Reading!

8th February 2011


Today's class my lovely lecturer,misz zue lect us about reading..
How to be a good readers and definitely to prevent waste time concentrate to the only one question which is we don't know the meaning..!
lalala~


ok,let me show u how to be a good readers! jeng2 :P

What's techniques u will use in exam?
Let me guess..read n try to understand each words??
Nonsense la!
We have no time to understand each words dear!
so,i have some tips to u all!! tadaaa~~
continue read la!! aiyoyo!!


In exam we have 2 types of  comprehension,i guess..Errr..Maybe! OMG!! Why i'm totally forgot??
Err.. Forget it..Lets continue..

1. Linear

- usually in essay n pharagraph
-we need to use skimming technique

What is skimming??

• This is a reading skill employed to obtain the general idea of a text,to find out the writer's point of view and to see how to contents in a passage are arrange.
• When a text or a passage is too long and we have limited amount of time,we use this reading technique.
• The speed in which we read is three or  four times faster than the speed of normal reading.
• when skimming,look for key words and phrases,the headlings or sub-headlings for the general idea of the passage.
• In short,directly look to main idea and search to it.

2. Non-Linear

-usually in table,graph,chart or point
-we need to use scanning technique.

What is scanning??

• This is a selective reading skills to locate facts and asnwers to specific questions.
• To save time you do not read every word on the page.
• You can scan a timetable,pages of a dictionary,charts,tables etc.

Adverb

7th February 2011

hello guys..
welcome back to uitm!
how's yours holiday??
naaa,let me guess..very bored & tension,is it??
yeah! absolutely..
a lot of assignment need to done it..
(depends on my experiece actually! ) wawa :P
i have no time to spend my time hang out with my friends n family..All my holidays finished with nothing..i'm struggle to finishing all my assignment..but unfortunately,i can't to finish it..OMG!! uarghh!! but... all things run smoothly..Alhamdulillah,my assignment already submit! yeay!! ^__^

ok,ok..Back to our discussion about adverb.

What is an ADVERB??

An adverb is a word that tells us more about a verb. It "qualifies" or "modifies" a verb (The man ran quickly). In the following examples, the adverb is in bold and the verb that it modifies is in italics.

Adlina speaks loudly. (How does Adlina speak?)

Afterwards she smoked a cigarette. (When did she smoke?)

Atiqah lives locally. (Where does Atiqah live?)

But adverbs can also modify adjectives (Tara is really beautiful), or even other adverbs (It works very well). Look at these examples:

• Modify an adjective:
  - He is really handsome. (How handsome is he?)
  - That was extremely kind of you.
• Modify another adverb:
  - She drives incredibly slowly. (How slowly does she drive?)
  - He drives extremely fast.

Note that adverbs have other functions, too. They can:

• Modify a whole sentence: Obviously, I can't know everything.
• Modify a prepositional phrase: It's immediately inside the door.

We make many adverbs by adding -ly to an adjective, for example:

• quick (adjective) > quickly (adverb)
• careful (adjective) > carefully (adverb)
• beautiful (adjective) > beautifully (adverb)

There are some basic rules about spelling for -ly adverbs. See the table below:

Adjective ending	do this	adjective	adverb
most adjectives	add -ly	quick nice sole careful	quickly nicely solely carefully
-able or -ible	change -e to -y	regrettable horrible	regrettably horribly
-y	change -y to -ily	happy	happily
-ic	change -ic to -ically	economic	economically

But not all words that end in -ly are adverbs. The words friendly, lovely, lonely and neighbourly, for example, are all adjectives.
And some adverbs have no particular form. Look at these examples:

• well, fast, very, never, always, often, still

Note that the form of an adverb can also change to make it comparative or superlative.

Kinds of Adverbs

Here you can see the basic kinds of adverbs.

Adverbs of Manner

Adverbs of Manner tell us the manner or way in which something happens. They answer the question "how?". Adverbs of Manner mainly modify verbs.

• He speaks slowly. (How does he speak?)
• They helped us cheerfully. (How did they help us?)
• Ahmad drives his cars fast. (How does Ahmad drive his cars?)

We normally use Adverbs of Manner with dynamic (action) verbs, not with stative or state verbs.

• He ran fast. She came quickly. They worked happily.

Adverbs of Place

Adverbs of Place tell us the place where something happens. They answer the question "where?". Adverbs of Place mainly modify verbs.

• Please sit here. (Where should I sit?)
• They looked everywhere. (Where did they look?)
• Two cars were parked outside. (Where were two cars parked?)

Adverbs of Time

Adverbs of Time tell us something about the time that something happens. Adverbs of Time mainly modify verbs.
They can answer the question "when?":

• He came yesterday. (When did he come?)
• I want it now. (When do I want it?)

