MODUL BAHASA INGGRIS KELAS 11 FARMASI
SPOOF TEXT
A. BUILDING KNOWLEDGE OF FIELD
Look at the picture!
Answer the following questions orally!
1. What pictures are they?
2. Do you like jokes or do you like comic strips?
3. What comic strips do you usually read? Garfield, Snoopy, Peanuts, or Donald
Duck? Or maybe you still like Japanese comic strips like Kobo Chan,
Doraemon, or Sin Chan?
4. What do you feel after you hear or read a joke or funny comic strips?
5. Do you think that you can learn something from them?
Expressing Embarrassment
Read the dialogue below with your partner!
Vira : You know what? Something really terrible happened in my last Chemistry
exam.
Hana: You tried to cheat and were caught by the supervisor, didn't you?
Vira : No, it's not about cheating thing, not at all.
Hana: So what happened?
Vira : Listen! I was sitting next to Erin in front row.
Hana: Eh em ....
Vira :
Hana:
Vira :
Hana:
Vira :
Hana:
Vira :
Hana:
Vira :
Hana:
Vira :
All of a sudden, I felt something crawling across my foot.
Something what?
Something crawling across my foot.
So?
I looked down and, there I saw a dirty big cockroach.
You know how I hate it.
What did you do then?
Well, I screamed and jumped on the chair. And you know what? I knocked all
Erin's paper off into the bin beside him.
Ups
Yes... and you can imagine what an idiot I felt when the supervisor came running over. Everybody was look at me. I was so embarrassed. You know ... you
can't really sneeze or cough or anything in those exam rooms.
Wow ... what an embarrassment situation!
It was! I think this could only happen to me, it really makes me ashamed.
Answer the questions according to the dialogue above!
1. What experience did Vira tell to Hana?
Answer:......................................................................................................................................
2. Where and when did the incident happen?
Answer:......................................................................................................................................
3. What was crawling across Vira’s foot?
Answer:......................................................................................................................................
4. How did she react?
Answer:......................................................................................................................................
5. How did she feel? How do you know?
Answer:......................................................................................................................................
6. Why did she feel so embarrassed?
Answer:......................................................................................................................................
7. Find the expression of embarrassment in the dialogue!
Answer:......................................................................................................................................
8. Give other examples of expression of embarrassment!
Answer:......................................................................................................................................
Learn the expression of embarrassment below!
Expressing Embarrassment
Have your ever been embarrassed in front of your friends or have they ever been in an
embarrassing situation? In order to show that kind of feeling, we can use certain expressions of embarrassment. Here are some of them.
• What an embarrassing situation!
• I’m so embarrassed!
• It’s so embarrassing!
• I’m so ashamed.
• It makes me feel so ashamed.
•
I was so embarrassed.
Grammar Focus
Study the sentences below!
In 1980. I had a show in Jakarta.
While I was singing my favorite song,
a truck hit the stage, it completely fell
down and I was seriously injured
Grammar Summary
The Simple Past and The Past Continuous
The Simple Past
Used to describe:
• completed actions that took place at
a definite time in the past.
e.g. I was naughty when I was a
child.
• permanent situations in the past
e.g. John lived in Ireland for 15
years. (He doesn’t live there anymore.)
• past habits or repealed actions in
the past.
e.g. When I was in Elementary
school, I often played in the yard.
The Past Continuous
Used to describe:
• an action that was in progress at a
definite time in the past.
e.g. This time last Monday, I was
seeing the doctor.
• actions happened at the same time
in the past.
e.g. While I was reading, he was
talking to my mum loudly.
• a lengthy action that was in
progress when a shorter or sudden
one interrupted it. The longer action
is in the Past Progressive and the
shorter one is in the Past Simple.
e.g. They were having dinner when I
came.
Time Expressions
Yesterday, ago, last month/night/week, etc.
While, when, as, etc.
Put the verbs into the correct form, past continuous or simple past!
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
Donny .................. (listen) to his walkman when I .................. (arrive).
What .................. (you/do) this time yesterday?
.................. (you/go) out last night? No, I was too tired.
Was Tony at the party last night? Yes, he .................. (wear) a really nice dress.
How fast .................. (you/drive) when the accident .................. (happen)?
When I was young, I .................. (want) to be a police officer.
Mozart.................. (write) more than 600 pieces of music.
I.................. (walk) along the street when suddenly I .................. (hear) footsteps behind me. Somebody .................. (follow) me. I was frightened and I .................. (start) to run.
Rina’s Dream
Insert the correct tense (Simple Past or Past Continuous) of the verbs in brackets!
Tommy’s wife, Rina, had a dream which she told Tommy about next morning.
Rina : I (1) .............. (have) a wonderful dream last night! I (2) ..................... (dream) that I was a
lady of leisure who (3) ................. (not do) any housework! You (4) .................. (do) it all instead! I (5) .............. (dream) that while I (6) ............ (lie) in the sun, you (7) .... (cut) the lawn.
While I (8) ....... (relax) in the bath, you (9) ............. (iron) the shirts. While I (10) ..............
(take) a swim in the pool, you (11) ..................... (hang out) the washing. While I (12)
…………(watch) TV, you (13) ………….(cook) the meal. While I (14) ................ (buy) new
clothes in town, you (15) ................ (clean) the house. Wasn't that a marvelous dream?
Tommy: And while you (16) ...................... (dream), I (17) .................... (have) an even better one. I
(18) ...................... (dream) that I (19) .................... (become) a king with beautiful ladies
around me. But, I (20) .................. (not find) you among them.
Read the text and learn the generic structure.
Title
Orientation
Event 1
Event 2
Event 3
Twist
A Bumpy Flight
"This is your captain speaking. We have had a failure in one of
our engines. There is no cause for alarm as we still have three
engines left. Unfortunately this means that we will be one hour
late”
A short time later the captain again spoke to the passengers:
“There is no cause for alarm, but we have just lost another engine. We will now be two hours late.”
