 CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCING YOURSELF AND OTHERS

(Memperkenalkan diri dan orang lain)

To introduce yourself, you can say “My name is...., I am from ....., I live at ...., I am a ....., My
phone number is ....
To introduce your partner, you can say “his/her name is ......, he/she lives at ....., He/she is
from ....., he/she is a ....., his/her phone number is .....

 Questions and answers used to know about someone’s identities are as follows:
What is your name? My name is Gede Susila
What is your nationality? I am Indonesian
What is your phone number? My phone number is 0361 485982
What is your occupation? I am a teacher
Where is he from? He is from Bali
Where does he/she live? He lives at Jln. Gunung Talang No. 27 Denp.
How old is she? She is 17

Origin: asal

 ASKING AND ANSWERING QUESTIONS

(yes/no and wh- questions)

 Yes-no question is a question that only requires a yes or no answer.

For example:
• Are you ready to order now, sir? Yes, I am
• Do you speak English? Yes, I ddo
• Did he invite you on his birthday party last week? No, I did not
• Have you finished your breakfast? Yes, I have
• Will you come to his party? No, I will not

 Wh-question is a question which requires a statement as the answer.

For example:
• What is your occupation? I am an English Teacher
• Where do you work? I work in in PNB
• When did you start working in PNB? I started working there in1990
• Why do you want to be a teacher? I like teaching
• Who is your director? My director is Mr. Mudina
• How long have you been teaching in PNB? I have been teaching there for 22 years

 OFFERING
 Offering something:
• Would you like.........................................?
• Can I offer you ........................................?
• May I offer you .......................................?
• Would you like some water?
 • Can I offer you something to eat?
• May I offer you a cup of tea?

Accepting an offer:
• Yes please. Tank you
• Thanks a lot
• That’s very kind of you. Thanks
• That would be very nice. Thanks

 Refusing an offer:
• No. Thank you
• No, not now. Thanks
• Not this time. Thanks

 Offering service:
• Would you like me to................................?
• Shall I ............................................................?
• Let me ......................................................
• Would you like me to give you a call this afternoon?
• Shall I pick you up?
• Let me bring your luggage to your room.

 Accepting :
• Yes please. Thanks
• Would you? Thanks
• That’s very kind of you thank you

 Refusing:
• No. Thanks
• No. It’s OK. Thanks.
• No, but thanks very much
• That’s very kind, but I won’t. Thank you

 Don’t forget to study the following expressions:

• Would you like .............or ......................? Could I have ........please/
• Would you like ...........with.........or without............? Could I have ..... with.......
• What kind of .........................would you like? Could I have.......................
• How would you like your ....... To be done? A weldone............please
• What time would you like me to..............................? At............O’clock please

• Where
• When
• How

 REQUESTING AND RESPONDING

(requesting service, action, something and information)
  Requesting service

 I’d like to ………………………………………………………….

 I want to ………………………………………………………….
 Can I ……………………………………………………………….. please?
 Could I …………………………………………………………… please?
 I’d like to open a current account please
 I want to change some American dollars please
 Could I transfer $50 to my brother’s account please?

Requesting action

 Can you ………………………………………………………… please?

 Could you …………………………………………………….. please?
 Would you …………………………………………………… please?
 Would you sign your name here please?
 Could you complete this form please?
 Can you wait just for a moment please?

Requesting object

 Can I have ……………………………………………………. Please?

 Could I have …………………………………………………. please?
 May I have …………………………………………………... please?
 Can I have your card please?
 Could I have a small change please?
 May I have your passport please?

Responding positively

 Yes, I can
 Yes, I would
 Yes of course
 Yes sure
 Yes certainly

Responding negatively

 Sorry, I can’t
 No, I wouldn’t
 No, I can’t. Sorry

 ASKING FOR PERMISSION

(asking for permission, giving permission, refusing and expressing thanks)

 Asking for permission:

Can I ...............................................................?

Could I ...........................................................?

May I .............................................................?

I wonder if I may ........................................?

Is it all right if I .............................................?

Would it be all right if I ..............................?

Can I speak to your manager?

Could I have one day off for tomorrow?

May I sit here?

I wonder if I may come to your party.

Is it all right if I use your hand phone?

Would it be all right if I clean your room now?

 Giving permission:

Yes, sure

Yes certainly

Yes of course.

Yes, you can

Yes you may

 Rejecting permission:

No, you can’t.

No, please don’t

No, you may not

I am sorry. You can’t

  Expressing thank after receiving permission:

Thank you

Thank you for your permission

 Expressing thank after the permission is not granted:

That’s Okay. Thank you anyway

That’s all right

 LIKES AND DISLIKES

(expressing likes and dislikes, preference, the degree of like and dislike and the
reasons why you like or dislike something)

 Asking and answering likes and dislikes:

“John likes orange”, “John like camping/ John likes to go camping”.

