Fill in this form and give it to the instructor. The completed forms are then distributed to other students randomly. The other students go around the class asking every body to find out whom the identities belong to.

  1. My home address is ……………………………………………………….………………..
  1. I am originally from ………………………………………………………………………..
  1. My hobby is/hobbies are ………………………………………………….………………..
  1. My office address is ………………………………………………….………………….....
  1. My previous office/offices was/were ……………………………………..………………..
  1. My educational background was ………………………………………….………………..
  1. In the future, I will be ………………………………………………………………………
  1. ………………………………………………………………………………………………
  1. ………………………………………………………………………………………………
  1. ………………………………………………………………………………………………

Grammatical Focus:

To Be (Present): IS, AM AND ARE

To Be (Past): WAS AND WERE

To Be (Future): WILL BE AND SHALL BE

Note:

Auxiliary Verb “BE” is commonly used in nominal sentences with the sentence pattern as follows:

S + BE + NOUN/ADJECTIVE/ADVERB

Complete your daily activities and use them to ask and answer with your friend/s in the classroom.

Get up / I usually get up at 5 o’clock every morning.
Take a bath / …………………………………………………………………………….
Get dressed / …………………………………………………………………………….
Have breakfast / …………………………………………………………………………….
Go to the office / …………………………………………………………………………….
Come to the office / …………………………………………………………………………….
………………. / …………………………………………………………………………….
………………. / …………………………………………………………………………….
………………. / …………………………………………………………………………….
………………. / …………………………………………………………………………….
………………. / …………………………………………………………………………….
Finish working / …………………………………………………………………………….
Go home / …………………………………………………………………………….
Come home / …………………………………………………………………………….
………………. / …………………………………………………………………………….
………………. / …………………………………………………………………………….
………………. / …………………………………………………………………………….

Grammatical Focus:

Question Words: What, Where, When, Why, Which, How, How many, How much,

How often, etc.

Note:

Simple Present Tense sentences are used to talk about daily or habitual activities at present with the sentence patterns as follows:

(+) S + V1/Vs
(?) DO/DOES + S + V1…?
(-) S + DO/DOES + NOT + V1

In a group of three, practise questions and answers using the provided words/phrases. The first one has been done for you as an example.

1. after this lesson/ have dinner/ where?

A to B: What will you do after this lesson?

B to A: I’ll have dinner.

B to C: I’m going to have dinner after this lesson.

C to B: Where are you going to have dinner?

B to C: I’m going to have dinner at home.

2. this evening/ work over time/ how long?

3. tomorrow morning/ finish my work/ with whom?

4. …………………………………………………………………………………………………….

5. …………………………………………………………………………………………………….

6. …………………………………………………………………………………………………….

7. …………………………………………………………………………………………………….

8. …………………………………………………………………………………………………….

9. next week/ visit my relative/ what for?

10. next month/ take a leave/ Are you going to…?

Grammatical Focus:

Simple Future Tense sentences are used to talk about future activities or plans with the sentence patterns as follows:

A. WILL/SHALLB. BE GOING TO

(+) S + WILL/SHALL + V1 / (+) S + IS/AM/ARE GOING TO + V1
(?) WILL/SHALL + S + V1…? / (?) IS/AM/ARE + S + GOING TO + V1…?
(-) S + WILL/SHALL + NOT + V1 / (-) S + IS/AM/ARE + NOT + GOING TO + V1

Pay attention to the PAST FORM of these verbs and write down the meaning in Indonesian language. And then in small groups of 5 or 6, practise sharing your past experiences.