When the captain spoke to the passengers for the third time,
he again had bad news. “Ladies and gentlemen, I assure you
that we are in no danger, but I must inform you that we have had
another engine failure. This means that we will now be three
hours late.”
Finally, the captain announced that the fourth engine had
failed.
One of the passengers turned to another passenger and said,
“Oh no! That means we’ll be four hours late!”
Answer the questions according to the text above!
1. Who were the participants in the story?
Answer: ...................................................................................................................................
2. Where do you think the story happened?
Answer: ...................................................................................................................................
3. When did the story happen?
Answer: ...................................................................................................................................
4. What tense is mostly used in the story?
Answer: ...................................................................................................................................
5. Which part of the story is funny?
Answer: ...................................................................................................................................
6. How many events are there in the story?
Answer: ...................................................................................................................................
7. Why do you think the story is funny?
Answer: ...................................................................................................................................
8. What is the purpose of the writer telling the story?
Answer: ...................................................................................................................................
Note:
The text above is called a spoof. It retells an event with a humorous twist. That’s why the story is
funny. Sometimes, we can also find spoof in a sport conversation or in a cartoon.
Rearrange the following paragraphs into good and meaningful story. Then put in the text organization of Spoof!
- Three days later the farmer called again and said, “You’ve got to do something about these drivers.
The School Crossing sign seems to make them go faster.” So, again, the sheriff went out and put up a
new sign: SLOW: CHILDREN AT PLAY
- So he called the sheriff’s office and said, “You’ve got to do something about these people driving too
fast and killing all my chickens.” So the next day the sheriff went out and put up a sign that read:
SLOW: SCHOOL CROSSING
- A farmer lived on a quiet rural highway. But a new expressway bypass meant an alarming increase in
traffic. In fact, it so heavy and so fast that his chickens were being run over at a rate of three a day.
- Finally, the telephone calls stop, and the sheriff becomes very curious. So he drives out to the farmer’s
house, and there on the edge of the road he sees a new sign. It’s a whole sheet of plywood. And written in large yellow letters are the words: SLOW: NUDIST COLONY
- No good. So, the farmer calls again...and again, every day for three weeks, but the sheriff just doesn’t
have time to put up signs every week.
Do you have a funny experience in your life? Tell it to your friends in front of the class. Don't forget to
use some expressions for telling the story!
Don't forget to use conversation gambits in your story.
Action in order
Telling a story
First of all …………….. First………………………
Then ………………….. First of all………………..
Next……………………. To begin with……………
After that ……………… Then…………………….
Finally ………………..
After that………………..
Finishing your story
To cut along story ………….
So in the end………………..
So, in short………………….
So, …………………………..
So then ………………………
At the end……………………
Finally………………………..
Begin your story like this
Good morning, my dear friends. This time I want to tell you a funny story about..........................
..........................................................................................................................................................
..........................................................................................................................................................
Well to cut up the long story,...........................................................................................................
..........................................................................................................................................................
OK, that's the end of the story, thank you
A. BUILDING KNOWLEDGE OF FIELD
Short Functional Text
Look at the pictures!
Answer the questions below!
1. What pictures are they?
Answer:.....................................................................................................................................
2. Where can you find the pictures?
Answer:.....................................................................................................................................
3. Do you think that the pictures are funny?
Answer:.....................................................................................................................................
4. Can the content of these pictures motivate you?
Answer:.....................................................................................................................................
5. What for do people usually put on this picture?
Answer:.....................................................................................................................................
6. Do you have the picture which is like them?
Answer:.....................................................................................................................................
7. Where do you usually put on it?
Answer:.....................................................................................................................................
Note:
The pictures above are Posters.
A poster is any large piece of printed paper designed to be attached to a wall or vertical surface.
Typically posters include both textual and graphic elements, although a poster may be either
wholly graphical or wholly textual. Posters are designed to be both eye-catching and convey information. Posters may be used for many purposes, and they are a frequent tool of advertisers (particularly of events, musicians and films) to communicate a message.
Working with Words
Write the correct word in each blank! A dash ( _ ) is shown for each missing letter and some letters are
given in each word.
Tony : I can’t stop laughing. There are some excellent j _ _ _s in this rnagazine.
Martha : Yes, I also like the c_rt_ _ _s by Gibbs. He’s very funny and he’s an excellent artist, too.
Tony : I like his sense of h_m_ _ _.’ He’s never unkind.
Martha : Yes, I b_ _ _t out laughing when I saw his book,
Tony : It’s very f_ _ _y. I couldn’t stop laughing, either
Martha : Have you heard Gibbs speak? He’s very w_ _ty.
Tony : Yes, he is. He sometimes gives lectures. I must say all his lectures are very a_ _ _ing.
Martha : In his last lecture he talked about a pr_ _t_c _ _ joke he played when he was a student. He pre tended to be a general with a wooden leg.
Tony : He’s made a couple of films; both are c_m_d_ _s.
Martha : Yes, I enjoyed them a lot. I envy him. I wish I could make people I_ _ _h.
Tony : Do you know any good r_ d_ _ _s?
Martha : Yes, what’s black and white and red (read) all over?
Tony : A newspaper
Grammar Focus
Adjectives ending in “-ing” or “-ed”
I watch
onsomething’s
TV every evening.
How
do youcartoons’
say about
feelings?
The
films
always
interest
me. --The cause
film issuch
interesting.
How do you say about the things
which
feelings?
Many adjectives are derived from verbs, and ending in “-ing” and “ed”
• "-ing"ending
adjectives
are used
to describe the effect that something has on people’s feeling.
Adjectives
in “-ing”
or “-ed”
bore - The-->
boring
Example:
questions are
confusing.
charm I am
-->
charming
confused about the questions.
surprise
surprising
- Her-->
performance
was disappointing.
interestI am
-->
interesting
disappointed in her performance.
excite
--> exciting
Example:
I hateadjective
Mathematics
it is
boring.
We must do calculation all the
Form “-ing”
or “-ed”
from class
thesebecause
verbs and
makes
sentences!
time.
