D3 ENGLISH: ITS vs IT'S

10th May 2021

ITS versus IT'S

 - ITS menunjukkan KEPUNYAAN.  Sesuatu/seseorang yang menjadi kepunyaan kepada SESUATU BENDA/OBJEK.  

tips:   Pikir satu benda, dan apa yang menjadi kepunyaan benda tu kita gunakan its.

The cat is mine and ITS kittens are very cute. (anak kucing kepunyaan kucing itu)

I watched a movie and its director is Christopher Nolan.

I watch a very interesting program on tv but its script is bad. (the script BELONGS to the movie)

- IT’S = ‘IT IS’ (keadaan sesuatu).    

IT’S hot today and I am very thirsty. 

Sentence samples:

ITS

- The car is nice and ITS key is on my desk. (its key = kunci kereta)

- She gave me a book and ITS cover is very beautiful. (its cover = kulit buku)

- That computer was broken and ITS charger is inside my drawer.

-  This house is for sale. You may contact ITS owner if you wish to buy it.

- The camera is expensive and ITS image is marvelous.

- Siti has a cat, its name is Johny.  

- Our school library is small yet its selection of books varies

IT'S

- The dress is mine and IT’S quite expensive. 

- IT’S a very interesting show. 

- The BSH cat is cute but IT'S slightly expensive.

-  IT'S hot and sunny this morning

-  IT'S a funny movie and I can't stop watching it.

- Mummy bakes a cake and it's yummy!

- It's going to rain so you'd better bring an umbrella.

Grammar points:

- SHE GIVES (kalau she, he it, verb dia mesti ada 's' untuk Present tense)

She gives me a blouse...

The school needs to...

- May Allah BLESS you all... lepas 'May'  kita gunakan verb dalam bentuk asal

- We always say it belongs ✔️  not its belong ❌

- a lot of work OR lots of work 

- kalau you mean 'glasses' kena ada 's' ya.. spectacles.

- bila gunakan objek like 'new dress' mesti ada a/the ya... in which case is I bought a new dress...

- you'd = you should; we'd = we should

It's going to rain soon, so we'd better stay indoor.

It's going to rain so you'd better bring an umbrella.

- shine vs shiny

Shine tu kata kerja.    Verb.   The stars shine so gloriously tonight.

Shiny tu kata sifat. Adjective. The shoes are so shiny.

D2 ENGLISH: SPEAKING DAY

 

9th May 2021

It's speaking day, so not much grammar point.

Grammar Points:

Adjective 

Ada bentuk biasa mcm thin,clear,etc Ada hujung bentuk -ed mcm excited, tired, ada hujung bentuk -ing, mcm exciting,appetizing,tiring etc

Appetizing ni Adjective bukan verb -ing

The soup looks appetizing (appetizing as Adjective )

Appetizing tak boleh jadi present tense sebab dia bukan Verb 

Pronounce

Miss for an unmarried lady,   Ms if you don't know she is married or not. Sama sebutan, berbeza dalam penulisan.

Mdm / Mrs for married lady.

D1 ENGLISH: INTRODUCTION DAY

 First formal class with Mdm Aslinda via Whatsapp Group on 8th May 2021. 

Day 1 is self-introduction day.

Grammar Points:

- 'also' after 'am': I am also a betta fish breeder.

- "I am a caregiver to my Mom, a stroke person" or "I am a caregiver to my mom who is a stroke patient"

*Additional note:  

If you can replace the word with “he”' or “'she,” use who. Who should be used to refer to the subject of a sentence.

If you can replace it with “him” or “her,” use whom.  Whom should be used to refer to the object of a verb or preposition.

- include "a/an" when talking about someone or for who we are: I am a babysitter; I am a businessman; I am an engineer.

- setiap ayat ada kata kerja: "I am a student in Form 1" ==> in this sentence, 'am' is verb (kata kerja)

- 'an' before word that start with vowel (a, e, i, o, u)

- a or an before H is depends on the way we pronounce the word. Sometimes it's pronunciation-influenced rather than grammar-influenced

- house is a specific building, so we say "tidying the house"

- working IN school

- "I am an introvert and I love reading" [one is adjective, another is verb, thus both need I]

- ayat gabungan yang sama bentuk, boleh buang "a" for second & third person:

I am a salesperson, I am a wife, I am a mother ➡️ I am a sales persons, a wife and mother to my lovely son.

- most verb have ~ing: listening to radio; i like swimming; i like sketching

- I am staying at...: after am, verb~ing

- when stating hobby reading novels, must be plural form as we read a lot of novels, not just 1

- plural form: various odd jobs; foreign languages

- careful when using 'pet' as verb. Some animal like fish, we cannot pat them, so we can't pet fish (as verb). 

1) I pet cat and fish ❌

2) I have a cat and a fish as pets ✔️

- lepas due to mesti guna kumpulan kata nama, jadi boleh guna bacause atau as sebagai ganti:

"I want to improve my English Language as my current portfolio requires me to deal with foreign people".

- 'Even though' and 'but' cannot be in one sentence:

"Even though my English writing is not excellent, I always read novels to improve my English"

- everyday = harian; every day = setiap hari

1) She wears her everyday clothes to the important function.

2) She walks to her office every day.

Note: this * additional note is from my own Google search 😅