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C. Language Focus
Analyze these useful expressions below
Useful Expressions
Can I help you
May I meet Ms. Carole? Have
you made
an appointment before?
Where is the restaurant? Sure
Of course Yes, you may
I have not made yet
It is on Gejayan street. It is between ………………….
It is on ……………….
- To describe a place building, it needs to know position.
Next to
X
Beside
X
Between
X
In front of
X
Behind
X
In
X
On At
Under
X
Above Across to
X All of those are
called “preposition”
Preposition is always followed by nouns.
For example: a. The picture is next to the door.
b. Duta Minang Restaurant is beside the Post Office. c.
Field office‟s room is between toilet and Secretary‟s room.
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d. The General Hospital is in front of CBR‟s office.
e. Regent office is behind Police Station. f. Look The ballpoint is in the bottle.
g. Boby is lying on bed. h. The students are at camping field.
i. The picture is under the clock. j. There is a plane flying above our tent.
k. The school is across to the football field
Adapted from: Understanding and Using English Grammar, 1989: p. 376
D. Activity
Role Play - Find your partner.
- Make your own conversation using the language and
expressions discussed above. - Choose one of the situations provided below.
- Practice it in front the class.
Situations:
1. You are a diffable person who wants to meet Mr. Dwi. Mr. Dwi is the only CBR’s staff who has an ability to give physical therapy for diffables. You
don’t know his office before. So you make some conversations to some one in order to find CBR office.
2. You are a new donator from Germany who wants to come to the CBR’s
office. But you do no t know where CBR’s office is.
Learning Together
- There will be four groups in Class - Think two common places in your group then write
down its description in your word - After finished, each group has a task to describe two
places to other group with out mentioning its name just describe it in front of the class
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- When one group is presenting the task, the other group has to be ready to guess it.
- Take the turn after answering one place described.
E. What Have You Learned?
Write a paragraph about what you have learned from this unit
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How To Get To
That Room?
A. Warming Up