Example of brief speech on education

Good morning Mrs. ......., our respected and beloved English teacher and to all of my friends in class xi ipa 4 for your giving me a chance to deliver my brief speech on Education is the key to success.

Mrs. ..... and friends,  can you imagine how our country would be if our founding fathers were not educated? We might not be able to gain our independence since ideas of unity and nationalism that gather our people to struggle together for independence would not come across their minds. Education  is the key to a successful future and the key element in helping men
and women developing to their full potentials.

Learning opens doors of opportunity that are only available to those who seek it out and put their hearts
and souls into it. Through education and becoming exposed to added knowledge
and experiences, people can find for themselves what they are best suited or most
interested in doing for the rest of their lives.  Success is defined differently by
every individual person and education is an important tool in both creating a
personal definition of success and eventually making it reality.
Making the decision to take
advantage of all educational
opportunities that are
available is not something that
is necessarily easy, oftentimes
it takes effort to seek out
those opportunities that could
potentially help to further
develop talents and abilities
that we may already possess.
Education is not limited to
school buildings and
institutions. While a
great deal of learning can
come from teachers,
professors, books, and classrooms, these are not the only avenues of education and
should not be seen that way. Any way a person can educate themselves or learn
more about the world around them is key in establishing a successful career and
future. It's rarely the knowledge and facts that you know that carry you up the
career ladder and into the realms of success but rather than connections you make
with others and how fast you can think on your feet and solve problems and
generate new ideas. Those who can work independently and can be counted on in
the toughest and most trying situations are those that will be most sought out by
the professional world, whether that profession happens to be carpentry,
engineering, teaching, medicine, or anything else.

Therefore, being educated will make us be more exposed to jobs and opportunities. Our teacher and friends, to reach a successful lives, our education will play very important role and we should make sure that we obtain that and let more people particularly in our country have chance to be educated.

Our teacher and friends I must end this brief speech. I hope this can be something good for you. I would like to say my apology if I made mistakes or said anything inconvenient to you. Thank you very much and good morning to you all.

VERB +PREPOSITION

VERB /PREPOSITION
A
absorb in
account for
add to
adjus to
admit to
agree with
apply for
appeal to
argue with
argue about
arrange for
arrive in / at
apologize for
approve of
ask for
accuse smb of smt
arrest smb for smt

B

base on
beg for
begin with
benefit from
believe in
belong to
boast about
borrow from
blame smb for smt
blame smt on smb

C

care for / about
cater for
choose between
comment on
collide with
communicate with
compare with / to
compete with
complain about
compose of
concern about / with
concentrate on
confess to
confuse with
congratulate on
consist of
contribute to
cope with
correspond with
count on
cover with
crash into
charge smb with smt
charge smb for smt
convict smb of smt
convince smb of smt
cure smb of smt

D

decide on / against
dedicate to
depend on
despair of
deter from
differ from
disagree with
disapprove of
discuss with
devote to
dream of / about
dress in
drink to
demand smt from smb
derive smt from smt
discourage smb from smt
distinguish smb/
smt from/between smb/smt
distract smb from smt

E

elaborate on
emerge from
escape from
experiment on
excuse smb for smt
exchange smt for smt
exclude smt from smt
expel smb from smt
explain smt to smb

F

face with
feel like
feel about
fight against/with/for
forget about
forgive someone for something

G

guess at
get married to
get rid of
get tired of
grumble about

H

hear of / about
hide from
hope of / for
help smb with smt
hinder smb/smt from smt

I

impress on
insist on
insure against
interfere with / in
invest in
involve smb/smt in smb/smt

J

joke about

K

know about

L

laugh at/about
listen to
long for
lend smt to smb

M

meet with
mistake for
get married to

O

object to
operate on

P

participate in
pay for
persist in
pray for
prepare for
prohibit from
praise smb for smt
present smb with smt
prevent smb from smt
provide smb with smt
provide smt for smb
punish smb for smb

Q

quarrel about smt
quarrel with smb

R

react against / to
recon on
recover from
refer to
rely on
reply to
resign from
respond to
result in
retire from
room for
remind smb of smt
rob smb of smt

S

search for
see to
shout at
smile at
specialise in
speak to
stand for
stare at
stem from
subscribe to
substitute for
succeed in
suffer from
save smb from smt
sentence smb to smt
share smt with smb
subject smb to smt
suspect smb of smt

T

talk to
talk about
think of/about
turn to
tell smb about smt
thank smb for smt
translate smt into smt
trust smb with smt

U

use for

V

vote for

W

wait for
wonder at
work on
worry about
write to / about
warn smb about/against

Reporting with passive verbs

REPORTING WITH PASSIVE VErbs

IT IS SAID THAT...

