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WRI
TINGMODULEWORKSHOP

WRI
TINGENGLI
SHI
SSUPEREASY!

BY:
PN.MALI
NABI
NTIDAHLI
SMKPALOHHI
NAI,
PEKAN

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Act
ivi
ty1:What
’si
nyourmi
nd?
I
nst
ruct
ion:

Eachpersonbeginsbywr it
ingawor donapi eceofpaper.Whenyou
exchangepaper
s,readthewor dtheotherpersonwrot
eandwr i
tedown
the 
veryfi
rstwordt hatcomes t o mind.Don’
tthi
nk,justwr
it
e!Keep
exchangi
ngandaddingtot
hel i
st!

Exampl
e:cat–Mimi–foot
bal
l–diamond–sparkl
i
ng–cider–appl
e
–pie–sky–clouds–stor
m –thunder–l
i
ght
ning–fl
ash-zar
if

PASTEYOURPAPERHERE!

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Act
ivi
ty2:Whatcany
ousee?
I
nst
ruct
ion:

Wri
teasmanywordsorphrasestodescr
ibethepi
ctur
ewit
hint
het
ime
gi
ven.Wor
kwi
thyourpar
tnerandwri
teasf
astasyoucan!

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Act
ivi
ty3:What
’sy
ourSecr
et?
I
nst
ruct
ion:

1)Wor
kingr
oupof5.Eachofy
ouhast
owhi
sperasecr
ett
oaf
ri
end
whoi
snextt
oyou.

2)Lethi
m/herwr
it
edowny
oursecr
etonasmal
lpi
eceofpaper
.

3)Then,
placet
hepaperi
nabox/
beg.

4)Cont
inuet
hesamest
epswi
thot
herst
udent
s.

5)Fi
nal
l
y,chooset
hebestsecr
etwr
it
tenbyt
hegr
oupmember
stobe
r
ed.

PASTEYOURSECRETHERE!

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Act
ivi
ty4:
CanYouRememberMe?
Subj
ectVer
bAgr
eement
BASI
C

He Pl
ay bal
l
She
I
t Swi
m t
abl
e
They
Sit
i Jump mal
l
Sit
iandRozi
(Thi
ng,ani
mal) Si
t penci
l

A)Agr
eementi
nNumber
Av
erbmustagr
eewi
thi
tssubj
ecti
nnumber
.Numberr
efer
stowhet
herawor
dis

si
ngul
ar—one pl
ural
—mor
ethanone.

RULE EXAMPLE

Asingul
arsubj
ectt
akesasi
ngul
ar Thegi
rll
ikest
opl
aybal
l
.
ver
b.

ExceptIandYou Il
iket
opl
aybal
l
.

Youl
iket
opl
aybal
l
.

Apl
ural
subj
ectt
akesapl
uralv
erb. Thegi
rl
sli
ket
opl
aybal
l
.

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Thecont
ract
ionsdoesn’
tanddon’
t Hedoesn’
tknowt
hepl
ace.

Doesn’
tshehasy
ournumber
?

Idon’
tknowhi
sname.
 Usedoesn’
twit
hallsi
ngul
ar
subj
ect
sexceptIandyou. Youdon’
tneedt
hebl
anket
.

 Usedon’
twithal
lpl
ural
subj
ect
s,I
,andyou Theydon’
thav
ethesameanswer
.

AhmadandAhMandon’
tgetAi
nEngl
i
sh.

Don’
tyourbr
other
shav
emot
orcy
cles?

Pr
act
ice1:Maki
ngSubj
ect
sandVer
bsAgr
eei
nNumber

Ineachsent
ence,under
li
net
hesubj
ect
.Thenunder
li
net
hev
erbt
hatagr
eeswi
tht
he
subj
ect.

1.Thebi
cycl
e(was,
wer
e)notf
orsal
e.

2.Mar
ieal
way
s(l
ook,
looks)f
ormy
ster
ynov
els.

3.Herf
ather(
want
,want
s)t
ofi
ndascr
ewdr
iver
.

4.(
Don’
t,
Doesn’
t)Mar
cwantt
ogot
othesal
e?

5.(
Has,
Hav
e)Ashl
eyev
erboughtany
thi
ngher
e?

6.I(
am,
are)l
ooki
ngf
orol
dnewspaper
s.

7.We(
hav
en’
t,
hasn’
t)f
oundanyanswery
et.

Pr
act
ice2:Mor
ePr
act
ice

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Onthel
inefoll
owingeachsent
ence,
wri
tet
hepr
esentt
ensef
orm oft
hev
erbt
oagr
ee
wi
ththesubject
.

1.Asusual
,todayMar
ia(
be)l
ooki
ngf
oracupt
orepl
acet
heoneshebr
oke.
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2.Suzi
eal
way
s(ar
ri
ve)atschool
30mi
nut
esear
ly._
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4.Themusi
cteacher(
look)f
ornewmusi
cinst
rument
s._
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_

5.HassanandZal
i(want
)tof
indhockeyequi
pmentatt
hemal
l
.__
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Pr
act
ice3:Cor
rect
ingAgr
eementEr
ror
s

Ineachsentence,
underli
neboththesubj
ectandthever
b.Ift
hev er
bagreeswit
hthe
subject
,wri
teCorrectonthel
ineattheri
ght
.Ifi
tdoesnotagree,
writet
hecorr
ectver
b.