1. depress
....................................
2. tire
....................................
Other “-ing”
adjectives are used to describe something that continues over a period of
3. •annoy
....................................
time.
4. frighten
....................................
increase ....................................
-->
increasing
5. worry
exist
-->
existing
6. astonish
....................................
live
-->
living
7. satisfy
....................................
8. amaze
....................................
•
“-ed”
adjectives
are used to describe people’s feelings. They have the same form as
9. delight
....................................
the past participle
of a transitive verb and a passive meaning.
10. terrify
....................................
bore
--> bored
amuse
--> amused
--> interested
Learn interest
the explanation!
surprise --> surprised
Example: I was very surprised the young tennis player defeated the Wimbledon champion.
Complete the following pairs of sentences using the correct form of the verb in brackets. You must use
the “-ed” form for one sentence in each pair and the “-ing” form for the other!
1. a. I had nothing to do. I was.... and lonely. (bore)
b. I had only one book with me but I didn’t read it. It was so....
2. a. I enjoyed Dina’s visit. She is a very.... speaker. (interest)
b. We invited them to join us, but they weren’t really....
3. a. The bad news was very.... (depress).
b. It was a bad day. We were all thoroughly....
4. a. I enjoyed the film. The monster was absolutely.... (terrify)
b. We were told there was a bomb in the building. Everyone was absolutely....
5. a. We were rather.... with the results. (disappoint)
b. The result was very …………….
6. a. We were dreadfully late. It was very.... (embarrass)
b. Tommy made a perfect fool of himself. He was awfully....
7. a. The article in the Daily News is very.... (annoy)
b. People are.... with the article.
8. a. The letter is very.... He is awarded a scholarship, (surprise)
b. He is very.... at the letter.
Read the text and pay attention to the generic structure!
Title
Aren't you his Mother?
Language Features
Orientatio A young boy was playing with a ball in the
n The participant
street. He kicked it too hard, and it broke the
(who,
when,
window of a house and fell inside. A lady
where)
came to the window with the ball and
shouted at the young boy, so he ran away, but
he
his ball
back.
A still
fewwanted
minutes
later
he returned and
Event 1
knocked at the door of the house. When the
lady answered it, he said, "My father's going
Adverb of Time
(in bold)
Action Verbs
(in italic)
Saying Verbs
(in italic)
to come and fix your window very soon."
After a few more minutes a man came to
Event 2
the door with the tools in his hand, so the
lady let the boy take his ball away.
When the man finished fixing the window,
Event 3
he said to the lady, "That will cost you
Twist
(the funny
part)
exactly ten dollars.
"But aren't you the father of that young
boy?" the woman asked, looking surprised,
"No."
he
answered,
equally
surprised.
"Aren't you his mother?"
Activity 10
Answer the questions according to the text above!
1. Who were the participants in the story?
Answer:.....................................................................................................................................
2. Where do you think the story happened?
Answer:.....................................................................................................................................
3. When did the story happen?
Answer:.....................................................................................................................................
4. What tense is mostly used in the story?
Answer:.....................................................................................................................................
5. Which part of the story is funny?
Answer:.....................................................................................................................................
6. How many events are there in the story?
Answer:.....................................................................................................................................
7. Why do you think the story is funny?
Summary
Answer:.....................................................................................................................................
SPOOF
8. What
is the purpose of the writer telling the story?
Social Function : to tell an event with a humorous twist
Answer:.....................................................................................................................................
Text organization :
Language features: -
-
Orientation
(who were involved in the story, when, and where)
- Event
(tells what happened in a chronological order)
- Twist
(provide the funniest part of the stories)
the use of action verbs (walked, laughed, ran away)
- the use of connectives (first, then, finally)
- the use of adverbial phrases of time and place
- the use of simple past tense
C. JOINT CONSTRUCTION OF TEXT
Read the text and analyze the generic structure of this story!
Label the parts of the spoof in the spaces provided.
Do You Speak English?
……………
……………
I had an amusing experience last year.
After I had left a small village in the south of France, I drove on to the next town. On
the way, a young man waved to me. I stopped and he asked me for a lift. As soon as he
……………
……………
had got into the car, I said good morning to him in French and he replied in the same
language.
Apart from a few words, I do not know any French at all. Neither of us spoke during
the journey.
……………
……………
I had nearly reached the town, when the young man suddenly said, very slowly, ‘Do
you speak English?’ As I soon learned, he was English himself!
(Source: Practice and Progress, 1979)
What is funny from the story?
Answer:
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………………
Do you find the stories above are interesting and surprising to you at the end? Why do you think so? It
absolutely depends on how you tell the story. Here are the features of how to write a good story:
* An interesting beginning, which attracts the reader’s attention and makes him want to read on.
* A well thought-out development Events should follow each other in a logical order. Start a new paragraph for each new stage in the story,
* A good ending. Always leave yourself plenty of time for this - there is nothing worse than reading an
exciting story which just stops in mid-air!
Now try to write your own three or four paragraph story. You can choose one of the following topics.
1. The most embarrassing moments in my life or in my friend’s life.
2. The funniest film or story I have ever seen or read.
Use the writing planner below:
Title
: ...................................................................................................................................
Orientation :..................................................................................................................................
Event 1 : ...................................................................................................................................
Event 2 : ...................................................................................................................................
Event 3 : ...................................................................................................................................
Twist
: ...................................................................................................................................
COMPETENCY TEST
I. Choose the correct answer by crossing the a, b, c, d, or e.
Text 1
One of my students could not take my university seminar final exam because of funeral.
I suggested him to make up the following week. That week come, and again he couldn't take the test due
to another funeral. Then, I insisted him to take the exam early the following week. He said that he might be
able to sit in the exam it there was no one died.
By now I was suspicious how so many people he knew could die in three weeks. I started to find out what
actually happened. I went to administration office to find what actually the student did. I found out later that
he was a gravedigger, and of course he didn't know the people who died.