A.      Kita sering menggunakan kalimat passive untuk melaporkan apa yang orang katakan, pikirkan khususnya jika orang yang sedang dilaporkan itu tidak begitu penting untuk disebutkan.

□ People in the area have been told that they should stay indoors.

□ Everyone was asked to bring some food to the party.

Pembahasan: dua kalimat passive di atas tidak menyertakan agent(pelaku dalam kalimat active dari kalimat passive di atas) karena dirasa tidak penting.

B.      Cara lain untuk melaporkan ap yang dibicarakan oleh sekelompok orang yang tidak spesifik dapat dilakukan dengan menggunakan pola: it + passive verb + that clause. Pola detailnya adalah:

B1. It + is/has been/ was + reporting verb III + that + Subject + Verb(sesuai tenses) + Object. Keterangan: reporting verb III : istilah ini merujuk pada kata-kata kerja yang berfungsi untuk melaporkan, seperti: report, allege(menyangka), say, estimate(: memperkirakan) dan lain-lain. Contoh:

□ It is reported that the damage is extensive. (bandingkan dengan The damage is extensive, according to government sources.)

□ It has been acknowledged that underfunding contributed to the problem

□ It was decided that the meeting should be cancelled. (atau It was decided to cancel the meeting.)

Kata kerja reporting lainnya yang bisa digunakan dalam rumus ini adalah:

Allege, announce, assume, believe, calculate, claim, consider, demonstrate, discover, establish, estimate, expect, feel, find, know, mention, recommend, reveal, say, show, suggest, suppose, think, understand.

 

Ada juga beberapa kata kerja reporting yang bisa digunakan dengan pola diatas dan juga dalam pola seperti:

B2. It + is/has been/was + reporting verb III + to infinitive

Kata kerja reporting �tersebut yaitu: agree, decide, hope, intend, plan, and propose.

Contoh:

□ It was decided to cancel the meeting.

□ it is agreed to send in troops to that area of conflict.

 

Perlu diketahui ada beberapa kata kerja yang berhubungan dengan reporting verbs yang tidak digunakan dengan rumus It +passive verb+ that clause, namun bisa digunakan dalam pola point A(paling atas) yaitu: encourage, inform, persuade, reassure, remind, tell, warn.

Cth:

□ We have been informed that we have to leave. (tapi bukan It has informed that...)

 

C.      Sebagai alternatif dari pola It + passive verb + that clause, ada juga pola seperti:

Subject + passive verb(sesuai tenses) + to infinitive. Pola ini digunakan bila kita ingin subject�� kalimat menjadi topik dari kalimat tersebut.

Bandingkan:

□ It is reported that the damage is extensive. dengan

□ The damage is reported to be extensive.

 

□ It has been acknowledged that underfunding contributed to the problem. dengan

□ Underfunding has been acknowledged to have contributed to the problem.

 

Kata kata kerja yang ada pada bagian B bisa digunakan dalam pola ini kecuali announce, decide, mention, propose, recommend, suggest.

 

Kita hanya bisa menggunakan tell dalam pola ini bila artinya adalah memerintah bukan menyatakan

□ I was told (=diperintahkan)to go with them to the railway station.

Bukannya

□ The accident was told (=dinyatakan) to have happened just after midnight.�

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

List of idioms from A to C

A Chip on Your Shoulder:
Being angry about something that happened in the past; a grudge.

A Dime a Dozen:
When something is extremely common and simple to acquire.

A Fool and His Money are Soon Parted:
It's easy for someone acting foolish to lose his/her money through carelessness or by being tricked.

A Piece of Cake:
A task that is simple to complete; similar to the common phrase "as easy as pie."

