< Previous144 KELAS VIII SMP/ MTs Observing & Asking QuestionsIs Edo here?No. He is sick. He caught the flu yesterday. He walked home when it was raining hard.Are you going to eat your lunch now?No! It is my breakfast. I did not have breakfast before I went to school this morning. I woke up at six because I went to bed very late last night. I did my homework until ten.You know I usually come on time to school. But this morning I got a flat tire. Then I walked with my bike here. I got here at six fifty, and the gate was already closed. So here we are, not attending the flag ceremony.145 Bahasa Inggris / When English Rings a BellCollecting InformationWe will work in groups. We will identify the speakers’ statements about themselves in the past and at present.Here are what we will do. First, we will study the examples carefully. Second, we will copy the example to our notebook. Then, we will discuss in groups the statements about themselves in the past and handwrite them in the second column and the statements about themselves in the present and handwrite them in the third column.We will use a dictionary. We will spell the words and use the punctuation marks correctly. When we are writing, we will say the sentences loudly, clearly, and correctly. If we have any problems, we will go to our teacher for help.146 KELAS VIII SMP/ MTs StudentsIn the pastNowDayu- She was a baby.- She is an SMP student (a teenager).- She was 3.4 kg.- She is 50 kg.- She was 52 cm.- She is 150 cm tall.- She was bald. - She had no hair.- She has long hair.Siti and Rani- They were not close friends.- They are best friends.- They did not study together.- They study together.- They never played together.- They play together.- They cry together, too.BeniEdo and DayuCollecting Information147 Bahasa Inggris / When English Rings a BellCollecting InformationHere are what we will do. First, we will do a written task in our group. We will copy the table with the verbs in the four forms to our notebooks. We will handwrite the work. While writing, we will say the words. Second, we will be drilled by our teacher to say the verbs in the four forms, orally. We must not see the table. Our teacher will say the “to...” form, and we will say the other three forms. We will do it very fast.We will be drilled by our teacher to say the verbs in four different forms. We will use all the verbs in this chapter.We will say the words loudly, clearly, and correctly.148 KELAS VIII SMP/ MTs to– PresentPast–ingto beiswasbeingto beamwasbeingto bearewerebeingto havehavehadhavingto studystudystudiedstudyingdid not studyto playplayplayedplayingto crycrycriedcryingto carrycarrycarriedcarryingto collectcollectcollectedcollectingdo not collectto givegivegavegivingto gogowentgoingto looklooklookedlookingto playplaydid not playplayingto dododiddoingdid not doto loseloselostlosingto likelikelikedlikingdid not liketo explainexplain(s)explainedexplainingdid not explainCollecting Information149 Bahasa Inggris / When English Rings a BellCollecting Informationto– PresentPast–ingto catchcatchcaughtcatchingto walkwalkwalkedwalkingto rainrainrainedrainingto eateatateeatingto havehavehadhavingdid not haveto wakewakewokewakingto gogowentgoingto dododiddoingto knowknowknewknowingto comecomecamecomingto getgetgotgettingto attendattendattendedattending150 KELAS VIII SMP/ MTs I know that I’m now learning to ________________________________ I know that a verb has ___________ different forms:a. the past form has –ed in the end of the word, for example: ________________________________________________________________b. some past verbs have different vowels/sounds from those in the present forms, for example: _____________________________________________c. some past verbs have totally different forms from the present forms, for example: _____________________________________________ I know that a. we use the past form for ___________________________________b. we use the present form for ________________________________ReflectingWe will work in group to reflect on our learning. We will discuss to complete the statements in the box.151 Bahasa Inggris / When English Rings a BellObserving & Asking QuestionsHere are what we will do. First, we will listen carefully to our teacher reading each of the entries. Second, we will repeat after him/her, sentence by sentence. Then, in groups we will learn to read the entries to each other. We will correct any mistakes we hear.We will work in groups. We will learn to read entries written by Dayu to each other.We will say the sentences loudly, clearly, and correctly.152 KELAS VIII SMP/ MTs Day 1When I was a baby, when I could not do anything, my parents and my elder brother took care of me. My brother is five years older than me. I didn’t sleep with my mum. I slept in a baby cot in my parents bedroom. My brother slept in his own room. My mum breastfed me for two years. Day 3I started my kindergarten when I was five years old. I did my kindergarten for two years, one year in Kindy A and one year in Kindy B. My kindy was near my home. I walked to my kindy with my mum or my brother. Sometimes I went with my dad on his motorcycle. Day 2When I cried, they calmed me down. When I was afraid of something, they comforted me. My dad often carried me around in the morning sun. When I got older, they spoonfed me. I played with my brother. I was naughty, but he never got angry with me. He was very patient with me.Day 4In the classroom, my teacher read us stories. We sang happy songs, we coloured pictures, and we played with dough and colorful paper. In the playground, we played sliding, we ran around, and we also played hide-and-seek.Observing & Asking Questions153 Bahasa Inggris / When English Rings a BellDay 5I started my primary school when I was seven years old and finished when I was twelve. I also walked to school, because my school was only 200 meters from my home. I went to school with my brother or with my friends. Sometimes my dad took me to school on his motorcycle. Sometimes I walked to school by myself.Day 7I have many sweet memories in my primary school. My friends and I often helped Pak Min, the janitor, because he had so much work to do. We felt happy when we could help him. My Physical Education (PE) teacher, Mr. Laode, often took us to walk around the hills and along the river near our school. We took a rest under the trees when we were tired.Day 6I learned many new things in primary school. I learned to write and to read in Grade 1 and Grade 2. My favourite teacher was Mrs. Ningrum. She was very smart. She taught us traditional dances and songs. She also taught us to plant trees and take care of the garden. One day she took us to the local library to borrow books.Day 8I learned to ride on a bicycle in the school yard in the afternoon after school. And then I could ride in the small streets in the neighbourhood, with my friends. My friends and I often spent hours chatting in the small green yard near the Kelurahan office. The boys climbed the big trees. We also swam in the river. It was still very clean at that time. It is very dirty now.Observing & Asking QuestionsNext >