1. Why the student couldn't take the final exam?
Because ....
a. He had to bury the dead person.
b. He had to see the funeral
c. He had to dig a hole for the dead person
d. He had to visit his friend who died
e. He had to visit his teacher
2. What did the lecturer suggest him?
a. Not to take the final exam
b. Not to come to the following week
c. To bury the dead person
d. To go to the administration office
e. To take the exam the following week
3. "He said that he might be able to sit in the exam..." (par.2 sentence. 4)
What does "he" refer to?
a. the lecturer
d. the reader
b. the student
e. the professor
c. the writer
4. What did the lecturer do to find what the student do?
a. He went to the cemetery
b. He asked the student
c. He went to the administration office
d. He went to the student's house
e. He asked the student parents
5. What did the student actually do?
a. He was a lecturer
b. He was a teacher
c. He was an officer
d. He was a farmer
e. He was a gravedigger
Text 2
English Custom
This story is about two Indians settled in England. One had been living there for some years and had
picked up some of their quaint euphemisms. The other, recent settler, was as yet unaware of them. They were
invited for dinner by their English friends. After they had had their drinks, their hostess asked then, "would
you like a wash before I serve dinner?"
The knowledgeable one replied, "No, thanks". The new settler replied, "I wash my hand before I came."
On their way back after dinner, the older settler admonished his friend, "My dear chap, in England,
'would you like a wash' doesn't mean 'would you like to wash your hands.' it is a polite way of asking 'would
you like to urinate?". The new settler made a mental note of it.
Some days later he was invited by another English friend and after he had his drinks he was asked by his
hostess: "Would you like a wash before I serve my dinner?"
He replied promptly, "No, thank you, Madam. I washed against a tree before coming to your house."
6. X: How many people are there in the text?
Y: There are ... people.
a. Two
d. five
b. Three
e. six
c. Four
7. What is meant by 'a wash' in English custom?
a. Washing the hands
b. Washing the clothes
c. Taking a bath
d. Urinating
e. Cleaning the hands
8. "The new settler made a mental note of it." (par.3 sentence.3)
What does 'it' refer to?
a. No, thanks.
b. I washed my hands before I came.
c. My dear chap.
d. Would like to urinate?
e. The advice of the old settler
9. What kind of party is it in the text?
It is ...
a. Dinner party
d. tea party
b. Birthday party
e. evening party
c. Wedding party
10. The phrase "made a mental note" has the same meaning with...
a. Say
d. remember
b. Write
e. record
c. Recognize
11. Who was invited by another English friend some days later?
a. The Indians
d. the hostess
b. The older settler
e. the customers
c. The new settler
Text 3
A Private Conversation
Last week I went to the theatre. I had a very good seal. The play was very interesting. I did not enjoy it. A
young man and a young woman were fitting behind me. They were talking loudly. I got very angry. I could
not hear the actors I turned round. I looked at the man and the woman angrily. They did not pay any attention.
In the end, I could not bear it. I turned round again. "I can’t hear a word!”, I said angrily. "It’s none of your
business," the young man said rudely. “This is a private conversation!’"
12. Where did the writer go last week?
a. to the play
b. to the theatre
c. to the movie
d. to the private conversation
e. to a business
13. Who was sitting behind him?
a. the writer
b. the listener
c. Me
d. a couple of lovers
e. A businessman and a businesswoman
14. What did the young man think of the sentence “This is a private conversation”?
a. He didn’t want him to hear their conversation
b. The conversation was important
c.
They were spies
d. They were not interested in the play
e. The play was very boring
15. Why did the writer say “I can’t hear a word” to the man and the woman behind him?
a. Because he wanted to interrupt
b. Because he wanted to know the conversation
c.
Because he was jealous of their conversation
d. Because it was prohibited to speak in the theatre
e. Because he couldn’t listen to the play
16. What does the writer intend to the readers?
a. inform
b. entertain
c. persuade
d. describe
e. aim
17. Which term does not belong to spoof?
a. orientation
b. complication
c. event 1
d. event 2
e. twist
18. The main different between recount and spoof lies on ....
a. twist
b. orientation
c. complication
d. thesis
e. crisis
19. Dina: When did you ... your new car?
Dody: I ... last month.
a. buy - bought
b. to buy-buy
c. to buy-buying
d. was buy-was bought
e. buy-bought
20. Mr. Brown ... from England last week.
a. to return
b. returning
c.
d. returned
e. was returning
returns
21. Doly : My sister ... want to see her friend yesterday.
Leiy : Why?
Doly : Because she ... angry.
a. didn’t -is
b. didn’t - was
c.
doesn't - is
d. don’t - is
e. wouldn't - was
22. When I ... home last night, my sister… TV
a. come - is watching
b. came - watched
c. came - was watching
d. am coming - is watching
e. doesn’t - is
23. Yesterday, I came late. When I entered the classroom, my teacher... a story.
a. telling
b. was telling
c.
tells
d. told
e. tell
24.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
The students ... while the teacher was speaking to the guest.
were discussing
was discussing
are discussing
is discussing
have discussing
25. Mary is going to Indonesia for the first time next week.
It will be an ... experience for her.
a. excite
d. excites
b. excited
e. to excite
c. exciting
26. I feel ... because this book is so ....
a. bore; bore
b. boring; boring
c. boring; bored
d. bored; boring
e. bored; bored
27. Samson last his ... when Delillah cut his hair.
a. strong
b. strenght
c. strongness
d. strongment
e. strengten
28. Rika : I wish I could have covered my face.
Delon : Don't wory. It’s not that bad.
Rika expresses her ....
a. anger
d. embarrassment
b. opinion
e. dissatisfaction
c. love
29. Johan : Hi, Jane!
What are you doing here?
A girl : Oh ... I am not Jane.
Johan : Ups ................................................................. sorry.
a. I don't agree with you
b. I love it
c. Don't worry
d. I was so ashamed
e. Calm down
30.
