Debate

Here is some examples for presenting debate :

Beginning

I would like to begin by…

I would ilke to make a few remarks concerning………

I would like to comment on the problem of ………

I would ilke to mention briefly that  concerning………

There are three points  I’d like to make.

The most Important points seem to me to be…

Ordering

First of all, we must bear in mind….

At the outset…

To begin with….

Firstly,….Secondly,…..Thirdly,……finally,…..

Introducing  a New Point

I would like to turn briefly to the problem of …

The next issue I would like to focus on is…..

Turning to…

Adding

In addition,…..

I might add that…

As well as…., there is also…

Not only…, but also…

Furthermore,…

Moreover,….

Giving an example

Let give me an example…

To illustrate this point, let us consider…

A case in point is…..

Balancing

On the one hand…. But on the other hand….

Though…., We musn’t  forget…

Whereas… we have to remember…

In spite of…, I still think…

Despite the fact that…, I….

Generalising

On the whole,….

In general,…

Generally speaking,…..

By and large,…

All in all,…..

All things considered,…

Stating Preferences

I’d rather…. Than …

I prefer… to …

I tend to favour … as opposed to …

The main advantage of ….. is that ….

Concluding

Let me conclude by saying that…

I would like to conclude by stating that …

Allow me to concluding by highlighting the fact that….

In conclusion, I would like to reiterate that ……

I would now like to conclude my comments by reassuring you that we are fully aware of the fact that…..

 

Anton the Adventurer

1Anton was not an adventurer, but he had the spirit to be an adventurer. 2He wanted to be like Columbus, Magelhaens or Vasco da Gama. 3One day he said to his parent if he wanted to be an adventurer, but his parent always said no to his son. 4Anton didn’t listen to his parent; furthermore, he decided to start his first experience in adventure. 5Anton was not alone ; he was accompanied by Arga, his senior high school friend. 6Anton and Arga could speak and write English, so they decided to visit England first. 7There, they visited many places such as Big Band, Oxford University and Wembley Stadium which is the biggest stadium in England. 8One week passed, and they continued their adventure in Italy because it also had many interesting places to visit. 9Venesia, Piza tower, Coloseum and Olympico stadium is their destination. 10When they were in Venesia, their money was stolen. 11Since their money was stolen, they decided to be waiter in a restaurant. 12Arga, who was the son of richman decided to go back to Indonesia. 13Anton didn’t know why it was happened. 14Finally Anton lived alone in Italy; however, he didn’t want to go back Indonesia. 15Everyday Anton woke up earlier, for  he had part time job in another place because he needed much money to continue his adventure. 16One year passed. 17Anton became the owner of 5 famous restaurant in Italy because he was always serious in his job. 18He always got trouble in his life; nevertheless, he never gave up. 19After he was successful, he decided to continue his adventure. 20He visited USA, Brazil, China, Japan, and lots of country. 21In his last adventure he decided to visit Indonesia because he missed his family so much. 22It was the story of Anton who didn’t forget to his family although he was successful.

Find out compound sentences and conjunctive adverb on the text!

 

David Beckham

Free Download: English Listening Material; audio, scripts and sample of exercises.  Title: “David Beckham”.

Most of Indonesian teenage students (SMP, SMA and SMK grades) like playing football (soccer). To attract and make them more enthusiastic in listening class, try the following English listening audio and scripts talking about a famous football player: David Beckham.
Note: audio and scripts were taken from www.listen-to-english.com. An edited part (exercise) was included in scripts, intended to use for Indonesian students. All of the files (audio, scripts and sample of exercises) were re-uploaded by @2011_ www.haarrr.wordpress.com.

PART 1: SCRIPTS

David Beckham is a famous football player. He played for Manchester United in the years when Manchester United won everything they could possibly win. And he was captain of the England football team.

But in the past few years his football career has “gone downhill”. In 2003, he moved from Manchester United to Real Madrid, but Real Madrid has not been a successful team in the last few years. Last summer, he captained the England team at the World Cup, but again England was not successful. He has now been dropped as England captain, and plays only irregularly for Real Madrid. As a footballer, David Beckham is past his best.

Other footballers who find that their finest playing days are over do something like this:

• they move to a smaller club;
• or they make a new career in football, perhaps coaching younger players, or managing a club, or writing about football for the newspapers;
• or they retire from football and run a pub in a quiet village in the country, or a night club in Spain.

But David Beckham is not going to do any of these things. He is going to move to America later this year to play for Los Angeles Galaxy. He will become one of the highest paid sportsmen in the world; over the next 5 years, he may earn as much as $250 million. This is remarkable because football is not a top sport in the United States. Indeed, when Americans talk about “football” they mean a completely different game in which very big men try to knock each other to the ground while kicking or throwing a ball shaped like an egg. In America, you have to say “soccer” if you mean the game that the rest of the world calls football.

So how has this happened? There are rich people and rich companies in the United States who think that soccer could become a lot more popular in America than it is now. They see an opportunity to make money – lots of money. But they need a superstar – someone who is fabulously famous – to raise the profile of soccer in America, and bring in advertising and sponsorship. And David Beckham is a superstar. He is – or was – a brilliant football player. He is very good looking (or so my wife tells me). His wife is a former pop singer with the Spice Girls, where she was known as “Posh Spice”. Posh and Becks love the glamorous celebrity lifestyle – the lavish parties, the beautiful people, the fast cars, the big houses and swimming pools. They will love Hollywood. And Hollywood will love them ……

• To download the scripts and sample of exercises completely » click here-pdf…
• To download the audio-mp3 » click here…

• More downloads: English Listening Materials, click here »…

 

Passive Voice

Use of Passive

Passive voice is used when the focus is on the action. It is not important or not known, however, who or what is performing the action.

