< Previous154 Kelas IX SMP/MTsConversation 2:Dayu: “Why don’t you live with your grandparents?”Riri: “Because they have passed away. My grandfather died even before I was born, and my grandmother died six years ago.”Conversation 3:Dayu: “________________________________________________?”Riri: “For about six years. I came here in 2008.”Conversation 4:Dayu: “How have you come to this orphanage?”Riri: “_________________________________________________.”Conversation 5:Dayu: “________________________________________________?”Riri: “Never. He has !ve children and his house is very small.”Conversation 6:Dayu: “Have your uncle and his family visited you this year?”Riri: “____________________________________. They visit me routinely once a month.”Conversation 7:Dayu “________________________________________________?”Collecting InformationBahasa Inggris / Think Globally Act Locally 155Riri: “Yes, I have joined it since it was founded early last year.”Conversation 8:Dayu: “What have you done to get the money for the needy?”Riri: “_________________________________________________.”Conversation 9:Dayu: “________________________________________________?”Riri: “We have given them money. Last year we gave thirty street children twenty thousand rupiahs each.”Conversation 10:Dayu: “What have you done for some poor families in the neighbourhood?”Riri: “_________________________________________________.”Collecting Information156 Kelas IX SMP/MTsI will lead you to re!ect on what you are learning now. Complete the statements in the box.Now I know that the verb for an action that we have done or we have not done consists of two words, HAVE (in the right form for the subject) and the main verb in the last column.For example ... (get some statements from the texts you have learned).In questions, the word order is reversed. For example, ... (get some questions from the texts you have learned).Re!ectingBahasa Inggris / Think Globally Act Locally 157Statements from the !rst conversationMoment related to the action1.Dayu, I really enjoyed our visit to the orphan home last week.Last week (in Dayu’s birthday)2.It was really a good idea to celebrate your birthday there.Last week (in Dayu’s birthday)3.It was really fun. Last week (in Dayu’s birthday)4.We all had a good time with the orphans there.Last week (in Dayu’s birthday)5.They were very happy too.Last week (in Dayu’s birthday)6.I have visited the orphanage !ve times so far.Up to now7.No wonder you and the kids seemed to know each other very well.Last week (in Dayu’s birthday)Work in your group. Below are 19 sentences about past actions or happenings in the !rst conversation. Pay close attention to the statement of time related to each action or happening in the last column, either one point of time in the past (for example, last week in Dayu’s birthday) or up to now (the time of speaking).Hand-write your work on a piece of paper to copy the table. Make sure you know the meaning of every word and spell it correctly. Use the punctuation marks correctly, too.While you are writing, say the words loudly, clearly, and correctly. Use a dictionary. If you have any problems, come to me.Associating158 Kelas IX SMP/MTs8.Although I have been there !ve times,Up to now9.I haven’t met each one of them quite closely.Up to now10.I have met Riri three times,Up to now11.but I haven’t had a chance to talk to her personally.Up to now12.She has been very busy lately.Up to now13.I have never been to an orphanage even once.Up to now14.I couldn’t come to your birthday,Last week (in Dayu’s birthday)15.so I missed the chance to go to other orphan home.Last week (in Dayu’s birthday)16.Our class has never had a program for children in an orphan home.Up to now17.My sister has just been to an orphanage, too.Up to now18.Last week her class went to the orphan home on Jalan Patimura to bring them some new books for the library.Last week19.My sister has come there twice to teach the young children to read and write.Up to nowAssociatingBahasa Inggris / Think Globally Act Locally 159Work in your group. Below are 20 sentences about past actions or happenings in the students’ conversation about Riri. In the last column, write down either one point of time in the past or ‘up to now’.Hand-write your work on a piece of paper to copy the table. Make sure you know the meaning of every word and spell it correctly. Use the punctuation marks correctly, too.While you are writing, say the words loudly, clearly, and correctly. Use a dictionary. If you have any problems, come to me.The !rst two items have been done for you. First, copy the examples.Statements from the !rst conversationMoment related to the action1.I think Riri is the most interesting orphan I have ever known. Up to now2.Unfortunately, I didn’t have a chance to talk to her personally. Last week (in Dayu’s birthday)3.Can you tell me how she has come to the orphan home?4.Well, I don’t know much about her either, because I have met her only three times. 