BELAJAR BAHASA INGGRIS: 2012

Thursday, November 29, 2012

Download Soal IELTS

Selain TOEFL, tes kemampuan Bahasa Inggris yang umum digunakan adalah IELTS. Sebenarnya kedua bentuk tes tersebut sama-sama pentingnya untuk dikuasai.

Perbedaan antara IELTS dan TOEFL adalah

IELTS (International English Language Testing System) diselenggarakan bersama oleh Universitas Cambridge, British Council dan IDP Education Australia. IELTS sendiri digolongkan dalam dua macam modul ujian yaitu Modul Umum dan Modul Akademis.
TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) pada umumnya diperlukan untuk persyaratan masuk kuliah pada hampir semua universitas di Amerika Serikat dan Kanada baik untuk program undergraduate (S-1) maupun graduate (S-2 atau S-3).

Berikut ini ada beberapa link download latihan soal tes IELT yang saya rangkum dari hasil surfing melalui Google.

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Download Soal TOEFL + Kunci

Sekarang sudah semakin banyak SMA yang bertaraf RSBI atau SBi di Indonesia yang memberi kesempatan kepada siswanya memiliki nilai TOEFL (Test of English as A Foreign Language), apalagi perguruan tinggi, hampir semua jurusan favorit mewajibkan mahasiswanya mempunyai nilai TOEFL.

TOEFL begitu pentingnya sampai-sampai banyak buku diterbitkan untuk membahas masalah ini. Tidak hanya itu, banyak juga kursus-kursus persiapan TOEFL yang diselenggarakan. Bahkan ada juga yang melayani secara online. Semuanya tentu membutuhkan biaya yang tidak sedikit.

Berikut ini ada beberapa soal latihan TOEFL yang bisa didownload dengan gratis. Seperti TOEFL pada umumnya, soal latihan TOEFL gratis ini terbagi menjadi 3 (tiga) bagian: Listening, Structure and Written Expressions, dan Reading Comprehension. Setiap bagian memiliki alokasi waktu pengerjaan tersendiri. Jadi, tidak diperbolehkan mengerjakan bagian lain ketika sedang berada pada alokasi untuk mengerjakan bagian tertentu.

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Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Tugas Semester Ganjil kelas IX

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Sunday, November 25, 2012

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Tuesday, November 20, 2012

How To Set up Gas Stove

Things to prepare:

a gas tube
a gas regulator
a stove hose
a gas stove

Instructions:

Locate the gas tube in a safe place.
Make sure the cap is closed before removing it.
Attach the gas regulator to the stove hose by screwing them together.
Connect the regulator to the tube.
Make sure that there is no gas smell.
Turn the regulator on.
It is ready to turn the stove on

How To Set up Gas Stove
Source: http://www.ehow.com

HERMIT

      Many years ago, there lived a hermit in a forest in Sumatra. He did not grow food but depended on the jungle fruit to survive. Soon, there was a drought, and all the plants and fruit trees in the jungle died.

      The old man had nothing to eat now, so he turned to become a beggar. He went to a nearby village trying to get food. At first, the villagers were happy to help him. However, when he came regularly, they refused to give him any more food. They told him to grow his own food.

      One day, while the hermit was sitting in his hut, sad and hungry, he began to think about growing his own food. Just then, a boatman stopped by and took a pity on the hermit.Then he gave him some “paddy” seeds.

      Before the boatman went away, he said, “These seeds will grow and give you everlasting harvest if you work very hard. If you are tired of the work, the “paddy” plants will turn into weeds.”

     The old hermit worked hard to clear the land and sowed the seeds before the rain came. Strangely, after a short period of time, the “paddy” was ready for harvesting. The old man got a lot of rice from the harvest. After each harvest, the plants grew again right away.

      When the villagers heard about the hermit and his wonderful “paddy”, they flocked to his “paddy” field and took home as much “paddy” as they could.

     One day, being very tired of harvesting the paddy, he shouted, “Oh stop growing, you wretched thing!” As soon as he had said this, the “paddy” plants turned into weeds.

Hermit
Source: http://bos-sulap.blogspot.com

The Chipmunk That Ran Away

Once upon a time, there was a nervous little chipmunk. She was always afraid that something bad happened to her.
One day, she heard a little noise. It was really only an apple that fell to the ground.
But the little Chipmunk was afraid and said “The sky is falling in.” Then she ran away as fast as she could go.

Soon she met an old brother Chipmunk, who asked, “Where are you running to, little Chipmunk?”
And the little Chipmunk answered, “The sky is falling in, and I am running away.”
“The sky is falling in?” said the old brother Chipmunk. And he told the story to his brother chipmunk, until at last there were a hundred brother Chipmunks shouting, ”The sky is falling in.”
Soon the larger animals heard what the Chipmunks were saying. The Deer,the heep, the Pig, the Camel, the Tiger, and the Elephant began to say, “The sky is falling in.”

Then the wise Lion heard all the noise and wanted to know what was happening. He stopped all the animals and asked, “What are you saying?” The brother Chipmunks said, “Oh we heard it from that little Chipmunk!” And the Lion said, “Little Chipmunk, what made you say that the sky was falling in?”
And the little Chipmunk said, “I saw it there near the tree.”

“Well,” said the Lion, “Come with me and I will show you how something”.
“Now get on my back.” The Lion took her on his back, and asked the animals to stay where they were until they returned. Then he showed the little Chipmunk that the apple had fallen to the ground. This made the noise that had made her afraid. The little Chipmunk said, “Oh, I see. The sky is not falling in.”
The Lion said, “Let’s go back and tell the other animals.”

So they went back. At last all the animals knew that the sky was not falling in.
(Source: Dit. PSMP, 2006)

Questions

What did the little Chipmunk hear one day?
What did the little Chipmunk think the noise was?
What did she do then? Did she meet the older brother Chipmunk?
What did the little Chipmunk say?
Did the old brother Chipmunk believe her? How do you know?
Did the other animals believe her? How do you know?
Did the Lion believe her? How do you know?
What did the Lion do to show the little Chipmunk that the sky was not falling in?
What did the Lion ask the other animals to do?
What did the little Chipmunk learn at last?

Recycling Paper

Equipment:

Old paper, magazines, or newspapers Bleach
Blender/food processor White glue
Bucket Iron
Insect screens/strainers Water
Wire

Directions:
First, shape wires into a rectangular shape. Then, cover the wire frame with insect screens and sew it. After that, rip the paper into small pieces. And then, put the torn paper in a bucket and fill it with warm water. Add one table spoon of bleach. Soak the paper for a half an hour. Next, put a cup of soaked paper in a blender, add some bleached water and blend it. And then, pour the blended paper in a large rectangular container. e.g. sink or tray. After that, repeat step 5 and 6 until all of the soaked paper are blended. Then, add and mix two table spoon of white glue to the blended paper. After that, dip the screen frame into the blended paper. Lift and rinse the water for a minute. Then, dry the paper (with the screen frame still on) in the sun. And then, peel the papers out of the frame screens when it’s dry. Finally, iron the paper.

