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Analyzing social functions, generic structures, and language features in showing
attention extended, and its response, in accordance with the context of their use,
both in personal conversation and in public speaking.
In using the expression, there are some grammatical features that you should notice.
In the previous lesson you have learned about how to express attention and state
necessity and expectation both in written and spoken dialogs. In this term, you will
focus on the grammatical feature of using Will, Can, Should, Have To that relate to
the context of capturing attention, expressing necessities & expectations.
Will
Will is commonly used to shows that something is possible or expected happen in
the future. For example:
To construct the sentence, you should pay attention to the form below:
Can
Unlike the use of will, can has several functions. It depends on the context as follow:
Use can when you want to talk about someones abilities. For examples:
Use can when you talk about the ability to do something at a given time in the
present or future:
You can leave the room now if you have finished your test.
Use can when you want to ask for permission to do something or get someones
attention:
To construct the sentence, you should pay attention to the form below:
Affirmative : Subject + can + Bare Infinitive + Object/Complement
Negative : Subject + cannot/cant + Bare Infinitive + Object/Complement
Interrogative : Can + Subject + Bare Infinitive + Object/Complement?
Should
Should generally expresses a personal opinion. But, in some case it can be also
used for giving suggestion or advice. For example:
To construct the sentence, you should pay attention to the form below:
Affirmative : Subject + should + Bare Infinitive + Object/Complement
Negative: Subject + should not/shouldnt + Bare Infinitive +
Object/Complement
Interrogative : Should + Subject + Bare Infinitive + Object/Complement?
Have to
Have to is used to express necessity or show that something is necessary to do. For
examples:
You have to get the voucher if you want to win the grand prize.
Do you understand?
Now, try to identify the following sentences based on the explanation above.
1. Yuli can swim well now because her brother trains her every weekend.
2. That man has to use good language to persuade people that the Place is an
interesting place to visit.
1. Yuli bisa berenang dengan baik sekarang karena kakaknya melatih dirinya setiap
akhir pekan.
2. Orang itu harus menggunakan bahasa yang baik untuk meyakinkan orang bahwa
Tempatkan adalah tempat yang menarik untuk dikunjungi.
The sentences above have different meaning and purpose. In the first sentence,
there is the word canwhich shows that Yuli has the ability to swim now after her
brother trains her every weekend.
In the second sentence, has to show that the man need to use good language for
persuading people or visitor to come because it may his job. While the third sentence
shows that it is necessary to by the writer to have passport before going abroad. And
the last, should not shows that it is not a good idea to believe about that issue.
Keypoints
Will is commonly used to shows that something is possible or expected
happen in the future.
Use can when you want to talk about someones abilities, ability to do
something at a given time in the present or future, ask for permission to do
something or get someones attention.