Last Class :(

1 March 2012

Ermmmm...Last class for BEL260?? I can’t belived this is the last class for our BEL260.. I feel like it just yesterday I enter to semester 2..What I feel?? Sad? or happy? Of course I feel sad to leave the moment with our lecturer, Miss Zuraidah which is the most energetic and fun lecturer that I never met eventhough sometimes we were scold by her but the ways she taught us make me felt happy to learn.. I will miss you!!!

For the last class......

Miss Zu brought some food for us by using the money given by the late comers. BUT, before we enjoy eating the food, Miss Zu returned our pop quiz paper back for the essay writing. Our group got 14 marks for this paper. I’m not satisfied with this essay as I think 14 marks is not enough for us but don’t worry I will try my best for our final exam that will coming soon.

Yummy!!!!

Okayy.....time to eat!! Thanks to Miss Zu for brought us a lot of food and also the late comers that never stop giving a money to Miss Zu for our food today..hehe.. Without their money we can’t have the food. 

Conclusion???

BEL260..I can just only said “ OWESOME” for this subject. I think this is the best subject with the owesome lecturer..;-)

I think Miss Zu have did a good job.. She never give up taught us even she have to repeat for many time.. I proud with her effort in the ways to help us to achieved a good result for BEL260.. I think my english now have much improvement than before. I wanna to thanks to Miss Zu for helping me in this subject by giving an important information and a new knowledge to me.BEL260 is the most fun class as Miss Zu always did an activity that will involve all of us and through this activity we can know a new talent inside each of us. I think with this kind of activity, it may easier for us to remember what we learn. About the notes, I think it is more than enough for me and I will use it until the end of my Diploma...

Lastly, good luck everyone for FINAL EXAM..

Purpose and Tone

29 February 2012

Another important parts in reading comprehension is purpose and tone...

Purpose : the reason for doing something, the use or function of an object and determination..

           Some of  purpose... 

                   Ø  Entertain

   Ø  Persuade

   Ø  Instruct

   Ø  Describe

Tone (also sometimes called voice) is the feeling or attitude that comes through in an author's words.

Types of tone

Evasive	Incredulous	Indignant	Optimistic
Compassionate	Mocking	Malicious	Bitter
Criticizing	Pessimistic	Cynical	Sarcastic

More Information :
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_are_example_of_tones_of_essay#ixzz1nyBDyYYT
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090301123037AAamfOl

Passive Voice and Pop Quiz

28 February 2012
Helloooo...this is the last week for our semester 2 before we go to final exam and also the last week for me to update my BEL260 blog...Time is running so fast. Miss Zu have inform to us that she want to do a pop quiz on essay writing. Before we take for a quiz, we learn about passive voice which is one of grammar part that is presented by Megat, Nina, Nabila and Suhaili.

Use of Passive

Passive voice is used when the focus is on the action. It is not important or not known, however, who or what is performing the action.

Example: My bike was stolen.

In the example above, the focus is on the fact that my bike was stolen. I do not know, however, who did it.

Sometimes a statement in passive is more polite than active voice, as the following example shows:

Example: A mistake was made.

In this case, I focus on the fact that a mistake was made, but I do not blame anyone (e.g. You have made a mistake.).

Form of Passive

Subject + finite form of to be + Past Participle

Example: A letter was written.

When rewriting active sentences in passive voice, note the following:

§  the object of the active sentence becomes the subject of the passive sentence

§  the finite form of the verb is changed (to be + past participle)

§  the subject of the active sentence becomes the object of the passive sentence (or is dropped)

Examples of Passive 

Tense		Subject	Verb	Object
Simple Present	Active:	Rita	writes	a letter.
	Passive:	A letter	is written	by Rita.
Simple Past	Active:	Rita	wrote	a letter.
	Passive:	A letter	was written	by Rita.
Present Perfect	Active:	Rita	has written	a letter.
	Passive:	A letter	has been written	by Rita.
Future I	Active:	Rita	will write	a letter.
	Passive:	A letter	will be written	by Rita.
Hilfsverben	Active:	Rita	can write	a letter.
	Passive:	A letter	can be written	by Rita.

Examples of Passive 

Tense		Subject	Verb	Object
Present Progressive	Active:	Rita	is writing	a letter.
	Passive:	A letter	is being written	by Rita.
Past Progressive	Active:	Rita	was writing	a letter.
	Passive:	A letter	was being written	by Rita.
Past Perfect	Active:	Rita	had written	a letter.
	Passive:	A letter	had been written	by Rita.
Future II	Active:	Rita	will have written	a letter.
	Passive:	A letter	will have been written	by Rita.
Conditional I	Active:	Rita	would write	a letter.
	Passive:	A letter	would be written	by Rita.
Conditional II	Active:	Rita	would have written	a letter.
	Passive:	A letter	would have been written	by Rita.

After we done with the presentation, we start our pop quiz on essay writing. We need to do the quiz in the group. 2 group with 5 members and another 4 group with 4 members. My group members are Suhaila, Atiqah, Jihan and Syahirah. Everyone will took their turn after one person have finish writing in 15 minutes. For introduction, Suhaila uses a current event as a hook. It’s continued with the contains which were written by Atiqah for the first point, Jihan for the second point and lastly myself for the third point and the essay was finished by Syahirah with a conclusion.

More Information:  http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/passive.htm
http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verbs-voice_passive.htm
http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/active-voice-versus-passive-voice.aspx