Greeting

Greeting is a short sentence used when we meet someone.

            

Look the conversation :

Ø  Raka    : Hi,Ratih…..How are you?

Ø  Ratih    : Hi,Raka……I am fine.

The conversation above are the example of greeting used in daily activity.Here are some sentences to greet someone:

Greeting Someone	Responding
Good morning.	Good morning.
Good afternoon.	Good afternoon.
Good evening.	Good evening.
Hello.	Hello.
How are you?	I`m fine,thank`s.
Nice to meet you.	Nice to meet you too.
How`s life?	Not bad.
How do you do?	How do you do?
Nice to see you.	Nice to see you too.
How is everything with you?	Not too bad.
Glad to meet you.	Glad to meet you too.

            Beside greeting,there are some sentences used when we want to close the conversation and when we want to leave someone.They are Leave Taking.Here are some sentences.

Leave Taking	Responding
Good bye.	Bye.
Sorry,I must go now.	O.K,see you.
Have a nice day.	Thanks.
Take care.	Sure,thanks.
Good night,Baby.	Good night,mom.
See you.	See you too.
See you next time.	O.K. See you.
Till we meet again!	OK.
Good luck!	Thanks.
I`ll be seeing you!	Bye
Excuse me,I must be going.	O.K.bye.

Look at below conversation! (example of greeting and leave taking)

Ø  Tika     : Hi,Rio.Nice to meet you.

Ø  Rio      : Hi,Tika.Nice to meet you too.

Ø  Tika     : What are you doing here?

Ø  Rio      : Buy some books.

Ø  Tika     : Oh.OK,I must go now,bye.

Ø  Rio      : Bye

Announcement,Message,Personal Letter

1.Announcement

     Announcement is something said , written, or printed to make known what was happened or (more often) what will happen

Structure of Announcement

-   Title

-   Opening

-   Purpose of announcement

-   Content of announcement

-   Date/time/place

-   Contact person

-   Closing

    

 Characteristic of Announcement

     Use simple present tense or simple future tense often enticement.

1. Simple Present Tense

Formula:

Subject (I, You, We, They) + infinitive

Examples:

 I speak English.

You sing a song.

We go to library.

They play football.

Subject (He, She, It) + infinitive + -s/-es

Examples:

☺   He passes the Physics exam well.

☺   She buys a kilo of sugar.

☺   It makes you to be someone different.

2. Simple Future tense

Formula:

Subject + shall/will + be + ….

Examples:

John will buy a new house next week.

She will help another person that gets through a terrible situation.

The government will visit the disaster victims.

I shall go to Surabaya tomorrow.

We shall do the best in our life.

Notes: For simple future tense will is used for subject (He, She, It).

Meanwhile, shall is used for subject (I, We).

example

English Speech Contest

For all students of SMAN Englishindo, we announce English Speech Contest..

Time : Saturday, 22 March 2012

Place : Hall of SMAN Englishindo

Each class should register at least one student with one of these following topics :

·         The Advantage of Learning English

·         The Difficulties of Learning English

·         The Effective Ways of Learning English

For further information, visit the committee of this English Speech Contest in ENGLISHINDO.COM

2.Message

     Text messaging, or texting, is the act of typing and sending a brief, electronic message between two or more mobile phones or fixed or portable devices over a phone network. While the original term was derived from referring to messages sent using the Short Message Service(SMS) originated from Radio Telegraphy, it has since been extended to include messages containing image, video, and sound content (known as MMS messages). The sender of a text message is known as a texter

Example

Dear Donie

I’ve prepared some food for breakfast. I put it on the refrigerator. Sorry, I have to go to work very early. 

                                                         

                                                                                                                                 Mom

3.Personal letter

A personal letter is a type of letter which provides communication between a small number of people, usually two. There are many types of personal letters and they are written for a wide variety of reasons:

• One person wishes to attain information from an individual or a business
• One person wishes to tell somebody about themselves, as in pen pals
• One person wishes to present to an individual or a business a social note note, such as a thank-you or a congratulation.
• One person wishes to communicate with an acquaintance - friend or family, for example in order to maintain and reinforce the bond between them.

