RESUME MIDTEST

ENGLISH F3 SECONDARY JAKARTA ISLAMIC SCHOOL

-Future form

 Will / won’t : make predictions about future

Chelsea will win tonight’s match against MU.
 Be going to : talk about future plans and intentions
Rony is going to study Medicine at univeristy.
Justice League II starts showing in Jakarta on Friday.
 Present continuous : talk about future arrangements.
The newly lovebirds are spending a three day honeymoon in Maldives.

-Past tenses (NARRATIVE TENSES)

 Past simple : finished action in the past, used most in stories and dialogue.
Nelson Mandela was born in 1918, he became the 1st black president of South Africa.
 Past continuous : background information. Used to describe a scene or situation that
continued for some time.
I was strolling along the beach, when suddenly, my dog ran off.
 Past perfect : talk about actions before a certain time in the past.
The last night storm had washed all the bodies.
 Past perfect continuous : describe something that has been happening over a long period
of time.
The fire had been raging for almost four days.

-Vocab : descriptive verbs

 Smash-smashed-smashed : to cause something to break noisily into a lot of small pieces.

 Rage-raged-raged : to happen in a strong or violent way.
 Dive-dived-dived : to jump into the water, especially with your head and arms going first,
or to move under water.
 Flee-fled-fled : to escape by running away, especially because of danger or fear.
 Strike-struck-struck : to hit or attack someone or something forcefully.
 Demolish-demolished-demolished : to completely destroy a building.
 Grab –grabbed-grabbed : to take hold of something or someone suddenly and roughly.
 Scream-screamed-screamed : to cry or to say something loudly and usually in a high
pitch, especially because of strong emotions.
-Vocab : time periods

 The present : in this day and age, these days, nowadays.

 The recent past : from 2010 until 2015, not so long ago, a decade ago.
 A long, long time ago in history : in the Middle Ages, in the olden days, in the last
century.

-Idioms
Idioms are forms of figurative language which cannot be understood by the meaning of its
separated words, but it must be learned by the whole expressions. Its meaning also cannot be
taken literally or exactly.
How to learn idioms easily?

 Context. Find idioms in different English sources; tv shows, songs, conversations, books,
newspapers, magazines, etc.
 Keep an idiom diary. Write all the idioms you just got into the book and find its
meanings.
 Picture the image.
 Make an educational guess.
 Use the idioms in your daily conversation and put them on your own context.
 Create stories, write or imagine.

Idiom Examples:
1. Time flies when you are having fun: Time seems to move more quickly when you are
enjoying something.
2. Cost an arm and a leg: very expensive.
3. To kill two birds with one stone: to achieve two things with one action.
4. It’s not rocket science: it’s not difficult thing to do.
5. It’s not my cup of tea: refers to something you don’t like / dislike.
6. Out of the blue: something that happens unexpectedly.
7. Once in a blue moon: something happens very rarely.
8. Cry over spilt milk: to feel sorry or upset about something that has already happened and
can’t be changed.
9. Spill the beans: to tell a secret.
10. Under the weather: not feeling very well, slightly ill or sick, unwell.
11. Hit the books: to study hard
12. Hit the sack/hay: going to bed.
13. When pigs fly: never/impossible.
14. Over the moon: really happy.
15. A piece of cake: super easy.
-Speaking:
ENGLISH SPEAKING TEST SECONDARY FORM 3
LIVE ZOOM

Monday, 4th of October 2021

-Give a 3 minutes speech answering this question:

"is life better today than in the past?"
-Compare, contrast and explain. -Pick one aspect of life (education, household, technology,
communication, lifestyle, transportation, health, economy, etc).
-Mention plus and minus points.
-Use ppt or simply show some pictures to enhance your performance.
-Let yourself speak NOT READ
-All students must go to the zoom link of each examiners at the scheduled time.
-The participants of the test are in order based on the attandance list.

Mark:
95 – 90 :A
89 – 85 :B
84 – 80 :C
79 - : D remedial

The criteria of assessment:

-Right Articulation (pronunciation),
-Covering the theme
-Applying the correct vocabularies.
-Delivering them without seeing notes.