Or they can answer the question "how often?":

• They deliver the newspaper daily. (How often do they deliver the newspaper?)
• We sometimes watch a movie. (How often do we watch a movie?)

Adverbs of Degree

Adverbs of Degree tell us the degree or extent to which something happens. They answer the question "how much?" or "to what degree?". Adverbs of Degree can modify verbs, adjectives and other adverbs.

• She entirely agrees with him. (How much does she agree with him?)
• Mary is very beautiful. (To what degree is Mary beautiful? How beautiful is Mary?)
• He drove quite dangerously. (To what degree did he drive dangerously? How dangerously did he drive?)

Adverb Position

When an adverb modifies a verb, there are usually 3 possible positions within the sentence or clause:

1. FRONT - before subject		Now	I will read a book.
2. MID - between subject + verb	I	often	read books.
3. END - after verb/object	I read books	carefully.

When an adverb modifies an adjective or another adverb, it usually goes in front of the word that it modifies, for example:

	adverb	adjective
She gave him a	really	dirty	look.
	adverb	adverb
We	quite	often	study English.

The position of an adverb often depends on the kind of adverb (manner, place, time, degree). The following table gives you some guidelines for placement based on the kind of adverb. 

Warning: these are guidelines only, and not complete. There are many exceptions.
kind of adverb		mainly modifies	sentence			usual position
				adverb
manner		verbs	She stroked his hair	gently.		END
place		verbs	He was working	here.		END
time	definite	verbs	He finished the job	yesterday.		END
	frequency		We	often	go to Paris.	MID
degree		verbs, adjectives and adverbs	I	nearly	died.	MID
			It was	terribly	funny.	before adjective
			He works	really	fast.	before adverb

Pronoun!

26th January 2011

What is PRONOUN?

A pronoun can replace a noun or another pronoun. You use pronouns like "he," "which," "none," and "you" to make your sentences less cumbersome and less repetitive.
Grammarians classify pronouns into several types, including the personal pronoun, the demonstrative pronoun, the interrogative pronoun, the indefinite pronoun, the relative pronoun, the reflexive pronoun, and the intensive pronoun.

Example :


I              Me         Mine
She          Her        Hers
He           Him        His        
We          Us          Ours
They        Them      Theirs
It             It           Its
You          You        Yours

Personal Pronouns

A personal pronoun refers to a specific person or thing and changes its form to indicate person, number, gender, and case.

Subjective Personal Pronouns

A subjective personal pronoun indicates that the pronoun is acting as the subject of the sentence. The subjective personal pronouns are "I," "you," "she," "he," "it," "we," "you," "they."
In the following sentences, each of the highlighted words is a subjective personal pronoun and acts as the subject of the sentence:

I was glad to find the bus pass in the bottom of the green knapsack.

You are surely the strangest child I have ever met.

Objective Personal Pronouns

An objective personal pronoun indicates that the pronoun is acting as an object of a verb, compound verb, preposition, or infinitive phrase. The objective personal pronouns are: "me," "you," "her," "him," "it," "us," "you," and "them."
In the following sentences, each of the highlighted words is an objective personal pronoun:

Seamus stole the selkie's skin and forced her to live with him.

The objective personal pronoun "her" is the direct object of the verb "forced" and the objective personal pronoun "him" is the object of the preposition "with."

After reading the pamphlet, Judy threw it into the garbage can.

Possessive Personal Pronouns

A possessive pronoun indicates that the pronoun is acting as a marker of possession and defines who owns a particular object or person. The possessive personal pronouns are "mine," "yours," "hers," "his," "its," "ours," and "theirs." Note that possessive personal pronouns are very similar to possessive adjectives like "my," "her," and "their."
In each of the following sentences, the highlighted word is a possessive personal pronoun:

The smallest gift is mine.

Demonstrative Pronouns

A demonstrative pronoun points to and identifies a noun or a pronoun. "This" and "these" refer to things that are nearby either in space or in time, while "that" and "those" refer to things that are farther away in space or time.
The demonstrative pronouns are "this," "that," "these," and "those." "This" and "that" are used to refer to singular nouns or noun phrasesand "these" and "those" are used to refer to plural nouns and noun phrases. Note that the demonstrative pronouns are identical todemonstrative adjectives, though, obviously, you use them differently. It is also important to note that "that" can also be used as a relative pronoun.
In the following sentences, each of the highlighted words is a demonstrative pronoun:

This must not continue.

Interrogative Pronouns

An interrogative pronoun is used to ask questions. The interrogative pronouns are "who," "whom," "which," "what" and the compounds formed with the suffix "ever" ("whoever," "whomever," "whichever," and "whatever"). Note that either "which" or "what" can also be used as an interrogative adjective, and that "who," "whom," or "which" can also be used as a relative pronoun.
You will find "who," "whom," and occasionally "which" used to refer to people, and "which" and "what" used to refer to things and to animals.
"Who" acts as the subject of a verb, while "whom" acts as the object of a verb, preposition, or a verbal.
The highlighted word in each of the following sentences is an interrogative pronoun:

Which wants to see the dentist first?

