Assalamu'alaikum....
Anak-anakku yang baik...
Minal Aidhin wal Faizin... Aku banyak salah, mohon maaf ya....
Hari ini pun diriku tak bisa masuk... Lagi flu berat... Maaf ya anak-anakku... :(

Naaa.... bagian nggak enaknya: tugas hari ini...
1. Tuliskan jawaban di SELEMBAR KERTAS
2. Pilih 10 soal saja, tidak usah semuanya
3. Kumpulkan di meja di lab saja ya, terimakasih.

Soalnya adalah sebagai berikut:

QUICK GUIDE –
SAMPLE JOB INTERVIEW QUESTIONS

1. Tell me about yourself.
2. Why did you leave your last job?
3. What can you offer us that others cannot?
4. What are your strengths? Best skills?
5. What is your major weakness?
6. What qualifications do you have that you feel would make you successful
here?
7. What are your career goals? Future plans?
8. What do you know about this company?
9. How many people have you managed/supervised in your recent positions?
10. What things are most important to you in a work situation?
11. In your last position, what were the things that you liked most? Liked least?
12. Why are you seeking a position with our company?
13. Why are you leaving your present job?
14. Give me an example from a previous job where you have shown initiative.
15. Why should I hire you?
16. Have you ever been fired and why?
17. If you had a choice, would you prefer to work alone or as part of a team?
Why?
18. What are your hobbies?
19. What salary are you expecting? What do you expect to earn in this position?
20.What things are most important to you in a work situation?

Bentuk printable dari file ini bisa dilihat di sini.

Hai, anak-anakku yang baik... Ma'af aku ga bisa datang hari ini... Mohon penjelasan berikut dicatat ya... Tidak harus semua, cukup yang penting-penting saja. Lalu kerjakan juga latihannya ya! Terimakasih...

Elliptical Construction

Elliptical atau Elipsis adalah penghilangan kata atau sejumlah kata dari suatu kalimat yang bertujuan agar kalimat menjadi lebih pendek dan lebih baik susunannya. Susunan Elipsis sering digunakan banyak orang baik dalam percakapan maupun dalam bentuk tulisan. Semua ini ditujukan untuk menyingkat kalimat dan memperindah susunan kalimat namun tidak merubah makna dan arti sama sekali. Bayangkan kalau kita membaca sebuah buku dan buku itu berisi kalimat-kalimat yang tidak perlu. Tentu kita akan bosan membacanya. Oleh karena itu, maka Susunan Elipsis ini penting untuk dipelajari.

1. POSITIVE ELLIPTIC

Apabila dalam sebuah kalimat positif kita mendapati predikat yang sama, maka kita sebaiknya menggunakan kata "too" atau "so" yang artinya "juga":

Perhatikan cara menggabungkan beberapa kalimat di bawah ini agar menjadi lebih singkat dan tersusun rapi, namun tidak merubah arti sama sekali.

1. He is busy. I am busy
   (= He is busy and I am too)
   (= He is busy and so am I)

2. Mary is beautiful. You are beautiful
   (= Mary is beautiful and you are too)
   (= Mary is beautiful and so are you)

3. My brother can swim well. You can swim well
   (= My brother can swim well and you can too)
   (= My brother can swim well and so can you)

4. Alex buys a new car. Henry buys a news car.
   (= Alex buys a new car and Henry does too)
   (= Alex buys a new car and so does Henry)

5. Jack went to Bali yesterday. William went to Bali yesterday.
   (= Jack went to Bali yesterday and William did too)
   (= Jack went to Bali yesterday and so did William)

2. NEGATIVE ELLIPTIC

Apabila dalam sebuah kalimat negatif kita mendapati predikat yang sama, maka kita sebaiknya menggunakan kata "either" atau "neither" yang artinya "juga tidak":

1. Ed doesn't like mango. George doesn't like mango.
   (= Ed doesn't like mango and George doesn't either)
   (= Ed doesn't like mango and neither does George )

2. My father won't come there. I won't come there.
   (= My father won't come there and I won't either)
   (= My father won't come there and neither will I)

3. She never comes here. He never comes here.
   (= She never comes here and he doesn't either)
   (= She never comes here and neither does he)

