba trabajando	I was working
estuve trabajando	-----

Even though it might sound strange to you, you need to use the correct English tense according to the rules. Look at the following examples which could help:

When we arrived she made some tea. (One action followed another)
When we arrived she was making some tea. (She was in the middle of making it)
I painted the living room yesterday. (I finished it)
I was painting the living room yesterday, (I did part of it)
He drowned. (He's dead)
He was drowning. (I jumped in and saved him)
He hit his brother. (Single action)
He was hitting his brother. (Repeated activity)
The old pub stood by the river near the bridge. (Permanent)
He was standing outside the pub waiting for it to open. (Temporary)

 http://valenciaenglish.netfirms.com/past.htm#top

ADJECTIVES AND ADVERB...

25-1-2012..

What is ADJECTIVES??
An adjective modifies a noun or a pronoun by describing, identifying, or quantifying words. An adjective usually precedes the noun or the pronoun which it modifies.



In the following examples, the highlighted words are adjectives:

The truck-shaped balloon floated over the treetops.

Mrs. Morrison papered her kitchen walls with hideous wall paper.

The small boat foundered on the wine dark sea.

The coal mines are dark and dank.

Many stores have already begun to play irritating Christmasmusic.

A battered music box sat on the mahogany sideboard.

The back room was filled with large, yellow rain boots.

An adjective can be modified by an adverb, or by a phrase or clausefunctioning as an adverb. In the sentence

My husband knits intricately patterned mittens.

for example, the adverb "intricately" modifies the adjective "patterned."
Some nouns, many pronouns, and many participle phrases can also act as adjectives. In the sentence

Eleanor listened to the muffled sounds of the radio hiddenunder her pillow.

for example, both highlighted adjectives are past participles.
Grammarians also consider articles ("the," "a," "an") to be adjectives.

Position of Adjectives

Unlike Adverbs, which often seem capable of popping up almost anywhere in a sentence, adjectives nearly always appear immediately before the noun or noun phrase that they modify. Sometimes they appear in a string of adjectives, and when they do, they appear in a set order according to category. (See Below.) When indefinite pronouns — such as something, someone, anybody — are modified by an adjective, the adjective comes after the pronoun:

Anyone capable of doing something horrible to someone nice should be punished.

Something wicked this way comes.

And there are certain adjectives that, in combination with certain words, are always "postpositive" (coming after the thing they modify):

The president elect, heir apparent to the Glitzy fortune, lives in New York proper.

See, also, the note on a- adjectives, below, for the position of such words as "ablaze, aloof, aghast."

Possessive Adjectives

A possessive adjective ("my," "your," "his," "her," "its," "our," "their") is similar or identical to a possessive pronoun; however, it is used as an adjective and modifies a noun or a noun phrase, as in the following sentences:

I can't complete my assignment because I don't have the textbook.

In this sentence, the possessive adjective "my" modifies "assignment" and the noun phrase "my assignment" functions as anobject. Note that the possessive pronoun form "mine" is not used to modify a noun or noun phrase.

What is your phone number.

Here the possessive adjective "your" is used to modify the noun phrase "phone number"; the entire noun phrase "your phone number" is a subject complement. Note that the possessive pronoun form "yours" is not used to modify a noun or a noun phrase.

The bakery sold his favourite type of bread.

In this example, the possessive adjective "his" modifies the noun phrase "favourite type of bread" and the entire noun phrase "his favourite type of bread" is the direct object of the verb "sold."

After many years, she returned to her homeland.

Here the possessive adjective "her" modifies the noun "homeland" and the noun phrase "her homeland" is the object of the preposition"to." Note also that the form "hers" is not used to modify nouns or noun phrases.

We have lost our way in this wood.

In this sentence, the possessive adjective "our" modifies "way" and the noun phrase "our way" is the direct object of the compound verb"have lost". Note that the possessive pronoun form "ours" is not used to modify nouns or noun phrases.

In many fairy tales, children are neglected by their parents.

Here the possessive adjective "their" modifies "parents" and the noun phrase "their parents" is the object of the preposition "by." Note that the possessive pronoun form "theirs" is not used to modify nouns or noun phrases.

The cat chased its ball down the stairs and into the backyard.

In this sentence, the possessive adjective "its" modifies "ball" and the noun phrase "its ball" is the object of the verb "chased." Note that "its" is the possessive adjective and "it's" is a contraction for "it is."

Demonstrative Adjectives

The demonstrative adjectives "this," "these," "that," "those," and "what" are identical to the demonstrative pronouns, but are used as adjectives to modify nouns or noun phrases, as in the following sentences:

When the librarian tripped over that cord, she dropped a pile of books.

In this sentence, the demonstrative adjective "that" modifies the noun "cord" and the noun phrase "that cord" is the object of the preposition "over."

This apartment needs to be fumigated.

Here "this" modifies "apartment" and the noun phrase "this apartment" is the subject of the sentence.

Even though my friend preferred those plates, I bought these.

In the subordinate clause, "those" modifies "plates" and the noun phrase "those plates" is the object of the verb "preferred." In theindependent clause, "these" is the direct object of the verb "bought."

Note that the relationship between a demonstrative adjective and a demonstrative pronoun is similar to the relationship between a possessive adjective and a possessive pronoun, or to that between a interrogative adjective and an interrogative pronoun.

Interrogative Adjectives

An interrogative adjective ("which" or "what") is like an interrogative pronoun, except that it modifies a noun or noun phrase rather than standing on its own (see also demonstrative adjectives and possessive adjectives):

Which plants should be watered twice a week?

Like other adjectives, "which" can be used to modify a noun or a noun phrase. In this example, "which" modifies "plants" and the noun phrase "which plants" is the subject of the compound verb "should be watered":

What book are you reading?