Adapted from: www.make-stuff.com.recycling.paper.html

1. What is the main purpose of the text in Task 20?
2. When should we blend the paper?
3. How long do we have to soak the paper?
4. Where should we put the blended paper?
5. How much glue do we have to add?
6. How do we dry the paper?

CD BOWLS

Materials:
Old CDs
Hair dryer/oven
Metal bowl
Glue
Small saucer/something to cover the CD hole
Directions:
First, place the CD in a metal bowl and heat it with a hair dryer. Or put it in the oven
on low heat. Then, bend the CD softly when it softens. After that, let it cool off.
Finally, glue a small plastic saucer or anything to cover the hole.
Adapted from: www.make-stuff.com

Questions

What do you learn from the text?
What do you need to make a bowl from CDs?
What are the steps to make a bowl from CDs?
What is the hair dryer for?
Can we use other things to heat the CD?
Why do we need to heat the CD?

What is an Iceberg?

An iceberg is a great piece of ice floating in the sea. ‘Berg’ is the German word for ‘mountain.’ In the
coldest parts of the earth, around the North and South Poles, land and sea are both covered by layers of ice, more than 300 metres deep at the centre.

Tongues of ice, called glaciers, stretch out into the open sea. The sea water melts the bottom parts of these glaciers, then the top part moves into the water with a great noise. The great piece of ice sinks for a short time under the surface, then it rises again, and floats away as a new iceberg. Some icebergs are many miles long, and travel for thousands of miles and several years before they finally melt. The part
of an iceberg which can be seen above the water is only about one-ninth of the total size. The rest is hidden underthe waves.
One of the world’s worst disasters at sea was in 1912 when the liner ‘Titanic’ hit an iceberg and sank on her first journey, killing hundreds of passengers.
Questions

What is an iceberg?
What is ‘berg’?
What is ‘glaciers’?
Where is most part of an iceberg?
How does the writer describe the North andSouth Poles?
What is ‘liner’?
What happened to the Titanic?
Why did the author write about iceberg?
How is an iceberg formed?
Describe how an iceberg looks in your own words.

Goldilocks And The Three Bears

Once there were three bears that lived in a house in the woods: a papa bear, a mama bear, and a baby bear. One morning they decided to take a walk before breakfast to let their porridge cool.

A little girl named Goldilocks lived with her mother nearby. Goldilocks took a walk through the woods and found the bear’s house. She smelled the porridge in the kitchen and went inside. Goldilocks tasted the porridge in each bowl and finally ate up the porridge in the small bowl.

Then she sat on a big chair, but she didn’t like it, because it was hard.
Afterwards she sat on the small chair, and it was just right. But while she was sitting on it she broke it. After eating the porridge, Goldilocks felt full and sleepy, and then she went upstairs. There she found a small bed. She lay down on it and fell asleep.

While she was sleeping, the three bears came home. When they went into the kitchen, they got very surprised. Someone had tasted their porridge, even eaten up baby bear’s porridge, while they were taking a walk. Moreover the poor baby bear was upset when he found that his little chair broke into pieces. When they went upstairs, they found out that Goldilocks was sleeping. Baby bear cried out, “Someone has been sleeping in my bed and here she is!”

Goldilocks woke up when she saw the three bears; she jumped out of bed and ran out of the house to her home. Never again did she make herself at home in anyone else’s house.

(Source: Dit. PSMP, 2006)

Questions

How did Goldilocks find the bears’ house?
What did she find in the bears’ house?
What did she do there?
What happened to the small chair?
What happened when Goldilocks was sleeping?
Why were the tree bears surprised?
What did Goldilocks do when she saw the three bears?
What would you do if you were Goldilocks? Would you come to the bear’s house again?

SOAL UN BAHASA INGGRIS SMP tahun 2000 s/d 2012

Kumpulan Soal UN Bahasa Inggris SMP 2000 - 2012

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Kumpulan Soal UN Bahasa Inggris SMP 2000 - 2012

The Chipmunk That Ran Away

Once upon a time, there was a nervous little chipmunk. She was always afraid that something bad happened to her.

One day, she heard a little noise. It was really only an apple that fell to the ground.

But the little Chipmunk was afraid and said “The sky is falling in.” Then she ran away as fast as she could go.

Soon she met an old brother Chipmunk, who asked, “Where are you running to, little Chipmunk?”

And the little Chipmunk answered, “The sky is falling in, and I am running away.”

“The sky is falling in?” said the old brother Chipmunk. And he told the story to his brother chipmunk, until at last there were a hundred brother Chipmunks shouting, ”The sky is falling in.”

Soon the larger animals heard what the Chipmunks were saying. The Deer,the heep, the Pig, the Camel, the Tiger, and the Elephant began to say, “The sky is falling in.”

Then the wise Lion heard all the noise and wanted to know what was happening. He stopped all the animals and asked, “What are you saying?” The brother Chipmunks said, “Oh we heard it from that little Chipmunk!” And the Lion said, “Little Chipmunk, what made you say that the sky was falling in?”

And the little Chipmunk said, “I saw it there near the tree.”

“Well,” said the Lion, “Come with me and I will show you how something”.

“Now get on my back.” The Lion took her on his back, and asked the animals to stay where they were until they returned. Then he showed the little Chipmunk that the apple had fallen to the ground. This made the noise that had made her afraid. The little Chipmunk said, “Oh, I see. The sky is not falling in.”

The Lion said, “Let’s go back and tell the other animals.”

So they went back. At last all the animals knew that the sky was not falling in.

(Source: Dit. PSMP, 2006)

Questions

1. What did the little Chipmunk hear one day?

2. What did the little Chipmunk think the noise was?

3. What did she do then? Did she meet the older brother Chipmunk?

4. What did the little Chipmunk say?

5. Did the old brother Chipmunk believe her? How do you know?

6. Did the other animals believe her? How do you know?

7. Did the Lion believe her? How do you know?

8. What did the Lion do to show the little Chipmunk that the sky was not falling in?

9. What did the Lion ask the other animals to do?

10. What did the little Chipmunk learn at last?

Monday, November 19, 2012

Kumpulan Soal Try Out UN Bahasa Inggris SMP 2009 - 2012

Soal Latihan / TryOut UN Bahasa Inggris SMP:

Kumpulan Soal Try Out UN Bahasa Inggris SMP 2000 - 2012

The bomb

The bomb, in the resort of Kuta, destroyed the Sari Club and a crowded nightspot. Many people have fallen victims to this blast. Many of them were foreign tourists, especially from Australia. They were burner beyond recognition. Some tourist who were at the scene of the blast said there were two explosions around the nightclub. One bomb had exploded outside Paddy’s Bar before a Bar bomb hit the Sari Club which was located some meters away.