An Arm and a Leg:
Something that is extremely expensive; an idiom meaning the price paid was costly, excessively so.

All Greek To Me:
When something is incomprehensible due to complexity.

Back to Square One:
To go back to the beginning; a popular saying that suggests a person has to start over.

Back To the Drawing Board:
Similar to the phrase above, it means starting over again from a previously failed attempt.

Barking Up The Wrong Tree:
To make a wrong assumption about something.

Beating Around the Bush:
Avoiding the main point; a common phrase meaning a person is failing to get to the bottom line.

Beating a Dead Horse:
Something that is seen as futile; a popular saying used to describe how bringing up older issues that have already been resolved is pointless.

Between a Rock and a Hard Place:
Being faced with two difficult choices; a dilemma.

Break The Ice:
Breaking down a social stiffness or awkardness.

Close But No Cigar:
Coming close to a successful outcome only to fall short at the end.

Cup Of Joe:
A cup of joe is an American nickname for a cup of coffee.

Curiosity Killed The Cat:
An idiom meaning mind your own business, as too much poking and prodding could lead to harm.

Cry Over Spilt Milk:
One shouldn't worry over things that have already happenend and that cannot be changed.

Cut To The Chase:
To get to the point, leaving out all of the unnecessary details. Similar to popular sayings like "beating around the bush."

Cut The Mustard:
Meeting expectations; used as a way to describe how someoneone has met the required standards that were set.

Cry Wolf:
Lying; a common phrase meaning someone is calling for help when it's not really needed.

To be continued...

ARTICLES WITH COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS

OoHI sobat and semua English lovers. Ini hari saya mau sedikit yg saya pernah baca mengenai penggunaan article(kata sandang) the/a/an dengan countable dan uncountable nouns. Ini adalah sambungan dari postingan terdahulu tentang article

Perhatikan kalimat A da
n B dibawah ini. Anda akan tahu mengapa B benar dan A salah.

1A This ring is made of a platinum. (salah)
1B This ring is made of platinum. (Benar)
2A Grandma gave me brass candlestick.
2B Grandma gave me a brass candlestick.
3A Money on the table is yours.
3B The money on the table is yours.

PENJELASAN
1. a/an + countable nouns. (Benar)
A/An + uncountable nouns. (Salah)
Examples:
I do not take sugar in my tea.
He buys gold as a form of investment.

Ingat:
Uncountable nouns (kata benda yg tidak bisa dihitung satu per satu) tidak mempunyai bentuk jamak
Examples:
Sugar.                            V
Five sugars.                   X
Five packets of sugar.   V
ket: V ( benar)
X ( salah)
Dalam frasa terakhir yang jamak adalah packets bukan sugar nya.
Dibwah ini adalah contoh uncountable nouns:

A) barely, vinegar (food)
B) cholera, influenza (illness)
C) platinum, steel (metals)
D) gratitude, unemployment ( feelings, situations)
E) equipment, furniture (things)

Pengecualian:  a fever ; a cold

2.  Kita menggunakan a atau an dalam kalimat dengan cara~cara di bawah ini:
A) a/an + countable noun + of + uncountable noun
Example:
The divers found a pot of gold in the sunken merchant ship.
B) a/an + uncountable yang digunakan sebagai adjective + countable noun
Example:

Dad gave Mum a gold bracelet for her birthday.

3. Kita menggunakan the dengan uncountable nouns jika hal/ benda yg sedang dibicarakan/dirujuk sudah jelas dan diketahui oleh si lawan bicara/pembaca. The tidak digunakan dengan uncountable nouns apabila kita berbicara tentang suatu benda secara umun.
Examples:
Money cannot buy happiness.

The money in my wallet will be enough.

Traffic is heavier during the morning rush our. (GENERAL STATEMENT: PERNYATAAN UMUN)

The traffic along Sudirmman Road is very heavy today.

PRACTICE A
Circle the correct articles or - (no article) to complete the passage.

Sukiyaki 1 (a/an) Japanese dish of (the/ -) beef, 3 ( a/-) tofu, 4 (the/-)mushrooms and 5 ( the / - ) vegetables. 6 (The/ - ) beef is sliced before cooking. Sukiyaki is cooked in 7 ( a/an/ -) iron pot over 8 (a /the / - ) charcoal fire. 9 (A/-) soya sauce and 10 (the / -) sugar are used to give it flavour.

