Legend Story

The Legend of Lake Toba Indonesia    Long time ago, there was a wanderer, named Sibuatan. After wandered over so many places, he finally decided to stay in one place; it was on the river bank near the valley. He was so pleased staying in this new place because it has beautiful scenery, fresh air, and the most fertile land. He did his daily works like cultivating the land, collecting vegetables and firewood, and catching fish for...

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Fable Story

The Ugly Duckling      Once upon a time down on an old farm, lived a duck family, and Mother Duck had been sitting on a clutch of new eggs. One nice morning, the eggs hatched and out popped six chirpy ducklings. But one egg was bigger than the rest, and it didn't hatch. Mother Duck couldn't recall laying that seventh egg. How did it get there? TOCK! TOCK! The little prisoner was pecking inside his shell.    "Did...

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Fairy Tale Story

The Little Match Girl (by: Hans Christian Anderson)        Her little hands were almost stiff with cold. Oh, one little match would do some good! If she only dared, she would pull one out of the packet and strike it on the wall to warm her fingers. She pulled out one. R-r-sh-sh! How it sputtered and blazed! It burnt with a bright clear flame, just like a little candle, when she held her hand round it. Now...

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Punctuation Marks

Punctuation Marks (source : https://www.englishclub.com/writing/punctuation-marks.htm ) Summary of common punctuation marks The following table of commonly used English punctuation marks shows: a graphical representation of each punctation mark (black) with text block (grey) name of punctuation mark with link to more information very simple example sentence (more examples on individual pages) punctuation mark name example ...

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Persuasive Text

Persuasive Text Persuasive text is a text that has function to persuade someone about information in text. here the example of persuasive text. Example : Lockers for Everyone What would you think if you had to put your personal belongings in a crate, and every time you turn around something of yours were stolen? That is why I think students should have lockers. To protect their things, keep their things somewhere clean, and so they...

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Descriptive Text

Descriptive Text   Descriptive text is a text that give information about how something or someone looks, sounds, etc. : using words to describe what something or someone is like. Example : Borobudur Temple     Borobudur is Hindu – Buddhist temple. It was build in the ninth century under Sailendra dynasty of ancient Mataram kingdom. Borobudur is located in Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia.    Borobudur...

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Example of Narrative text

Example of Narrative text Narrative text has function to entertain the reader about the story of that text. Narrative text can improve the student's vocabulary and imagination. Student also can get moral value from that story. here I will give you the example of narrative text. The Arrogant Swan In a far away kingdom, there was a river. This river was home to many golden swans. The swans spent most of their time on the banks of the river....

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Australian Informal Greeting

Greetings source : http://alldownunder.com/australian-slang/dictionary-greetings.htm Ga day or G'day : a friendly welcome, same as hello or hi. It's a shortened form of Good Day and pronounced as gidday. It can be used at night as well as during the day. Cheerio : goodbye. Not to be confused with Cheerios which are cocktail sausages in Australia. Hooroo : goodbye or see you later. Sometimes spelled "ooroo" and pronounced with and without the H Toodle-oo : goodbye Ow ya goin' ...

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English Conversations at a Hotel

English Conversations at a Hotel source : http://www.theenglishspace.com/useful-english/hotel/conversation.html Arriving at the Hotel There are a few different conversations you might have with the hotel receptionist when you arrive at a hotel. Conversation 1 Mike: I'd like a room for two people, for three nights please. Hotel Receptionist: Ok, I just need you to fill in this form please. Hotel Receptionist: Do you want breakfast? Mike: Yes, please. Hotel Receptionist: Breakfast is from 7 to 10 each morning in the dining...

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English Conversations In a Restaurant

English Conversations In a Restaurant these conversation help you to use English in countries which use English for their native language. Booking "I booked a table for two for … (8pm)."It's under the name of …""A table for two please." What the restaurant staff say: "Of course. Please come this way." Or… "Your table isn't quite ready yet.""Would you like to wait in the bar?""We're fully booked at the moment. Could you come back a bit later?" Asking...