In this sentence, "what" modifies "book" and the noun phrase "what book" is the direct object of the compound verb "are reading."

Indefinite Adjectives

An indefinite adjective is similar to an indefinite pronoun, except that it modifies a noun, pronoun, or noun phrase, as in the following sentences:

Many people believe that corporations are under-taxed.

The indefinite adjective "many" modifies the noun "people" and the noun phrase "many people" is the subject of the sentence.

I will send you any mail that arrives after you have moved to Sudbury.

The indefinite adjective "any" modifies the noun "mail" and the noun phrase "any mail" is the direct object of the compound verb "will send."

They found a few goldfish floating belly up in the swan pound.

In this example the indefinite adjective modifies the noun "goldfish" and the noun phrase is the direct object of the verb "found":

The title of Kelly's favourite game is "All dogs go to heaven."

Here the indefinite pronoun "all" modifies "dogs" and the full title is a subject complement.

The following List of Adjectives are in common use in the English language:

List of Adjectives
A - D List of Adjectives afraid  agreeable  amused  ancient  angry  annoyed  anxious  arrogant  ashamed  average  awful  bad  beautiful  better  big  bitter  black  blue  boiling  brave  breezy  brief  bright  broad  broken  bumpy  calm  charming  cheerful  chilly  clumsy  cold  colossal  combative  comfortable  confused  cooing  cool  cooperative  courageous  crazy  creepy  cruel  cuddly  curly  curved  damp  dangerous  deafening  deep A - D List of Adjectives	D - G List of Adjectivesdefeated  defiant  delicious  delightful  depressed  determined  dirty  disgusted  disturbed  dizzy  dry  dull  dusty  eager  early  elated  embarrassed  empty  encouraging  energetic  enthusiastic  envious  evil  excited  exuberant  faint  fair  faithful  fantastic  fast  fat  few  fierce  filthy  fine  flaky  flat  fluffy  foolish  frail  frantic  fresh  friendly  frightened  funny  fuzzy  gentle  giant  gigantic  good  D - G List of Adjectives	G - M List of Adjectivesgorgeous  greasy  great  green  grieving  grubby  grumpy  handsome  happy  hard  harsh  healthy  heavy  helpful  helpless  high  hilarious  hissing  hollow  homeless  horrible  hot  huge  hungry  hurt  hushed  husky  icy  ill  immense  itchy  jealous  jittery  jolly  juicy  kind  large  late  lazy  light  little  lively  lonely  long  loose  loud  lovely  low  lucky  magnificentG - M List of Adjectives	M - R List of Adjectivesmammoth  many  massive  melodic  melted  mighty  miniature  moaning  modern  mute  mysterious  narrow  nasty  naughty  nervous  new  nice  nosy  numerous  nutty  obedient  obnoxious  odd  old  orange  ordinary  outrageous  panicky  perfect  petite  plastic  pleasant  precious  pretty  prickly  proud  puny  purple  purring  quaint  quick  quickest  quiet  rainy  rapid  rare  raspy  ratty  red  relieved  M - R List of Adjectives	R - S List of Adjectivesrepulsive  resonant  ripe  roasted  robust  rotten  rough  round  sad  salty  scary  scattered  scrawny  screeching  selfish  shaggy  shaky  shallow  sharp  shivering  short  shrill  silent  silky  silly  skinny  slimy  slippery  slow  small  smiling  smooth  soft  solid  sore  sour  spicy  splendid  spotty  square  squealing  stale  steady  steep  sticky  stingy  straight  strange  striped  strong R - S List of Adjectives	S - Z List of Adjectivessuccessful  sweet  swift  tall  tame  tan  tart  tasteless  tasty  tender  tender  tense  terrible  testy  thirsty  thoughtful  thoughtless  thundering  tight  tiny  tired  tough  tricky  troubled  ugliest  ugly  uneven  upset  uptight  vast  victorious  vivacious  voiceless  wasteful  watery  weak  weary  wet  whispering  wicked  wide  wide-eyed  witty  wonderful  wooden  worried  yellow  young  yummy  zany  S - Z List of Adjectives
List of Adjectives

http://www.examples-help.org.uk/parts-of-speech/list-of-adjectives.htm

http://www.writingcentre.uottawa.ca/hypergrammar/adjectve.html

ADVERB...

What is ADVERB???

Basically, most adverbs tell you how, where, or when something is done. In other words, they describe the manner, place, or time of an action. Here are some examples:

Type	Adverb	Example
Manner	slowly	Jane drives slowly.
Place	here	The party is going to take place here.
Time	yesterday	I called him yesterday.

How to recognize an adverb

Many adverbs end with the suffix -LY. Most of these are created by adding -LY to the end of an adjective, like this:

Adjective	Adverb
slow	slowly
delightful	delightfully
hopeless	hopelessly
aggressive	aggressively

However, this is NOT a reliable way to find out whether a word is an adverb or not, for two reasons: many adverbs do NOT end in -LY (some are the same as the adjective form), and many words which are NOT adverbs DO end in -LY (such as kindly, friendly, elderly and lonely, which are adjectives). Here are some examples of adverbs which are the same as adjectives:

Adjective	Adverb
fast	fast
late	late
early	early

The best way to tell if a word is an adverb is to try making a question, for which the answer is the word. If the question uses how, where or when, then the word is probably an adverb. Here is an example:

Word in context	Question	Adverb?
Junko plays tennis aggressively.	How does Junko play tennis?	Yes — uses HOW.
They have a small house.	What kind of house do they have?	No — uses WHAT KIND OF, so this is an adjective.
Matthew called the policeimmediately.	When did Matthew call the police?	Yes — uses WHEN.

http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/adverb.htm