1.Si
tisi
ngabeaut
if
ulsong._
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2.Thel
eaderst
andatt
hecent
eroft
hegr
oup._
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_

3.Mar
shaandKamal
sitt
oget
heri
nthecaf
eter
ia._
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_

4.Ami
nwasaski
ngaboutusedbi
cycl
es._
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_

B)Agr
eementWi
thCompoundSubj
ect
s

Acompoundsubjecti
smadeupoftwoormor esi
mpl
esubj
ect
sjoi
nedby
aconj
unct
ionsuchasand,
eit
her
..
or,nei
ther
…nor.

Sent
ence Agr
eementwi
th Exampl
e
Compoundsubj
ect
s

Ahmadl
i
kest
owat
chmov
ie. and-pl
ural
ver
b. AhmadandIr
fanl
iket
o
wat
chmovie.
I
rf
anli
kest
owat
chmov
ie
t
oo.

Thebagscapt
ureher ei
ther
…or Eit
herthebagsorneckl
ace
i
nter
est. captur
esherint
erest
.
- Thever
bshoul
d
Theneckl
acecapt
uresher agr
eewitht
hepar
t

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i
nter
est
. cl
osestt
oit
.

Theanti
sani
nsect
. nei
ther
..nor Nei
thertheantnort
hef
li
es
ar
einsect.
Thef
li
esar
einsect
. - Theverbshoul
d
agr
eewi t
hthepar
t
cl
osesttoit
.

Pr
act
ice1:Maki
ngVer
bsAgr
eewi
thCompoundSubj
ect

I
neachsentence,
underl
i
neeachpartoft
hecompoundsubject.Under
li
netwicet
he
wor
djoi
ningthepart
s.Thenunder
li
nethever
bthatagr
eeswiththesubject
.

1.Ei
thert
hewi
l
ddogsort
hebaboon(
makes,
make)t
hathowl
i
ngsound.

2.Nei
thercr
acker
snorbr
ead(
is,
are)goodf
ort
heducks.

3.Thet
our
ist
sandt
hei
rgui
de(
wai
ts,
wai
t)f
ort
heel
ephantt
ocr
osst
her
oad.

4.Nei
thert
het
our
ist
snort
hei
rgui
de(
has,
hav
e)t
imet
ophot
ogr
apht
het
iger
.

5.Bugbi
tesorabeest
ing(
causes,
cause)al
l
ergi
creact
ioni
nsomepeopl
e.

C)I
ndef
ini
tePr
onounSubj
ect
s

Anindefi
nit
epronoundoesnotr
efert
oadef
ini
te,
orspeci
fi
c,per
son,
place,
thi
ng,ori
dea.

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RULE VERB EXAMPLE

Singul
ari
ndef
ini
tepr
onouns SI
NGULAR Ev
ery
bodyl
ikesgoodf
ood.
takesi
ngul
arver
bs

Plur
ali
ndefi
nit
epronouns PLURAL Manyl
ikespi
cyf
ood.
takepl
ural
verbs.

All
,any,most
,none,and SI
NGULAR/
PLURAL All
oft hehambur
gerswere
somecanbesi ngul
aror eaten.(moret
hanonehambur
ger
pl
ural. waseat en)

Alloft
hehamburgerwaseat
en.
(hamburgeri
sconsi
der
edaunit
)

Pr
act
ice1:Usi
ngVer
bswi
thI
ndef
ini
tePr
onounSubj
ect
s

Wri
teeachnumber
edsent
enceont
heappr
opr
iat
eli
ne,
usi
ngt
hecor
rectpr
esentt
ensef
orm of
t
heverb.

(1)Oneofmyf r
iends(be)planningasurpri
sebi r
thdaypartyf
orEli
sa.(2)Al
lofher
schoolfri
ends(know)aboutt heparty.(
3)Many( have)alreadyboughtsomedecorati
ons.For
example,ther
ewi l
lbeballoonsandr i
bbons.(4)Anothergr oup(
want)tobakeheran
extr
avagantcake.(5)Everybody(agree)thatt
hiswil
l bethebestsurpri
sebir
thdaypar
tyever.

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Act
ivi
ty5:Wi
l
lYouReadMyMessage?
I
nst
ruct
ion:

Wor
ki npair
s.Writ
eashortmessaget
oyourfr
iendandl
ethim/herto
r
eaditsi
lentl
y(EXCHANGE).Then,
wri
tearepl
ytothemessagegiven.

PASTETHEMESSAGEHERE!

PASTETHEREPLYMESSAGEHERE!

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Act
ivi
ty6:Thi
sisOurSt
ory
.
I
nst
ruct
ion:

Wor
kingr
oupsandwr
it
east
orybegi
nswi
th;

I
twasr
aini
ngheavi
lyout
sidet
hehouse…

Pl
ease,
 uset
hecor
rectt
ense.
 wr
it
einpar
agr
aphs.
 gi
veat
it
let
oyourst
ory
St
ep1:Dr
aft
ing(
ideas)

Compl
etet
hef
lowchar
tbel
owwi
thsui
tabl
eint
erest
ingst
ory
li
nes.

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St
ep2:Dr
aft
ing(
wri
ti
ng)
,Edi
ti
ngandPr
oofRead

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St
ep3:Wr
it
ingPr
oduct

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