The Schedule:
08.00-09.00 09.00-10.00
3A boys (tc fendy) 3A girls (tc fendy)
3B boys (tc maya) 3B girls (tc maya)
3C boys (tc reza) 3C girls (tc reza)
3D boys (tc wahyu) 3D girls (tc wahyu)

”Prepare like you’ve never won and perform like you’ve never lost”
 REINFORCEMENT
FUTURE TENSES
Circle the correct words.
1. I ’ll meet / ’m meeting Maria at 2 o’clock this afternoon.
2. Do you think Dan ’ll be picked / ’s being picked for the school team this year?
3. Sally is learning Portuguese because she ’ll live /’s going to live in Brazil.
4. I think I ’ll go / ’m going for a bike ride after lunch.
5. We ’ll leave / ’re leaving here at six-thirty, so don’t be late!
6. Are you going to eat / Will you eat that last sandwich, or can I have it?

Complete the sentences. Use going to or will.

1. It’s my birthday, but I __________ (not have) a party.
2. I’m not sure, but I think I ______________ (get) home at around midnight.
3. Don’t bother watching that movie – you ______________ (not like) it.
4. Dan can’t come with us tomorrow because he ______________ (visit) his aunt.
5. I ______________ (not help) you with this. It’s up to you to do it yourself.
6. She’s worried about her maths test, but I’m sure she ______________ (do) well.

Write the questions.

A What are you doing on Saturday.
B We’re having a party on Saturday.
1. A _______________________________________ ?
B I think Germany will win the World Cup next year.
2. A _______________________________________ ?
B I’m meeting Sally this afternoon.
3. A _______________________________________ ?
B Tim is going to study English at university.
4. A _______________________________________ ?
B No, I don’t think it will rain this evening.
5. A _______________________________________ ?
B I’m going to be a writer when I grow up.

NARRATIVE TENSES
I told John not to drive, because he _____ all night.
a. drank
b. was drinking
c. had drunk
d. had been drinking
Why did you change the channel? I ______ that movie.
a. watched
b. was watching
c. had watched
d. had been watching

When I _____ out of the shower the lights _____.

a. got / were getting off
b. had got / were getting off
c. was getting / went off
d. had been getting / had got off

When I saw Clara I realised that she ______ much in all those years.
a. didn't change
b. wasn't changing
c. hadn't changed
d. hadn't been changing

When he entered the room somebody _____ him in the head.

a. hit
b. was hitting
c. had hit
d. had been hitting

He admitted that he ______ all the money from the box.

a. took
b. was taking
c. had taken
d. had been taking

The burglar _____ to open the safe when he _____ the owner come in.
a. was trying / heard
b. tried / heard
c. had been trying / had heard
d. tried / was hearing
I knew he _____ because his eyes were red.
a. cried
b. was crying
c. had cried
d. had been crying

The plane in which the football team _____ crashed and none of them survived.
a. travelled
b. were travelling
c. had travelled
d. had been travelling

We _____ for about 20 minutes when the plane was hit by turbulence.
a. flew
b. were flying
c. had flewn
d. had been flying

Fill in the gaps with the most appropriate narrative tenses of the verbs in brackets: past simple,
past continuous, past perfect simple or past perfect continuous.
We thought that we were on the right path when suddenly we 1 ________ (run into) a
very familiar rock and 2 ________ (realise) that we 3 ________ (walk) in circles for quite a long
time. We 4 ________ (be) totally lost, and the fact that we 5 ________ (already/finish) our
water provisions wasn't very promising.
We 6 ________ (decide) to go uphill because according to John, it would be easier to
spot a way out from an elevated point. He 7 ________ (learn) that from a documentary he 8
________ (see) about survival. But what the documentary 9 ________ (not teach) John was that
maybe it’s not such a good idea to go up a mountain when you are exhausted and waterless.
We 10 ________ (trek) one mile when we 11 ________ (start) to have a horrible feeling
that that might be our last trek. Of course, we 12 ________ (say) anything, but we could see in
each other’s eyes that at that precise moment we 13 ________ (think) precisely the same. We
couldn't walk any longer, so we 14 ________ (decide) to sit and rest, quietly, because neither of
us wanted to share any of our gloomy thoughts.
"Hello, can I help you?" we suddenly 15 ________ (hear). We 16 ________ (raise) our
heads and 17 ________ (see) a little man with slanted eyes and a childish grin. He 18
________ (stand) right next to us. I wondered where he 19 ________ (come) from and how long
he 20 ________ (stand) there. But it didn't matter really, because we were safe.