  1. awake – awoke - ……….26. get – got - ……….51. ring – rang ……….
  2. beat – beat - ……….27. give – gave - ……….52. run – ran - ……….
  3. become – became - ……….28. go – went - ……….53. sell – sold - ……….
  4. begin – began - ……….29. grow – grew - ……….54. send – sent - ……….
  5. bite – bit - ……….30. have – had - ……….55. see – saw - ……….
  6. blow – blew - ……….31. hear – heard - ……….56. sew – sewed - …….
  7. buy – bought - ……….32. hide – hid - ……….57. shake – shook - …….
  8. catch – caught - ……….33. hit – hit - ……….58.show – showed - …….
  9. choose – chose - ……….34. hurt – hurt - ……….59. shut – shut - ……….
  10. come – came - ……….35. keep – kept - ……….60. sing – sang - ……….
  11. cost – cost - ……….36. …... - …... - …...61. sit – sat - ……….
  12. cut – cut - ……….37. …... - …... - …...62. sleep – slept ……….
  13. dive – dove ……….38. …... - …... - …...63. smell – smelt - ……….
  14. do – did - ……….39. …... - …... - …...64. speak – spoke - ……….
  15. draw – drew - ……….40. …... - …... - …...65. stand – stood - ……….
  16. dream – dreamt - ……….41. know – knew - ……….66. sweep – swept - ……
  17. drink – drank - ……….42. leave – left - ………. 67. swim – swam - …….
  18. drive – drove - ……….43. let – let - ……….68. take – took - ……….
  19. eat – ate - ……….44. lie – lay - ……….69.teach – taught - ……….
  20. fall – fell - ……….45. make – made - ……….70.tear – tore - ……….
  21. feel – felt - ……….46. mean – meant - ……….71.tell – told - ……….
  22. fight – fought - ……….47. meet – met - ……….72.think – thought - …….
  23. find – found - ……….48. put – put - ……….73.throw – threw - ……….
  24. fly – flew - ……….49. read – read - ……….74.wake up – woke up - …
  25. forget – forgot - ……….50. ride – rode ……….75.write – wrote - ……….

Grammatical Focus:

Regular and Irregular Verbs

Note:

Simple Past Tense sentences are used to talk about past activities with the sentence patterns as follows:

(+) S + V2
(?) DID + S + V1…?
(-) S + DID + NOT + V1

Work in pairs, reviewing lessons 1, 2, 3 and 4, giving stimulus and response. One student tells his/her partner about his/her past experiences, daily activities and future plans while the other responds to every stimulus using so/too, neither/either or but. Pay attention to the following example:

A: I was just at home last Sunday.

B: Were you? I was too. But I’m going to go to the cinema next Sunday.

A: Well, so am I. But I won’t watch the midnight film.

B: Neither will I. I never watch night films.

A: But sometimes I do.

B: ………………………………………………………………………..

A: ………………………………………………………………………..

B: ………………………………………………………………………..

A: ………………………………………………………………………..

B: ………………………………………………………………………..

Grammatical Focus:

Elliptical Sentences: So …/… too

Neither …/… either

But …

Note:

1) The pattern (So …/… too) is used to respond the same affirmative statement.

For example:

A: I worked over time last night.

B: So did I / I did too.

2) The pattern (Neither …/… either) is used to respond the same negative statement.

For example:

A: I won’t be ready to go to Japan.

B: Neither will I / I won’t either.

3) The pattern (But …) is used to respond with the opposite statements.

For example:

A: I worked over time last night.

B: But I didn’t.

A: I won’t be ready to go to Japan.

B: But I will.

Pay attention to the following pictures. In pairs, one student asks about what every one is doing right now, will be doing at this time tomorrow and was doing at this time yesterday. The other will answer her/him. The first one has been done as an example.

Your parents

You: What are your parents doing right now?

Partner: They are watching television.

You: What will they be doing at this time tomorrow?

Partner: They will be watching TV too.

You: What were they doing at this time yesterday?

Partner: They were also watching TV.

1. The secretary

…………………………………………………………….

…………………………………………………………….

…………………………………………………………….

…………………………………………………………….

…………………………………………………………….

…………………………………………………………….

2. Their uncle.

…………………………………………………………….

…………………………………………………………….

