Senin, 02 November 2009

COMPOSITION

WRITTEN TEST

(Pre-Test)

Write down a paragraph of your daily routine at least 100 words from getting up in the morning until to bed at night


WRITTEN TEST

(Post-Test)

Write down a paragraph at least 100 words containing chronological events. Choose one of the topics below:

  1. Camping Activities
  2. Going Picnic
  3. Farming Activities
  4. Activities during the Holiday
  5. Sport Activities
  6. Making the Meals
  7. Spending the Spare Time


1. Write what you saw, heard, smelt, observed, watched, etc by using expressing the result of observing an action:

    1. I found Sandra in this class yesterday. She was teaching English.
    2. Aryo made a kite. I saw it. So I knew how to make a kite.
    3. Mrs. Eti was being angry to her daughter. I saw it.
    4. The band performed some beautiful songs. I watch it from beginning to the end.
    5. Rita danced in the ballroom last night. I saw her.
    6. Look! My mother is cooking the fried rice.

2. Make the statements that express about “offering Help” based on the situations:

    1. Ratna lost her pocket. You found her being confused in the market.
    2. Nana will dance “Tari Bondan” in the ballroom. But she has no the puppet for it.
    3. Marla will go to Diana’s birthday. But she has no the money to buy the present.

3. Change the sentences to Indirect Statements:

    1. He said, “The earth moves round the sun”
    2. Sony says, ”I have just come from Surabaya
    3. He told me, “You must invite me”
    4. Nova said, “I am going to invite him tomorrow”
    5. Ninik says, “I don’t like study French”
    6. They said, “Tuti has been arriving”
    7. He says, “I went out from my house at 5 o’clock”
    8. Kiko said, “I shall send a letter today”

Error Correction on Students Writing Skill

1. SPELLING

Mistakes Correction

  • than then
  • ussually usually
  • b’cause because
  • batheroom bathroom
  • beutiful beautiful
  • reapet repeat
  • rilex relax
  • take a bathe take a bath
  • afther after
  • sleepping sleeping
  • weak up wake up
  • wacth watch
  • strat start
  • waching watching
  • healt health

2. TENSE

Mistakes Correction

  • I’m get up 05.00 I (always) get up at 05.00 am
  • I’m must get up at 04.30 am I must get up at 04.30 am
  • I to take a bath I take a bath
  • I listening music I (usually) listen to music
  • I have studying the lesson I study the lesson
  • I will sleeping I will sleep
  • My course start from 04.00….. My course stars from 04.00 until 05.30 pm
  • I have eat and working I eat (…………) and work
  • I going to bathroom I go to the bathroom
  • My sister and me always listening My sister and I always listen to
  • I must to do the home work I must do the homework
  • I sport to my healthy I do sport for my healthy
  • My activities usually started from… My activities usually start from 04.30 am

Note

v Simple Present

Pattern:

S + to be + N/adj/adv

S + V1+s/es + O

v Present Future

Pattern:

S + will + V1 + O

S + to be + going to + V1 + O

v Simple Past

Pattern:

S + V2 + O

3. WORD ORDER

Mistakes Correction

  • I maghrib pray I pray maghrib
  • Usually I get up I usually get up
  • My activities everyday usually started at 04.30 My activities usually start at 04.30 in the morning

Note

v Sentence contains of S + P + O

4. COUNT / NON COUNT

Mistakes Correction

  • then I few studying then I study
  • if I haven’t a many homework If don’t have any homework

Note

v Count Noun

o some students

o a lot of students

o many students

o a few students

v Non Count

o some homework

o a lot of homework

o much homework

o a little homework

Common NCN

o advice

o help

o information

o jewelry

o mail

o music

o work

o etc

5. SINGULAR and PLURAL

Mistakes Correction

  • Soccer is my hobbies Soccer is my hobby
  • My hobbies is playing football My hobby is playing football
  • After an hours after an hour
  • I have many friend I have many friends
  • I have a lot of activity I have a lot of activities

Note

Nouns:

v End of N: Cons. + -y change “y” to “I” then add “es”

Singular Plural

Hobby hobbies

Activity activities

Family families

v End of N: sh, ch, s, x add “es”

Singular Plural

a dish dishes

a class classes

a match matches

a box boxes

a brush brushes

v Irregular Form

Singular Plural

a child children

a foot feet

a man men

a woman women

a tooth teeth

a mouse mice

______ people

6. INDICATE MISSING ITEM (^)

Mistakes Correction

  • Early (^) morning Early in the morning
  • I always get up (^) 05.00 o’clock in the morning I always get up at 05.00 o’clock in the morning
  • I am going to (^) bathroom I am going to the bathroom
  • I (^) sports for my healthy I do sports for my healthy
  • I (^) breakfast I (have/eat) breakfast
  • I like (^) go to play football I like to go to play football
  • I pray to God together (^) my family I pray to God together with my family

7. ARTICLE

Article “a” and “an” are used in the singular form.

“a” is followed by Vowel (a, i, u, e, o)

“a” is followed by Consonant (b, c, d, f, g, etc)

“the” shows that a noun is specific. (It can be used in singular CN, plural CN and NCN)

Example:

The food is very delicious.

The water is very cold.

The sun is shinning very brightly today.

8. MEANING NOT CLEAR

Mistakes Correction

  • I am child boarding house I live in a boarding house
  • I take a rest with sleep I sleep for taking a rest
  • I breakfast together my family I have breakfast together with my family
  • I sport to my healthy I do sports for my healthy
  • I lunch soon I am having lunch soon
  • I clear my bedroom I clean my bedroom
  • I must breakfast to add my energy I must eat breakfast for getting the energy

9. WORD CHOICE

Mistakes Correction

  • I get up on 05.00 in the morning I get up at 05.00 in the morning
  • Then I go to a bathroom Then I go to the bathroom
  • My sister and me always listen the music My sister and I always listen to the music
  • I go to school by foot everyday I go to school on foot everyday
  • I go to a bathroom I go to the bathroom