PRACTICE B

Tick the correct sentences.

1. There was an epidemic in this town some years ago.
2. There is a unity among the people in this neighbourhood.
3. The children sat around table and had their lunch.
4. There is a cooperation between the manager and his workers.
5. He realised the importance of exercising regularly after his illness.
6. She bought silver cutlery set from King's Department Store.
7. I need kilo of flour for this chocolate cake recipe.
8. Leela gave me some advice on how to study effectively and it was sound.
9. Look! That child is in danger of being swept away by the river.
10. Everyone laughed when they heard what the little girl said.

Articles A/An/The

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Article ‘A’/’An’ and ‘The’ with Adjectives and Singular Nouns

Lihatlah beberapa contoh kalimat dibawah ini. Perhatikan mana yang benar dan yang salah secara gramatikal.

1A. That was a enjoyable movie. (salah)

1B. That was an enjoyable movie. (benar)

2A. She spoke to a teacher at school about her child’s progress. A teacher was very helpful and informative. (salah)

2B. She spoke to a teacher at school about her child’s progress. The teacher was very helpful and informative. (benar)

3A. I’ll take you to a train station. (salah)

3B. I’ll take you to the train station (benar)

4A. Manager of this company is Mr. Marpaung. (salah)

4B. The manager of this company is Mr. Marpaung. (benar)

Mengapa?

1.       Orang Inggris menggunakan a dengan adjectives (kata sifat) dan singular nouns( kata benda tunggal) yang huruf pertamanya bersuara/dibaca dengan suara konsonan.

Contoh: a room. (r- bersuara konsonan)

a bright room .(b –bersuara konsonan). Bright (adjective) room (singular noun)

an air-conditioned room. (a-bersuara vokal atau huruf hidup: a,i,u,e,o). air-conditioned (adjective). Room (singular noun)

a university. (y-bersuara konsonan karena dibaca /ˌjuː.nɪˈvɜː.sɪ.ti/  atau yunivɜ:rsiti)

catatan: tidak semua nouns dan adjectives yang diawali dengan huruf konsonan bersuara / dibaca dengan huruf konsonan juga, cth: an hour (betul) ; a hour (salah) karena hour dibaca auər jadi suara huruf pertamanya adalah a bukan h)

2.       Orang Inggris menggunakan a atau an ketika mereka berbicara mengenai seorang manusia, seekor binatang, sebuah benda, tumbuhan ataupun suatu tempat untuk pertama kalinya. Jadi bila mereka menyebut seseorang atau sesuatu untuk pertama kalinya dalam percakapan kita menggunakan a/an. A / An juga dapat diterjemahkan sebagai seekor, seorang, sebuah, dan suatu menurut konteksnya. Namun kalau mereka sudah menyebut untuk kedua kalinya maka article the yang digunakan.

Contoh:

 He went for an interview at the law firm this morning. The interview lasted two hours.

We phoned for a taxi to take us to the airport. The taxi came in about 10 minutes.

3.       Orang Inggris menggunakan the di depan seseorang, suatu tempat, sebuah benda atau seekor binatang yang sudah dikenali atau diketahui oleh pendengar atau pembaca. Maksudnya lawan bicaranya sudah tahu benda, orang, binatang atau tempat yang dimaksud oleh pembicara. Cth:

The postman brought you a parcel this morning.(postman nya merupakan orang yang dikenal kedua pembicara)

The teacher is late today. (teacher yang ditunggu oleh si pembicara dan lawan bicara sudah tahu teacher mana yang dimaksud.)

4.       Orang Inggris menggunakan the jika seseorang, seekor binatang, suatu tempat, sebuah benda/hal yang dimaksud sudah jelas karena ada kata atau frasa penjelas sehingga jelaslah bagi si lawan bicara, benda, orang, binatang, tempat ataupun hal mana yang dimaksud oleh si pembicara. Cth:

Peter married the girl next door. Frasa next door menjelaskan girl mana yang dinikahi si Peter maka the harus digunakan di depan kata girl.