Hundred were injured in the explosion and about 220 Australians remain unaccounted for. The U.K. Foreign Secretary, Jack Straw, said that 33 Britons were among those killed in the Bali attack. The Australian Primer Minister, John Howard, called its borders, saying it had been a problem for a long time.

Lists of missing people have been posted in Bali and official said that it could take days to identity all the victims, some of whom were trapped in the Sari Club by a wall of flames. A notice board at the hospital in Bali includes a section called “Unknown Identity” and detailed list on victims such as : “Young girl in intensive care, 11-14 years old, face burned, income, Causation,” or “Girl in intensive care, about 5 years old, 130 cm, fair skin, Caucasian with reddish brown hair. She has a purplish belly button ring.”

Many embassies, including the British and the American, are advising their people to cancel spending their planned holidays in Indonesia, and all U.S. citizens in the country have been told to leave including diplomats and non-essential government staff.

The Bear And Rabbit

Once upon a time, there lived a bear and a rabbit. The rabbit is a good shot. In contrary, the bear is always clumsy and could not use the arrow.

One day, the bear called over the rabbit and asked the rabbit to take his bow and arrows.
The rabbit was fearing to arouse the bear's anger so he could not refuse it. He went with the bear and shot enough buffalo to satisfy the hungry family. Indeed he shot and killed so many that there were lots of meats left after.

However the bear did not want the rabbit to get any of the meat. The rabbit could not even taste the meat. The poor rabbit would have to go home hungry after his hard day's work.

The bear was the father of five children. Fortunately, the youngest child was very kind to the rabbit. He was very hearty eater. The mother bear always gave him an extra large piece of meat but the youngest child did not eat it. He would take it outside with him and pretended to play ball with the meat. He kicked toward the rabbit's house.When he got close to the door he would give the meat with such a great kick. The meat would fly into the rabbit's house. In this way, the poor rabbit would get his meal.

Questions
Who can use the arrow well?
Why did the rabbit always follow the bear?
What did the bear and the rabbit shot buffallo for?
How many animal are mentioned in the text? What are they?
What does the word "He" in the third paragraph refer to?
Why did youngest child kick the meat?
Did the rabbit finally get the meat? How?
What is the moral value of the text above?

Cinderella

Once upon a time there was a girl called Cinderella. She lived with her stepsisters. They were very bossy. They made Cinderella do all the housework.
One day an invitation to the ball came to the family. Her stepsisters would not let her go. Cinderella was sad because she wanted to go to the ball too. Her stepsisters went to the ball without her.
Fortunately, the fairy Godmother came and helped her to get to the ball. At the ball, Cinderella dance with the prince.
The prince fell in love with her then married her. They lived happily ever after.

Gulai Kikil

Gulai Kikil ( Indonesian Cow's Foot Curry )

Ingredients:

1 Foot of cow
4 cups Coconut milk
1 Turmeric leaf
2 seed of False mangosteen ( Common english name for "Asam Kandis"). It's also called "Gamboge tree", "Eggtree", "Sour mangosteen", "Cochin-goraka".
2 Kaffir lime leaves
1 stalk Lemongrass

Blended spices:

1 tbsp Blended red chilies
2 cm Turmeric
5 pcs Candlenuts
2 cm Laos / Galangal
6 cloves Garlic
10 pcs Shallots

How To:

Clean the cow's foot and its hair, cut into several pieces and cook until tender.
Remove the bones and then cut the meat into small sizes according to your preference.
Cook the coconut milk together with the blended spices, kaffir lime leaves, kandis acid (false mangosteen) and the lemongrass.
Add the meat pieces and cook until the coconut milk thickens and oily.
Keep stirring until it's well cooked to prevent the coconut milk from dissolving.
Lift.

taken from:original-indonesian-recipe.blogspot.com

The Smartest Parrot

Once upon time, a man had a wonderful parrot. There was no other parrot like it. The parrot could say every word, except one word. The parrot would not say the name of the place where it was born. The name of the place was Catano.

The man felt excited having the smartest parrot but he could not understand why the parrot would not say Catano. The man tried to teach the bird to say Catano however the bird kept not saying the word.

At the first, the man was very nice to the bird but then he got very angry. “You stupid bird!” pointed the man to the parrot. “Why can’t you say the word? Say Catano! Or I will kill you” the man said angrily. Although he tried hard to teach, the parrot would not say it. Then the man got so angry and shouted to the bird over and over; “Say Catano or I’ll kill you”. The bird kept not to say the word of Catano.

One day, after he had been trying so many times to make the bird say Catano, the man really got very angry. He could not bear it. He picked the parrot and threw it into the chicken house. There were four old chickens for next dinner “You are as stupid as the chickens. Just stay with them” Said the man angrily. Then he continued to humble; “You know, I will cut the chicken for my meal. Next it will be your turn, I will eat you too, stupid parrot”. After that he left the chicken house.

The next day, the man came back to the chicken house. He opened the door and was very surprised. He could not believe what he saw at the chicken house. There were three death chickens on the floor. At the moment, the parrot was standing proudly and screaming at the last old chicken; “Say Catano or I’ll kill you”.

Sunday, November 18, 2012

The Legend of Toba Lake

Once upon time, there was a handsome man. His name was Batara Guru Sahala. He liked fishing. One day, he caught a fish. He was surprised to find out that the fish could talk. The fish begged him to set it free.

Batara Guru could not bear it. He made the fish free. As soon as it was free, the fish changed into a very beautiful woman. She attracted Batara Guru so much. He felt in love with that fish-woman. The woman wanted to marry with him and said that Batara Guru had to keep the secret which she had been a fish. Batara Guru aggreed and promised that he would never tell anybody about it.

They were married happily. They had two daughters. One day Batara Guru got very angry with his daughter. He could not control his mad. He shouted angrily and got the word of fish to his daugters. The daughters were crying. They found their mother and talked her about it.

The mother was very annoyed. Batara Guru broke his promise. The mother was shouting angrily. Then the earth began to shake. Volcanoes started to erupt. The earth formed a very big hole. People believed that the big hole became a lake. Then this lake is known as Toba lake.

The Monkey and The Crocodile

One day there was a monkey. He wanted to cross a river. There he saw a crocodile so he asked the crocodile to take him across the other side of the river. The crocodile agree and told the monkey to jump on its back. Then the crocodile swam down the river with the monkey on his top.