• Do you like the weather? I am afraid, I don’t.

• What do you like most? I like the scenery

 Asking and answering preference:

• Which one do you like better, the scenery or the dance?

• I like the scenery better than the dance

• Which one do you prefer, coffee or tea?

• I prefer tea to coffee

• Which one do you prefer, coffee or tea? I prefer tea to coffee? (noun)

• Which one does she like better, coffee or tea? She likes tea better tha coffee.

• Which do you prefer, writing or reading? I prefer reading to writing. (verb)

• Which does he like better, writing or reading? He likes reading better than writing.

 Asking answering the degree of likes and dislikes:

• How much do you like in here? Very much

• Why do you like the scenery? It is lovely

• He is crazy about music

• I like Bali very much

• She likes dancing most

• How do you like it? It’s ok

• How do you like it? I don’t mind

• I hate him

 The detail language expressions used in this lesson can be learnt as follows:

Asking about likes and dislikes:

• Do you like .....................................................?

• Does he like ...................................................?

• What do you like in ......................................?

• What doesn’t he like in ................................?

• What (kind of) ...........................do you like?

• What (kind of) ........................ does he like?

• What (kind of) ......................... don’t you like?

 Answering the questions:

• Yes, I do / No, I don’t

• Yes, he does / No, he doesn’t

• I like ........................... in ...........................

• He doesn’t like .................. in .................

• I like ...............................

• He likes ..........................

• I don’t like .....................

 Asking about preferences:

• Which one do you prefer, ......... or ..........?

 • Which one do you like better, ............... or ..............?

• What (kind of) ........... do you like better, ..... or .........?

Answering the questions:

• I prefer ............... to ...................

• I like ....... Better than ...............

 Asking about the degree of likes and dislikes:

• What (kind of) ..........do you like most?

• What (kind of) ...........don’t you like most?

• How (much) do you like .........................?

 Answering the questions:

• I like ................ most.

• I don’t like .............. at all

• I am crazy about .................

• I like .................. very much

• It’s OK

• I don’t mind

• I hate .............

 Asking the reason of likes and dislikes:

• Why do you like ....................................?

• Why don’t you like ...............................?

 Answering the questions:

• I like .............. because ........................

• I don’t like ......... It is .........................

 NUMBERS AND QUANTITY

(make statements using cardinal and
ordinal number, express simple calculation and quantity)
  Asking and answering the price of something:
• How much is/ are ...............................? It is /they are .....................................
• How much does/do ........................cost? It costs/they cost .............................
• What is the price of ...............................? It is ......................................................

 Asking and answering the quantities of something:

• How many offices are there on the second floor? There are/is .........................
• How many brothers and sisters do you have? I have ...................................
• How much money does she have? She has .................................

 Asking and answering number of something:

• What is your room number? It is number....................................
• What is his phone number? My phone number is ...................
• In which room do you stay? I stay in room ..... on the .......floor

 Asking and answering where things are:

• to the .......level
• Asking about calculation: Where are the banks? The banks are on
floor....../on the ......... floor
• Where is the restaurant? The restaurant is on floor..../on the .......floor
• On which floor is the Cineplex? The Cineplex is on floor....../on the.........floor
To what level do you belong? I belong to level ......./
• What is ten plus five?
• ten plus five equal to?
• does ten plus five equal?
• What is ten minus five?
• times five?
• Divided by five?
 Expressing additional:
• 2 + 3 = 5 two plus three is five
• Equals five
• Is equal to five
• added to three is five
 Expressing subtraction:
• 5 – 2 = 3 five minus two is three
• Five subtracted by two is three
 Expressing multiplication:
• 2 x 5 = 10 two times five is ten
• Two multiplied by five s ten
Expressing dividend:
• 10 : 2 = 5 Ten divided by two is five
 The cardinal numbers, 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10, 11,12,.......... Can be used to expressed
time, price,
calculation, measurement, number, level, position, date and rank of something.
For example:
• What time is it now? It is 7 o’clock
• How much is the shirt? The shirt is $ 50
• What is two plus three equal to? Two plus three is equal to five
• How much rice do you need a day? I need 1 kg of rice a day
• What is your room number? My room is number 125
• What level do you belong to? I belong to level 2
• Where is my room? Your room is on floor 2
• What’s the date today? Today is January 2
• What rank does she belong to? She belongs to rank 11

The ordinal numer,1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 1oth, ...................is used
to express rank,
position, level and date.
For example:
• What rank does she belong to? She belongs to 11th rank in the class
• Where is my room? Your room is on 2nd floor
• What level does he belong to? He belongs to 1st level

What’s the date today? Today is January 27th

 TELLING TIME, DAY, DATE AND MONTH

(time, day, date month and year)

