Contoh Soal Identify how a speaker links ideas
Contoh Soal Identify how a speaker links ideas - In this lesson, we will focus our attention on how ideas are linked by a person who writes English and a person who speaks the English language.
Linking ideas is done by using linking words. The best-known linking word is "and," but there are many other linking words which are used in different times and for different reasons. Here are some of them:
Linking ideas is done by using linking words. The best-known linking word is "and," but there are many other linking words which are used in different times and for different reasons. Here are some of them:
- When, as, while, after, as soon as, immediately after, before, until, since, from the time, earlier than.
You will notice that these linking words refer to time, e.g." The level of the water in the river began to rise as soon as the monsoon rains started."
- If, unless and in case.
These linking words are conditional, which means that one part of the idea in the sentence must happen before the other part happens, e.g. "I will not eat anything unless she eats something s well."
- But, although, in spite of, in spite of the fact that.
SOAL 1
India is located between the moving air masses of the Asian landmass and the warm waters of the Indian Ocean.
What is the linking word that the writer uses to link the ideas in the sentence?
What is the linking word that the writer uses to link the ideas in the sentence?
SOAL 2
India and the countries of Southeast Asia are separated by the Indian Ocean.
What linking word does the writer uses to join the ideas in the sentence?
What linking word does the writer uses to join the ideas in the sentence?
SOAL 3
Kumar heard the news on the radio when he was driving home from work.
What linking word does the writer use to link the two ideas in the sentence?
What linking word does the writer use to link the two ideas in the sentence?
SOAL 4
The water levels in the rivers began to rise as soon as the first monsoon rains arrived.
Read the above excerpt and identify the linking word that the writer uses to join his ideas.
Read the above excerpt and identify the linking word that the writer uses to join his ideas.
SOAL 5
"As soon as Jane had left the office, it started to rain heavily and she nearly slipped on the sidewalk."
After reading the excerpt above, identify the words used by the speaker to join the ideas in the sentence.
SOAL 6
"The police squad was slowly closing in on their target when all of a sudden a shout came from inside the house and everyone in it panicked as soon as they heard it."
Read the excerpt and identify the linking words the speaker uses to join the ideas in the sentence.
Read the excerpt and identify the linking words the speaker uses to join the ideas in the sentence.
SOAL 7
"The ceremony should be held in the monk's monastery if they can't find another venue, unless of course, the monks will not allow it and just in case that happens, there is always the large, empty area behind my house ."
After reading the excerpt, identify the linking words that the speaker uses to link his/her ideas.
After reading the excerpt, identify the linking words that the speaker uses to link his/her ideas.
SOAL 8
"I'll have to be careful with my spending because I only have enough money to spend. I am planning to stay out in the forest until December when I will come back again to start my teaching job. I am very excited to be going on this trip although I'll be very sad to leave the town, but what about yourself? What are you going to do this summer?"
Read the excerpt carefully and identify the words the speaker uses to join the ideas in each sentence.
Read the excerpt carefully and identify the words the speaker uses to join the ideas in each sentence.
SOAL 9
"What are you going to do after you finish college, Justin? "Susan and I are going to America as soon as the term is over." "We intend to travel around the country and we may travel up to Canada to see some of Susan's friends. We've been planning for this trip and we have thought about nothing else since we bought our plane tickets."
Read the excerpt carefully and identify the words the speaker uses to join the ideas in each sentence.
SOAL 10
"That sounds fantastic," said Anthony, but how are you traveling around the U.S.?" "By bus from Highway Tours," said Jason. "I know it takes much longer than flying, but it will be much more exciting. We will fly to LA as soon as we arrive in the U.S. and from there, because we have a lot of luggage, we will take a bus all the way to New York. We are going to buy special tickets in order to be able to go anywhere we want to along the way.
Read the excerpt carefully and identify the words the speaker uses to join the ideas in each sentence.