What can you learn from the poster?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
we must follow other people
It's not good to be a leader
Imitating somebody else is good
Don't be a leader
It's better to be a leader
A. BUILDING KNOWLEDGE OF FIELD
Look at the picture!
Answer the following questions orally!
1. What pictures are they?
2. Do you like jokes or do you like comic strips?
3. What comic strips do you usually read? Garfield, Snoopy, Peanuts, or Donald
Duck? Or maybe you still like Japanese comic strips like Kobo Chan,
Doraemon, or Sin Chan?
4. What do you feel after you hear or read a joke or funny comic strips?
5. Do you think that you can learn something from them?
Expressing Embarrassment
Read the dialogue below with your partner!
Vira : You know what? Something really terrible happened in my last Chemistry
exam.
Hana: You tried to cheat and were caught by the supervisor, didn't you?
Vira : No, it's not about cheating thing, not at all.
Hana: So what happened?
Vira : Listen! I was sitting next to Erin in front row.
Hana: Eh em ....
Vira :
Hana:
Vira :
Hana:
Vira :
Hana:
Vira :
Hana:
Vira :
Hana:
Vira :
All of a sudden, I felt something crawling across my foot.
Something what?
Something crawling across my foot.
So?
I looked down and, there I saw a dirty big cockroach.
You know how I hate it.
What did you do then?
Well, I screamed and jumped on the chair. And you know what? I knocked all
Erin's paper off into the bin beside him.
Ups
Yes... and you can imagine what an idiot I felt when the supervisor came running over. Everybody was look at me. I was so embarrassed. You know ... you
can't really sneeze or cough or anything in those exam rooms.
Wow ... what an embarrassment situation!
It was! I think this could only happen to me, it really makes me ashamed.
Answer the questions according to the dialogue above!
1. What experience did Vira tell to Hana?
Answer:......................................................................................................................................
2. Where and when did the incident happen?
Answer:......................................................................................................................................
3. What was crawling across Vira’s foot?
Answer:......................................................................................................................................
4. How did she react?
Answer:......................................................................................................................................
5. How did she feel? How do you know?
Answer:......................................................................................................................................
6. Why did she feel so embarrassed?
Answer:......................................................................................................................................
7. Find the expression of embarrassment in the dialogue!
Answer:......................................................................................................................................
8. Give other examples of expression of embarrassment!
Answer:......................................................................................................................................
Learn the expression of embarrassment below!
Expressing Embarrassment
Have your ever been embarrassed in front of your friends or have they ever been in an
embarrassing situation? In order to show that kind of feeling, we can use certain expressions of embarrassment. Here are some of them.
• What an embarrassing situation!
• I’m so embarrassed!
• It’s so embarrassing!
• I’m so ashamed.
• It makes me feel so ashamed.
•
I was so embarrassed.
Grammar Focus
Study the sentences below!
In 1980. I had a show in Jakarta.
While I was singing my favorite song,
a truck hit the stage, it completely fell
down and I was seriously injured
Grammar Summary
The Simple Past and The Past Continuous
The Simple Past
Used to describe:
• completed actions that took place at
a definite time in the past.
e.g. I was naughty when I was a
child.
• permanent situations in the past
e.g. John lived in Ireland for 15
years. (He doesn’t live there anymore.)
• past habits or repealed actions in
the past.
e.g. When I was in Elementary
school, I often played in the yard.
The Past Continuous
Used to describe:
• an action that was in progress at a
definite time in the past.
e.g. This time last Monday, I was
seeing the doctor.
• actions happened at the same time
in the past.
e.g. While I was reading, he was
talking to my mum loudly.
• a lengthy action that was in
progress when a shorter or sudden
one interrupted it. The longer action
is in the Past Progressive and the
shorter one is in the Past Simple.
e.g. They were having dinner when I
came.
Time Expressions
Yesterday, ago, last month/night/week, etc.
While, when, as, etc.
Put the verbs into the correct form, past continuous or simple past!
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
Donny .................. (listen) to his walkman when I .................. (arrive).
What .................. (you/do) this time yesterday?
.................. (you/go) out last night? No, I was too tired.
Was Tony at the party last night? Yes, he .................. (wear) a really nice dress.
How fast .................. (you/drive) when the accident .................. (happen)?
When I was young, I .................. (want) to be a police officer.
Mozart.................. (write) more than 600 pieces of music.
I.................. (walk) along the street when suddenly I .................. (hear) footsteps behind me. Somebody .................. (follow) me. I was frightened and I .................. (start) to run.
Rina’s Dream
Insert the correct tense (Simple Past or Past Continuous) of the verbs in brackets!
Tommy’s wife, Rina, had a dream which she told Tommy about next morning.
Rina : I (1) .............. (have) a wonderful dream last night! I (2) ..................... (dream) that I was a
lady of leisure who (3) ................. (not do) any housework! You (4) .................. (do) it all instead! I (5) .............. (dream) that while I (6) ............ (lie) in the sun, you (7) .... (cut) the lawn.
While I (8) ....... (relax) in the bath, you (9) ............. (iron) the shirts. While I (10) ..............
(take) a swim in the pool, you (11) ..................... (hang out) the washing. While I (12)
…………(watch) TV, you (13) ………….(cook) the meal. While I (14) ................ (buy) new
clothes in town, you (15) ................ (clean) the house. Wasn't that a marvelous dream?
Tommy: And while you (16) ...................... (dream), I (17) .................... (have) an even better one. I
(18) ...................... (dream) that I (19) .................... (become) a king with beautiful ladies
around me. But, I (20) .................. (not find) you among them.
Read the text and learn the generic structure.
Title
Orientation
Event 1
Event 2
Event 3
Twist
A Bumpy Flight
"This is your captain speaking. We have had a failure in one of
our engines. There is no cause for alarm as we still have three
engines left. Unfortunately this means that we will be one hour
late”
A short time later the captain again spoke to the passengers:
“There is no cause for alarm, but we have just lost another engine. We will now be two hours late.”
