MODULE

BY MR. NASARUDDIN RAHMAT

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Error identification Extra practice exercises. Decide which part of the sentence is grammatically incorrect.
Then look at the answers below.

1. I enjoyed study geography at school and now Ive enrolled at the Economics Faculty.
2. I used to be keen of all scientific subjects but now I would prefer to study art.
3. I want meet your sister when she comes to see you she sounds very nice.
4. My friends tell the English exam is quite difficult but Im not worried.
5. The tickets, which are extremely good value, can be buy from large supermarkets.
6. The number of people which asked for the discount was low but grew during the
summer period.
7. He wanted always to be a doctor and after doing medicine he now works in a
hospital.
8. The informations they gave us was not very helpful so I consulted the website
instead.
9. There isnt many time, do you think we should get a taxi to the exhibition centre?
10. He graduated in languages in June and is now thinking of do a second degree in
psychology.
11. The policeman showed us an identikit picture of the man who steal the car.
12. How long does it take to get the station on foot from your house
13. I was so angry that I took the watch broken to the jewellers to get my money back.
14. He rang me this morning for tell me that he had passed his driving test.
15. I wont be able to go on holiday this year unless I will get a part-time job.
16. It was so nice day that they decided to have a picnic in the field.
17. I havent never seen anybody who rides a horse so well before.
18. My boyfriend always takes me to see horror films, but I dont like very much.
19. We went to Guatemala last year so we were tired of the usual beach holiday.
20. Ive gone to Marbella. I remember it well. A busy town with a nice modern

promenade and picturesque piazze.

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2. One of these parts contains an error. Circle it and rewrite the corrected words.
1. He was quite amusing when he heard what had happened.

2. Turn left by the crossroads when you reach it.

3. He has been working here for sometimes.

4. He stopped to see if he could picked up the trail.

5. Although he jumped aside, but the stone hit him.

6. I decided to climbed to the top of the hill to get a better view.

7. He jumped down after shouted a warning to those standing below.

8. After a few minutes, I look up and saw that it was getting dark.

9. I saw the blind man crossed the busy road without any help.

10. The robber gave the victim with a hard blow.

3. Each of the following sentences contains at least one error. Correct the errors and rewrite the
corrected sentences.

1. Between Sally and Sonia, I like Sally best.

2. If I am rich, I will travel round the world.

3. He is the soul survivor of the air crush.

4. The egg yoke is yellow in color.

5. It do not matter weather he is rich or poor, she still like him.

6. He professed that he had make a lot of mistake in the coarse of his life.

7. All men is equal in the eye of gods.

8. Neither the father or the son are happy with the present situation.

9. Sum of the people is very angry with the decision of the committee.

10. His aunt, together with his cousins, are going to visit him tomorrow.

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4. The following passage contains 10 mistakes, such as grammatical errors, wrong prepositions and
conjunctions. Correct the mistakes and rewrite the correct version of this passage.

A remote tribal village located on a snow-capped mountain has (1) being

drawn droves of people there. The news (2) has travel far and wide that a pair of
bulls (3) taught to be sacred animals of a folklore can perform miracles. The
owner, a farmer has (4) until than claimed the pair has cured many people of
their sickness. (5) Because many people were incredulous of the news. Yet,
hundreds of people (6) has been flooding the village ever since. The sick, the
weak and the curious (7) comes. Everyone (8) want to (9) xperience the (10)
magic cure.

1. 2.

3. 4.

5. 6.

7. 8.

9. 10.

5. The following passage contains 10 mistakes, such as grammatical errors, wrong prepositions and
conjunctions. Correct the mistakes and rewrite the correct version of this passage.

Miko's father (1) had gave him a new car on his last birthday. Initially, he
was (2) quiet apprehensive of driving the car. However, with encouragement (3)
by his father, he successfully (4) get over the fear. Now he (5) drove around like
a duck to water. He loves (6) go to the beach. So, one sunny day Mio decided to
drive to the beach by (7) him. All his hopes (8) shatered when his sister said she
would (9) rode with him. Miko would have (10) drove faster if his sister had not
criticized his every move and screamed hysterically whenever he braked. Miko
told himself this would be the last ride his sister would take with him.

1. 2.

3. 4.

5. 6.

7. 8.

9. 10.

Assignment 1

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Assignment 2
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Assignment 3 : Use your own words to make this story become interesting
and funny.

