KULIAH MGU 4.

1. MEMAHAMI READING

DRY LAND FARMING: AN ART AND A SCIENCE

Before modern farming methods, farmers lost many crops to dry weather.
Sometimes dry periods lasted for many years that often turned the land to dust. Farmers did
not understand how to plant and so they made the situation worse. Each year they planted
the same crops and never gave the land a rest. The land became poor with too much use.
They always planted in long, straight rows. They never planted trees to break the strength of
the wind.

Now farmers improve the farming methods. They plant different crops every year.
Some years they give part of their land a rest. The land stays healthy and rich. Modern
farmers form rows in curving lines and plant trees to stop the wind. From the air, the farms
look like pieces of modern art. So, dry land farming is both a science and an art.

Extracted and Modified from Patricia wilcox peterson:Changing Times Changing Tenses

Vocabulary:

Farming method=metode bertani moderen improve-improved-improved= memper

Lose-lost-lost = hilang (verb) baiki
Crops = tanaman give a rest = mengistirahatkan
Dry weather = musim kering stays healthy = tetap sehat
Last-lasted-lasted= berlansung (verb) curving = melengkung
Turn-turned-turned= merubah (verb) tree = pohon
Dust = debu wind = angin
Do-did-done= melakukan look = kelihatan/terlihat (verb)
Plant-planted-planted= menanam/bertanam science = ilmu
Rows= baris art = seni
Stright=panjang

I. Please answer the questions

1. Please explain the diffrences in farming, before and after modern farming methods!
2. Why did farmers lose so many crops?
3. How did the drought (long dry periode) change the land?
4. What is the fucntion of the trees?

II. Terjemahkan kalimat berikut ke dalam bahasa Inggris dan kemudian jawab apakah
pernyataan itu benar (True) atau salah (False) berdasarkan reading di atas
1. Sebelum metode bertani modern, petani tidak mempunyai banyak masalah dalam
bertani
 2. Petani mengalami banyak kerugian pada tanaman karena musim kering
3. Setelah metode bertani moderen petani masih tidak mengerti bagaimana bertanam.
4. Tanah menjadi miskin bila petani tidak mengistirahatkan lahan.
5. Setelah metode bertani modren petani menanam tanaman yang sama setiap tahun.

III. Tuliskan kalimat simple past yang saudara temui dalam reading.

2. MEMAHAMI SIMPLE PAST TENSE

S PAST T Adalah struktur kalimat yang digunakan untuk menyatakan kejadian yang
terjadi di masa lalu. Artinya, saat kita bicara kejadian itu sdh berlalu, walaupun satu
detik.
Misalnya: Tadi malam saya telat pulang dari mesjid.
Minggu lalu saya datang ke rumah nya.
Jadi terlihat bahwa keterangan waktu sdh berlalu. Walaupun tidak ada keterangan
waktu berlalu, bila kita tahu bahwa kejadian sdh berlalu, maka kita gunakan struktur
Simple past tense.

Utk S.Past T digunakan verb 2 bila prediket verb dan bila prediket nonverb
digunakan to be was dan were.

I. Prediket Verb
1. + : I taught (teach-taught-taught) Entomology class last semester.
- : I did not teach English last semester.
Utk negatif dipakai did sebagai bentuk 2 dari do yang dipakai dalam simple
present tense.

Y/N : Did you teach biology last semester? Yes, I did

No, I didn’t
QW: What did you teach last semester?

Jadi semua harus dalam bentuk past. Perhatikan baik baik.

II. Prediket Nonverb

1. + : The soil was poor of nutrients.
- : The soil was not rich of nutrients
y/n : Was the soil poor of nutrients ? Yes, it was
No, it was not
QW: Why was the soil poor of nutrients?
Because it was used without giving a rest.
PASSIVE
PASSIVE

SUBJEK+TO BE+ VERB3

+ : The land was used without a rest
- : The land was not used in a right way
y/n : Was the land used without a rest?
QW : Why was the land used without a rest?

Perhatikan bahwa rumus passive sama dg simple persent tense tapi to be yang dipakai was
dan were.

Silahkan saudara buat contoh kalimat masing2.