"Which" is the subject of the sentence.

Relative Pronouns

You can use a relative pronoun is used to link one phrase or clauseto another phrase or clause. The relative pronouns are "who," "whom," "that," and "which." The compounds "whoever," "whomever," and "whichever" are also relative pronouns.
You can use the relative pronouns "who" and "whoever" to refer to the subject of a clause or sentence, and "whom" and "whomever" to refer to the objects of a verb, a verbal or a preposition.
In each of the following sentences, the highlighted word is a relative pronoun.

You may invite whomever you like to the party.

The relative pronoun "whomever" is the direct object of the compound verb "may invite."

Indefinite Pronouns

An indefinite pronoun is a pronoun referring to an identifiable but not specified person or thing. An indefinite pronoun conveys the idea of all, any, none, or some.
The most common indefinite pronouns are "all," "another," "any," "anybody," "anyone," "anything," "each," "everybody," "everyone," "everything," "few," "many," "nobody," "none," "one," "several," "some," "somebody," and "someone." Note that some indefinite pronouns can also be used as indefinite adjectives.
The highlighted words in the following sentences are indefinite pronouns:

Many were invited to the lunch but only twelve showed up.

Here "many" acts as the subject of the compound verb "were invited."

Reflexive Pronouns

You can use a reflexive pronoun to refer back to the subject of the clause or sentence.
The reflexive pronouns are "myself," "yourself," "herself," "himself," "itself," "ourselves," "yourselves," and "themselves." Note each of these can also act as an intensive pronoun.
Each of the highlighted words in the following sentences is a reflexive pronoun:

Diabetics give themselves insulin shots several times a day.

Intensive Pronouns

An intensive pronoun is a pronoun used to emphasise its antecedent. Intensive pronouns are identical in form to reflexive pronouns.
The highlighted words in the following sentences are intensive pronouns:

I myself believe that aliens should abduct my sister.

Ready? ACTION!

25th January 2011

During our class today, Miss Zu gave us the task to search over the Google and Yahoo about pronoun,yesterday.So we all already prepared for it. Argh! just because of that important equipment,we can't to continue our lesson..Erghh! Miss Zu really need projector to teach us about Pronoun..So,pronoun lesson postpone for the next class.

With full of suprise, we've been told to pick some scene from Allahyarham P.Ramlee for us to re-act and to translate the script to English.
We've been devided into 5 groups, and my group members are,Lin,Echa,Umie and Yana. We have picked the scence from Pendekar Bujang Lapuk.

I'm Act as Ramlee..
Weeeee... Really enjoy with my character.. Ahakz! :)

Our translation about Mambang2,Cubaan2.. Kuang2x ^__^

Hey ghost of the land,

Ghost of fire,

Ghost of wind,

Ghost of water,

Ghost from mountain of the ghost,

Come with me ouh ghost!! (3x)

It's a test,It's a test,It's a test...

The End~

^__^

Pre-Writing Technique-Thesis Statement

24th January 2011

What’s a thesis statement????

-After you have brainstormed and you have some main ideas of what you would like to write in your essay, you can begin thinking about writing a thesis statement.

-A thesis statement is a complete sentence that contains one main idea.  This idea controls the content of the entire essay.  A thesis statement that contains subpoints also helps a reader know how the essay will be organized. Look at the introductory paragraph below.  See if you can identify the thesis statement and subpoints.

  

 

Example :

When I was young, I always knew that I wanted to become a teacher someday.  When I played, I would often gather my dolls together and pretend to teach them how to do math problems or how to read a book.  As I grew older, my desire to become an ESL teacher became clearer as I did some volunteer teaching overseas and in the United States.  As I look back on my reasons for becoming a teacher, there are three reasons that stand out.  They are: my love for the English language, my innate interest in how people learn, and my desire to help other people .

As I look back on my reasons for becoming a teacher, there are three reasons that stand out. - 

The thesis statement contains the main idea that controls the content of the essay.

They are: my love for the English language, my innate interest in how people learn, and my desire to help other people . -

Subpoints in the thesis or nearby help the reader know how the essay will be organized

can change to > There are some reasons why I want to becoming a teacher

 DONE! ^_^

Class cancelled! Horey! :P

18th January 2011

Echa,umi & I always the first geng held in whatever class..
We are the first knows that class is cancel that day when looked in front of the door have a piece of paper contain notes from Miss Zu..
Class ic cancel! Yeay! Lets breakfast everyone! ^__^

19th January 2011

1 more class cancel! >.<

Pre-Writing Techniques

17th January 2011


Today Miss Zu asked us, "What is pre-writing techniques?"
As usual answer from us including me > Err.err...(Blur face) < sorry for using a rubbish english,Miss Zu =.=
What happend to excited man?? Also same.. Hehe :)

Miss Zu writing on board :-

Pre-writing Techniques

1. Clustering/Mind-Maping

2. Brain-storming

3. Free-writing technique

4. Quick-writing

Then,my classmate and I is divide by two group.Miss Zu asked us to be brain-storming and write what in mind about > "Do you think the world is a better place today than it was fifty years ago?"

