Thursday, July 12, 2012

Sentence Pattern (Part 1)

Communication is important for it helps you to build rapport and it also tells others who you really are. Hence, it is important for you to choose a proper sentence pattern when communicating or speaking. Here are some examples:



To Introduce Oneself
  • Hi! I am Jamilah Nasir. I just moved from Sabah.
  • Hi everybody! My name is Susan Sarandon. I'm from Singapore.
  • Hello! I'm Anitha Selvaraj from Penang.






 To Welcome Someone
  • Welcome to SMK. Dato' Ahmad.
  • Please make yourself as at home.
  • Please come in.
  • You are welcomed to be here, Suet Ling.
  • It is nice to have you here, Azhar.





 
To Take Leave
  • Goodbye, Angela.
  • Goodbye for now. We'll meet again in years to come.
  • So long, Tahir. I'll see you soon.
  • Bye, everybody.
  • Farewell, girls.
  • So long, Daniel.
  • I'll see you later.



To Invite Somebody
  • It's my birthday tomorrow. I'd like to invite you to my party at 5 pm.
  • I'm going to Ipoh this afternoon. Would you like to come along?
  • Are you coming with us to the ceremony?
  • Would you like to join us for a film?
  • Let's go to the canteen.




To Offer a Help
  • Here, let me give you a hand.
  • Let me carry this bag for you.
  • The files seem heavy. I'll carry some for you.
  • Do you need any help, Alex?



Remember, courtesy shows wherever you go.




A WALK to Remember........(sigh)

It is just a normal day for me although it is not quite for my left ankle. My ankle is likely now 'playing hard to get' when it comes to order my feet to make a move. "I crawled to the bathroom twice," I told my husband. As a concerned breadwinner who always believes that sharing is caring, he shared my hardship by purchasing a 'cool gadget' for me - a walking stick. 


All this while, I thought that using a walking stick needs age requirement. But I was wrong. It is applicable to all ages and at the age of 37, 3 months++ after my birthday, I received a 'caring' gift, eventually. It is not that bad.....it is cool. When I hold the stick, I felt that I had living in this world for quite a long time. It is like I am about to retire and receive my pension this upcoming payday. 

What is so significant about this stick and my walk is, I am ELIGIBLE to park my car easily. There will always a SPACE at the parking lot for my car as I am now considering (not declaring yet) myself as a disabled citizen. Well, I am unable to walk normally and I have to use walking stick to support my movement, which are for me, good enough to be reasons why I should have that particular parking space......

Although I hardly walked since yesterday, I don't really have, not even a single reason to be sad and depressed; I received a gift that cost hundreds of Ringgit, I was granted medical leaves for a few days, I can dine in my bedroom, less house chores to be done and any wish of mine is granted in no time. What else to be complained about?


Activity 1
List eight past tense verbs in the passage above.
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Introduction for Novels

There are many ways of writing a good introduction. After all, it actually depends on your English fluency. Here are some introduction which you can use when you're answering NOVEL for literature component:

The Light and Easy
There are many values promoted in the novel "The Railway Children" by Edith Nesbit. Among all values, I would like to write about responsible

There are many values promoted in the adventurous novel "The Railway Children" by Edith Nesbit. Among all values, I've found that responsible is a very significant one. 


The Moderate Intro
The novel "The Railway Children" by Edith Nesbit is an interesting piece of writing. The novel has promoted good values through various characters. One of the values is responsible.


The Bold and The Beautiful 
"The Railway Children" is an adventurous story of three siblings who had experienced the journey of being posh and poor in a blink of an eye. Throughout their journey, they met and made a few friends, who painted some colours in their plain life. There are many values promoted by Edith Nesbit in her novel and one of them is responsible.

The novel "The Railway Children" written by Edith Nesbit is an adventurous journey of three young siblings who were born well-off but all of a sudden had to live a simple life as simple as life could be. From high-class neighbourhood to small house beside the railway line, the children spent most of their time playing by the railway and from here, the adventures begin. There are many values promoted in this novel and one of them is responsible.  

"The Railway Children" is an adventurous novel of three siblings; Bobbi, Peter and Phyllis, who were fated to live a simple life after their well-off father was detained for a crime charge. The novel by Edith Nesbit brilliantly narrated how the siblings adjusted themselves living a simple life in countryside by the railway line.Throughout the journey, there are many values promoted in this novel and responsible is one of them.