…………………………………………………………….

…………………………………………………………….

…………………………………………………………….

3. Your father.

…………………………………………………………….

…………………………………………………………….

…………………………………………………………….

…………………………………………………………….

…………………………………………………………….

4. His neighbours.

…………………………………………………………….

…………………………………………………………….

…………………………………………………………….

…………………………………………………………….

…………………………………………………………….

5. The children.

…………………………………………………………….

…………………………………………………………….

…………………………………………………………….

…………………………………………………………….

…………………………………………………………….

6. Your aunt.

…………………………………………………………….

…………………………………………………………….

…………………………………………………………….

…………………………………………………………….

…………………………………………………………….

7. Their grandparents.

…………………………………………………………….

…………………………………………………………….

…………………………………………………………….

…………………………………………………………….

…………………………………………………………….

8. Your friend.

…………………………………………………………….

…………………………………………………………….

…………………………………………………………….

…………………………………………………………….

…………………………………………………………….

9. Susan’s sister.

…………………………………………………………….

…………………………………………………………….

…………………………………………………………….

…………………………………………………………….

…………………………………………………………….

10. The operator.

…………………………………………………………….

…………………………………………………………….

…………………………………………………………….

…………………………………………………………….

…………………………………………………………….

Grammatical Focus:

Present Continuous Tense is used to talk about progressive activities at present.

Future Continuous Tense is used to talk about progressive activities in the future.

Past Continuous Tense is used to talk about progressive activities at the past.

Patterns:

Present Continuous Tense.

(+) S + IS/AM/ARE + V-ING
(?) IS/AM/ARE + S + V-ING ?
(-) S + IS/AM/ARE + NOT + V-ING

Future Continuous Tense.

(+) S + WILL/SHALL BE + V-ING
(?) WILL/SHALL + S + BE + V-ING ?
(-) S + WILL/SHALL + NOT + BE + V-ING

Past Continuous Tense.

(+) S + WAS/WERE + V-ING
(?) WAS/WERE + S + V-ING…?
(-) S + WAS/WERE + NOT + V-ING

Pay attention to the following form of verbs (Past Participle). Write down the present and the past forms too, to memorize them again. And then in small groups of 5 or 6, practise talking about what you have done at present, what you will have done in the future and what you had done at the past time. For example:

1. (have/has)

You: I’ve just had dinner.

Partner: What have you had for dinner?

You: I’ve had fried rice.

Partner: ……………………………….

You: ………………………………….

2. (will/shall have)

You: I’ll have finished my work tomorrow morning.

Partner: What time will you have finished your work?

You: By 11 o’clock, I hope.

Partner: ……………………………….

You: ………………………………….

3. (had)

You: I had sent the brochures before they ordered some items.

Partner: How many companies had you sent the brochures to?

You: Around 500 companies.

Partner: ……………………………….

You: ………………………………….

Complete the Present and the Past forms of these verbs.

