Contoh Soal Review , Key Points in Capturing Others’ Attention
Contoh Soal Review , Key Points in Capturing Others’ Attention - In the term, you will review the lessons you have learned in previous topics in capturing other’s attention.
Capturing Other’s Attention
In this term you will review the lessons and practice a lot about using expression of attention, necessity, and expectation in written dialogues, composing the expressions based on its context or situation with appropriate grammatical features and building vocabulary to understand reading comprehension in written dialog.
Attention is an expression to make someone notice you or watch, listen to, or think about something or someone carefully or with interest. This expression can be related to other expressions such as necessity and expectation based on its context.Necessity is an expression which means that if you really need to do something, you will think of a way of doing it while the expectation is an expression when you expect good things to happen in the future. It has a positive intention.
Now, let’s practice more about using those expressions in different context.
Reading
Read the following dialogs to get the main idea of the dialog and its information details in stating attention, necessity, and expectation.
Kent : Hey, look! This book tells that a lot of schools in the UK are not teaching grammar nowadays.
Brian : Really?
Kent : Yes. It is almost same with in Indonesia.
Brian : I don’t think so. Some teachers keep teaching grammar, especially the old teachers. That’s fact.
Kent : Yeah… but my aunt ever told me that in the curriculum the materials not focus on grammatical features but genre of texts
Brian : Really?
Kent : Yes. It is almost same with in Indonesia.
Brian : I don’t think so. Some teachers keep teaching grammar, especially the old teachers. That’s fact.
Kent : Yeah… but my aunt ever told me that in the curriculum the materials not focus on grammatical features but genre of texts
Based on the conversation, the speakers are talking about the curriculum which is different with in the UK. In this context, Kent says “Hey, look!” to get Brian’s attention. Then, Brian gives response by saying “Really?”. This situation shows an attention. Now, let see another dialog to integrate between expression of necessity and expectation in the same context.
Tata : Halo, Tata’s speaking. Who’s this?
Okky : Hi, Tata. This is Okky. Do you mind if I borrow your Math book?
Tata : No, I don’t mind.
Okky : Thank you. I miss the class for a week because of dengue fever.
Tata : Ah, I’m sorry to hear that. How do you feel now?
Okky : I feel better now, but the doctor told me that I must see the doctor tomorrow
for checking up again.
Tata : I hope you will get well soon and back to school.
Okky : I hope so.
Okky : Hi, Tata. This is Okky. Do you mind if I borrow your Math book?
Tata : No, I don’t mind.
Okky : Thank you. I miss the class for a week because of dengue fever.
Tata : Ah, I’m sorry to hear that. How do you feel now?
Okky : I feel better now, but the doctor told me that I must see the doctor tomorrow
for checking up again.
Tata : I hope you will get well soon and back to school.
Okky : I hope so.
The conversation above is using expression necessity and expectation. Now, try to answer the following questions based on the conversation above.
- What does happen to Okky?
- The underlined words mean ….
- What is Tata’s expectation based on the conversation?
Question number one is asking about main idea of the conversation. To find the main idea you can read the first or second sentence of the conversation. Based on the conversation, Okky wants to borrow Math book because he missed the class. Then, the next question is asking about the meaning of underlined words. The underlined words mean that it is necessary to see the doctor to see his health is going better or not. And then, the last question is asking about Tata’s expectation. You can see that Tata hope Okky will get well soon so he won’t miss the class anymore.
Listening
In this part, you will hear a conversation between man and woman then answer the following questions:
- What are they talking about?
- What happen to the man?
Based on the audio, they are talking about the man who lost his phone. He tries to borrow the woman’s phone to call his mom.
Here is the transcript of the conversation:
Man : Can I borrow your phone?
Woman : Sure. But where is your phone?
Man : I lost it when I was shopping.
Woman : Oh, I’m sorry to hear that.
Man : Yeah… I have to call my mom.
Man : Can I borrow your phone?
Woman : Sure. But where is your phone?
Man : I lost it when I was shopping.
Woman : Oh, I’m sorry to hear that.
Man : Yeah… I have to call my mom.
S1
The sentence that expresses attention is ....
S2
“I heard that Tria's flight to Singapore was canceled because of bad weather.”
The response that is suitable to the statement above is ....
S3
The following are expressions of necessity, except ….
S4
“I heard that the weather is very bad. .... ”
The sentence that is suitable to complete the above statement is ....
S5
Adrian is watching drama series all day long; he ... be working on his assignment.
The best word to complete the sentence is ....
S6
She has a problem with his motorbike. She need check it to the mechanic soon or she can’t deliver the flowers.
The statement above means ….
S7
Read the conversation below to answer questions number 7 and 8.
Firda : Hey, look at that man.
Akbar : Which one?
Firda : The man who is wearing hat and sunglasses. I think he’s stealing things.
Akbar : Really? Is he stealing anything right now?
Firda : No, he isn’t. I saw him when he picked two t-shirts up and tried them in fitting room. Then he came out with a t-shirt in his hand. I think he put
another in his bag.
Akbar : We have to tell the security. In addition this store must have CCTV.
Akbar : Which one?
Firda : The man who is wearing hat and sunglasses. I think he’s stealing things.
Akbar : Really? Is he stealing anything right now?
Firda : No, he isn’t. I saw him when he picked two t-shirts up and tried them in fitting room. Then he came out with a t-shirt in his hand. I think he put
another in his bag.
Akbar : We have to tell the security. In addition this store must have CCTV.
The main idea of the conversation above is ....
S8
Read the conversation below to answer questions number 7 and 8.
Firda : Hey, look at that man.
Akbar : Which one?
Firda : The man who is wearing hat and sunglasses. I think he’s stealing things.
Akbar : Really? Is he stealing anything right now?
Firda : No, he isn’t. I saw him when he picked two t-shirts up and tried them in fitting room. Then he came out with a t-shirt in his hand. I think he put
another in his bag.
Akbar : We have to tell the security. In addition this store must have CCTV.
Akbar : Which one?
Firda : The man who is wearing hat and sunglasses. I think he’s stealing things.
Akbar : Really? Is he stealing anything right now?
Firda : No, he isn’t. I saw him when he picked two t-shirts up and tried them in fitting room. Then he came out with a t-shirt in his hand. I think he put
another in his bag.
Akbar : We have to tell the security. In addition this store must have CCTV.
The underlined words mean ….
S9
Listen to the audio to answer questions number 9 and 10.
They are talking about ....
S10
Listen to the audio to answer questions number 9 and 10.
The woman’s expectation is ....