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The Materials are:

• Reading : Season• Degree of Comparison• Simple Present Tense and Future

Tense• Vocabulary

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European countries usually have four seasons, namely : spring, summer, autumn and winter.

In spring it looks green every where because the leaves of the trees begin to grow in this season. But many parts of European countries look more beautiful while the flowers are blooming. In these places the scenes are colorful.

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In summer it is sunny almost the

whole day. Most European peopleusually get recreation in this season.They like to go to the beaches to

enjoysun bathing, surfing, skiing,

swimmingand bathing in the sea.

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In autumn the leaves of the trees fall down to the ground. The scenes are dominated by the dry leaves every where. The wind usually blows hard in this season. Sometimes the strong wind causes damage.

In winter it looks white every where because most of European areas are covered with snow. During this season people there prefer wearing thick clothes like sweaters, coats and jackets because the weather is very cold. Many places especially the highlands, become ski areas.

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Of course, those situations are very different from the conditions in some Asian countries like Indonesia. Indonesia has only two seasons, the dry and wet seasons. In the dry season it is usually hot the whole day. It comes from April to October, while the wet season comes from October to April. Most parts of Indonesia get rain during the wet or rainy season. But the down pour usually comes in December and January which often causes flood in many parts of Indonesia.

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1. How many seasons does European countries have ?

a. one b. threec. twod. four

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2. The main idea of paragraph

two is…. a. the condition of European countries

during the spring. b. European countries have four

seasons. c. during the spring European countries

look more beautiful.d. the summer time in European

countries.

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3. Which paragraphs tells about the season when people like to have a picnic ?

a. paragraph oneb. paragraph fourc. paragraph three d. paragraph five

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4. But the down pour usually comes … (paragraph 6).The underlined word has the same meaning as….

a. heavy rainb. floodc. drizzled. erosion

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5. It comes from April to October. (paragraph 6)

The underlined word refers to….a. Indonesia b. dry seasonc. seasond. wet season

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6. Why does it look white every where in winter ?

a. Because people wear thick clothes.b. Because most of European countries

are covered with snow. a. Because the weather is very cold.b. Because many places become ski

areas.

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DEGREE OF COMPARISON

• Menggunakan “adjective” dalam kalimat sehingga disebut “Qualitative Adjective”

• Ada tiga tingkatan “Qualitative Adjective”, yaitu:

1. Positive degree (as + adj + as )Your house is as big as my school.

2. Comparative degree (adj + er + than)Tuti is shorter than her sister.

3. Superlative degree (the + adj + est)Andri is the tallest man I’ve ever met.

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Comparative Degree

• Formulaa. Adj dengan satu suku kata

adj + er … thanMy book is thicker than yours.

b. Adj dengan dua suku kataadj + er … thanAni is happier than Ida. (happy – ier)

c. Adj dengan lebih dari dua suku kata adj + more … thanFila is more obedient than Didi.

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Superlative Degree• Formula

a.Adjective (adj) dengan satu suku kata“the + adj + est”Mr. Iman is the oldest man in my office.

b. Adj dengan dua suku kata“the + adj + est / the + most + adj”Iqbal is the happiest boy among the students. OrIqbal is the most happy boy among the students.

c.Adj dengan lebih dari dua suku kata “the + most + adj “Sheila is the most obedient girl at home.

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Quantitative Comparison

Countable Comparative

Uncountable

Comparative

manyfew

more thanfewer than

muchlittle

more thanless than

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Irregular Adjective

Positive Comparative

Superlative

goodfarmany/muchlittle

better thanfurther thanmore thanless than

the bestthe furthestthe mostthe least

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1. The Nile is … river in the world.

a. longerb. the longestc. as long asd. not along

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2. Look at this table !

a. Andin is younger than Bimbin.b. Shelly is the youngest of all.c. Laras is older than Andin .d. Shelly is as old as Laras.

Name Date of birth

AndinShellyBimbinLaras

October the 9th, 1992May the 2nd , 1993March the 19th , 1994April the 30th , 1993

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3. Tania : I like the Galaxy Radio very much. The

programs are very interesting.

Vira : I know, it is good, but the Family radio

is …, I think.a. goodb. better c. worsed. bad

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4. X : How far is your house from here ?

Y : It’s about 4 km, and yours ?

X : About 6 km.Y : Oh, your house is … than

mine.a. nearer b. longerc. fartherd. shorter

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5. From the picture below we know that….

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a. the telephone is the cheapestb. the dinner set is the most

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Future Tense

• Digunakan untuk menunjukkan suatu kejadian atau peristiwa yang akan terjadi atau dilakukan pada waktu yang akan datang.

Subject + will + Verb(1)I will see you tomorrow morning.

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Time Signals

• Tomorrow• Tomorrow

morning• Tomorrow

afternoon• Tomorrow

evening• Tomorrow night

• Next week• Next month• Next year• Next July• Next spring• Next summer• Next Sunday

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1. Next Monday, we … a meeting in that hotel.

a. attendb. will attend c. attendedd. have attended

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2. Ana : Why don’t you eat your fried fish.Ani : I’ll give it to my kittens. They … it very much.

a. likesb. likec. will like d. liked

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3. Fina : I miss grandma. I want to see her

Mother : Don’t worry honey. We … her the day

after tomorrow.

a. visitb. has visitedc. will visit (jb)d. visited

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VOCABULARY

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1. Roast chicken for me, please, with mushroom.Which of these pictures is a mushroom?

a. .

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2. The picture is ….

a. shootingb. wrestling c. boxing d. judo

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3. These birds have wings but they cannot fly. They can stand straight and flat-footed like us. They live in extremely cold climates. Each of them has a black back and white belly. The picture of the bird is ….

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4. We need a pest sprayer to kill the

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Mr. Samsul

Mr. Harun

Mr. Yanto

Mr. Jefri

I work in the

hospital, I treat sick or injured people.

I show tourists around places such as

museums or cities.

Excuse me, would you show me you driving

licence?

I provide the information about the weather on

television every night.

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5. Study the pictures above.Based on the above utterances, the

person working as a guide is…..

a. Mr. Samsulb. Mr. Yanto c. Mr. Jefrid. Mr. Harun

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