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Assalamualaikum and greeting to all our viewer and welcome to our blog.  The reason why we create this blog to show our appreciation to our lecturer and course mate.   Syukur Alhamdulilah that we will end our semester by this April and maybe we might not see each other again in the same campus and we just hope everyone could succeed in their journey to achieve their life. Even though in our class have 22 students, but we feel like in one family and we unite together. we all like to apologies to all our lecturer because the way we act like a childish but you still stand beside us and guide us. Nothing that we can say to you just a simple word but meaningful "Thank You So Much" .

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FAHMI

from the left SHAH,ASH,CHEN and SYED

from the left AMIR,GG,MADI and FUD

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from left IEYZAN, AZLIN, SITI, and ANN.

from left HANIM, SYAKILA, ADILAH and FAZZ.

 

From left FUZA, AISYAH ,FATIN, AMIRAH

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            Part Of Speech: Adjectives And Adverb

 

Adjectives

Placement of adjectives	Examples
Adjectives before a noun: a pretty girl a chocolate cake an oval table	Hanafi like to eat chocolate cakes.                  (adj.)   (n) I have a black cat.             (adj.) (n) Insyira is a pretty girl.                (adj.)   (n)
Adjectives after a non-action verb(v): 1.       ‘be’ verbs    (am, is, are, was, were, will be). 2.       Other linking verbs (look, feel, taste, smell, seem, sound).	The old man is generous.                 (v)   (adj.) The students are hardworking.                  (v)      (adj.) The story was interesting.               (v)      (adj.) The soup tastes delicious.               (v)        (adj.) The teacher sounds angry.                   (v)      (adj.) I feel tired.    (v)  (adj.)

Determines

Determines are other words which can be used with countable and uncountable nouns to show quantity.The table below shows you how to use them.

Determiners	EXAMPLES OF SINGULAR COUNTABLE NOUNS
One            Each            Every            This            That	One of the apples is rotten. Each book costs rm 2.00. Every house has a kitchen. My grandfather lives in this house. That building is old.

DETERMINErS	EXAMPLES OF PLURAL COUNTABLE NOUNS
Several          All          These          A few          Some	Maria owns several restaurants. All the students passed the test. These chairs here are for sale. We lived there a few years ago. Some ministers are going to attend the meeting.

determiners	Examples of plural countable nouns
a lot of          some          this          all          much	Babies drink a lot of milk. Please put some salt in the curry. This rice is tasty. All the food is delicious. You should not take too much sugar.

                    

 

Prepositions

A preposition is a word that shows the relationship between people, things, actions or places.It is used before a noun or pronoun to show place, position, time or direction.

*Preposition to show place

PREPOSITION	USAGE	EXAMPLES
In	in the classroom in Malaysia	I left my bag in the classroom. I  have in Malaysia.
At	At home	All my children are at home. She is waiting for me at the airport.
On	On the table On the third floor	There is some food on the table. My office is on the third floor.
Under	Under the tree Under the table	The old woman is resting under the tree. There is a cat under the table.
Beside	Beside you	Can I sit beside you?
Between	Between Ali and Adam	My father is sitting between Ali and Adam.
Above	Above the store	My apartment is above the store.

    *Preposition to show direction.

preposition	usage	examples
to	to class to my house	I always come to class early. You can come to my house tomorrow.
From	From home From Perak	I just came from home. Halim is from Perak.
Into	Into the taxi Into the pool	I saw him getting into the taxi. They jumped into the pool as soon as they heard the whistle.
Across	Across the road Across the river	He saw his friend across the road. The old man lives across the river.
Along	Along the beach	They like to walk along the beach in the evening.
Out	Out of the room	Don’t take anything out of the room.

            

Conjunction

A conjunction is a joining or linking word. It joins or links words, phrases, sentences and ideas together .The most common joining or linking words used :

conjunction	rules	examples
And	Used to join similar ideas	The athlete is strong and healthy. Hafizah and Hayati are sisiters.
But	Used to state contrasting ideas (opposite)	Students usually like reading but not writing. The cake looks nice but it tastes awful.
Or	Used when there is a choice	We can either go by bus or by taxi. They can answer by phone or by mail.
Because	Used to give reason	I don’t like curry because it is hot. Cindy laughed because the story was funny.
So	Used to show results	We finished our work, so we went home. She lost her money, so she could not buy the book. She listens carefully, so she understands the lesson well.