Write your opinions regarding to:

The boy :

The Tiger:

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Synopsis
Dr. Frederick Treves is a doctor at the London Hospital. One day, he stops in front of a shop
and sees a picture of a horrible creature. He wants to meet the creature. So he pays 12
pence to see Joseph Merrick, a very ugly man with an huge head. Merrick has an ugly body
and he cannot walk properly. Dr. Treves wants to have an appointment with Merrick at the
hospital to examine his condition. He makes the arrangement with Silcock. So, on the next
day, Dr. Treves brings Merrick to the hospital by cab but there is nothing Dr. Treves can do to
help him with his condition. He gives Merrick a name card before he sends him back.
However, when Dr. Treves goes to find them again on the next day, they are not there
anymore.

Two years later, some policemen bring Merrick to the hospital to see Dr. Treves. Silcock has
taken his 50 and left him in Belgium alone. He finds his way back to London. He is dirty and
tired. Dr. Treves asks for help from the Hospital Chairman Mr. Gomm. Mr.Gomm writes a
letter to the editor of The Times newspaper. In his letter, he explains about how Silcock has
taken Merrick to Belgium but has later stolen all his money and has left him in Belgium.
When Merrick gets back to London he is caught by the police. The police finds the name
card and brings him to Dr. Treves. He needs a place to stay but he is not ill to stay in the
hospital. He also cannot go out because he is very ugly and people are afraid to see him.
The hospital can give him a room but they need some money to do that. Mr. Gomm hopes
that the readers will help Merrick. The readers are kind and they have donated 50,000 to
help Merrick to stay in the hospital. Merrick can now stay in the hospital for the rest of his
life.

One day a new nurse sees Merrick and she is so afraid that she screams and runs out from
the room. Merrick tells Dr. Treves that he knows he cannot stay at the hospital for long and
that he wants to move to a lighthouse or a home for blind people so people will not be able
to see. Dr. Treves tells Merrick about the donation and Merrick is once again a happy man.

He goes on to meet interesting people like Dr. Treves lady friend and her Majesty, Queen
Alexandra, the Queen of England. He even becomes friends with the queen and receives
Christmas present from her. He also sends her letter. Merrick also goes to watch a play at
the theatre and even travel to the country and stays six weeks there during summer. He
enjoys the nature at the countryside.

However, in April 1890, Merrick dies because his head falls on the ground when he tries to
sleep on his back. His head is too heavy that he dies on the spot. Mr. Gomm writes to The
Times again to explain Merricks death and how happy he has been. He thanks the readers
for the kindness and tells the readers that the remaining money will be donated to the
hospital.

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Plot

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Character Traits/Moral Values/Themes
Examples Evidences
Dr. Treves is a doctor at
the hospital. He pays 12 pence Character traits
to see Merrick. After that, he Kind/helpfull/caring/loving
brings Merrick to the hospital to
examine him.
Message/Moral values
Dr. Treves finds a way to
We should be kind.
1. Dr. Treves help Merrick get a home at the
helps hospital by telling Mr.Gomm We should be helpful.
Merrick about it.
We should be loving and
caring
During Merricks stay at the
hospital, Dr. Treves visits him
everyday and talks to him so he Themes
will not feel lonely. Kindnesss/love and care

Character traits
Kind/caring/ loving

Mr Gomm writes to The Times Message/Moral values

newspaper and asks for the We should be kind
2. Mr. Gomm public to help Merrick to stay in
helps Merrick the hospital. He gets 50,000 in We should be caring
a week and Merrick can now We should be loving
have a home at the hospital.

Themes
Kindness/love and care

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 Character traits
Dr. Treves introduces a Kind/grateful/caring/loving
beautiful young lady to Merrick
and she gives him some books
on their second meeting.
Message/Moral values

3. Merrick starts We should be kind.

Merrick also becomes
making friends friends with her Majesty, Queen We should be grateful.
and becomes Alexandra. They talk about
friends with the books. Her Majesty even sends We should be loving and
Queen. caring.
him Christmas card and
present. After that Merrick
writes a letter to Queen
Alexandra to thank her. Themes
Kindness/gratefulness/love and
care

Character traits
Kind/grateful/loving/caring

Mrs. Kendal and three nurses Message/Moral values

help Merrick to watch his first
play at the theatre without We should be kind.
4. Merrick goes anybody seeing him. Merrick
to watch the We should be grateful.
enjoys the show very much as
play he laughs and tries to sing like We should be loving and
the children. caring