When the captain spoke to the passengers for the third time,
he again had bad news. “Ladies and gentlemen, I assure you
that we are in no danger, but I must inform you that we have had
another engine failure. This means that we will now be three
hours late.”
Finally, the captain announced that the fourth engine had
failed.
One of the passengers turned to another passenger and said,
“Oh no! That means we’ll be four hours late!”
Answer the questions according to the text above!
1. Who were the participants in the story?
Answer: ...................................................................................................................................
2. Where do you think the story happened?
Answer: ...................................................................................................................................
3. When did the story happen?
Answer: ...................................................................................................................................
4. What tense is mostly used in the story?
Answer: ...................................................................................................................................
5. Which part of the story is funny?
Answer: ...................................................................................................................................
6. How many events are there in the story?
Answer: ...................................................................................................................................
7. Why do you think the story is funny?
Answer: ...................................................................................................................................
8. What is the purpose of the writer telling the story?
Answer: ...................................................................................................................................
Note:
The text above is called a spoof. It retells an event with a humorous twist. That’s why the story is
funny. Sometimes, we can also find spoof in a sport conversation or in a cartoon.
Rearrange the following paragraphs into good and meaningful story. Then put in the text organization of Spoof!
- Three days later the farmer called again and said, “You’ve got to do something about these drivers.
The School Crossing sign seems to make them go faster.” So, again, the sheriff went out and put up a
new sign: SLOW: CHILDREN AT PLAY
- So he called the sheriff’s office and said, “You’ve got to do something about these people driving too
fast and killing all my chickens.” So the next day the sheriff went out and put up a sign that read:
SLOW: SCHOOL CROSSING
- A farmer lived on a quiet rural highway. But a new expressway bypass meant an alarming increase in
traffic. In fact, it so heavy and so fast that his chickens were being run over at a rate of three a day.
- Finally, the telephone calls stop, and the sheriff becomes very curious. So he drives out to the farmer’s
house, and there on the edge of the road he sees a new sign. It’s a whole sheet of plywood. And written in large yellow letters are the words: SLOW: NUDIST COLONY
- No good. So, the farmer calls again...and again, every day for three weeks, but the sheriff just doesn’t
have time to put up signs every week.
Do you have a funny experience in your life? Tell it to your friends in front of the class. Don't forget to
use some expressions for telling the story!
Don't forget to use conversation gambits in your story.
Action in order
Telling a story
First of all …………….. First………………………
Then ………………….. First of all………………..
Next……………………. To begin with……………
After that ……………… Then…………………….
Finally ………………..
After that………………..
Finishing your story
To cut along story ………….
So in the end………………..
So, in short………………….
So, …………………………..
So then ………………………
At the end……………………
Finally………………………..
Begin your story like this
Good morning, my dear friends. This time I want to tell you a funny story about..........................
..........................................................................................................................................................
..........................................................................................................................................................
Well to cut up the long story,...........................................................................................................
..........................................................................................................................................................
OK, that's the end of the story, thank you
A. BUILDING KNOWLEDGE OF FIELD
Short Functional Text
Look at the pictures!
Answer the questions below!
1. What pictures are they?
Answer:.....................................................................................................................................
2. Where can you find the pictures?
Answer:.....................................................................................................................................
3. Do you think that the pictures are funny?
Answer:.....................................................................................................................................
4. Can the content of these pictures motivate you?
Answer:.....................................................................................................................................
5. What for do people usually put on this picture?
Answer:.....................................................................................................................................
6. Do you have the picture which is like them?
Answer:.....................................................................................................................................
7. Where do you usually put on it?
Answer:.....................................................................................................................................
Note:
The pictures above are Posters.
A poster is any large piece of printed paper designed to be attached to a wall or vertical surface.
Typically posters include both textual and graphic elements, although a poster may be either
wholly graphical or wholly textual. Posters are designed to be both eye-catching and convey information. Posters may be used for many purposes, and they are a frequent tool of advertisers (particularly of events, musicians and films) to communicate a message.
Working with Words
Write the correct word in each blank! A dash ( _ ) is shown for each missing letter and some letters are
given in each word.
Tony : I can’t stop laughing. There are some excellent j _ _ _s in this rnagazine.
Martha : Yes, I also like the c_rt_ _ _s by Gibbs. He’s very funny and he’s an excellent artist, too.
Tony : I like his sense of h_m_ _ _.’ He’s never unkind.
Martha : Yes, I b_ _ _t out laughing when I saw his book,
Tony : It’s very f_ _ _y. I couldn’t stop laughing, either
Martha : Have you heard Gibbs speak? He’s very w_ _ty.
Tony : Yes, he is. He sometimes gives lectures. I must say all his lectures are very a_ _ _ing.
Martha : In his last lecture he talked about a pr_ _t_c _ _ joke he played when he was a student. He pre tended to be a general with a wooden leg.
Tony : He’s made a couple of films; both are c_m_d_ _s.
Martha : Yes, I enjoyed them a lot. I envy him. I wish I could make people I_ _ _h.
Tony : Do you know any good r_ d_ _ _s?
Martha : Yes, what’s black and white and red (read) all over?
Tony : A newspaper
Grammar Focus
Adjectives ending in “-ing” or “-ed”
I watch
onsomething’s
TV every evening.
How
do youcartoons’
say about
feelings?
The
films
always
interest
me. --The cause
film issuch
interesting.
How do you say about the things
which
feelings?
Many adjectives are derived from verbs, and ending in “-ing” and “ed”
• "-ing"ending
adjectives
are used
to describe the effect that something has on people’s feeling.
Adjectives
in “-ing”
or “-ed”
bore - The-->
boring
Example:
questions are
confusing.
charm I am
-->
charming
confused about the questions.
surprise
surprising
- Her-->
performance
was disappointing.
interestI am
-->
interesting
disappointed in her performance.
excite
--> exciting
Example:
I hateadjective
Mathematics
it is
boring.
We must do calculation all the
Form “-ing”
or “-ed”
from class
thesebecause
verbs and
makes
sentences!
time.
1. depress
....................................