  1. ……... – …...... – awaken 26. ….. – ….. - gotten51. …… – …... - rung
  2. …...… – ….... - beaten 27. ……. – …... - given52. ….. – ….. - run
  3. ………. – …....… - become 28. …… – …... - gone53. ….. – ….. - sold
  4. ……. – ….... - begun 29. ….… – …….. - grown54. …… – …... - sent
  5. …… – …… - bitten 30. …… – …... - had55. ……. – ….... - seen
  6. …… – …... - blown 31. …….. – ……..- heard56. ….. - ….. - sewn
  7. …… – …… - bought 32. …… – …... - hidden57. ……. – ….... - shaken
  8. ……. – …....- caught 33. …… – …... - hit58. …… – …… - shown
  9. …… – …... - chosen 34. …… – …… - hurt59. …… – …... - shut
  10. …… – …… - come 35. …… – …...- kept60. ……. – ……. - sung
  11. …….. – ……..- cost 36. …... - …... - …...61. ….. – ….. - sat
  12. …… – …... - cut 37. …... - …... - …...62. ….... - ..….. – slept
  13. …… – ……. - dived 38. …... - …... - …...63. ….. – ….. - smelt
  14. ……. – ….... - done 39. …... - …... - …...64. ……. – ….... - spoken
  15. …… – ….... - drawn 40. …... - …... - …...65. ……. – ….... - stood
  16. ………. – ….…...- dreamt 41. ……. – ……. - known66. ……. – ….... - swept
  17. ……. – ……. - drunk 42. ……. – ….... - left 67. ……. – ….... - swum
  18. ……. – ….... - driven 43. ……. – ….... - let68. …… – …… - taken
  19. ….. – ….. - eaten 44. ….. – ….. - lain69…….. – …... - taught
  20. ……. – ….... - fallen 45. …..…. – …...... - made70…… – ….. - torn
  21. ……... – ……... - felt 46. .……. – …….. - meant71…….. – ….... - told
  22. ……. – ……. - fought 47. …… – …...- met72…….. – ….... - thought
  23. ……. – ….... - found 48…..… – ….... - put73. ……. – ….... - thrown
  24. ……. – ….... - flown 49. …… – …... - read74………. – …….. - woken up
  25. …… – …... - forgotten 50. …… – ….. - ridden75…….. – ….... – written

Now practise with your nearest friend(s)!

1. (have/has)

You: …………………………………………………………..

Partner: ………………………………………………………?

You: …………………………………………………………..

Partner: ……………………………………………………….

You: …………………………………..……………………….

2. (will/shall have)

You: …………………………………………………………..

Partner: ………………………………………………………?

You: …………………………………………………………..

Partner: ……………………………………………………….

You: …………………………………..……………………….

3. (had)

You: …………………………………………………………..

Partner: ………………………………………………………?

You: …………………………………………………………..

Partner: ……………………………………………………….

You: …………………………………..……………………….

Grammatical Focus:

Present Perfect Tense is used to talk about completed activities at present.

Future Perfect Tense is used to talk about completed activities in the future.

Past Perfect Tense is used to talk about completed activities at the past.

Patterns:

Present Perfect Tense.

(+) S + HAVE/HAS + V3
(?) HAVE/HAS + S + V3?
(-) S + HAVE/HAS + NOT + V3

Future Perfect Tense.

(+) S + WILL/SHALL + HAVE + V3
(?) WILL/SHALL + S + HAVE + V3?
(-) S + WILL/SHALL + NOT + HAVE + V3

Past Perfect Tense.

(+) S + HAD + V3
(?)HAD + S + V3…?
(-) S + HAD + NOT + V3

You want to know the information about how long your friend(s) have been doing the following activities. For example:

You: How long have you been working in this company?

Partner: I’ve been working in this company for more than 10 years.

What about you, how long have you been working in this company?

You: Well, not that long. Still less than 5 years

Work in this company
Live at the present address
Occupy the present department
Do the latest task(s)
Join this English programme
Communicate in English
Buy from the supplier(s)
Sell the product(s) to the customer(s)
Cooperate with foreign companies
……………….
……………….
……………….

Grammatical Focus:

Question Words: How long, Since when, How many years, etc.

Note:

Present Perfect Continuous Tense sentences are used to talk about activities that happened at the past time and are still through up to the present with the sentence patterns as follows:

(+) S + HAVE/HAS + BEEN + V-ING
(?) HAVE/HAS + S + BEEN +V+ING…?
(-) S + HAVE/HAS + NOT + BEEN +V-ING

In pairs or in small groups of 4, reviewing the previous lessons, everyone talks to another or the other member(s) of the group about their work duties.

Pay attention to the following example:

A: It’s interesting conference, isn’t it?

B: I think so. The participants are also from all over the world.

A: Well, let me introduce myself. My name’s Andi Gibbs from California, USA.