Unluckily, the crocodile was very hungry, he stopped in the middle of the river and said to the monkey, “My father is very sick. He has to eat the heart of the monkey. So he will be healthy again.”

At the time, the monkey was in dangerous situation and he had to think hard. Then he had a good idea. He told the crocodile to swim back to the river bank. “What’s for?” asked the crocodile. “Because I don’t bring my heart,” said the monkey. “I left it under a tree, near some coconuts in the river bank.”
The crocodile agreed and turned around. He swam back to the bank of the river. As soon as they reached the river bank, the monkey jumped off the crocodile’s back. Then he climbed up to the top of a tree.

“Where is your heart?” asked the crocodile. “You are foolish,” said the monkey to the crocodile. “Now I am free and I have my heart.

The Red Bird Of Paradise

An Indonesian endemic, the Red Bird of Paradise is distributed to lowland rainforests of Waigeo and Batanta islands of West Papua. This species shares its home with another bird of paradise, the Wilson's Bird of Paradise. Hybridisation between these two species are expected but not recorded yet.

The Red Bird of Paradise, Paradisaea rubra is a large, up to 33cm long, brown and yellow bird of paradise with a dark brown iris, grey legs and yellow bill. The male has an emerald green face, a pair of elongated black corkscrew-shaped tail wires, dark green feather pompoms above each eye and a train of glossy crimson red plumes with whitish tips at either side of the breast.

The male measures up to 72 cm long, including the ornamental red plumes that require at least six years to fully attain. The female resembles the male but is smaller in size, with a dark brown face and has no ornamental red plumes. The diet consists mainly of fruits, berries and arthropods.

The Purse of Gold

A beggar found a leather purse that someone had dropped in a market place. Opening it, he discovered that it contained 100 pieces of gold. Then he heard a merchant shouted, "A reward! A reaward to the one who find my leather purse!"

Being an honest man, the beggar came forward and handed the purse to the merchant saying, "Here is your purse. Will you keep your word to give a reward now?"\

"Reward?" scoffed the merchant greedily counting the amount of gold. "The purse I dropped had 200 pieces of gold in it. You've already stolen more than the reward I'll give to you.! Go away or I'll tell you to the police."

"I'm an honest man," said the beggar defiantly. "Let's take this matter to the court!" In the court, the judge patiently listened to both sides of the story and said, "I believe you both. Justice is possible! Merchant, you stated that the purse you lost contained 200 pieces of gold. Well, that's a considerable cost. But the purse the beggar found had only 100 pieces of gold. Therefore, it couldn't be the one you lost."

And, with that, the judge gave the purse and all the golds to the beggar.

How to Make Tomato Soup

To make a bowl of tomato soup, you must prepare all ingredients below:

4 large tomatoes
spices
1 small onion
½ teaspoon of salt
8 cups of water
¼ teaspoon of pepper
small clove garlic
¼ teaspoon of butter

Here are the steps to make a bowl of tomato soup:

Cut tomatoes, onions, and garlic into small pieces.
Fry them in a pan with butter for five minutes.
Add water, spices, salt and pepper.
Heat until the water boils.
Turn down the heat and cover with lid. Cook gently for one hour.

Thunder and Lightning

Lightning is a sudden, violent flash of electricity between a cloud and the ground, or from cloud to cloud. A lightning fl ash, or bolt, can be several miles long. It is so hot, with an average temperature of 34,000° Centigrade, that the air around it suddenly expands with a loud blast. This is the thunder we hear.

Lightning occurs in hot, wet storms. Moist air is driven up to a great height. It forms a type of cloud called cumulonimbus. When the cloud rises high enough, the moisture freezes and ice crystals and snowfl akes are formed. These begin to fall, turning to rain on the way down. This rain meets more moist air rising, and it is the friction between them which produces static electricity. When a cloud is fully charged with this electricity, it discharges it as a lightning flash.

How to Make a Mango Juice

Materials

a piece of mango
a half glass of water
a glass of ice pack
a spoon of sugar

Procedures:

First, peel the mango and clean it
Next, cut the mango into pieces and put them into the juicer
Then, put the water, ice and sugar
After that turn on the juice and wait about 15 seconds
Finally, pour the mango juice into the glass and ready to drink

Bali Action

The amazing choice of different activities available in Bali means that there is indeed something for everyone. Whether you want to throw yourself from high attitudes, hurtle down frothing rapids, explore the wonders of the deep or just lie back and take it easy. Bali has perfected the art of keeping its guests happy.

The beach is a major factor in any island holiday and Bali has a coastline which offers every possible water activity including surfing some of the best waves in the world, swimming with dolphins, cruises, snorkelling, diving, sailing and parasailing. For snorkelling and diving, the closest spots to Kuta are Benoa and Sanur beaches where all the relevant equipment can be hired.

Further afield, good destinations include Pulau Serangan, Nusa Penida and Nusa Lembongan in the south, Padang Bai, Candidasa, Tulamben and Amed in the east, Lovina, in the north and the amazing Pulau Menjangan in the northwest.

Bali's waves are world famous and range from safe beach breaks for beginners like Kuta to the awesome swells at Padang Padang, Uluwatu and Nusa Lembongan, which regularly attract the pros. Beginners should respect the sea and stay within depth to start with as the current can be very strong. Apart from Kuta and Legian beaches, Medewi is also good for beginners. For the more experienced, Nusa Dua has a number of breaks as does Sanur; Canggu, Ketewel and the area around the airport are also popular with experienced surfers.

Taken from: belajarbahasainggris.us

My Horrible Experience

Let me remind you my experience during an earthquake last week. When the earthquake happened, I was on my car. I was driving home from my vocation to Bali. Suddenly my car lunched to one side, to the left. I thought I got flat tire. I did not know that it was an earthquake. I knew it was an earthquake when I saw some telephone and electricity poles falling down to the ground, like matchsticks.

Then I saw a lot of rocks tumbling across the road. I was trapped by the rock. Even I could not move my car at all. There were rocks everywhere. There was nothing I could do but left the car and walked along way to my house, in the town.

When I reached my town, I was so surprised that there was almost nothing left. The earthquake made a lot of damage to my town. Although nothing was left, I thanked God that nobody was seriously injured.

Borobudur Temple

Borobudur is Hindu - Budhist temple. It was build in the nineth century under Sailendra dynasty of ancient Mataram kingdom. Borobudur is located in Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia.

Borobudur is well-known all over the world. Its construction is influenced by the Gupta architecture of India. The temple is constructed on a hill 46 m high and consist of eight step like stone terrace. The first five terrace are square and surrounded by walls adorned with Budist sculpture in bas-relief. The upper three are circular. Each of them is with a circle of bell shape-stupa. The entire adifice is crowned by a large stupa at the centre at the centre of the top circle. The way to the summit extends through some 4.8 km of passage and starways. The design of borobudur which symbolizes the structure of universe influences temples at Angkor, Cambodia.

