DESKRIPSI MATERI

PERTEMUAN 3: PARTS OF A SENTENCE

MENGENAL BAGIAN – BAGIAN DARI SATU KALIMAT

ENGLISH FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES

MATA KULIAH : BAHASA INGGRIS 4

A. INTRODUCTION

In the third meeting, We would like to inform that we are going to study parts of a
sentence. The material preparation of one semester in English IV . It is TOEFL preparation
which is taught when the students have passed the previous lesson of English I, II, and III. In this
lesson the students are hoped to be able to understand in both structure part and the written
expression part of the TOEFL. The students will have the module TOEFL Preparation which
discuss from chapter 1 to chapter 5. Chapter 1 discuss about: NOUNS, Chapter 2 discuss about :
PRONOUS, Chapter 3 Discuss about : PARTS OF A SENTENCE, Chapter 4 discuss about :
VERBS and chapter 5 discuss about : PREPOSITIONS.
In the third meeting, The students will discuss about parts of a sentence from the module,
after the discussion, the students will have a test to measure the english – language proficiency
of individuals about parts of a sentence from the module. The result can be used to indentify
student’s current levels of proficiency, to evaluate progress at the end of the every chapter.
Intensive Reading comprehension will be given in the first meeting. It is reading material which
will make the students think through the problems in the reading text about parts of a sentence
but also the students must understand the use of appropriate grammar in some contexts. The
students will be instructed to made the sentence or simple sentence which based on the
instruction while the learning process. Reading comprehension will guide the students to skim
and to scan the text which make the students think analyze about the situation in the text.
B. OBJECTIVE OF THE LECTURER
The objectives of the learning process are hoped to make the students understand the
structure part and the written Expression part of the TOEFL , each chapter opens with reading
passage of general interest, The aims of the chapter is to provide a context for the grammar
focused on in the chapter as well as to introduce students to the academic and law contents , The
students understand some vocabularies concerning the law and the academic materials , The
students will be guided to do some exercises in every chapter. .

C. MATERIAL DESCRIPTION

Phillis Wheatley

Phillis wheatley was kidnapped from Africa at the age of eight, she was brought to
Boston in 1761, a sickly child only able to speak senegalese. At the age of thirteen she wrote her
first poem. In 1773 her first book of poems was published the second volume of poetry published
by a women in America.
At the Boston slave market, phillis was purchased by john wheatley, a tailor whose wife,
impressed by the child’s aptitude, taught her to speak, read and write E nglish. In a few yaers
phillis had also learned geography, history, and latin and had develop a liking for classical poets
suchs as horace and virgil. Her first poem, a translation from Latin of ovid, so amazed the
literary circles in Boston that They had it published. In 1768 she wrote “to the kings most
excellent health,” and in 1772 she composed a poem to her mistress, who was so moved that she
freed Phlllis and send her to EEngland to regain her health.
With the London publication of her book, poems on various subject, religious and moral,
her fame spread on both sides of the Atlantic, and she became a celebrity.

Exercises 1:
The various parts that make up a sentence are tested on the TOEFL test.
Directions : Underlined the subject and circles the verb in the following sentences.
Petunjuk : Garis bawahi subjek dan lingkari kata kerja kalimat berikut
 1. At the Boston slave market, Phillis was purchased by John Wheatley.

2. In a few years, Phillis had learned geography, history and latin.

3. Her mistress, Mrs wheatley, was impressed by the child’s aptitude.

4. At the age of thirteen, she wrote first poem.

5. In 1773 her first book of poems was published.

6. With the London publication of her book, her fame spread on both sides of the Atlantic.

1.______________________________
2.______________________________
3.______________________________
4.______________________________
5.______________________________
6._____________________________

Exercises 2
Directions: In some sentences the verb agrees with the subject; in some sentences
the verb does not agree with the subject. Write C for correct and NC for
not correct.
Petunjuk : Pada beberapa kalimat berikut adanya ketidak sepakatan antara subjek
dan kata kerja. Tulis C / correct jika dianggap kalimat itu benar, tulis NC / not
correct jika dianggap kalimat itu salah

1. Phillis wheatley was kinnaped from Africa:________

2. History, geography and Latin was the subjects she learned:______

3. Classical poets such as horace ad virgil were phillis s favorites._______

4. Phlillis was purchased by Mr. Wheatley, Whose wife were impressed by her and taught
her to speak English.__________

5. The literary circles in boston were impressed by her poem.__________

 6. On both sides of the Atlantic her poetry was famous.______________

2. grammar : parts of a sentence

The clause has a subject and a verb. It can stand independently or alone.