2. tire
....................................
Other “-ing”
adjectives are used to describe something that continues over a period of
3. •annoy
....................................
time.
4. frighten
....................................
increase ....................................
-->
increasing
5. worry
exist
-->
existing
6. astonish
....................................
live
-->
living
7. satisfy
....................................
8. amaze
....................................
•
“-ed”
adjectives
are used to describe people’s feelings. They have the same form as
9. delight
....................................
the past participle
of a transitive verb and a passive meaning.
10. terrify
....................................
bore
--> bored
amuse
--> amused
--> interested
Learn interest
the explanation!
surprise --> surprised
Example: I was very surprised the young tennis player defeated the Wimbledon champion.
Complete the following pairs of sentences using the correct form of the verb in brackets. You must use
the “-ed” form for one sentence in each pair and the “-ing” form for the other!
1. a. I had nothing to do. I was.... and lonely. (bore)
b. I had only one book with me but I didn’t read it. It was so....
2. a. I enjoyed Dina’s visit. She is a very.... speaker. (interest)
b. We invited them to join us, but they weren’t really....
3. a. The bad news was very.... (depress).
b. It was a bad day. We were all thoroughly....
4. a. I enjoyed the film. The monster was absolutely.... (terrify)
b. We were told there was a bomb in the building. Everyone was absolutely....
5. a. We were rather.... with the results. (disappoint)
b. The result was very …………….
6. a. We were dreadfully late. It was very.... (embarrass)
b. Tommy made a perfect fool of himself. He was awfully....
7. a. The article in the Daily News is very.... (annoy)
b. People are.... with the article.
8. a. The letter is very.... He is awarded a scholarship, (surprise)
b. He is very.... at the letter.
Read the text and pay attention to the generic structure!
Title
Aren't you his Mother?
Language Features
Orientatio A young boy was playing with a ball in the
n The participant
street. He kicked it too hard, and it broke the
(who,
when,
window of a house and fell inside. A lady
where)
came to the window with the ball and
shouted at the young boy, so he ran away, but
he
his ball
back.
A still
fewwanted
minutes
later
he returned and
Event 1
knocked at the door of the house. When the
lady answered it, he said, "My father's going
Adverb of Time
(in bold)
Action Verbs
(in italic)
Saying Verbs
(in italic)
to come and fix your window very soon."
After a few more minutes a man came to
Event 2
the door with the tools in his hand, so the
lady let the boy take his ball away.
When the man finished fixing the window,
Event 3
he said to the lady, "That will cost you
Twist
(the funny
part)
exactly ten dollars.
"But aren't you the father of that young
boy?" the woman asked, looking surprised,
"No."
he
answered,
equally
surprised.
"Aren't you his mother?"
Activity 10
Answer the questions according to the text above!
1. Who were the participants in the story?
Answer:.....................................................................................................................................
2. Where do you think the story happened?
Answer:.....................................................................................................................................
3. When did the story happen?
Answer:.....................................................................................................................................
4. What tense is mostly used in the story?
Answer:.....................................................................................................................................
5. Which part of the story is funny?
Answer:.....................................................................................................................................
6. How many events are there in the story?
Answer:.....................................................................................................................................
7. Why do you think the story is funny?
Summary
Answer:.....................................................................................................................................
SPOOF
8. What
is the purpose of the writer telling the story?
Social Function : to tell an event with a humorous twist
Answer:.....................................................................................................................................
Text organization :
Language features: -
-
Orientation
(who were involved in the story, when, and where)
- Event
(tells what happened in a chronological order)
- Twist
(provide the funniest part of the stories)
the use of action verbs (walked, laughed, ran away)
- the use of connectives (first, then, finally)
- the use of adverbial phrases of time and place
- the use of simple past tense
C. JOINT CONSTRUCTION OF TEXT
Read the text and analyze the generic structure of this story!
Label the parts of the spoof in the spaces provided.
Do You Speak English?
……………
……………
I had an amusing experience last year.
After I had left a small village in the south of France, I drove on to the next town. On
the way, a young man waved to me. I stopped and he asked me for a lift. As soon as he
……………
……………
had got into the car, I said good morning to him in French and he replied in the same
language.
Apart from a few words, I do not know any French at all. Neither of us spoke during
the journey.
……………
……………
I had nearly reached the town, when the young man suddenly said, very slowly, ‘Do
you speak English?’ As I soon learned, he was English himself!
(Source: Practice and Progress, 1979)
What is funny from the story?
Answer:
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………………
Do you find the stories above are interesting and surprising to you at the end? Why do you think so? It
absolutely depends on how you tell the story. Here are the features of how to write a good story:
* An interesting beginning, which attracts the reader’s attention and makes him want to read on.
* A well thought-out development Events should follow each other in a logical order. Start a new paragraph for each new stage in the story,
* A good ending. Always leave yourself plenty of time for this - there is nothing worse than reading an
exciting story which just stops in mid-air!
Now try to write your own three or four paragraph story. You can choose one of the following topics.
1. The most embarrassing moments in my life or in my friend’s life.
2. The funniest film or story I have ever seen or read.
Use the writing planner below:
Title
: ...................................................................................................................................
Orientation :..................................................................................................................................
Event 1 : ...................................................................................................................................
Event 2 : ...................................................................................................................................
Event 3 : ...................................................................................................................................
Twist
: ...................................................................................................................................
COMPETENCY TEST
I. Choose the correct answer by crossing the a, b, c, d, or e.
Text 1
One of my students could not take my university seminar final exam because of funeral.
I suggested him to make up the following week. That week come, and again he couldn't take the test due
to another funeral. Then, I insisted him to take the exam early the following week. He said that he might be
able to sit in the exam it there was no one died.
By now I was suspicious how so many people he knew could die in three weeks. I started to find out what
actually happened. I went to administration office to find what actually the student did. I found out later that
he was a gravedigger, and of course he didn't know the people who died.