Borobudur temple which is rededicated as an Indonesian monument in 1983 is a valuable treasure for Indonesian people.

Taken from: belajarbahasainggris.us

My Embarrasing Experience

Today was a really hot day. After I had had my lunch, I went to the town square to watch
a local singing contest. I went there alone.

Arriving there, I chose a place under a big tree. I thought it could save me from the strong sunlight. I actually did not really pay attention to the contest. I just went there to avoid a boring time at home.
Suddenly, I found myself behind a young boy. I was really sure that he was my

classmate, Andi. I pinched him a little and called his name. The boy was surprised. When he turned around, I finally realized that he was not my classmate. I could not say a word. That moment was just embarrassing.

Camping

Last weekend, my friends and I went camping. We reached the camping ground after we walked for about one and a half hour from the parking lot. We built the camp next to a small river. It was getting darker and colder, so we built a fire camp.

The next day, we spent our time observing plantation and insects while the girls were preparing meals. In the afternoon we went to the river and caught some fish for supper. At night, we held a fire camp night. We sang, danced, read poetry, played magic tricks, and even some of us performed a standing comedy.

On Monday, we packed our bags and got ready to go home.

Home Industry

Not far from the place I live, there is a home industry, it is BUANA INDAH and this name is quite well known in my hometown and the neighboring cities. It produces indoor and outdoor furniture mostly made of wood.

That this industry is big enough is a fact. The proof is that this industry employs more than a hundred workers and the production keeps increasing year by year. Furthermore, recently this industry has exported its products overseas.

This industry occupies a large area. Moreover, it is located in a strategic place, precisely near the main road, so that it is not difficult to sell their products and the buyers will be easy to reach that place.

At the front part of this place, there is a large showroom. In this room, the owner displays the products. The design of the furniture is not out of date. That the competition among the furniture producers is very tight is a fact, so that the company keeps developing the new and modern designs.

Taken from: http://cheatssoul.blogspot.com

Aloe vera

Aloe vera is also known as the "crocodille's tongue" plant in Indonesia. it is called so because the leave thick, long and sharp, and the sides are serrated like the body of a crocodile. Aloe vera is planted in dry areas and in warm climates. It takes little water to grow.

Aloe vera is short-stemmed succulent plant growing to 60-100 cm tall. Spreading by offsets, the stems are thick and fleshy, green to grey-gren, with some varieties showing white flecks on the upper and lower stem surfaces.

Aloe vera is a multifunctional plant. It can be used to cure a wound caused by burning. Using aloe vera to heal the wound is easy and simple Pick leaves, peel the rind, then squeeze the sticky luquid and diabetes because it contains vitamins and minerals. Generally, the drink helps to repair the damaged cells and makes the organs of the human body work well. Aloe vera can also make our hair thick, too. Apply it over the scalp and massage it gently so it could soak thoroughly. Ten minutes later, rinse the hair.

Taken from: http://cheatssoul.blogspot.com

Indonesian Archipelago

Indonesia is a country Southeast Asia that consist more than 13.000 islands. The lie along the equator and extend more than 5.000 kilometers. Many of the islands cover only a few kilometers. But about a half of New Guinea and three quarters of Borneo also belong to Indonesia. Both islands are the second and-third largest islands in the world, after Greenland.

Many geographers divide the more than 13.600 islands of indonesia into three groups: (1) the Greater Sunda Islands, (2) the lesser Sunda Islands, and (3) the Mollucas. Indonesia also includes Papua, which is part of New Guinea.

The Greater Sunda includes Borneo, Sulawesi, Java and Sumatera. The Lesser Sunda Islands extend from Bali eastward to the Timor. The mollucas lie betwen Sulawesi and New Guinea. The western part of New Guinea is called Papua, an Indonesian territory. Compared to the other regions, Papua is the most thinly populated.

Taken from: http://cheatssoul.blogspot.com

How to Make a Milkshake

The ingredients that you need to make a milkshake are:

    4 cups vanilla ice cream
    2 cups milk
    4 teaspoons chocolate sauce (optional)
    1 cup fresh or frozen strawberries

Now, follow these steps to make a milkshake.

    Place milkshake glasses into the freezer. Using cold glasses will help the shake stay cool to give you time to enjoy. Leave for up to an hour if possible.
    Soften ice cream. It is easier to make a shake when the ice cream is slightly soft. Take the ice cream out of the freezer a few minutes before making your shake.
    Place the ingredients into a blender. Mix the ice cream, milk and added flavors into the blender. Blend on high for one minute. Don’t leave in the blender for longer or the shake will melt quickly.
    Pour shakes into frosty glasses. Take the glasses out of the freezer as soon as the blending is complete. Then pour the shake mixture in.
    Drop a straw into the shake, then enjoy. You can sip a shake right from the glass but somehow the straw adds to the flavor and the experience.

How to Make Ice Cream

You need these ingredients to make ice cream:

    2 cups milk (not skim) or cream
    2 tablespoons sugar
    1 teaspoon Vanilla extract (can substitute other flavoring.)
    Several cups of Ice (the smaller the pieces, the better)
    1 cup salt (rock salt is best, but table salt can also be used)

You need these supplies to make ice cream

     Tub or large coffee can to hold salt and ice
    Glass bowl or small coffee can
    Electric mixer or whisk
    Ice cream scoop
    Storage container for freezer

Here are the instructions that you must follow to make ice cream

    Setting up the cooling apparatus. Stir ice and salt in the larger container. Double-check that the small container will fit into the larger one even with the ice.
    Combine the ingredients. Mix together the milk, sugar, and vanilla in the glass bowl. Then, set this bowl in the tub filled with ice and rock salt, making sure that the salt water does not spill into the bowl. Instead of a glass bowl and tub, you can also use a small coffee can inside a large coffee can.
    Mix the ice cream. Mix the ingredients in the small container vigorously. The salty ice mixture will cool the mixture down until it turns into ice cream. Mix very thoroughly. If you're using a whisk instead of an electric mixer in your glass bowl, you'll have to stir very hard, or ice crystals will form in the ice cream. If you are using the coffee can method, make sure both cans are well sealed, and then roll and shake to mix the ice cream mixture. It should take about 10 to 15 minutes to stir the ice cream using either method. Stir until it is free from ice crystals and is the right consistency.
    Storage and serving. If you don't eat the ice cream right away, be sure to store it in the freezer so that it doesn't melt.