Themes
Kindness/love and care

Character traits
Silcock treats Merrick Selfish/disrespectful
poorly and uses him to make
money in London.
Message/Moral values
Silcock takes Merrick to We should not be selfish.
5. Silcock takes
Belgium where many people
advantage of We should respect
want to see him. He takes away
Merrick everyone.
the 50 that Merrick has saved
and abandons him alone in We should be kind to
Belgium. Merrick finds his way everyone.
back to London and is later
found by the police. Theme
Selfishness

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 Character trait
Disrespectful

Some people laugh at Merrick

because he is ugly. One day, a Message/Moral values
6. A nurse is new nurse goes to his room
We should respect
scared of and sees him there. The nurse
everyone.
Merrick because screams and runs out of the
he is ugly. room. This makes Merrick sad
and it is not the first time such
Theme
thing has happened to Merrick.
Prejudice

Merrick takes a train to spend 6
weeks at the countryside.
7. Merrick During his stay there, he enjoys
enjoys the the nature. He listens to the
nature in the bird sing, watches the fish
country. swim, makes friends with a dog
and pick some pretty flowers to
put in his room.
Character traits
grateful
Message/Moral values
We should be grateful for
the beautiful nature around us.
Theme
Love for the nature.

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 Poisoned Talk
by Raymond Wilson
Who killed cock robin?

I, said the worm,

I did him great harm.

He died on the branch of a withered tree

From the acid soil that poisoned me.

Who killed the heron?

I, mouthed the fish,

With my tainted flesh

I killed tern, duck and drake,

All the birds of the lake.

Who killed the lake?

I, boasted Industry,

I poisoned with mercury

Fish, plant and weed

To pamper mens greed.

Who killed the flowers?

I, moaned the wind,

I prowl unconfined,

Blowing acid rain

Over field, flood and fen.

Who killed the forest?

I ensured that it died,

Said sulphur dioxide.

And all life within it,

from earthworm to linnet.

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STANZA LINES Meaning

Who killed cock robin?

I, said the worm,
The worm said the acid soil
Stanza 1 I did him great harm. poisoned it and now it had
He died on the branch of a withered tree poisoned cock robin after
the bird ate the worm.
From the acid soil that poisoned me.

Who killed the heron?

I, mouthed the fish,
The fish said its poisoned
Stanza 2 With my tainted flesh flesh killed all the birds of
the lake.
I killed tern, duck and drake,
All the birds of the lake.

Who killed the lake?

Industry (factories) said it
I, boasted Industry,
poisoned the lake with
Stanza 3 I poisoned with mercury mercury. All fish, plant and
weed died because men
Fish, plant and weed
polluted the lake.
To pamper mens greed.

Who killed the flowers?

I, moaned the wind, The wind said it killed the
flowers because it blew
Stanza 4 I prowl unconfined,
acid rain over field, flood
Blowing acid rain and fen.
Over field, flood and fen.

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 Who killed the forest?
I ensured that it died, Sulphur dioxide (from cars
and factories) said it killed
Stanza 5 Said sulphur dioxide.
the forest and everything
And all life within it, that lived in the forest.
from earthworm to linnet.

Themes:
1. Environmental Pollution
Men are willing to destroy our mother nature for more money and power. The
factories, cars, and other vehicles release poisonous gas and substances like
mercury. This pollutes the lake and the flora and fauna in it.

2. Destruction of nature.

Nature has flora and fauna. They affect one another. When the lake gets
polluted, the fish that lives in it will get poisoned. When the birds eat the
fishes, the birds get poisoned. Also, if the wind is polluted, it brings the
poisonous gas everywhere; all plants will wither and die. In the end, it destroys
our mother nature.
Moral Values:
1. We must be responsible for the things we do.

2. We must take actions to stop pollutions.

3. We must respect nature.

4. We must appreciate the Earth.

5. We must not be too greedy. (for money and power)

6. We must protect our environment.

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Q&A
1. What is meaning of pamper mens greed?