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Types of Simple Sentences

Types of Simple Sentences source : https://www.dlsweb.rmit.edu.au/lsu./content/4_WritingSkills/writing_tuts/sentences_LL/simple.html There are three main types of sentences. The first of these is called a simple sentence. A simple sentence has one independent clause and expresses one idea. Example A simple sentence must have one subject - verb combination but the subject may be compound, ie have more than one element. Example ...

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Changes of Adverb in (Direct speech --> Indirect speech)

    Changes of Adverb 1. Today              : That day 2. Now                : Then 3. Here                : There 4. Tomorrow      : The next day 5. Yesterday       : The day...

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Example of Speech text

Peace Good Morning.     Before i begin my speech, i would like to invite you to thank with God the almighty who has given us mercy and blessing, so we can meet together in this blessing place. the Honorable our speaking lecturer and all of my friends that i love. it be great to stand here in front of all of you to give a speech about "peace".     According to Wikipedia peace is an occurrence of harmony characterized by lack of violence, conflict behaviors, and freedom from fear of violence. every people are created...

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British Idiom

    British Idiom a drop in the ocean If an amount is a drop in the ocean, it's a very small portion of the amount that's needed. a new lease of life  If someone has a new lease of life, they have a new enthusiasm for living. a piece of cake  If you say that something is a piece of cake, you mean that it is extremely easy. an axe to grind (2)  If you have an axe to grind, you have a strong opinion...

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Compound Sentences

Compound Sentences compound sentences is join with two simple sentences by using coordinating conjunction. they are and, so, but, or, yet, for, nor. 1. And : to joins the sentences that are like.     Ex : I do love music and you do love music. 2. So : to joins the sentences when the second sentences expresses the result of something describe in the first sentence.     Ex : Lisa gets toothache today, so she doesn't...

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The Ways We Pronounce -Ed

The Ways We Pronounce -Ed We can find -ed style in the simple past tense or past participle in the regular verb. I'm sure that all of you are confusing when you try to speak the verb which use that style. ex : I cooked a cake for you. we can pronounce the -ed in 3 ways: /ɪd/ /t/ /d/ If the base verb ends in one of these sounds example base verb* example with -ed pronounce the -ed as extra syllable? /t/ want wanted /ɪd/ yes /d/ end ended unvoiced /p/ hope hoped /t/ no /f/ laugh laughed /s/ fax faxed /ʃ/ wash washed /ʧ/ watch watched /k/ like liked voiced all...

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General Strategies for the Listening Section

General Strategies for the Listening Section  1. Be familiar with the direction. Before you listen the section of your speaking, you must be familiar with the direction of those tasks. 2. Be familiar with computer adaptivity it means that you will start with medium level question until the difficult one, these question will increase in step by step. so, you must be familiar about that. 3. Set the volume carefully before you start...

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Finding the Main Idea in Paragraph

Finding the Main Idea in Paragraph   Main idea is the point of paragraph. We can find that usually in the beginning of paragraph or the last of the paragraph . The main idea usually is a sentence.  if we want to search  main idea we have to know the topic first, it makes you easy to find main idea of that paragraph. And this case, i want to give you the examples of the paragraphs and the main idea of those paragraphs. Summer ...

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American Idioms A-E

American Idioms A About time: Nearly time, high time. ex. "It's about time you bought a new car!" Absence makes the heart grow fonder: Proverb that means that our feeling for those we love increases when we are apart from them. (To) act high and mighty: To act proudly and arrogantly. ex. "He has been acting all high and mighty ever since he chased away that burglar." Actions speak louder than words: Proverb meaning that's it's better to do something about a problem than to talk about it. ...

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The Differences between Paraphrase, Summary, and Synthesis

The Differences between Paraphrase, Summary, and Synthesis. in academic writing we can't put someone else idea without change the words with our own words or conclude it into the main information. we must make paraphrasing, summary, or synthesis in our academic writing if we use argument for someone else. in this case, I will show you the differences of paraphrasing, summary, or synthesis.  1. Paraphrase paraphrase is an activity to...

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Article

ARTICLE Article is a kind of word that is placed before a noun to represent the existence of the world. There are two kinds of article, they are indefinite article and definite article. 1. The indefinite article are "a" and "an" 2. The definite article is "the" How we use article ? a. we use indefinite article to show expression of speed, number, price, etc. b. we use indefinite article before singular countable noun. c. we use "a" before...

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