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MAKE A TELEPHONE
You can use the expressions to start a conversation on phone:
 Hello. This is....
 Hello. ....... speaking.
 Can I speak to ....
 May I speak to .....
You can use the expressions to extend a conversation on phone:
 Hold on, please...
 By the way.
 Futhermore, ....
 Moreover, ....
You can use the expressions to end a conversation on phone:
 See you then. Bye.
 I’ll call you later.
 All right. See you again, Sir/Ma’am. Thank you ver much.

I. Telling the phone number. Study the example then practice the exercise!
e.g. : 774484 = seven seven four, four eight four, or
double seven, double four, eight four
seven, seven, four, four, eight, four
: 0354 – 684032 = O, three, five four, six eight, four, O, three, two
: 081556413002 = O, eight one, five, five, six, four, one, three, O, O, two
US = Zero eight one, five, five, six, four, one, three, zero, sero, two
(informal) = nought eight one, five five six, four, one, three, nought, nought, two
1. 085790312150
2. 0354 – 770099
3. 496663
4. 567475
5. 0354 – 782642
II. Read the following phone conversation then answer the question!

Bob : hello.
Questions: Adi : hello.
1. Who are the speakers? Do they know each other? Bob : Bob speaking, Can I speak to Marry, please?
2. How does Bob open the conversation? Adi : Hm. She is not home right now.
3. What does Bob want? Bob : Oh. Ok.
4. What does Adi offer? Adi : Can I take a message?
5. What will Adi tell Mary? Bob : yes, please. Thanks.
Adi : Wait a second. I’ll get a pen.
(a minute later)
Adi : Ok.
Bob : could you tell her to meet Bob at 7 p.m. in
front of the City Public Library?
Adi : All right.
Bob : Thank you. Bye.
Adi : Bye.

III. Complete the missing words or phrases!

Fuad : hello? Who is calling, please?
Frendy : it’s frendy. Can I ........(1) to Fuad?
Fuad : yes, this is Fuad. What’s up?
Frendy : I ....... (2) the band festival last night. I need you to tell me about it. how was it going?
Fuad : it was a ..... (3) festival. There were 20 participants. All of them presented their best .... (4) . why didn’t you come
last night?
Frendy : I was still in Surabaya. I had to ...... (5) my cousin’s wedding party.
Fuad : I see.
Frendy : by the way, how was the performance of our school band?
Fuad : it was good enough. However the .... (6) was the band from SMP 5.
Frendy : well, it surprises me. Anyway, thanks a lot for the .... (7) . It’s nice talking with you. Bye,
Fuad : bye.

Information missed performances speak winner attend great

IV. Make a dialogue on telephone based on the situation below!

 You call your friend a nd ask her / him to go with you to see a new movie. She / he agrees.
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QUESTION TAQ (pertanyaan penegas)

Berfungsi untuk meminta penegasan dari pendengar tentang sesuatu yang belum begitu meyakinkan pembicara / dapat
dikatakan untuk meminta persetujuan dari pendengar atas pernyataan yang di ucapkan. Aturan yang harus di perhatikan :
1. Apabila pernyataan (statement ) merupakan kalimat positive (+), maka pertanyaan penegasnya negatif (-).
Contoh: you are not sad, are you ?
2. Apabila pernyataan (statement) merupakan kalimat negatif (-), maka pertanyaan penegasnya positif (+)
Contoh: she is a lawyer, isn’t she ?
3. Subyek dari pertanyaan penegasnya (taq) harus selalu bentuk personal pronoun (kata ganti orang/benda).
Contoh: Bagas goes to office by car, doesn’t he?
4. Apabila dalam kalimat pernyataan menggunakan to be (is, am, are, was, were), maka to be tersebut harus di ulang
dalam pertanyaan penegas, kecuali to be “am” yang berpasangan dengan subyek I (I am), maka pertanyaan
penegas to be harus diganti dengan “are”
Contoh: you are not a teacher, are you?
I am a teacher, aren’t I?
5. Apabila dalam kalimat pernyataan menggunakan kata kerja bantu auxiliary verb (can, may, should, would, will, shall,
had, selain to be), maka maka auxilliary verb tersebut harus di ulang dalam pertanyaan penegas.
Contoh : he will invite us, won’t he ?
6. Apabila dalam kalimat pernyataan menggunakan kata kerja (verb), maka pertanyaan penegasnya (taq) harus
menggunakan do / does / did.
Contoh : Rossie looks pretty, doesn’t she?
7. Untuk kalimat perintah / ajakan, maka pertanyaan penegasnya (taq) dibentuk dengan menggunakan “will you” dan
“shall we”.
Contoh : pay attention, will you?
8. Ada beberapa kalimat positif yang dianggap sebagai kalimat negatif apabila kalimat pernyataan posiitif tersebut di
ikuti oleh kata – kata : never, seldom, rarely, hardly, few / little, dan pertanyaan penegasnya (taq) positif (+).
Contoh : he seldom comes on time, does he?