There are 2 types of personal letter, formal personal letter and informal personal letter

Example of Formal Personal Letter  :

Jalan Mangga 46
Karanganyar Demak 59582
March 12th, 2009

Dear Mr. Arief,

Nida wasn’t at school yesterday because she was ill. She had a cought. I am really sorry for this late permission. Thank you.
Yours sincerely

Budi Wijaya


Example of  Informal Personal Letter :

Karanganyar, 21st December 2009

To : Hery
Karanganyar Street No 23 Demak 59582

Dear Hery,

Hi Hery, how is everything? I hope you are fine. I am well in these few days.
Her, I want to tell you about my holiday. I went to Mount Muria last holiday. I went to the Montel Waterfall. It was interesting. I took some picture there. I bought some souvenir for you.
I think that all. I am looking forward to hear from you.

Love
Nida 

Appoinment

Appointment is a plan with someone of some people to do something at the  future time.

Here are some expressions we can use to make and accept an appointment.

Making an Appointment	Accepting an Appointment
Will you pick me up at 2 pm?	OK. I will be there on time.
What if we go cycling on the car free day next Sunday?	No problem. I’m free on Sunday.
Will you go out with me tonight?	Sure. I love it.
What if we go swimming this afternoon?	Good idea.
I will go to your house at 3 pm. Is it all right?	Definitely.

      Andi     : Hei,Rud.How are you?

      Rudi     : I`m fine.Thanks

      Andi     : Do you have any plan to do on the weekend?

Rudi     : I think I don`t.Why?

Andi     : What if we go to pet shop on the weekend?

Rudi     : No problem….I like it

What do we say when we want to cancel an appoinment? Here are some expressions for cancelling an appointment and the responses.

Cancelling an Appointment	Responding
I’m sorry I can’t meet you today. I’m very busy. Can we meet another day?	OK/Fine!
I’m terribly sorry I have to cancel our appointment.	No problem/No big deal!
I’m sorry I have to put off our appointment	It’s all right
I’m afraid I have to postpone my appointment with you.	I see/ I understand

Conversation

Rudi  : Rina, I’m really sorry. I can’t go to your house today. I’ve got a terrible headache.
Rina  : Poor you. It’s alright. I hope you can get well soon.
Rudi  : Thanks.

Invitation

Invitation is a way to invite someone or more to go to a place or to do something. There are two types of invitation. They are formal invitation and informal invitation.

a.     Formal Invitation

Formal invitation is usually originate from institutes, companies, and a kind of it. Normally formal invitation is written invitation.

STUDENTS ORGANITATION OF SMA NEGERI 22 PALANGKA RAYA

Jl. K.S. Tubun No. 22 telp. (0536) 3222123

To  : Jack Daniel

  Class : X-3

       Would you please attend our meeting that will be held :

Day/Date  : on Saturday 10^th September 2012

Time  : at 09.00 am

       Place  : in the meeting room

       Agenda  : Final preparation for speech.

      

Please come on time, see you there !

   

            Hannah Anafelow                                        Elizabeth Mildford, M.Pd                                        

                Secretary                                                              Chair Person

       b.     Informal Invitation

       From  : Vina

       To  : Veli

Hi Friends, tomorrow is my Birthday. At my birthday, I am 16 years old. And I would like you to come to my Birthday  Party :

 Date  : August 17^th 2012

       Time  : 04.00 pm

       Place  : at my home.

       I’ll be happy if you come to my Birthday Party.

Informal invitation is personal invitation given to a friend, family, etc. informal invitation can be written invitation and verbal invitation

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Extending

-          I would like to invite you to come to my office?

-          Would you like to come to my house?

-          How would you like to go fishing with us next week?

-          If you are not busy, please try to come to my café.

-          Are you free this evening?

-          Let’s go to my school anniversary!

-          Can you come?

-          Please try to come.

-          We hope you will join us.

-          If you don’t have any other plans, would you come to the restaurant?

-          Would you please attend my party tonight?

-          If you don’t mind, please come to house tomorrow.

-          Let’s have to dinner together with me.

-          Would you mind coming to my birthday party?

Accepting

-          I’d love to.

-          I like that.

-          That sounds great.

-          Thank you for the invitation.

-          That would be wonderful.

-          I’d be glad to…

-          That sounds like fun.

-          It’s very nice of you to invite me.

-          It sounds interesting.

-          Thank you. Yes, I would to…

-          OK!

Declining

-          I’d love to, but I can’t because…

-          I’m really sorry because I can’t come.

-          Sorry, I’m really busy.

-          I’d love to, but I won’t be able to…

-          I’d love to but I don’t think I can.

-          Sorry, that wouldn’t be possible. Thanks.

-          That’s nice/great. Unfortunately/however…

-          That’s very kind of you, but…