Example: My bike was stolen.

In the example above, the focus is on the fact that my bike was stolen. I do not know, however, who did it.

Sometimes a statement in passive is more polite than active voice, as the following example shows:

Example: A mistake was made.

In this case, I focus on the fact that a mistake was made, but I do not blame anyone (e.g. You have made a mistake.).

Form of Passive
Subject + finite form of to be + Past Participle (3rd column of irregular verbs)

Example: A letter was written.

When rewriting active sentences in passive voice, note the following:

the object of the active sentence becomes the subject of the passive sentence
the finite form of the verb is changed (to be + past participle)
the subject of the active sentence becomes the object of the passive sentence (or is dropped)

Examples of Passive

Tense		Subject	Verb	Object
Simple Present	Active:	Rita	writes	a letter.
	Passive:	A letter	is written	by Rita.
Simple Past	Active:	Rita	wrote	a letter.
	Passive:	A letter	was written	by Rita.
Present Perfect	Active:	Rita	has written	a letter.
	Passive:	A letter	has been written	by Rita.
Future I	Active:	Rita	will write	a letter.
	Passive:	A letter	will be written	by Rita.
Hilfsverben	Active:	Rita	can write	a letter.
	Passive:	A letter	can be written	by Rita.

Examples of Passive

Tense		Subject	Verb	Object
Present Progressive	Active:	Rita	is writing	a letter.
	Passive:	A letter	is being written	by Rita.
Past Progressive	Active:	Rita	was writing	a letter.
	Passive:	A letter	was being written	by Rita.
Past Perfect	Active:	Rita	had written	a letter.
	Passive:	A letter	had been written	by Rita.
Future II	Active:	Rita	will have written	a letter.
	Passive:	A letter	will have been written	by Rita.
Conditional I	Active:	Rita	would write	a letter.
	Passive:	A letter	would be written	by Rita.
Conditional II	Active:	Rita	would have written	a letter.
	Passive:	A letter	would have been written	by Rita.

Passive Sentences with Two Objects

Rewriting an active sentence with two objects in passive voice means that one of the two objects becomes the subject, the other one remains an object. Which object to transform into a subject depends on what you want to put the focus on.

	Subject	Verb	Object 1	Object 2
Active:	Rita	wrote	a letter	to me.
Passive:	A letter	was written	to me	by Rita.
Passive:	I	was written	a letter	by Rita.

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As you can see in the examples, adding by Rita does not sound very elegant. That’s why it is usually dropped.

Personal and Impersonal Passive

Personal Passive simply means that the object of the active sentence becomes the subject of the passive sentence. So every verb that needs an object (transitive verb) can form a personal passive.

Example: They build houses. – Houses are built.

Verbs without an object (intransitive verb) normally cannot form a personal passive sentence (as there is no object that can become the subject of the passive sentence). If you want to use an intransitive verb in passive voice, you need an impersonal construction – therefore this passive is calledImpersonal Passive.

Example: he says – it is said

Impersonal Passive is not as common in English as in some other languages (e.g. German, Latin). In English, Impersonal Passive is only possible with verbs of perception (e. g. say, think, know).

Example: They say that women live longer than men. – It is said that women live longer than men.

Although Impersonal Passive is possible here, Personal Passive is more common.

Example: They say that women live longer than men. – Women are said to live longer than men.

The subject of the subordinate clause (women) goes to the beginning of the sentence; the verb of perception is put into passive voice. The rest of the sentence is added using an infinitive construction with ‘to’ (certain auxiliary verbs and that are dropped).

Sometimes the term Personal Passive is used in English lessons if the indirect object of an active sentence is to become the subject of the passive sentence.

Source : http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/passive

 

COMPOUND SENTENCE

Characteristics :

•  Contains two independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, and so (FANBOYS).
• ž  A comma comes before the conjunction in a compound sentence.
• ž  The coordinating conjunction shows the relationship between the two halves (independent clause) of the sentence.

	Conjunction	Purpose
F	for	Shows a reason (the second clause gives a reason for the first)
A	and	Shows addition
N	nor	Shows a negative alternative (It’s the negative form of or, and it must follow a clause containing a negative word such as not. When we use nor we must use question word order after it.
B	but	Shows contrast
O	or	Shows an alternative or choice
Y	yet	Shows an unexpected contrast (It’s similar in meaning to although)
S	so	Shows a result (The first clause results the second)

When these words are used to connect independent clauses, they are preceded by a comma.

Examples :

• žHe was sad, for he had lost his favorite pen.
• žThe pen was expensive, and it was comfortable to use.
• žHe could not find the pen in his bag, nor could he find it at home.
• žSomeone offered to lend him a pen, but he did not want it.
• žPerhaps he did not like that pen, or the ink was the wrong color.
• žAlthough I had studied hard last semester, yet I got bad mark .
• žHe wanted a new pen, so he bought it.

 

Compound Sentences with Conjunctive adverbs

COORDINATORS	CONJUNCTIVE ADVERBS	SENTENCE
and	Besides Furthermore Moreover	Community colleges offer preparation for many occupations; moreover, they prepare students to transfer to a four-year college or university.
but yet	However Nevertheless Nonetheless	Many community colleges do not have dormitories; however, they provide housing referral services.
or	Otherwise	Students must take final exams; otherwise, they will receive a grade of incomplete.
so	Accordingly Consequently Hence Therefore thus	Native and nonnative English speakers have different needs; therefore, most schools provide separate English classes for each group.

Pattern :

Independent clause; independent clause

My older brother studies law; my younger brother studies medicine. Poland was the first Eastern European country to turn away from communism; others soon followed.

Note: It is possible only when the two independent clauses are closely related in meaning.

 

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