 The name of the days of the week:

• Sunday
• Monday
• Tuesday
• Wednesday
• Thursday
• Friday
• Saturday
 The name of the month of the year
• January
• February

• March
• April
• May
• June
• July
• August
• September
• October
• November
• December
 Asking and answering about time:
• What time is it? It is 7 O’clock
• What’s the time of............................? It is at a quarter past nine
• What time does he arrive at............? He arrives at.....................................
• What time do you go to...................? I go to............................at.................
• What time was the ...........................? It was at ............................................
• What time did you call me...............? I called you at...................................
• Can you tell me the time of.............? Yes, sure. The ...... is at.....................
• Could you tell me what time ........is, please? Certainly. It is at.................................
Asking and answering about day:
• What day is it today? It’s Monday
• What day was it yesterday? It was Sunday
• What day is it tomorrow? It is Tuesday
• What day is it tomorrow? It is ....................................................
• What’s the day of................? It is on..............................................
• Could you tell me the day of............? Sure. It is on....................................
• Can you tell me what day............is, please? Of course. It is ................................

Asking and answering about date:

• What date is it today? It is the 15th of February
• What’s the date of............................? It is on August, 15th
.

• What date does he arrive at............? He arrives at............on.....................

• What date do you go to...................? I go to............................on.................
• What date was the ...........................? It was on ............................................
• What date did you call me...............? I called you on......................................
• Can you tell me the date of.............? Yes, sure. The ...... is on.......................
• Could you tell me what date ........is, please? Certainly. It is on..................................

Summary.
 To ask about the time, you can say:
• What time is it?
• What’s the time of the meeting?
• What time does he arrive at campus?
• What time do you go to bed?
 To answer questions about time, you can say:
 • It is 7 O’clock (07.00)
• It is at a quarter past nine (09.15)
• It is half past eight (08. 30)
• He arrives at a quarter to nine(08. 45)
• He goes to campus at 7 am (07.00)
• I go to bed at 11 pm (23.00
 To ask about the day of the week, you can say:
• What day is it today/tomorrow?
• What day was it yesterday?
• What’s the day of your birth day?
• Could you tell me the day of your arrival?
 To answer questions about day, you can say:
• It is Sunday
• It was Monday
• My birth day is on Tuesday

• Certainly. It is Wednesday
 To ask about the date, you can say:
• What date is it today/tomorrow?
• What’s the date of the monthly meeting?
• What date does he get payment every month?
• What date do you hold a meeting every year?
• What date was your reservation?
• What date did you last call me?
• Can you tell me the date of the Kecak Dabce every month?
 To answer questions about date, you can say:
• It is the seventh of January (January, 7th )
• It is on the 8th every month. (8th )
• He gets payment on 1st every month (1st )
• We hold a meeting on the thirty first of December every year (December, 31st )
• It was on the fifth of July (July, 5th )
• I called you on the sixth of August (August, 6th )
• Certainly. It is on the thirteenth every month (13th )

 SHOPPING
(expressions asking and
telling the sections in a supermarket, the items, the price, bargaining and calculating
the total
items and price.)

+ = plus, add
= = equals, makes, is equal to
X = times, multiplied by
- = minus, less, out of, subtracts
: = divided by

Study the examples

15 + 10 = 25 you read : fifteen plus ten is twenty five
20 x 5 = 100 you read : twenty times five equals one hundred
75 - 70 = 5 you read : seventy five minus seventy is five
60: 2 = 30 you read : sixty divided by two is thirt

When you want to find out where items are you can use the following expressions:
• Do you know where the meat section is?
• Do you know where the butcher is?
To answer the questions, you can say:
• It’s at the back
• It’s in the middle
• It’s on the right/left
• It’s next to the produce
• It’s at the front

To ask the price, you can say:

• How much is a kg of tomato
• What’s the price of a kg of tomato

To tell the price, you can say:

• It is Rp 6.000,-
• 1 kg of tomato is Rp 6.000,-
To ask for bargain, you can say:
• Any bargain
• Can you lower the price
• Could you reduce the price

To calculate the total price, you can say:

• Rp15.000,- + Rp10.000,- = Rp 25.000,- (fifteen thousand plus ten thousand is
twenty five thousand)

• Rp 200 x 5 = Rp 1000 ( two hundred times five equals one thousand)

• Rp 750 – Rp 50 = 700 (seven hundred and fifty minus fifty is seven hundred)

 The language exprssions:

To find out where items are, you can say:
• Do you know where the meat section is?
• Do you know where the butcher is?
To answer the questions, you can say:
• It’s at the back
• It’s in the middle
• It’s on the right/left
• It’s next to the produce
• It’s at the front

 To ask the price, you can say:

• How much is a kg of tomato
• What’s the price of a kg of tomato
To tell the price, you can say:
• It is Rp 6.000,-
• 1 kg of tomato is Rp 6.000,-
To ask for bargain, you can say:
• Any bargain
• Can you lower the price
• Could you reduce the price

 To calculate the price, you can say:

• Rp15.000,- + Rp10.000,- = Rp 25.000,- (fifteen thousand plus ten thousand is
twenty five thousand)

• Rp 200 x 5 = Rp 1000 ( two hundred times five equals one thousand)

• Rp 750 – Rp 50 = 700 (seven hundred and fifty minus fifty is seven hundred)
 ASKING AND GIVING DIRECTION
(asking and
telling location, distance and direction.)

