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ENGLISH LANGUAGE

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Name of subject
: Bahasa Inggris
Code/ Credit
: BDU 101 / 2 (1,1)
Semester
: I & II
Prerequisite
: -Competence
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Finishing the subject, students are
expected to improve their ability to write,
read, search of literatures, comprehend
textbooks, and communicate
(conversation, listening) scientifically in
English.

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SENTENCE SENSE
Subject: English Language
1st class-meeting
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Sentence sense
n Master the esssential of the sentence as an aid to
clear thinking and effective writing.
n A key to good writing is to possess or develop
sentence sence. Sentence sence is the awareness of
what makes a sentence the ability to recognize its
grammatical essentials and to understand the
relationship between its parts. Observing the
positions, forms, and meaning of words can help you
to understand the relationship between parts of
sentences.
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Notice below how meaning is expressed by

arrangement and the forms of words.
n The hijacked plane has landed safely.
n Sandra gave us three magnolia trees.

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Most simple sentences follow this pattern:

Complete subject + complete predicate
n The subject is the part of a sentence about
which something is asserted in the predicate.
n The predicate is the part that asserts
something about the subject.

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Expanding sentences:
n Sentence: The plane has landed
Expansion
n The hijacked plane has landed safely.
n The first hijacked plane to arrive at this airport has
landed safely in the south runway.
n The first hijacked plane that we ever seen at this
airport has landed safely in the south runway, which
has been closed to traffic for a year.
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Combining Sentence
n Sentence : The saying is old. It has a new meaning.
Various combination
n The saying is old, but it has a new meaning.
n Although it has a new meaning, the saying is old.
n The saying, which is old, has a new meaning.
n The old saying has a new meaning.
n It is an old saying with a new meaning.

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VERBS
Meaning
Verbs are words that express action, occurrence, or
existence (a state of being)
n Play ball. The rain stopped.
n They exist.
Am I right?
Function
A verb function as the predicate of a sentence or as an
essential part of the predicate.
n William drives
n William usually drives his car to work.
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SUBJECTS
To identify a subject, find the verb; then use the verb in
a question beginning with who or what as shown in the
following example:
n The dog in the cage ate.
Verb: ate
n Who or what ate? The dog Subject: the dog.

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SUBJECTS
Form
Although other words or word groups may function as
subjects, nouns or pronouns are the most frequently
used.
Position:
Subject usually come before verbs in sentences.
n Note: Subject and Verbs may be compound.
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