Let me tell you a story, ... .

In this chapter we will learn about

Carrying out transactional or interpersonal

conversation involving expressions of politeness

Past tenses review, and Listen Tell, read and write

narratives texts
 Expression of Politeness

Expression of politeness Responses

Could you ….. All right
Would you please……. With pleasure
Would you mind repeating that ? No thank you
Sorry, what did you say ?

Would you please pass me

my dictionary ?

Do you mind taking my bag

?

Could you give me the

information about your
friend’s identity, please !

Do you mind taking my bag

?
 Activity 1
Fill the blank with suitable expression of politeness or its responses

1. Sonia : ……………………..give me the eraser?

Khan : All right. Here you are.

2. Sandy : …………………………………me to the doctor please. I am cold.

Aulia : Lets go. I’ll take my car first.

3. Amin : Do you mind …………( cook) the eggs for me? I am very hungry.
Ari : Sorry, I can’t. I am busy with my home work. Ask someone else.
Amin : All right.

4. Kane : Could you …….. (pass) me some sugar, please?

Ary : here you are

5. Andi : Would you mind bringing my bags, please?

Rika : ……………………… Where I have to bring them?
Fill in the blank with the words you heard.

THE THIRSTY CROW

On a hot day, a thirsty crow flew over a field looking for water. For along time,
she (1) _______ not find any. She felt very exhausted, almost giving up. Suddenly, she
(2) ________ a water jug below her, she flew straight down to see if there was any
water inside. It (3)_________ a surprise because there was some water inside the jug!
The crow (4) ________ to push her head into the jug. Sadly, she found that the
neck of the jug was too narrow. Then, she tried to push the jug down for the water to
flow out but she (5) ________ that the jug was too heavy.
The crow thought hard for a while. Then looking around her, she saw some
pebbles. She suddenly (6) _________ a good idea. She (7) _________ picking up
the pebbles one by one, dropping each into the jug. As more and more pebbles filed the
jug, the water level (8) ___________ rising. Soon it was high enough for the crow to
drink, “It’s working!” she said.
(Adapted from : Mahayana : 2004))
Activity 2
What is the moral of the story ?
Moral
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________

Activity 3
We have the following words in the story above. Find their meaning in your dictionary.
1. exhausted : _________________________
2. giving up : _________________________
3. suddenly : _________________________
4. jug : _________________________
5. flow out : _________________________
6. pebbles : _________________________
7. Picking up : _________________________
8. filed : _________________________
Simple Past Tense Review. (Irregular verbs)
From the listening text above we have these sentences.

1. A thirsty crow flew over a field looking for water

2. She felt very exhausted, almost giving up
3. Sadly, she found that the neck of the jug was too narrow.

From the examples above we observe that the verbs used are in irregular form. So,
you learn the simple past tense with irregular verbs.

V Past V Base
Began Begin
Bought Buy
Brought Bring
Came Come
Cost Cost
Did Do
Drank Drink
Ate Eat
Fell Fall
Found Find
Flew Fly
Got Get
Gave Give
Went Go
Had Have
Heard Hear
Knew Know
Lost Lose
Made Make
Met Meet

Activity 4
Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the verbs. When you have finished, read your work aloud.