 Asking and giving location of a place.

• Do you know where ..............................is? Yes, I do. It is ....................
• Could you tell me where...................is, please? Certainly. It is....................
• Can
• would
 Asking for a direction:
• Can you tell me how to get to................?
• Could you tell me how to get to..............?
• Would you tell me how to get to.............?
 Answering questions about direction:
• Yes, I can/Sure/Certainly
• (just) walk along this street/Jl. Suci
• Turn left at the intersection
• Turn right the second intersection
• Walk across the street/road
• Cross the street/Bridge
 Giving directions using public transport:
• Take a bus number 15/a bus that goes to the city center
• Get off in front of hotel Horizon/at the intersection of Jl. Suci and Jl. Murni.
 Identify the position of a place:
• My house is on the left
• The left hand side

• Opposite the computer college

• Between the computer college and the supermarket
 Asking about the distance of a place:
• How far is it from the intersection?
• How far is it from the intersection to your house?
• How far is it from here to your house?
 Answering about the distance of a place:
• It’s about 200 (two hundred) meters
• It is about 200 meters from here
• It is about 25 kilometers from here to my house.

Summary.
To ask location of a place, you can say:
• Where is the Accounting office?
• Do you know where the nearest post office is?
• Could you tell me where the BNI is, please?
• Can you tell me where the room number 125 is, please?
• Would you tell me where Bali State Polytechnic is, please?
To answer questions about the location of a place, you can say:
• It is at Dewi Sartika Street No 27 Denpasar
• Yes, I do. It is at Dewi Sartika Street No 27 Denpasar
• Yes, certainly. It is at Dewi Sartika Street No 27 Denpasar
To ask for a direction, you can say:
• Can you tell me the way to Bali Beach Hotel please?
• Could you tell me how I can get to Bali Beach Hotel please?
• Would you tell me how to get to Bali State Polytechnic please?
To answer questions about direction, you can say:
• Yes, Sure. From here, go straight ahead to the intersection, then....
• (just) walk along this street
• Turn left at the intersection
• Turn right at the second intersection
• Walk across the street/road
• Cross the street/Bridge
To give directions using public transport, you can say:
• Take a bus number 15/a bus that goes to the city center
• Get off in front of hotel Horizon/at the intersection of Jl. Suci and Jl. Murni.

To identify the position of a place, you can say:

• My house is on the left
• The left hand side
• Opposite the computer college
• Between the computer college and the supermarket
To ask about the distance of a place, you can say:
• How far is it from the intersection?
• How far is it from the intersection to your house?
• How far is it from here to your house?
To answer about the distance of a place, you can say:
• It’s about 200 (two hundred) meters
• It is about 200 meters from here
• It is about 25 kilometers from here to my house.
  Chapter 3- Jobs and Routins
To know someone’s occupation, you can say:

Are you a/an ………………………….? • Is he/she a/an ………………………….? • What is your Job/occupation?
• What do you do? To answer those questions, you can say: • Yes, I am / No, I am not. • Yes, he/she
is / No, he/she is not • I am a/an ……………………………. • He/She is a/an ………………………

Are you a teacher? Yes, I am/ No, I am not Is he a waiter? Yes, he is/ No, he is not What is your
occupation? I am a driver What is her job? She is waitress What do you do? I am an accountant

CHAPTER 7 ASKING FOR CLARIFICATION AND REPETITION

Asking for repetition: • I beg your pardon • Pardon me • Excuse me • I am sorry • Can you say that
again? • What did you say? • Can you repeat that, please? • Sorry I didn’t catch that Responding
questions on repetition: • Sure • Certainly • Okay • All right Asking for clarification: • Which Nyoman
is it? • What department does he belong to? • What is he like • Excuse me. I don’t understand what
you mean? • Can you clarify that? • When was that exactly? • Where was that exactly? • Where is it
exactly? • What did you do there exactly? Responding questions on clarification: • It’s Nyoman Oka
• He belong to Tourism Department • He is a thin man with moustache • I mean…… • From 2012 to
2013 • Pecatu, Bukit Ungasan • I was a secretary