KU1012 Bahasa Inggris 1 Semester Ganjil 2013/2014 Hanya dipergunakan untuk kepentingan pengajaran di lingkungan Politeknik Telkom TOPIC OF PARAGRAPH, SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE Disusun oleh: Yuningsih, S.S

KAJIAN DAN INDIKATOR KAJIAN 2: THE DEVELOPMENT OF READING COMPREHENSION Tidak LulusDasarMenengahCukup MahirMahir Does not meet the criteria of basic competence Only able to identify topic sentence of a paragraph from passage given Able to identify topic sentence of each paragraphs from passage given Only able to identify not stated topic sentence of a paragraph from passage given Able to identify not stated topic sentence of paragraphs from passage given

WARMING UP ACTIVITY Water is an amazing resource. Everyone in the world depends upon it. Every creature needs water to survive. Without water, we would not last long. Water makes our world beautiful.

WARMING UP ACTIVITY Water is an amazing resource. Everyone in the world depends upon it. Every creature needs water to survive. Without water, we would not last long. Water makes our world beautiful. Topic = WATER

TOPIC OF PARAGRAPH A topic is the general subject of a written passage To understand a paragraph, it’s important to find the topic The topic is the idea to which all of the details in the paragraph refer A topic is usually expressed as a word or phrase Identifying a topic can help to find the author’s main idea

TOPIC OF PARAGRAPH Finding the topic is like identifying a title for the paragraph or passage. To find the topic, ask yourself this question "What or who is this about?"

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SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE

Children like ice cream Paul wakes up at 5 in the morning The earth goes round the sun. Talk about things in general something happens repeatedly or for habitual actions or daily activities. General truth

SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE Affirmative I am You are He is She is It is We are They are Affirmative I do You do He does She does It does We do They do

AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCE (+) He studies Economics everyday. He is a diligent student. They work on their new project. They are very solid in their teamwork.

SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE Negative I am not You are not He is not She is not It is not We are not They are not Negative I do not You do not He does not She does not It does not We do not They do not

NEGATIVE SENTENCE (-) He does not study Economics everyday. He is not a diligent student. They do not work on their new project. They are not very solid in their teamwork.

SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE Interrogative Am I …? Are you …? Is he …? Is she …? Is it …? Are we …? Are they …? Interrogative Do I …? Do you …? Does he …? Does she …? Does it …? Do we …? Do they …?

INTERROGATIVE SENTENCE (?) Does he study Economics everyday? Is he a diligent student? Do they work on their new project? Are they very solid in their teamwork?

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