B: How do you do? My name’s Tri Satriyo from Indonesia.

A: Glad to know you. Do you often attend international business conferences?

B: Well, this is my first. But I’ll have to go to conferences a lot because I’m in

charge of marketing now.

A: Are you? What company do you work for?

B: I work for Chitose Indonesia limited company, A furniture factory. What about you?

A: I am from Nissan, In Purchasing Department.

B: Well, buying is easier than selling, isn’t it?

A: In our daily life, yes. But in business, it is not always the same.

B: How come?

A: There are a lot of suppliers with attractive promotion strategies, making me

confused to choose the best one. Then why do you think selling is more difficult?

B: Well, the answer is almost the same. Many-many competitors and the people’s low

purchasing power in our country make marketers have difficulty to sell their

products. That’s why we are looking for foreign markets here.

A: How long have you been in marketing?

B: Not so long, just about since a year ago.

A: If you diversify your products and supply car seats and interior, you have had a

new customer now.

B: Is it serious? Aren’t you just kidding?

Grammatical Reviews:

  1. To Be
  2. Simple Present Tense
  3. Simple Future Tense
  4. Simple Past Tense
  5. Present Continuous Tense
  6. Future Continuous Tense
  7. Past Continuous Tense
  8. Present Perfect Tense
  9. Future Perfect Tense
  10. Past Perfect Tense
  11. Present Perfect Continuous Tense
  12. Tag Question

Pay attention to how people give and respond to the instructions below. After that, practise it yourself with your partner.

Examples:

A: Finish it soon!

B: Yes, Sir

C: Don’t report it to our boss!

D: Why not. I think it’s a serious problem.

E: Be careful!

F: I will, thanks.

G: Don’t be noisy!

H: I’m sorry. Did I disturb you?

I: Please check it up again.

J: Certainly. I’ll do it right away.

K: Be patient, please.

L: Yes, of course.

M: Don’t tell anyone else, please.

N: No, I won’t. I promise.

O: Please don’t be late.

P: Don’t worry. I’ll do my best.

Q: Would you explain it again, Madam?

R: With pleasure.

S: Could you help me a moment, please?

T: I’d be glad to actually, but I’ve got to go now.

U: Would you mind calling me back this afternoon?

V: No, I wouldn’t mind at all.

Grammatical Focus:

Command is usually used by superiors when giving instructions to their subordinates.

V1 + O + (ADV)! / DON’T + V1 + O + (ADV)!
BE + NOUN/ADJ/ADV / DON’T BE + NOUN/ADJ/ADV

Request is usually used among friends at the same ranks or positions.

PLEASE + V1 + O + (ADV) / DON’T + V1 + O + (ADV), PLEASE
BE + NOUN/ADJ/ADV, PLEASE / PLEASE + DON’T BE + NOUN/ADJ/ADV

Polite Request is usually used when asking his/her superior or visitor to do something.

Will you + V1 …, please? / Could you please + V1 …?
Would you please + V1…? / Would you mind + V-ing …, please?

Pay attention to how people ask and answer questions below. After that, practise it yourself with your partner.

Examples:

Question: Do you agree to prolong this English programme?

Answer 1: Of course, I agree 100% because English is very important in this global era.

Answer 2: No, I don’t because it’ll be too tiring.

Q: Will you allow us to visit your house next Sunday?

A1: Well if my husband/wife agrees, it’ll be no problem.

A2: I don’t think so because we have had a plan to visit our relative next Sunday.

Q: When did you begin working here?

A1: I began working here 10 years ago.

A2: I have been working here since 1996.

Q: Are you helping your friend finish his work?

A1: Yes, I’m. Why?

A2: Not for now, but sometimes I do.

Q: What have you heard her/him saying?

A1: I’ve just heard her/him blaming her/his friend.

A2: I haven’t heard her/him saying anything.