 Robert lives in the apartment above mine. ( above mine memperjelas apartment mana yang dimaksud si pembicara)

Practice A Underline the correct articles to complete the paragraphs.

1 (A/An) speedometer is 2 (a/an) instrument which tells us 3 (a/the) speed at which 4 (a/the) vehicle is moving. 5 (A/An) odometer tells us how far it has travelled.

When 6 (a/an) octopus senses danger, it produces 7 (an/the) inky substance. 8 (A/The) substance serves as 9 (a/the) screen. It prevents 10 (a/an) possible attacker from spotting 11 (a/the) octopus.

Practice B Choose the correct articles to complete the sentences.

1.       I know (a/the) footballer on Sam’s right.

2.       (A/The) chairman of that company resigned yesterday.

3.       Please take (an/the) injured passanger to (an/the) hospital immediately.

4.       There is (a/an) magnificent hotel near the lake. (A/An/The) hotel is a hundred years old.

5.       (An/The) elephant eating sugar cane is Elmo. (An/The) elephant next to him is Jumo.

6.       (A/The) representative from Bolivia is (an/the) excellent speaker.

Practice C fill in the blanks with a/an/the

A: I need to make (1) ______appointment with my dentist.

B: Why don’t you use my phone?

A: Thank you. (pause) Oh dear, I can hear (2)______engaged tone. I’ll try again later.

B: Which dentist do you go to?

A: I go to (3) ____ one next to (4)______supermarket on Sisingamangaraja Street.

B: Is he (5) ____ good dentist?

A: He is ____excellent dentist! You hardly feel any pain when he pulls out (7)___tooth or does (8) ___filling.

B:   My grandmother needs to have her teeth checked. Could I have (9) _____ telephone number of your dentist?

A: Of course. It is 081370461947

B: Err... could you repeat (10) ___the number, please?

A: 081370461947.

Forming Passive sentence (2)

topik ini untuk SMA kls I Methodist II

Verb + ---ing  or to- infinitive

Bentuk kalimat aktiv dengan verb + -ing

A.      Bentuk kalimat active Verb+object + --ing dapat dibuat menjadi kalimat passive dengan konstruksi dasar “be” + Verb 3 (past participle) + -ing

Cth: They saw the monkey climbing over the fence. Pembahasan: kalimat ini adalah kalimat active dalam simple past tense. They(subject) saw (v erb2) the monkey(object) climbing (--ing). Kalau diubah menjadi kalimat passive menjadi: The monkey was seen climbing over the fence. Mari kita lihat strukturnya. The monkey (object active yang seolah2 menjadi subject) was (be dalam simple past tense untuk subject orang ketiga tunggal karena monkey nya cuma satu atau tunggal) seen (verb 3 atau past participle)

Kata kerja lain yang bisa digunakan dalam konstruksi termasuk, bring, catch, hear, find, keep, notice, observe, send, show. Cth:

Active: Her screams brought everyone running into the room.

Passive: Everyone was brought running into the room.

B.      Beberapa kata kerja dapat diikuti oleh  bentuk-ing dapat juga digunakan dengan kalimat passive dengan pola being+V3:

Cth:        I really like being given presents.pembahasan: like(verb2), being +V3

                The children enjoyed being taken to the zoo.

Kata kerja lainnya yang bisa digunakan dengan pola diatas termasuk:

Avoid=menghindari, deny=menyangkal, describe, dislike, face=menghadapi, hate, (not) imagine, like, remember, report, resent=marah.

C.       Ada juga kata kerja yang di dalam kalimat aktif diikuti dengan object yang terdiri dari noun phrase dan klausa –ing biasanya tidak punya bentuk passive.

Cth: I dread him (or his) finding out. Bukan He is dreaded finding out. Pembahasan: object dari kata kerja dread diatas adalah him finding out/his finding out. Finding out adalah frasa yang berfungsi sama seperti kata benda atau disebut juga gerund phrase. Kata kerja lainnya yang termasuk dalam pola in adalah : anticipate(mengharapkan, mengetahui lebih dulu), appreciate(menghargai), dislike, forget, hate, imagine, like, (not) mind, recall, remember.

Note: Hafallah kata-kata kerja yang digunakan dalam pola masing-masing.

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