I. Write its questions taq based on the sentences below!

1. They want to come, don’t they?
2. Nia is a dentist, ___ ?
3. They won’t be there, ___ ?
4. You’ll be there, ___ ?
5. There aren’t any problems, ___ ?
6. That’s your umbrella, ___ ?
7. Zulfa is a student, ___ ?
8. He has learned a lot in the last couple of years, ___ ?
9. Defina has a bicycle, ___ ?
10. Monkeys can’t swim, ___ ?
11. Satria will help us later, ___ ?
12. Anel would like to come with us to the party, ___ ?
13. Those aren’t Ricky’s books, ___ ?
14. You have never been to Paris, ___ ?
15. There is something wrong with Jane today, ___ ?
16. Everyone can learn how to swim, ___ ?
17. Nobody cheated on the exam, ___ ?
18. Nothing went wrong while I was gone, ___ ?
19. I am invited, ___ ?
20. This grammar is easy, ___ ?

II. Choose the best answer!

1. All the nails are useless, ___ ? b. Didn’t he
a. Don’t they c. Doesn’t he
b. Aren’t they d. Does he
c. Are they 6. He has never flown to Manila, ___ he?
d. Do they a. Hasn’t
2. Budi is soldier, ___ he ? b. Is
a. Hasn’t c. Isn’t
b. Is d. Has
c. Isn’t 7. Mother won’t buy me a dress, ___?
d. Has a. Will she
3. Rista didn’t stay here, ___ ? b. Doesn’t she
a. Did she c. Won’t she
b. Didn’t she d. Did she
c. Doesn’t she 8. We have nothing to do right now, ___?
d. Does she a. Haven’t we
4. There aren’t any student in the classroom, ___ ? b. Have we
a. Aren’t they c. Don’t we
b. Are they d. Do we
c. Are there 9. She is reading in the library, ___?
d. Aren’t there a. Isn’t she
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d. Doesn’t she b. Won’t you

10. Your name is Sandro, ___? c. Shall we
a. Do you d. Will you
b. Aren’t you 16. Tika and I didn’t attend the meeting, ___?
c. Didn’t you a. Did I
d. Are you b. Did she
11. The ladies seldom play tennis, ___? c. Did they
a. Do they d. Did we
b. Don’t they 17. Mr. Hartono was abroad last week, ___?
c. Do the ladies a. Was he
d. Does she b. Wasn’t he
12. __________, can they? c. Wasn’t she
a. Nobody can stop us d. Was she
b. They can’t fix the car 18. He is not cooming, ___?
c. The teacher can stop us a. Isn’t he
d. They can fix the car b. Is he
13. He has sent the letter to Marry, ___? c. Has he
a. Isn’t he d. Hasn’t he
b. Is he 19. You don’t take sugar in cooffee, ___?
c. Has he a. Isn’t it
d. Hasn’t he b. Do you
14. The maid hasn’t prepared the meal yet, ____ c. Don’t you
she? d. Is it
a. Hasn’t 20. He arrived late, ___ ?
b. Is a. Isn’t it
c. Isn’t b. Didn’t he
d. has c. Is he
15. prepare your self before the test, ___? d. Did he
a. Don’t you

PRESENT PERFECT TENSE

Use the present perfect tense to talk about happenings in the past that explain or affect the present. The verbs has and
have are used as auxiliary verbs to form the present perfect tense. Below are the patterns:
(+) subject + have / has + V3 (+) subject + have / has + been + non verb
(-) subject + have / has + not + V3 (-) subject + have / has + not + been + non verb
(?) have / has + subject + V3? (?) have / has + subject + been + non verb?

I. Write the past participle of these verbs!

1. Break
2. Drink
3. Cut
4. Do
5. Sing
6. Buy
7. Find
8. Draw
9. Hear
10. Know

II. Fill in the blank with the present perfect tense of the verbs in parentheses.
1. Dad ___ his car key. (lose)
2. All the guests ___ . (arrive)
3. Tony ___ a goal. (score)
4. Peter ____ in the tent several times. (sleep)
5. It ___ not ___ for two months. (rain)
6. Some prisoners ___ from the prison. (escape)
7. The plane ___ at the airport. (land)
8. John ___ a puppet. (make)
9. Dad and I ___ a big fish. (catch)
10. I ___ this movie twice. (see)

III. Change these sentences into positive, negative and interrogative!

1. I have been abroad two times.
2. Anna has not gotten a letter from President.
3. Has Steven ever eaten sushi?
4. We haven’t see Jeni since Friday.
5. She has been a teacher for more than ten years.
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IV. Let’s find! How many diseases can you find?

C O U G H E A D

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3. ____
E S M A L L P O X 4. ____
5. ____
M 6. ____
L A M S E L S A E 7. ____
8. ____
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