The two wanderers and a bear

Two persons were traveling to a town from their village when ,suddenly, a bear (1) _________(run)
to them fiercely.
One of the men hurriedly climbed up a mango tree and (2) ____________(hide) among the
branches. The other, feeling that he would be attacked, (3) _____________(fall) flat on the ground.
The bear (4) ________ (come) up and (5) ____________ (feel) him with his snout, and (6) ______
(smell) him all over. The man (7) _________ (hold) his breath, and pretended to be dead.
The bear soon (8) __________ (leave) him, because it is (9) __________ (say) that bears will not
touch a dead body.
Feeling safe, they continued their travel till they (10) ___________ (meet) their destination.
(Bahan Pelatihan Terintegrasi: M.Yusack . 2004)
Activity 5
Complete the story with the words in the box.
Long time ago, _________(1) Arthur and his queen whished for a child. At last a
daughter was born. They named it Regina. To ________(2) the baby princess, the King held a
great party. Nobles and peasants, __________(3) and their ladies, were invited. All were in the
joyful moment. King Arthur also invited his good friend, Baron Camelot. The Baron brought
his young son, ______(4) Henry, with him.
Among the quests were one good ________(5). She was Catherine . She wished the
_________(6) with a gift. Waving her hand, Catherine said, “ My gift shall be…..,”
Before she could continue her speak, the _________(7) door flew open. It was the devil
______(8) named Darkea. She was furious because the King didn’t invite her to the_____(9) .
“ And my gift for the child is,” said the witch, “ before the sun sets on her seventeenth birthday,
she shall prick her finger on the spindle of a spinning wheel and sleep forever.”. Then she
disappeared.
But Catherine was still there. She said, “ When there’s true love’s kiss, the _______(10)
shall break and the princess open her eyes.”.
(Adapted : http/www.geocities.com/disneywonders/story4.html)

Castle spell feast King prince

Princess knights honor fairy witch

Narrative Text
Enjoy this story
Text Organization A Bat and The Weasels Language Features

Orientation One evening, a bat went out to hunt for food

- when even though he was not well. As he flew Action Verbs
- who after some insects, he felt dizzy and fell to (Highlighted)
- where the ground in a field.
Complication Before he could get up, a weasel pounced on
A crisis arises him. “Please, Mr. Weasel,” the bat pleaded,” Saying Verbs
please let me go!”. The weasel just laughed, (In Italics)
“Certainly not! I am a great hunter of birds!”
Resolution Thinking quickly, the bat replied,” Oh, but I
The crisis is am not a bird, I am a mouse. Look closely at Feeling verbs
resolved my face. Don’t I look like a mouse?”. The (in bold)
weasel agreed and let him go.
Complication A short time later, the bat fell to the ground Time conjunctions and
Another crisis again and was caught by a second weasel. connectives
arises Once again, he had to plead for his life. (underlined)
“Why shouldn’t I kill you? I hunt mice!
Exclaimed the weasel.
Resolution “Oh, but I am not a mouse,” he answered. “ I
The crisis is am a bat. Have you ever a mouse with
resolved wings?” he asked, spreading his wings for
the weasel to see. The weasel was
convinced and set him free.
Rose Wilson,2003:12

Summary:
The text above is organized in Narrative form. The text organization includes:
1. Orientation : Introducing the characters of the story, the time and
the place the story happened. (Who/What, When and
where)
2. Complication : A series of events in which the main character attempts
to solve the problem.
3. Resolution : The ending of the story containing the problem solution

Amazing Creatures
 In this chapter we will learn about

Carrying out transactional or interpersonal conversation

involving expressions of Expression of saying interesting news

Simple present tense (review), and read and write

Learn these expressions various reports texts

Telling interesting news Commenting to the news

Guess what I have interesting news for

you! Please tell me
Let me tell you a hot news! …. Tell me, what is it about?
Come here. It is important news for you Please tell me, what is it?
Hurry up! I got important information Tell me, quick!
Hurrah! I won the quiz What a surprise!

Read the dialog. In pairs, act out in front of the class.

Lin, Why do you run

and scream like that?

Guess what I’ve got hot news !

Please tell me . What is it ?

I am accepted as Gajah Mada University

student without having to do entrance
test! In Medicine Faculty ,I am a doctor
to be! Yayyyy…

What
Listen to your teacher a surprise!
reading the
following announcement
“ Welcome to the New York Megazoo park. To protect your security, for all of the visitors must
follow these orders. Don’t feed the animals. Especially the wild ones such as tigers, lions or
crocodiles . Don’t step close to the cages. Don’t take the animal picture from the short range or
they will grab your camera. Keep eye on your children. Enjoy your visit. Thank you”