CATATAN

Ada beberapa adverbs of frequency yang dianggap negatif seperti:

1. never

2. seldom

3. rarely

4. few

5. hardly

6. barely

7. scarely

8. litlle

9. dll

3. CONTRARY ELLIPTIC

Untuk susunan yang berlawanan, kita dapat menggunakan kata "but" yang artinya "tetapi":

1. Stephanie is clever. Her sister isn't clever
   (= Stephanie is clever but her sister isn't)

2. She does not have a pen. I have a pen.
   (= She does not have a pen but I do)

BEBERAPA TEMPAT TERJADINYA SUSUNAN ELIPSIS

1. Menghilangkan Subjek dan atau Auxiliary/Modal

• Mr. Hunt ate a piece of bread for breakfast and (he) drank a cup of coffee. (= kata "he" sebaiknya dihilangkan karena tidak perlu pengulangan subjek)

• My servant has swept the floor, (my servant has) washed the dishes, and (my servant has) cooked our lunch. (= "my servant has" selalu berulang-ulang. Oleh karena itu, sebaiknya dihilangkan)

• To save the time, you should clean the house and Mary (should) cook the meal.

2. Menghilangkan Predikat

• I work at school and my wife (works) at a bank.

• Jack will visit the church, while Ahmad (will visit) the mosque.

3. Menghilangkan Objek Langsung

• Why do you open (the door) and (you) close the door?

LATIHAN:
Task 1:
Write the elliptical construction for the following sentences
1. The boy did the test very well, and David .........................................
2. He shouldn’t try to repair the printer himself, and ...................... you
3. This car cost 120 million rupiahs, and ........................ his car over there
4. Inem doesn’t like working hard and Inah .............................................
5. His car needs repairing, and ...............................................mine
6. Nottingham Forest team have lost three matches and Leicester City team .............
7. Indonesia is struggling to recover from the economic crisis, and .................... some other Asian countries
8. Those trousers are not too expensive, and ......................... these ones
9. She has a large collection of rare stamps, and ............................... one of my brothers
10. The enemy soldiers fired continuously at us, and ...................... their tanks

TUGAS UNTUK SISWA -- MEI 2011

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A. Tense Review Part 1

Put in the verbs in brackets in the correct tenses. Example: The weather ______ nice at the weekend. (to be) Answer: The weather will be nice at the weekend.

1) I to the cinema yesterday. (to go) 2) Peter 13 tomorrow. (to be) 3) My friend to music every evening. (to listen) 4) They their car. It looks new again. (to clean) 5) Listen! Mr Jones the piano. (to play)

B. Tenses Review Part 2

Put in the verbs in brackets in the correct tenses. Example: The sun ______________ now. (to shine) Answer: The sun is shining now.

1) We TV when it started to rain. (to watch) 2) I to visit you yesterday, but you not at home. (to want) (to be) 3) Look! It , so we can't to the beach. (to rain) (to go) 4) There are a lot of clouds! It soon. (to rain) 5) The sun in the East. (to rise)

C. Fill in the blanks
Form a sentence using the following words.

1) to music / Marlen / is listening / now


2) he / speaks / well / French


3) she / writes / a letter / often


4) play / they / handball / in the evening / always


5) often / it / in Scotland / rains


6) lunch / we / not / yesterday / had / at school


7) Victoria Station / leaves / the bus / at 7


8) did / I / my homework / in my room / not


9) Alex / under the shower / the song / sang / loudly


10) in Berlin / can / his uncle / he / visit


D. Conditional sentence
Put in the correct verb forms.

1) He can write good stories if he (to feel) like it.

2) They will stay longer in Paris if they (to find) a cheap hotel.

3) If Sarah (not/to eat) so much junk food, she could have been in the school hockey team.

4) If Brian (to like) horses, he could ride well.

5) John's mother (to have) more time for him if he does the washing up.

E. Part of Speech
Find out the correct part of speech of the following underlined words. Write the underlined words into the correct column:

1. Steve can play the trumpet.
2. Do you like dogs?
3. They listen to music every day.
4. She is an old lady.
5. The group went climbing in the mountains.
6. This is a fast car.
7. He did well in the test.
8. My father drives carefully.
9. Has your father ever been to Australia?
10. The play was fantastic.