2. Explain the great harm (stanza 1, line 3) the worm did.

3. In stanza 4 (line 2), what does the wind feel about his crime?

4. What happened to the fish in stanza 2?

5. How does the soil become acidic?

6. What is the meaning of unconfined'(stanza 4, line 3)

7. To what is the killer in stanza 4 compared? Which word in stanza 4 is evidence of it?

8. What is it in acid rain that is poisonous?

9. What is a linnet in stanza 5?

10. Who is the persona in poisoned talk poem?

11. I did him great harm, why was the worm responsible for the death of cock robin?

12. How was the fish responsible for killing all the birds in the lake?

13. What caused the lake to become polluted?

14. How were the flowers killed?

15. What is the meaning of I prowl unconfined?

16. What killed the forest and all life within it?

17. What are your feelings about pollution after reading this poem?

18. Why do you think Raymond Wilson wrote this poem?

19. The poem aims is to make readers aware of the effects of pollution on environment. Do you think
this situation affect people in any way?

20. In stanza 2, how could a fish cause the death of the birds in the lake?

21. In stanza 4, which line shows that the wind is free- spirited?

22. How does the wind carry out its destructive act?

23. In stanza 3,industry is said to have killed the lake. Why do you think the poet uses the word,
boasted?

24. What caused the lake to become polluted?

25. How does the killer feel about his crime?

26. What is the weapon used by this killer?

27. Which word in stanza 3 tells you that the sulphur dioxide is very determined in killing the forest?

28. If you can do one thing to save the environment, what will you do?

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Appearance Color Adjectives Condition
Adjectives Adjectives Feelings (Bad)
red Adjectives
adorable orange alive
beautiful yellow better angry
clean green careful bewildered
drab blue clever clumsy
elegant purple dead defeated
fancy gray easy embarrassed
glamorous black famous fierce
handsome white gifted grumpy
long helpful helpless
magnificent important itchy
old-fashioned inexpensive jealous
plain mushy lazy
quaint odd mysterious
sparkling powerful nervous
ugliest rich obnoxious
unsightly shy panicky
wide-eyed tender repulsive
uninterested scary
vast thoughtless
wrong. uptight
worried

Shape Adjectives Size Adjectives Sound Adjectives

Feelings (Good)
Adjectives broad big cooing
chubby colossal deafening
agreeable crooked fat faint
brave curved gigantic hissing
calm deep great loud
delightful flat huge melodic
eager high immense noisy
faithful hollow large purring
gentle low little quiet
happy narrow mammoth raspy
jolly round massive screeching
kind shallow miniature thundering
lively skinny petite voiceless
nice square puny whispering
obedient steep scrawny
proud straight short
relieved wide. small
silly tall
thankful teeny
victorious teeny-tiny

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witty tiny
zealous

Time Adjectives Taste/Touch Touch

Adjectives Adjectives Quantity
ancient Adjectives
brief bitter boiling
early delicious breeze abundant
fast fresh broken empty
late greasy bumpy few
long juicy chilly full
modern hot cold heavy
old icy cool light
old-fashioned loose creepy many
quick melted crooked numerous
rapid nutritious cuddly sparse
short prickly curly substan
slow rainy damaged
swift rotten damp
young salty dirty
sticky dry
strong dusty
sweet filthy
tart flaky
tasteless fluffy
uneven freezing
weak hot
wet warm
wooden wet
yummy

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 HOW TO USE CONJUNCTIONS
by Mr. Nasaruddin Rahmat

Conjunction Sentence
although Although he's very famous he is still nice.
and I like tea and coffee.
As I came she was leaving.
as
As you couldn't see the film, we'll tell you someting about it.
because She goes to the tennis club because she likes to play tennis.
but He reads magazines but he doesn't like to read books.
I'm sorry, Peter is ill and I can't come either.
either
We can either go to the cinema or to the caf.
even She likes swimming, even in winter.
even if Don't drink any alcohol even if you drive carefully.
even so This book is very popular; even so, I don't like it.
how Do you know how to ride a snowboard?
However we've lost the match.
however
They worked hard for the test, however, they failed.
if If they were older, they could go to the party.
in case Take your mobile with you in case you miss the bus.
in spite of He looks very fit in spite of his age.
They didn't go to the party, and neither did I.
neither
Neither drinks nor food are allowed in this room.
or Do you like tea or coffee?
otherwise Look at the map, please. Otherwise you'll get lost.
since Since he's lost his money, he couldn't go to the restaurant.
unless Her baby cannot fall asleep unless she stays in the room.
what I don't know what to say.
when When you're in London, write an e-mail to me.
whether I'm going home whether you like it or not.

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