Asking about an Activity in Progress Providing Information about an Acitvity in Progres

 what are you doing?  I am writing an wrticle

 what is Andy doing?  He is wasking the dishes
 what are you looking at?
I am looking at ant carrying its food

Present Continuous Tense

Pattern Examples

(+) Subject + is/am/are + verb-ing +  Erlin is riding her new bicycie

object/comp  Silvy and silva are gardening right now

(-) Subject + is/am/are + not + verb-ing +  I am not writing a diary now

object/comp  The students are not having a math lesson

(?) Is/aAm/Are + subject + verb-ing +  Is Candra sleeping right now?

object/comp.+ ?  Yes, he is
 No, he is not
 Are you speaking japanese?
 Yes, I am
 No, I am not

Chapter IX

Bigger is not always Stronger

We will learn to compare people, animals, and things in order :

 to show their differences

 to be proud of them
 to praise them
 to critcize them

Postive and Comparative Degrees

1. Positive Degree
in the second picture. The phrasa "as tall as" shows a positive degree
 see the following pattern and examples
patten:

as + adjective + as

2. Comparative Drgree

There are the sentence " Dini is taller and plumper than Dani".and "Dani is shorter and thinner
than Dini." The words "taller" ,"plumper", "shorter" and "smaller" show comparative degrees

More/Less + Adjective + Than

 More ... than means "lebih ... daripafa".

 Less ... than means "kurang ... daripada".

Better vs Worsr

 Better than means "lebih baik daripada".

 worse than means "lebih buruk/jelek daripada".

Compsarison of Quantity

1. To show no diffetence: as much ...as, as many ... as, as few ... as, as little ... as
Patternd:

 as many/as few + countable nouns + as

 as much/as little + uncountabel nouns + as

2. To show difference: more, less, fewer + than

Patterns:

MORE + countable or uncountable nouns

EWER + countable nouns
LESS + uncountable nouns
 Chapter X

When I was a Child

We will learn:

 to communicate states and events in the past in order to share information with others

Simple Past Tense

Read the sentences and pay attention to the words in bold

Positive Negative Interrogative (Question)

We were close friends We were not close friends Were we close friends?

We were in Grade VII We were not in Grede VII Were we in Grade VII?

DID NOT = DIDN'T, WERE NOT = WEREN'T, WAS NOT = WASN'T

Please study the following sentences and pay attention to the words in bold

Positive Negative Interrogative (Question)

Now we are best friends Now we are not best friends Now, are we best friends?

We study together We do not study together Do we study together?

Here are examples for singular subject pronouns

Positive Negative Interroative (Question)

Emily is Erlin and Noval's friend Emily is not Erlin and Noval's friend Is Emily Erlin and Noval's
friend ?

Noval always reads books Noval doesn't always read books Does Noval always read
boiks?
ARE NOT =AREN' IS NOT =ISN' T

DO NOT = DON' DOES NOT = DOESN'T

Past Continuous Tense

actions thet are interrupted by other eventd or actions

Pattern:

Subject + was/were + V- ing + ...

Chapter XI

Yes, We Made It!

We will learn to give an account of events and activities in order :

 to share our experience

 to show that we're proud of them
 to learn from them
 to report them

Chapter XII

Don' t Forget It, please!

We will learn to write short messages and notices in order:

 to get what we want

 to make other people do what we want

Notices

The textd in TASK 16 are notices. People write notices to give information, announcements,
instructions or warnings to public/others. The tects in TASK 16are aimed to give information or an
announcementa

Chapter XIII
 We got a lot of histories

We will learn:

 to get the message of a song

Rhyme

It makes the poem or song more interesting and easier to remember and recite.

The following are examples of rhyming words.

 sick - pick
 take - bake
 sun - run
 duck - luck