Noun	Auxiliary	Adjective	Adverb	Verb

F. Reported Speech

Finish the sentences using Reported speech. Always change the tense, although it is sometimes not necessary. Example: Peter: "I clean the black shoes." Peter told me that ____________________________ Answer: Peter told me that he cleaned the black shoes.

1) John: "Mandy is at home." John said that . 2) Max: "Frank often reads a book." Max told me that . 3) Susan: "I'm watching TV." Susan said to me that . 4) Simon: "David was ill." Simon said that . 5) Peggy: "The girls helped in the house." Peggy told me that .

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Tugas buat siswa-siswaku... Yang mau nilai tambahan...

Speaking already
Q1 Can you hear what he is .......?
(a) saying (b) speaking (c) telling (d) talking

Q2 She hasn't come home ........
(a) still (b) already (c) yet (d) till

Q3 I ....... TV yesterday evening.
(a) saw (b) looked (c) viewed (d) watched

Q4 We live ....... the city centre.
(a) near (b) next (c) by (d) nearby

Q5 She looks ....... a famous film star.
(a) as (b) like (c) similar (d) same

Q6 This television gives you the ....... news.
(a) last (b) latest (c) least (d) later

Q7 I only ....... one mistake in last night's test.
(a) made (b) done (c) did (d) make

Q8 I want you to tell me the ....... truth.
(a) all (b) exact (c) real (d) whole

Q9 He is looking ....... a present to buy his girlfriend.
(a) for (b) at (c) in (d) on

Q10 That's what I would like ....... Christmas.
(a) for (b) at (c) in (d) on

Newspaper Headlines

Q1 Some people only read the ....... lines in a newspaper.
(a) top (b) big (c) main (d) head

Q2 You should always check the sell ....... date of things you buy in the supermarket.
(a) in (b) through (c) by (d) off

Q3 When the building was completed, all the workers were paid ........
(a) off (b) through (c) out (d) over

Q4 The boss was good enough to ....... my mistake.
(a) oversee (b) overtake (c) overdo (d) overlook

Q5 It is always ....... when you misunderstand the customs of other countries.
(a) embarrassing (b) peculiar (c) singular (d) attitude

Ps. Ditulis tangan ya..... jawaban yang benar dicoret azah... good luck...

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Apa kabarmu?

Hati Bening - Buletin Harian » Pemisahan Kelas Campur Lebih Mencerdaskan Pelajar Wanita

March 20, 2009 — Abdullah Hadrami
Penelitian terbaru menunjukkan, pelajar wanita yang belajar bersama
teman kelas sesama wanita jauh lebih cerdas dibanding bercampur pria

Kajian terbaru menunjukkan, lebih dari 700.000 orang pelajar
perempuan di Inggris mendapati mereka yang belajar di sekolah
perempuan lebih cerdas berbanding dengan pelajar di sekolah campuran
(pria/wanita).


Penelitian, yang dilakukan atas nama the Good Schools Guide
didapati, rata-rata semua dari 71.286 perempuan yang mengikuti
program sekolah menengah (the General Certificate Secondary
Education/GCSE) di sekolah sesawa perempuan antara tahun 2005 dan
2007 lebih baik hasilnya. Sementara itu, lebih dari 647.942
perempuan yang ikut ujian di sekolah campuran (pria/wanita) 20%
lebih buruk daripada yang diharapkan.
Janette Wallis, Redaktur Good Schools Guide, mengatakan kepada Koran
the Guardian, “Banyak orangtua akan memandang keuntungan sekolah
untuk laki-laki dan perempuan, seperti fakta bahwa gadis dan anak
laki-laki berpendidikan secara berdampingan menyiapkan mereka untuk
dunia kerja dan hidup.”
Hasil kajian ini dipredisi mencetuskan debat mengenai masa depan
sekolah perempuan yang jumlahnya sejak 1970-an mengecil hanya
221.000 pelajar sementara pelajar pria mencapai 160.000 anak dari
jumlah keseluruhan 3.5 juta pelajar di Inggris.

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