Questions
1. Where do you hear the announcement?
__________________________________________________________________________
2. Guess! Who announces the rules?
__________________________________________________________________________
3. How many rules must be obey by the visitors
__________________________________________________________________________
4. What is the name of the place?
__________________________________________________________________________
5. Where is the place?
_________________________________________________________________________

Simple Present review

Report text in general uses Simple Present
Tense as its main tense. Here is the summary.
 A. General Pattern
Pattern Time reference
a. Verb pattern Every….
(+) S + V1(-s/-es) Always never
(-) S + do/does not V1 Often occasionally
(?) Do/does + S + V Sometimes seldom
B. To be pattern Rarely
(+) S + is/am/are + Ever
adjective/adverb/nouns
(-) S+ is/am/are not +
adjective/adverb/nouns
(?) Is/Am/Are S + adjective/adverb/nouns

B. Function
 Expressing habitual actions or customs
 Expressing general truth
C. Examples
1. The desert is hot and dry.
2. Camels live in the desert.
3. Date tree grows well in the desert
4. We aren’t Arabian but Indonesian.
5. They don’t go to Mecca every year
6. Are you hungry?
7. Does Shinta walk to school everyday.
D. Special Note
If the subject is third singular person (e.g) he, she, it John, Smith, Karen, the earth), we
must add a final –s pr –es to the verb.
1. Add –es if the verb ends in ss, sh, ch, x or z
cross – crosses
crush - crushes
catch - catches
mix - mixes
buzz - buzzes
2. If the verb ends in –y preceded by a consonant , change the –y into I and add -es
cry - cries
fry - fries
Put the verb in the bracket into the correct form of simple present tense

There …….(1. be) two kinds of hippos. The pygmy hippopotamus ………..(2. stand) no more than
waist-high to an adult human. It …..(3. be) about 6 feet (about 2 meters) long and weighs about
600 pounds (about 270 kilograms). This hippopotamus …….(4. have) greenish-black skin. It …..(5.
live) in the forest, on or near riverbanks.

The river hippopotamus is bigger and has reddish-brown skin. It can ……..(6. grow) to a length of
16 feet (5 meters). That’s longer than most cars. A river hippopotamus can weigh more than 8,800
pounds (4,000 kilograms). That’s more than the weight of 45 big men combined!. 7……..you
understand about hippo now?

Adapted from : Microsoft ® Encarta ® Reference Library 2005.

Read the following text carefully. Pay attention to the

generic structure of the text.

Snakes Ciri-ciri
Struktur Leksiko-
Generik garamatika

General Snakes are reptiles (cold-blooded creatures). They technical terms

classification belong to the same group as lizards (the scaled classifying verbs
group, Squamata) but form a sub-group of their own
(Serpentes)

Description Appearance
Snakes have two legs but a long time ago they had “timeless” present
claws to help them slither along. tense
Snakes are not slimy. They are covered in scales linking verbs
which are just bumps on the skin. Their skin is hard passive form of
and glossy to reduce frinction as the snake slithers verb
along the ground.
Behaviour generalized
Snakes often sunbake on rocks in the warm participants
weather. This is because snakes are cold-blooded and
they need the sun’s warmth to heat their body up. habit
Most snakes live in the country. Some types of moderating words
snakes live in trees, some live in water, but most live
on the ground in deserted rabbit burrows, in thick, habitat
long grass and in old logs.
A snake’s diet usually consists of frogs, lizards, and parts
mice and other snakes. The Anaconda can eat small
crocodiles and even wild boars.
Many snakes protect themselves with their fangs. Action verbs
Boa Constrictors can give you a bear hug which is so
powerful it can crush every single bone in your
body. Some snakes are protected by scaring their
enemies away like the Cobra. The Flying snakes
glides away from danger. Their ribs spread apart and
the skin stretches out. Its technique is just like the Comparison
sugar glider’s.

Text source: Derewianka, 1990

Write a report text about the creatures below. Use the text organization
available.
Text Organization
General Classification ……………………………………………………………………
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Description
 Parts ……………………………………………………………………
 Qualities ……………………………………………………………………
 Habit/behaviours ……………………………………………………………………
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