My group get answer : NO(from Miss Zu).And there is the explanation after discussion :

1. Pollution (air,sound,water,etc)

2. Politic discrimination

3. Social problems (baby dumping,sex)

4. Traffic Jam

5. Expensive cost of living

6. Crime and criminals are increasing

Answer : YES

1. it has more freedom

2. more buildings

3. a lot of food sources

4. better structure

5. more sophisticated technology

6. Better education,system

All about pre-writing :

*Topic sentences - Contains topic & controlling idea

Example :
 

Another way to widen our circle of friends is to treat others with respect

Our circle of friends - Topic

Treat others with respect - controlling idea

 

*supporting detail - eloborating
*concluding sentence - Hence/As the result

*Conclusion - Summarizing of main idea

 - try to use sinonime words with the thesis statement

  - in conclusion/in a nutshell/ to conclude

Free-Writing technique

Miss Zue asked us to write all things in mind and i done my task early but i'm create noncence..ahaha! >.<

Why i'am a silent girl if lecturer ask me? A lot of idea in my mind,why i can't to explain it? what to do to my blog this night? Noun,introduction,pre-writing? Hakim already started created his blog.my turn?

Thats All ^__~

NOUN?

12th January 2011

 

What is Noun ?

During our class today, Miss Zu asked us, "What is Noun?" Since she already gave us the task to do research over the internet, 2 days before, some of us already prepared for it and I?I'm totally forgot about it! OMG!! How come i improve my english if no effort from me?Ouh yeay! Forget it..My fault. =.= Lets start what happen in class.When Miss Zu asked us,others kept on reading and reading, but none of us really understand the meaning, or the concept of noun, said "Bapak" (Hakim) in his blog..Sorry Kim,Copy n paste :D

Ok,let see what's mean of noun..Noun is names of people,places,plants,things and animal.Honestly i'm totally forgot all of this.I pay none of my attention towards my English teacher since in kindergarden to secondary school..I really hate this subject because i can't to understant it n difinitely can't score it.But now,i'm realize English is very important to nowaday..So now i'm start to 0 and start to love this subject,InsyaAllah..Back to noun..There is an example :

Example

Tania rides her new bicycle through the neigborhood.

Tania - Proper Noun
Rides - Verb
Her - Possesive Pronouns
New - Adjective
Bicycle - Common Noun
Through - Prepositions
the - Article
neigborhood - Common Noun 

Ice Breaking Session

On 4th January 2011 my beloved lecturer,Misz Zue told us to choose a partner for next class.My classmate and I have something to do..We need to choose one person of my classmate and need to introduce each other..After class of Bel120,we all make a small meeting and agreed to choose one male and one female as partner..I choose Echa as my partner after all male in my classroom finishing choose their partner..Well,my classmate have only eight male in class so,others have no choice and must choose girl-girl as partner..

10th January 2011

Misz Zue told to class that my presentation is the best..My pronunciation and grammar have no wrong and she can understand what i'm talking about..Yeay! Thank you Misz Zue! :P

Actually,i do my research (ask my friend) how to use right grammar and said in English correctly..Thanks alot to my friend,Noor Sufia Binti Shukor and her friend.( I don't know her name,Sorry :P)

Lets see what i said in class to introduce my partner,Echa.

Assalamualaikum w.b.t and a very good morning to my respected Lecturer,Miss Zuraidah Binti Sumery and to all my fellow friends.Today i would want to introduce my lovely and cutie friend which also known as my twin .Twin? Is that so? Well let us see the differences between us.Firstly,we have the same name,"Aishah"! And at the same time we have the same nickname too which is "Sha".But to prevent confusion among our classmate we called her as Echa.By the way,her real name is Nur Aisyah Binti Mohd Noor and was born on 22nd August of 1992.Her current home town is in Johor Bahru and received her education in SMK Taman Johor Jaya 2 and then continue her study to form 6 at SIGS just for a short term education.My first impression when i look at her I was shocked when i got to know that she addicted to eating burger.Can u imagine? Someone in her size that is skinny would like to eating burger? Besides that she love pink a lot and to me pink colour is suitable to her because it represents her altitude which is shy and quiet girl."The Quenn of Silent",ok..She is the 2nd child from 4siblings.And lastly she tell me that if 1day she have chance to choose a boy she wants a guy who is simple but definitely not childish

That's All..TQ~ ^__^