English UN Preparation
The Materials are:
• Reading Comprehension Non-continuous Text:
A Bus Schedule and A Flight Schedule
• Elliptical Construction • Language Function
Questions 1 – 4 refer to the
following bus schedule.
Route Numbe
r
City
1. Which bus does not go to the
Shopping Mall?
2. Which bus gets passengers
to the University before
3:00?
3. Which bus carries
passengers from Main and
Spring to Oakdale?
4. How long does it take from
City Hall
to
Shopping Mall
by bus number 22C?
Flight Number
From Gate Time Schedule
218
1. Passengers arriving from Berlin
can be met at Gate …
2. When should passengers
from Paris expect to
arrive?
a. at 2:53
3. Which flight arrives the
earliest?
4. The flight from Lisbon will
arrive at ….
a. at 3:19
Elliptical Construction
► Untuk menunjukkan bahwa seseorang (someone) atau sesuatu (something) berbuat sesuatu dan kemudian orang lain berbuat yang sama.
Jika kedua kalimat berbentuk positif, digunakan ‘too/so’. Untuk kalimat negatif, penggabungan kalimat
The Function:
The function
1.
express similarities
2. avoid repetition of the sentences
Edo likes ice-cream.
Ira likes ice-cream.
The Formula
Positive Statement
Affirmative statement + and + subject + be/modal/auxiliary + too
I speak French to my parents and Amar does too.
or
The Formula
Negative Statement
1. Negative statement + and + subject + be/modal/auxiliary + not + either
Or …
2. Negative statement + and + neither+ be/modal/auxiliary + subject
The sentence is ….
Complete the sentences with so,
too, neither or either
1. Teak does not need a lot of water to grow and … cactus.
2. Banana trees do not have hard trunks and papaya trees ….
1. Andri : Have you ever been to Mount Rinjani?
Pino : Yes, I have. I went there last year. And you?
Andri : … Its caldera is huge, isn’t it? Pino : Yes.
a. So have I b. I did too
2. Titi : Do you know Puspita?
Irly : Yes, I know her very much.
Titi : She can swim well.
Irly : ….
a. So cannot Anita
3. Irma : Sasa, did you watch
PILDACIL last night?
Deti : Yes, I like Kiki
performance.
Irma : … He has nice smile also.
a. I’m too
b. I didn’t either c. I do so
4. The doctor is in the hospital, and
….
a. the nurse so is
b. the nurse too is
c. so is the nurse
5. … and we didn’t either.
a. She never visited that old mosque b. She always visits that old mosque c. She visited that old mosque
Language Function
•
Congratulating
Congratulating Someone
1. A : ……
B : Thanks a lot
a. Please accept my warmest congratulations
b. I’d like to talk to your father about this
c. I’m surprise to hear that
2. Brother : I hear you’ve passed your examination, haven’t you? Sister : That’s right
Brother : …….
Sister : Thank you
a. I’m glad you enjoyed your success b. I’d like to congratulate you on your
success
3. Arif :You’re going to be
elected as our new the headmaster, aren’t you, Mr. Umar ?
Mr. Umar : That’s right Arif : “…. “
a. How glad he is
b. Thank you very much c. Everything is alright
4. Ari : I was chosen to represent Indonesia in the Youth
International Conference in Nederland.
Joko : Really? How can it happen? Ari : I joined in a selection two
months ago and passed the test.
Joko : I congratulate you for that. … Ari : Thank you so much. You’re
a. I’m really happy for you
b. You just lucky
How to give ADVICE
The expressions are ….
If I were you, I’d go home.
My advice is ….
I think you should ….
1. Ali : Mom, I've got a bad headache.
Mom : Let me check. You’ve got temperature too. You … stay at home.
Ali : Okay, Mom.
2. Reni : I never get good mark at
English even l
always
study hard.
Rudi : I advice you … an
English
course. It
will help you
much.
a. taking b. take
3. Ira : You often late to school.
Ina : I like watching TV at night
after studying and
doing my
homework.
Ira : … go to bed late.
4. Ita : It’s already 5.30 but l haven’t got the book l want to buy. Let’s find it in another book store.
Ati : I don’t think so. …. We promised to be back before ten.
a. That’s a good idea
b. We had better not go home now c. We should get it anyway