Dear Grandpa and Grandma

Yesterday at my school was had International Day. We had performances, food stalls, displays, raffles ticket draw and some of us were dressed in customes.
We started our day off with performance but the one I liked best the one form fourth grade. It was about games. The performance I was in was called Labamba.
Straight after our performance we had our lunch. There were food stalls. They came from Australia, Asian, Arabic and Greece.
Every one had a job. These people were from six grade. I did my job after I had lunch. My job was to sell International Day Books.
We has displays in the hell. These displays were good but I didn’t get to see them. The displays came from a lot of countries.
There was also a trash and treasure stall where they sell toys. The school got these things by asking the children to bring in.
After lunch we had a raffle ticket draw. I didn’t win anything but a lot of people did.
Although I didn’t win anything, International Day was still fun.
(taken from: Teaching Factual Writing: A genre Based Approach)

Kangaroo

A kangaroo is an animal found only in Australia, although it has a smaller relative, called a wallaby, which lives on the Australian island of Tasmania and also in New Guinea.

Kangaroos eat grass and plants. They have short front legs, but very long, and very strong back legs and a tail. These are used for sitting up and for jumping. Kangaroos have been known to make forward jumps of over eight metres, and leap across fences more than three metres high. They can also run at speeds of over 45 kilometres per hour.

The largest kangaroos are the Great Grey Kangaroo and the Red Kangaroo. Adult grow to a length of 1.60 metres and weigh over 90 kilos.

Kangaroos are marsupials. This means that the female kangaroo has an external pouch on the front of her body. A baby kangaroo is very tiny when it is born, and it crawls at once into this pouch where it spends its first five months of life

The Camel

The camel is a large, strong desert animal. Camels can travel great distances across hot, dry deserts with little food or water. They walk easily on soft sand and carry people and heavy hump. The hump is a large lump of fat providing energy if food is hard to find.

There are two chief kinds of camels: (1) the Arabian camel also loads to places that have no roads. Camels also serve the people of the desert in many other ways. The camel carries its own built-in food supply on its back in the form of a called dromedary, which has one hump, and (2) Bactrian camel, which has two humps.

Platypus

Many people call platypus duckbill because this animal has a bill like duckbill. Platypus is a native Tasmania and southern and eastern Australia.
Platypus has a flat tail and webbed feet. Its body length is 30 to 45 cm and covered with a thick, and woolly layer of fur. Its bill is detecting prey and stirring up mud. Platypus' eyes and head are small. It has no ears but has ability to sense sound and light.
Platypus lives in streams, rivers, and lakes. Female platypus usually dig burrows in the streams or river banks. The burrows are blocked with soil to protect it from intruders and flooding. In the other hand, male platypus does not need any burrow to stay.

Analyzing on the Text
Generic Structure analysis
General classification; stating general classification, the animal of platypus.
Description; describing in detail characterization of platypus' body and habitual life
Language Feature Analysis
Focusing in group; the animal of platypus
conditional, logical connective; but, in the other hand
Simple present tense pattern; Platypus lives in streams, male platypus does not need any burrow, etc

taken from:understandingtext.blogspot.com

A Legend of Candy Cane

A candy maker in Indiana wanted to make a candy that would be a witness, so he made the Christmas Candy Cane. He incorporated several symbols for the birth, ministry, and death of Jesus Christ.
He began with a stick of pure white, hard candy. White to symbolize the Virgin Birth and the sinless nature of Jesus, and hard to symbolize the Solid Rock, the foundation of the church, and firmness of the promises of God.
The candy maker made the candy in the form of a "J" to represent the precious name of Jesus, who came to earth as our Savior. It also represents the staff of the "Good Shepherd" with which He reaches down into the ditches of the world to lift out the fallen lambs who, like all sheep, have gone astray.
Thinking that the candy was somewhat plain, the candy maker stained it with red stripes. He used the tree small stripes to show the stripes of the scourging Jesus received by which we are healed. The large red stripe was for the blood shed by Jesus on the Cross so that we could have the promise of eternal life, if only we put our faith and trust in Him. Unfortunately, the candy became known as a Candy Cane - a meaningless decoration seen at Christmas time. But the meaning is still there for those who "have eyes to see and ears to hear".

Snow White

Once upon a time there lived a little, named Snow White. She lived with her aunt and uncle because her parents were died.

One day she heard her aunt and uncle talking about leaving Snow White in the castle because they wanted to go to America and they didn’t have enough money to take Snow White with them.

Snow White didn’t want her uncle and aunt to do this. So she decided to run away. The next morning she run away from home when her aunt and uncle were having breakfast, she run away into the wood.

In the wood she felt very tired and hungry. Then she saw this cottage. She knocked but no one answered so she went inside and felt asleep

Meanwhile seven dwarfs were coming home from work. They went inside. There, they found Snow White woke up. She saw the dwarfs. The dwarfs said; “What is your name?”. Snow White said; “My name is Snow White”. One of the dwarfs said; “If you wish, you may live here with us”. Snow White told the whole story about her. Then Snow white ad the seven dwarfs lived happily ever after.

Article "A/An" dan "The"

Pengertian Article

Article a/an/ the sangat penting untuk dipelajari bagi pembelajar bahasa Inggris yang berangkat dari bahasa ibu Indonesia. Kelupaan dalam mencantumkan atau kesalahan penggunaan selain secara gramatika dianggap salah, juga kadang bisa berakibat kesalahpahaman dalam memberikan makna.
Padanan kata untuk article bahasa Inggris a/ an/ the memang ada dalam bahasa Indonesia, tapi penggunaanya tidak sepenting seperti artikel a/an/the dalam bahasa Inggris. Oleh karena itu, bisa dipahami bila pembelajar bahasa Inggris dari Indonesia sering lupa mencantumkan article a/an/ the di depan kata benda atau salah dalam menggunakan article, terutama dalam penggunaan articlethe.

Article a/ an bisa dipadankan dengan kata 'se-' dalam 'sebuah/ seekor/ selembar ...dan sebagainya', tapi penggunaanya berbeda dengan bahasa Inggris a/an. Ketiadaan 'se-' umumnya tidak berakibat apa pun dalam bahasa Indonesia. Sebagai contoh, kita bisa saja mengatakan 'Ada sebuah mobil di belakang kita' atau cukup 'Ada mobil di belakang kita'. Kalau orang mau menegaskan bahwa jumlahnya dua, baru dia akan mengatakan ' Ada dua mobil di belakang kita'. Tidak demikian halnya dengan article a/ an/ thebahasa Inggris.

Article the ada yang bisa diterjemahkan menjadi 'tersebut' atau 'itu', tapi tidak selalu, karena article the digunakan dalam beberapa konteks. Ketiadaan atau kesalahan penggunaan article the sangat memungkinkan terjadinya kesalahpahaman.