1.A simple sentence contains a singles clause.

She wrote a book
Subject verb object

2. A compound sentence contains two independent clauses joined by a conjunction ( such as and
or but).
At age thirteen she wrote she wrote first poem and in 1773 she wrote her first book

- At age thirteen she wrote she wrote first poem = Independent clause
- and = conjuction
- in 1773 she wrote her first book = independent clause

3. A complex sentence contains an independent (main) clause and a dependent (subordinate)

clause. The subordinate clause may be a noun clause, an adverb clause, or an adjective clause.

Her mistress realized that Phillis was talented

- Her mistress realized = Main clause
- That Philis was talented = Noun clause

She wrote a poem for her mistress, who was very impressed.
- She wrote a poem for her mistress = Main clause
- who was very impressed = Adjective Clause

She went to England because she had health problems.

- She went to England = Main clause
- because she had health problems = Adverb Clause

subject and verb / subjek dan kata kerja

A clause has a subject and a verb. Some verbs (action verbs take an object )
She wrote a book
She = subject Wrote = verb A book = object

The verb / kata kerja

 The verb may be a single word (wrote in the previous example) or a verb phrase with one or
more auxiliary verbs and a main verb (would have written) . the verb may be in active form or
passive form

The subject may take various forms : Subjek dalam kalimat Bhs Inggris memiliki beberapa
bentuk :
1. A noun : The women wrote a book
2. A Pronoun : She wrote a book
3. A clause : What He teached amazed everyone
4. A gerund : Writing was his talent
5. A gerund phrase : Writing poetry was his talent
6. An invinitive : To write requires special talent
7. An infinitive phrase : To write poetry in latin requires speial talent

Exercises 3 :

EXERCISES ON PARTS OF A SENTENCE

Directions : From the four words or phrases A, B, C, or D. choose the one that best completes
the sentence.

1. ________ in fluorescent lamps, television,tubes, and other devices

A. Phosphors are used
B. It is phosphors
C. To use phosphors
D.Using phosphors

2. The tips of some undersea mountains_________islands in the middle of the ocean

A. To form
B. They form
C. Form
D. Forming

3. ________of fish:jawless fish, cartilaginous fish, and bony fish.

A. It is three types
B. There are three types
C. Three types
D. Three types are
4. _______to stop yourself from blinking except for ashort period time
A. Impossible it
B. Impossible
C. It impossible
D. It is impossible

5. _____the stika spruce a hundred years to grow eleven inches.

A. It takes
B. To take
C. By taking
D. That takes
E.

6. _______today was developed by the Swiss scientist Horace de Sassure around 1773
A. Mountaineering it as we know
B. Mountaineering as we know it
C. We know mountaineering is
D. We know there is mountaineering

7. ______of the surface of the Earth is covered by water

A. Three - quarters is nearly
B. There is nearly three – quarters
C. It is nearly three – quarters
D. Nearly three – quarters

8. By the mind – eighteenth century_____so many new immigrants entering north America
from Europe that the original colonies in the Northeast were overwrowded.
A. It were
B. Were
C. There
D. There were

9. _____not until the end of the seventeenth century that scientists began to stress the
importance of experiment as a way of gaining knowledge
A. There was
B. It was
C. There
D. It

10. ______are the most poisonous fish in the world

A.There are stonefish
B. That the stonefish
C. They are the stonefish
D. Stonefish
 11. Seismic prospecting______used to map out rock structures below the ground
A.widely
B. are widely
C. is widely
D. it is widely

12. _______in space, a rocket has to be powerful enough to break out of the pull of the
earth’s gravity.
A. To travel
B. It is travel
C. That travel
D. Travel

1._______ 2.________ 3._________ 4.___________

5._______ 6.________ 7._________ 8.__________

9._______ 10._______ 11.________ 12._________

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