5.What I know is that she was an only child. 6.Her father died when she was a baby, and her mother eight years ago. 7.She’s been an orphan for eight years,Associating160 Kelas IX SMP/MTs8.but she’s lived in the orphanage for only six years now.9.They both have passed away. 10.Her grandfather died even before she was born, 11.and her grandmother died six years ago.12.Two months after her grandmother’s death he sent Riri to the orphanage.13.He has put Riri there so that she can get better care and she can also go to a good school.14.her uncle and his family have visited her a lot of times.15.She has even shown her great care for other needy children like her.16.Early last year, the orphanage started a charity group.17.She has participated very actively in the group’s activities.18.They have made handicrafts and sold them.19.They have used the pro!t to help street children and poor families.20.The program has run for almost two years now.AssociatingBahasa Inggris / Think Globally Act Locally 161All the verbs between brackets in the sentences below refer to actions or happenings in the past, related either to the time when they happened or the present moment. Put the verbs in the correct forms according to the contexts.Hand-write your work on a piece of paper. Make sure you know the meaning of every word and spell it correctly. Use the punctuation marks correctly, too.While you are writing, say the words loudly, clearly, and correctly. Use a dictionary. If you have any problems, come to me.The !rst conversation has been done for you. First, copy the example.Conversation 1:Siti: Hi Lina. I heard that you (visit) Cinta Kasih orphan home yesterday?Lina: Yes, I did. Finally. I’m very happy now that I (meet) them. They are happy kids. I want to know them better. I think I can learn a lot from them. Siti: Good on you. Let’s visit them again soon.Conversation 1:Siti: Hi Lina. I heard that you visited Cinta Kasih orphan home yesterday?Lina: Yes, I did. Finally. I’m very happy now that I have met them. They are happy kids. I want to know them better. I think I can learn a lot from them. Siti: Good on you. Let’s visit them again soon.Associating162 Kelas IX SMP/MTsConversation 2:Udin: Beni, let’s take our friends at the orphan home to Ujung Genteng this holiday.Beni: That sounds a good idea. I (never, be) there before. Have you?Udin: Yes, I have. I (go) there last year, but I would love to go again with you guys. The beach there is so beautiful and quiet. I’m sure you’ll love it.Conversation 3:Edo: Dayu, (you, contact) Riri? Yesterday you (promise) to call her to tell her where she could buy material for handicrafts.Dayu: No, I haven’t. I completely (forget). Thanks for reminding me about that, Edo. I’ll call her right away.Edo: That’s better. So that you will not forget again.Conversation 4:Lina: Nani told me that she didn’t have any relatives at all. I feel sorry for her. Dayu: It’s true. She doesn’t have any relatives, but her father has one close friend, uncle Malik. He and his family often visits Nani. This year they (visit) Nani 5 times.Lina: Good to hear that. I (think) she was completely alone.Conversation 5:Edo: I didn’t know that kids at orphanage are cheerful and friendly kids. It turns out that they are happy and smart. AssociatingBahasa Inggris / Think Globally Act Locally 163Beni: Not only that. They (help) other kids, too. I think we should do something like that, too. So far we (be) busy thinking only about ourselves.Edo: Yes, you’re right. Let’s think about something that we can do to help the orphans and other needy children.Conversation 6:Udin: Siti, let’s visit our friends at the orphanage again. Before we left, I (tell) them I would visit them again soon. I want to keep my promise.Siti: Let’s go this weekend. I (never, hear) from them since Dayu’s birthday last month. I’m sure Dayu, Lina, Beni, and Edo would like to go with us.Udin: I think so. Let’s !nd them and ask them to go with us.AssociatingNext >