Contoh:
Jack : Look! There is a girl standing near the library. She is cute, isn't she?
John: I know the girl. She is my sister's colleague.
Dalam contoh di atas, bila yang dimaksud John adalah gadis yang disebut oleh Jack yang ada di dekat perpustakaan (library), dia harus menggunakan article the. Bila John menggunakan article adan menjadi a girl, maka a girl itu bukan gadis yang disebut Jack, tapi seorang gadis lain.

Article a-an

Artikel a/ an terletak sebelum kata benda. Article a/an hanya me 'modify' (menerangkan) kata benda tunggal.
Article a/ an bisa berarti : satu ---> suatu/ sebuah/ seekor/ seorang/ …
A /an digunakan untuk :

membuat pernyataan umum (general): satu mewakili seluruhnya
Contoh:

A whale is a mammal. = Whales are mammals. (Paus adalah mamalia)
A puppy is a young dog. = Puppies are young dogs. (Puppy adalah anak anjing)
An elephant is a very large plant-eating mammal. = Elephants are very large plant-eating mammals. (Gajah adalah mamalia pemakan tumbuhan yang sangat besar)
A giraffe eats plants. = Giraffes eat plants. (Jerapah makan tanaman)
menyebut kata benda tunggal sebagai subject atau object suatu kalimat yang belum pernah disebut dalam kalimat sebelumnya.
Contoh:
I saw a boy in the street. He is wearing a white T-shirt and blue shorts. (Saya melihat seorang anak laki-laki di jalan tersebut. Dia mengenakan kemeja berwarna putih dan celana pendek berwarna biru)
A girl is standing near the cashier. The girl looks very busy with her shopping. (Seorang gadis sedang berdiri dekat dengan kasir. Gadis tersebut tampak sangat sibuk dengan belanjaannya)

Article a digunakan sebelum kata benda yang mulai dengan huruf yang berbunyi konsonan. Bunyi konsonan bahasa Imggris adalah /b/, /d/ , /f/, /g/, /h/, /k/, /l/, /m/, /n/, /p/, /r/, /s/, /t/, /v/, /w/, /j/, /z/, /ŋ/, /ð/, /θ/, /ʒ/, /ʃ/, /ʧ/, /ʤ/ /x/
Contoh: a corner, a mountain
Article an digunakan sebelum kata benda yang dimulai dengan huruf berbunyi vowel dan diphtong Bunyi vowel bahasa Inggris adalah /ɑ:/,/ʌ/, /ɔ:/, /ɒ/, /ɜ:/, /e/, /æ /, /ə/, /i:/, /i/, /ɪ/, /u:/, /ʊ/, /u/, sedangkan bunyi diphtong bahasa Inggris adalah: /aɪ/, /aʊ/, /eə/, /eɪ/, /əʊ/, /ɔɪ/, /ɪə/,/iə/, /ʊə/, /uə/, /aɪə/ , /eɪə/, /əʊə/ /ɔɪə/
Contoh: an elephant; anapple; an onion; an uncle; anumbrella
Beberapa kata benda dimulai dengan huruf konsonan tapi bunyinya vowel, jadi article yang digunakan adalah an.
Contoh: an hour (1 jam), dibaca : /ən aʊə/
Beberapa kata benda dimulai dengan huruf vowel tapi bunyinya konsonan, jadi article yang digunakan adalah a
Contoh:

a house (sebuah rumah)
a uniform (sebuah seragam)
a home (sebuah rumah tempat tinggal)
a university (sebuah universitas)
a half (setengah)
a union (sebuah uni)
Bila kata benda tersebut memiliki kata sifat atau kata benda yang berfungsi sebagai kata sifat, penggunaan article a/ an ditentukan oleh bunyi kata sifat atau kata benda yang berfungsi sebagai kata sifat tersebut.
Contoh:

an umbrella → a white umbrella
an apple → a red apple
a boy → an honest boy
a student → a university student

Article “The”

Article the digunakan untuk mengacu kata benda yang sudah sama-sama diketahui oleh si pembicara/ penulis dan si pendengar/ pembaca. Kedua pihak sudah saling mengetahui kata benda yang mana yang dimaksud/ diacu karena:
Suatu benda bisa sama-sama diketahui karena benda itu sudah disebutkan dalam kalimat sebelumnya.
Contoh:
a. There was once a woodcutter who was too poor even to feed his seven son. One day, the woodcutter got an idea.
(Terjemahan bebas: Ada seorang penebang kayu yang sangat miskin bahkan meskipun hanya untuk sekedar memberi makan ke tujuh anaknya. Suatu hari, pemburu tersebut memperoleh gagasan)
The woodcutter yang disebut dalam kalimat kedua adalah woodcutter yang sama dengan a woodcutter yang disebut dalam kalimat pertama. Andaikata kalimat kedua juga menggunakan frase benda a woodcutter, maka a woodcutter dalam kalimat kedua itu orang yang berbeda dengan a woodcutter dalam kalimat pertama.
b. One windy morning, Poppy was coming back from a market. She held a basket on one arm and an umbrella in her other hand. Suddenly, a gust of wind blew the umbrella from her hand.
(Terjemahan bebas: Di suatu pagi yang dimana angin bertiup sedikit kencang, Poppy baru saja pulang kembali dari pasar. Dia memegang sebuah keranjang di salah satu tangannya dan sebuah payung di tangannya yang lain. Tiba-tiba, tiupan angin yang kencing menerbangkan payung tersebut dari tangannya)
The umbrella yang ditiup angin dalam kalimat kedua adalah umbrella yang sama dengan an umbrella yang dipegang Poppy dalam kalimat pertama. Andaikata kalimat kedua juga menggunakan frase an umbrella, maka umbrella ini adalah umbrella yang berbeda dengan umbrella yang ada dalam kalimat pertama.
Suatu kata benda sama-sama diketahui oleh si pembicara dan pendengar karena berdasarkan pengetahuan umum, benda itu diketahui sebagai satu-satunya di suatu wilayah tertentu , jadi tidak mungkin keliru dengan benda lain. Benda tersebut merupakan satu-satunya:

di dunia
Contoh:

the earth (bumi)
the moon (bulan)
the sky (langit)
the universe ( alam semesta)
Penjelasan:
Kalau seseorang menyebut the moon semua orang sudah tahu moon mana yang dimaksud, meski belum disebut dalam kalimat sebelumnya. Orang lain tidak perlu bertanya moon mana yang dimaksud, karena memang hanya ada satu itu di bumi kita. Tapi kalau seseorang menyebut the star (bintang) orang lain perlu tahu star mana yang dimaksud si pembicara, karena ada banyak star di atas bumi ini. Star mana yang dimaksud harus sudah disebut dalam kalimat sebelumnya atau star itu ditunjuk secara langsung, dengan tangan misalnya.
Contoh:

