English for Law

MEETING 1
PARTS OF SPEECH
NOMINAL AND VERBAL SENTENCE
PART OF SPEECH
 NOUN
I am a lecturer
I was a student 5 years ago
 VERB
The students learn English
They practiced drama yesterday
 ADJECTIVE
They are diligent
They become lazy
 ADVERB
the participants attentively listen to the lecture
The lecturer is here
He was at the seminar last night
 PREPOSITION
This parcel is for you
Sato was with me this morning
 NUMERAL
We are one
Yesterday was the twentieth of June 2013
Assignment

1. Mention 5 Nouns including their transformation as singular, plural, countable

and uncountable and then make each of them into sentences.
2. Mention 5 Verbs including their transformation as V1, V2, V3, and Ving and
then make each of them into sentences.
3. Mention 5 Adjectives including their opposites and then make each of them into
sentences.
4. Mention 5 Adverbs and then make each of them into sentences
5. Change 5 adjectives into Adverbs and 5 Adverbs into Adjectives then make each
of them into sentences.
Sentence
A clause Must Consist of
SUBJECT AND PREDICATE

We are the champion

S P
Ayu is not the champion

We win the championship

S P
Ayu does not win the championship
VERBAL OPERATORS

CLASSIFICATION PRESENT (I) PAST (II)

TO DO DO, DOES DID
TO BE IS, AM, ARE WAS, WERE
TO BE (FUTURE) BE BE
TO BE (PERFECT) BEEN BEEN
TO HAVE HAVE, HAS HAD
MODAL WILL, SHALL, WOULD,
CAN, SHOULD,
MAY,MUST COULD, MIGHT,
HAD TO
 NOMINAL SENTENCE
It is a sentence which has NO VERB
It may have Noun/adjective/adverb/ving
Put TO BE as the predicate of the sentence
Example:
1. Mr. Kariadi is a doctor (N)
2. The students will be professional nurse after graduation. (N)
3. Mr. Kariadi was the best student of Medical Faculty of Harvard University. (N)
4. Mr. and Mrs. Kariadi have been in Semarang for 6 years. (Adv).
5. The students are diligent. (Adj).
6. Everybody is changing (Ving).
1. It …….Thursday yesterday, because today…. Friday.
2. Tomorrow ……….. Saturday.
3. Learning English ……. fun.
4. We …. the nurses and he …… the instructor.
5. Mike and family…. at the seaside last week.
6. Mr. Smith will …. in Bali next month.
7. We had ……. here for two hours before it began to rain.
8. Steven has already……. to Japan.
9. Now, he ……. back to Indonesia.
10. Everybody wants……… happy in life.
 VERBAL SENTENCE

It a sentence which has a VERB

Put TO DO between subject and predicate when the sentence is negative (-)or
interrogative (?)
Example:
1. An Analyst analyzes blood samples.
A midwife does not analyze blood samples.
2. The nurse will give the patient an injection.
Will the patient give an injection?
3. The doctor visited the patients yesterday
the family didn’t visit the patients yesterday
4. The paramedics have taken the injured patients to the emergency room.
Have the injured patients got an intensive treatment?
1. Susan and Sandy (speak) 3 languages.
2. Mr. Black (drink) 2 liters of water everyday.
3. Pam and I (not, watch) movie every week.
4. Every mother (take care) her children nicely?
5. Mr. Greg (buy) a new car yesterday. However, his son, Jim (not
even have) a motorcycle. He (go) to campus on foot.
6. Sarah was really bankrupt. Uncle Sam (lend) her some money 2
weeks ago.
7. Tina & Tania usually (drive) a car when they were in college.
8. Robby (not, ride) his motor cycle to his office this morning.
9. The thief (steal) Mike’s bicycle while he was out?
10. Dave (not, call) the police when there was a robbery.