1. Why the student couldn't take the final exam?
Because ....
a. He had to bury the dead person.
b. He had to see the funeral
c. He had to dig a hole for the dead person
d. He had to visit his friend who died
e. He had to visit his teacher
2. What did the lecturer suggest him?
a. Not to take the final exam
b. Not to come to the following week
c. To bury the dead person
d. To go to the administration office
e. To take the exam the following week
3. "He said that he might be able to sit in the exam..." (par.2 sentence. 4)
What does "he" refer to?
a. the lecturer
d. the reader
b. the student
e. the professor
c. the writer
4. What did the lecturer do to find what the student do?
a. He went to the cemetery
b. He asked the student
c. He went to the administration office
d. He went to the student's house
e. He asked the student parents
5. What did the student actually do?
a. He was a lecturer
b. He was a teacher
c. He was an officer
d. He was a farmer
e. He was a gravedigger
Text 2
English Custom
This story is about two Indians settled in England. One had been living there for some years and had
picked up some of their quaint euphemisms. The other, recent settler, was as yet unaware of them. They were
invited for dinner by their English friends. After they had had their drinks, their hostess asked then, "would
you like a wash before I serve dinner?"
The knowledgeable one replied, "No, thanks". The new settler replied, "I wash my hand before I came."
On their way back after dinner, the older settler admonished his friend, "My dear chap, in England,
'would you like a wash' doesn't mean 'would you like to wash your hands.' it is a polite way of asking 'would
you like to urinate?". The new settler made a mental note of it.
Some days later he was invited by another English friend and after he had his drinks he was asked by his
hostess: "Would you like a wash before I serve my dinner?"
He replied promptly, "No, thank you, Madam. I washed against a tree before coming to your house."
6. X: How many people are there in the text?
Y: There are ... people.
a. Two
d. five
b. Three
e. six
c. Four
7. What is meant by 'a wash' in English custom?
a. Washing the hands
b. Washing the clothes
c. Taking a bath
d. Urinating
e. Cleaning the hands
8. "The new settler made a mental note of it." (par.3 sentence.3)
What does 'it' refer to?
a. No, thanks.
b. I washed my hands before I came.
c. My dear chap.
d. Would like to urinate?
e. The advice of the old settler
9. What kind of party is it in the text?
It is ...
a. Dinner party
d. tea party
b. Birthday party
e. evening party
c. Wedding party
10. The phrase "made a mental note" has the same meaning with...
a. Say
d. remember
b. Write
e. record
c. Recognize
11. Who was invited by another English friend some days later?
a. The Indians
d. the hostess
b. The older settler
e. the customers
c. The new settler
Text 3
A Private Conversation
Last week I went to the theatre. I had a very good seal. The play was very interesting. I did not enjoy it. A
young man and a young woman were fitting behind me. They were talking loudly. I got very angry. I could
not hear the actors I turned round. I looked at the man and the woman angrily. They did not pay any attention.
In the end, I could not bear it. I turned round again. "I can’t hear a word!”, I said angrily. "It’s none of your
business," the young man said rudely. “This is a private conversation!’"
12. Where did the writer go last week?
a. to the play
b. to the theatre
c. to the movie
d. to the private conversation
e. to a business
13. Who was sitting behind him?
a. the writer
b. the listener
c. Me
d. a couple of lovers
e. A businessman and a businesswoman
14. What did the young man think of the sentence “This is a private conversation”?
a. He didn’t want him to hear their conversation
b. The conversation was important
c.
They were spies
d. They were not interested in the play
e. The play was very boring
15. Why did the writer say “I can’t hear a word” to the man and the woman behind him?
a. Because he wanted to interrupt
b. Because he wanted to know the conversation
c.
Because he was jealous of their conversation
d. Because it was prohibited to speak in the theatre
e. Because he couldn’t listen to the play
16. What does the writer intend to the readers?
a. inform
b. entertain
c. persuade
d. describe
e. aim
17. Which term does not belong to spoof?
a. orientation
b. complication
c. event 1
d. event 2
e. twist
18. The main different between recount and spoof lies on ....
a. twist
b. orientation
c. complication
d. thesis
e. crisis
19. Dina: When did you ... your new car?
Dody: I ... last month.
a. buy - bought
b. to buy-buy
c. to buy-buying
d. was buy-was bought
e. buy-bought
20. Mr. Brown ... from England last week.
a. to return
b. returning
c.
d. returned
e. was returning
returns
21. Doly : My sister ... want to see her friend yesterday.
Leiy : Why?
Doly : Because she ... angry.
a. didn’t -is
b. didn’t - was
c.
doesn't - is
d. don’t - is
e. wouldn't - was
22. When I ... home last night, my sister… TV
a. come - is watching
b. came - watched
c. came - was watching
d. am coming - is watching
e. doesn’t - is
23. Yesterday, I came late. When I entered the classroom, my teacher... a story.
a. telling
b. was telling
c.
tells
d. told
e. tell
24.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
The students ... while the teacher was speaking to the guest.
were discussing
was discussing
are discussing
is discussing
have discussing
25. Mary is going to Indonesia for the first time next week.
It will be an ... experience for her.
a. excite
d. excites
b. excited
e. to excite
c. exciting
26. I feel ... because this book is so ....
a. bore; bore
b. boring; boring
c. boring; bored
d. bored; boring
e. bored; bored
27. Samson last his ... when Delillah cut his hair.
a. strong
b. strenght
c. strongness
d. strongment
e. strengten
28. Rika : I wish I could have covered my face.
Delon : Don't wory. It’s not that bad.
Rika expresses her ....
a. anger
d. embarrassment
b. opinion
e. dissatisfaction
c. love
29. Johan : Hi, Jane!
What are you doing here?
A girl : Oh ... I am not Jane.
Johan : Ups ................................................................. sorry.
a. I don't agree with you
b. I love it
c. Don't worry
d. I was so ashamed
e. Calm down
30.
What can you learn from the poster?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
we must follow other people
It's not good to be a leader
Imitating somebody else is good
Don't be a leader
It's better to be a leader