The moon is beautiful.
The sun is shining so brightly.
di suatu negara
Contoh:

the president (Presiden)
the prime minister (Perdana Menteri)
the king / the queen (Sang Raja/ Sang Ratu)
the national anthem (lagu kebangsaan)
......etc
Contoh Kalimat:
The president is delivering his speech on television.
Queen Elizabeth II is the monarch of Great Britain.
di wilayah tertentu: provinsi, kota, kecamatan
Di wilayah propinsi:
Contoh:
What is the capital city of Central Java? (Apa nama ibukota Jawa Tengah?)
Do you know who the governor of Central Java province is? (Tahukah anda siapa gubernur Jawa Tengah)
Tomorrow the governor will come to Magelang. (Besuk Bapak Gubernur akan datang ke Magelang)
Keterangan: Penduduk provinsi Jawa Tengah bisa menyebut gubernur dengan the governor karena sesama penduduk Jawa Tengah sudah tahu siapa yang dimaksud, tidak mungkin keliru dengan orang lain, karena di Jawa Tengah hanya ada 1 gubernur.
Di wilayah kota /kabupaten/ kecamatan/desa
Bila di suatu wilayah kata benda tersebut merupakan satu-satunya , maka kata itu bisa disebut dengan article the.

the hospital (rumah sakit)
the police station (kantor polisi)
the post office (kantor pos)
Contoh: Mother is going to the hospital. (Ibu sedang pergi ke rumah sakit)
Di lingkungan tertentu: sekolah, kelas, rumah, kantor dsb.
Dalam lingkungan suatu sekolah, para penghuninya bisa menyebut apa saja yang hanya ada satu di sekolah itu dengan the.... Untuk menyebut benda yang hanya merupakan satu dari sekian banyak kita menggunakan a/ an ...
Contoh:

The headmaster is working at his desk in his room. (Kepala sekolah di sekolah itu hanya satu)
Mr Suroyo is a headmaster, and Mrs Suroyo is a nurse. (Dia hanya salah satu kepala sekolah dari banyak kepala sekolah di dunia ini)
Mr Budi is the headmaster of SMP N 1 Tegalrejo. (satu-satunya kepala sekolah di SMP itu)
Mr Heru is the teacher of SMP N 1 Tegalrejo. (Salah. Ada banyak guru di sekolah itu)
Mr Hendra is a teacher of SMP N 1 Tegalrejo. (betul)
Agung is the student of SMP N 1 Magelang. (Salah. Ada banyak siswa di sekolah itu)
Agung is a student of SMPN 1 Magelang. (betul)
Look at this photo. This photo is taken at SMP N Tegalrejo Magelang. These are the teachers , and these are the students. The man over there is the headmaster. And look! These are the gardeners.
Is your mother in the kitchen? (Kata the kitchen hanya mengacu pada dapur yang ada di rumah tersebut, dan hanya satu-satunya di rumah itu)

Suatu kata benda sama-sama diketahui oleh si pembicara dan pendengar karena berdasarkan konteks, benda yang dimaksud adalah benda yang ada dalam konteks kalimat.
Contoh:

No students knew the answers to the the teacher's questions.
(Answers yang dimaksud adalah jawaban dari pertanyaan guru tersebut)
The judge asked the witness to tell the truth.
(Hakim meminta saksi mata untuk mengatakan yang sebenarnya)
Keterangan: hakim, saksi, dan kebenaran adalah dalam satu konteks suatu persidangan.
Article the digunakan di depan kata benda yang diterangkan dengan sebuah frase/ klausa sehingga memperjelas konteks benda itulah satu-satunya yang dimaksud.
Contoh:
The chair that you are sitting in is broken. (Kursi yang sedang kamu duduki rusak)
Keterangan: Klausa that you are sitting in memperjelas kursi mana yang dimaksud. Satu-satunya kursi yang diduduki hanya satu, jadi kursi itulah yang patah.

The butter on the table is not good anymore. (Mentega yang ada di atas meja tidak baik lagi)
Keterangan: Frase on the table menegaskan mentega mana yang dimaksud )
Kecuali untuk arti tertentu, biasanya kata benda berikut ini tidak menggunakan article the di depannya:
breakfast; lunch; dinner; school; church; home; college;
Contoh:

What will we eat for breakfast ? (Apa yang akan kita makan untuk sarapan pagi?)
They had lunch in a restaurant yesterday. (Mereka makan siang di sebuah restoran kemarin)
We go to school by bus. (Kami pergi ke sekolah naik bus)
She always go to church on Sunday. (Dia selalu pergi ke gerja pada hari Minggu)
Are you going to go home now? (Apakah kamu akan pulang ke rumah sekarang?)
She will go to college this year. (Dia akan masuk perguruan tinggi tahun depan)

Article the digunakan untuk :

frase benda yang terdiri dari “ ordinal number + kata benda ”

the First World War (Perang Dunia yang pertama)
the third chapter (bab ketiga)
the second paragraph (paragraf kedua)
the first line (baris pertama)
nama ocean (samudera) ---> the Atlantic Ocean (Samudera Atlantik)

river (sungai) ---> the Elo river (sungai Elo)
sea (laut) ---> the Red Sea (Laut Merah)
gulf (teluk) ---> the Persian Gulf (teluk Persi)
plura lakes (danau ) ---> the Great Lakes
nama mountains (pegunungan):
the Rocky Mountains

the Andes
the Alpens
nama university (universitas)

the University of Florida = Florida University
the University of Gajah Mada = Gajah Mada University
nama negara tertentu

the United States (Amerika Serikat)
the South African Republic (Republik Afrika Selatan)
the Netherlands (Negara Belanda)
the Philippines (Filipina)
nama dokumen/ bangunan bersejarah

the magna Charta
the Statue of Liberty
nama ethnic group

the Indians
the Aztecs
the Chinese

Article “the” tidak digunakan untuk:

nama singular lake (danau)

Lake Toba (Danau Toba)
Lake Samosir (Danau Samosir)
nama mount (gunung)

Mount Everest
Mount Merapi
frase benda yang terdiri dari “ kata benda + cardinal number ”

World War One = the First World War
chapter four = the fourth chapter
paragraph three = the third paragraph
line one = the first line
nama planet, nama negara yang terdiri dari satu kata, nama benua, nama kota/kecamatan/ desa

Mars
Indonesia
China
Europe (Eropa)
South America (Amerika Selatan)
Magelang (nama sebuah kota di Jawa Tengah)
Kramat (nama sebuah desa di kota Magelang)
nama olahraga, mata pelajaran, liburan
Contoh:

He likes basketball. (Dia suka basket)
Can you play violin? (Dapatkah kau bermain biola?)
He is good at mathematics. (Dia pintar dalam matematika)

Courtessy to: Nur Meiyati