Grammatical Focus: Verb Patterns

  1. Verb + To infinitive: agree, arrange, ask, beg, begin, choose, decide, expect, fail, forget, hate, help, hesitate, hope, intend, learn, like, manage, mean, need, neglect, offer, plan, prepare, pretend, promise, propose, refuse, regret, remember, seem, start, swear, trouble, try, want, would like, etc.
  2. Verb + Object + To Infinitive: advise, allow, ask, beg, cause, command, encourage, expect, forbid, force, get, help, instruct, invite, need, order, permit, persuade, press, recommend, request, remind, teach, tell, tempt, trouble, want, warn, etc.
  3. Verb + V-ing: admit, appreciate, avoid, begin, consider, delay, deny, dislike, enjoy, finish, forgive, can’t help, imagine, involve, like, mind, miss, postpone, practise, regret, risk, suggest, understand, etc.
  4. Verb + Object + Bare Infinitive: let, make, help, have, know, see, hear, feel, watch, notice, etc.
  5. Verb + Object + V-ing: bring, catch, find, keep, leave, feel, watch, hear, notice, observe, see, smell, etc.

Every student takes some of the provided statements or makes their own statements with the same patterns and tries to prove or disprove the statements. To do this, they must move around the class asking all friends whether or not the statements are true.

Take a note of their answers in order to be able to draw the conclusion accurately.

Here are the sample statements:

  1. Some of your friends’ salary is spent on books regularly.
  2. Everyone here was born in this town.
  3. Most of your friends are going to be sent abroad.
  4. A number of your friends are being waited for by someone.
  5. Several friends have been taught English in English courses.
  6. An English film on TV was being watched by them last night.
  7. English had been studied by a few of your friends when they were at Elementary School.
  8. None of your friends will have been promoted by the end of this year.
  9. No one at home is invited by them to talk in English.
  10. Many of your friends were accepted to work because of their English skills.
  11. What they do in the office every day must be reported to their boss.
  12. Someone here is being proposed to work in another department.
  13. English was being spoken by their friends when they came to the office.
  14. Almost all of your friends have been interviewed in English language.
  15. The TV channels from other countries can be received by their TV set at home.
  16. A part of your friends had been tested on TOEFL before.
  17. Their English skills will have been used before they finish this training.
  18. The career of all your friends will be supported by their English skills.
  19. No one was forced to join this English training.
  20. A lot of English language cassettes have been bought by some of your friends.

Grammatical Focus: Passive Voice

ACTIVITIES / PROGRESSIVE / COMPLETED
Daily at Present:
IS/AM/ARE + V3 / IS/AM/ARE + BEING + V3 / HAVE/HAS + BEEN + V3
Past:
WAS/WERE + V3 / WAS/WERE + BEING + V3 / HAD + BEEN + V3
Future:
WILL
SHALL + BE + V3
BE GOING TO / WILL/SHALL + BE + V3 / WILL/SHALL + HAVE BEEN + V3

Reviewing all the previous lessons, the participants are divided into small groups of 5 or 6. Every group tries to make a story by asking every member, first, to complete the first sentence given by the teacher, and then ask him/her to make another half sentence orally. In that way, every group will finally compose a complete story before they write it on a piece of paper.

For example:

Teacher: One of my neighbours, Mr. Yono, has been working for …

Member 1: a foreign company for about 10 years. He applied for a job after …

Member 2: he had graduated from his Vocational High School. His position was as …

Member 3: a technician in the Maintenance Department. Now, he is …

Member 4: the Head of the Department. Next week, he is going to …

Member 5: go abroad. He is going to be there for …

Member 6: a year. He will be …

Member 1: … continue in this way …

The written story is as follow:

One of my neighbours, Mr. Yono, has been working for a foreign company for about 10 years. He applied for a job after he had graduated from his Technical High School. His position was as a technician in the Maintenance Department. Now, he is the Head of the Department. Next week, he is going to go abroad. He is going to be there for a year. He will be…, etc-etc.