ACTION  VERB	EXAMPLE
An action verb tells us what a person or animal does.Example of action verbs are drink, eat, cry, dance, work.	Marina worked in that university last  year. The students eat breakfast every morning. He drinks a lot of coffee every night. She danced gracefully at the party. Everyone cried when the kind teacher retired.

Non-action verb	example
‘Be’ verb Is,are,am,was,were I               am(present)/was(past) You         plural : We         are/were They He         singular : She        is/was	I am your lecturer this semester. I was busy yesterday. She is my beloved mother. He was a teacher in our school a few years ago. We are hungry now because we haven’t eaten since morning. They were sad as they were not allowed to enter the contest last weekend. Pangkor  island is a popular tourist attraction in Malaysia. There are many birds on the tree.
Linking verb Taste, seem, look, appear	The food served at that restaurant tasted delicious. The teacher seemed angry with her students as they had not complete their homework. My mother looked tired after my sister’s wedding. She appeared nervous during the presentation.

Transitive Verbs

Transitive verb is a verb that requires an object.It usually answers the question ‘what’ .

Examples :

*Johan bought a new bicycle.               (what did johan buy?)

*The police caught the thief.                (what did the police catch?)

Intransitive

An intransitive verb does not require an object.

Examples :                * The baby sleeps.

                                   *  Birds fly.

Regular Verbs

Regular verbs are the verbs that end with ‘d’ ,’ed’ or ‘ied’ in the past tense and in the past participle form.

Examples :  *   she decided to go home.

                 *  Christina helped her mother last night.

Auxiliary Verbs

Subject      +     auxiliary verbs     +  base verbs     +  expansion

They                   +       should                                  +   go                             +   home more often Anita                  +       can                                       +   speak                        +  many languages.

         

     

        The simple past tense is used to describe an activity       that happened at     a specific time in the past.

Affirmative Form Of The Simple Past Tense

      These are example of the simple past tense of ‘be’ verbs.

singular	Plural	Examples
I He            was She             It	You We           were They	She was sick yesterday. They were in Terengganu last week. I was slim when I was young.

Base action verb  + d ,ed ,ied	Examples
Smile  +  d  =  smiled Rain   +  ed =  rained	He smiled at me yesterday. It rained heavily last night.

Bae verb	Irregular	Examples
Come Have Do Catch Eat Put	Came Had Did Caught Ate Put	She came to class early yesterday. Amir had his dinner at the restaurant last night. Hafiz did his homework before he went to sleep last night. The villagers caught the thieves who stole their cows. He ate all the cookies that his mother baked. He put all his things in a box last Sunday.

The Negative Form of the Simple Past Tense

  the negative ‘be’ verbs is formed in the following manner.

Subject                  be                     not                   expansion

Aimi           +      was             +       not            +       happy The boys      +      were            +      not             +    naughty

the shortened of ‘be’ verb in the simple past tense is formed in the following manner.

Negative form	Shortened form
Was not           Were not	Wasn’t              Weren’t

the negative action verb is formed in the following manner.

Subject     +   did   +  not   +   base verb    +              expansion

They        +  did    +  not   +    work        +       last weekend We          +  did    +  not   +     have        +      a test yesterday. The girls   +  did    +  not   +    cut           +      the cake on her birthday. I             + did     +  not   +    finish        +      the homework last Saturday.

              

* an activities that happen or at the present time.

* the general truth.

Time phrases used in simple present tense

Every day Today Daily Often Always

       

Affirmative form of the simple present tense

  Here are examples of the simple present tensese of ‘be’ verbs.

Singular subject	Plral subject	Example
I           am She        is He	You We           are They	She is happy today. They are in Korea now. I am excited to see you.

    

Here are examples of the simple present tense of action verbs.

Singular subject + V + s ,es ,     ie s	examples
He smile +  s      =     smiles She teach  +  es  =    teaches Ahmad carry  +  ies  =  cries	He smiles at me every morning. She teaches Mathematics in my school . The baby cries when she is hungry.
Pural subject  + base V	Examples
I       +      do You   +      like We    +      go	I do my homework every night. You like to eat soup. We often go to the library.