Contrastive Conjunction and Modal Perfect

Contrastive Conjunction and Modal Perfect

Modals in the past form are used in the past time.They are could, would, should, and might. Formula of modals is:
Modals + verb 1 + O/C.
Can be used in every tenses.
a.    Could is the past tense of can
The modal auxiliary could is used.
To express an ability in the past:
 -  I could always beat you at tennis when we were kids.
To express past or future permission:
  - Could i bury my cat in your back yard?

Persuading and Encouraging, Preventing Someone From Doing Something

Expressions of persuading :

Are you really sure you can’t/couldn’t...?
Don’t be so silly!
I really think it would be a pity if we didn’t...

Are you quite sure you won’t consider...?

Passive Sentences

Passive voice verbs are used in writing much more often than in speech, and they are used in some types of writing much more often than in others. Passives are used more in journalism (newspapers, magazines) than in fiction (novels, stories), but most journalists and fiction writers use far more active than passive sentences. However, passives are very common in all types of scientific and technical writing. Scientific articles often contain more passive than active sentences. You should not use passive voice verbs unless you have a good reason.

Direct speech and Indirect speech

Direct speech refers to reproducing another person’s exact words or saying exactly what someone has said (sometimes called quoted speech)
Here what a person says appears within quotation marks ("...") and should be word for word.

For example:
She said, "Today's lesson is on presentations."
or
"Today's lesson is on presentations," she said.

Narrative Text

 

Narrative text adalah teks yang berisi sebuah cerita baik tertulis ataupun tidak tertulis dan terdapat rangkaian peristiwa yang saling terhubung.

Generic Structure dari Narrative Text
•    Orientation : It is about the opening paragraph where the characters of the story are introduced.(berisi pengenalan tokoh, tempat dan waktu terjadinya cerita (siapa atau apa, kapan dan dimana)

Making Suggestion and Requesting Something

Making Suggestion and Requesting Something

Making Suggestion is how you express your suggestion to someone
WHAT ABOUT/HOW ABOUT ... + Base form + -ING
Example :
•    What about going to the swimming pool tomorrow?
•    How about going to the swimming pool tomorrow?

Complaning and Giving Instruction

Complaning and Giving Instruction

 

A complaint is complaints are expressions of "displeasure or annoyance" in response to an action that  is seen by the speaker as unfavorable.
Making a complaint
I do wish you could….
Excuse me, I’m afraid…