SMP INSTITUT INDONESIA

ENGLISH

By Imam Suprapto, S.Pd.

Good Morning……..!!

H o w a r e y o u d o i n g ?I h o p e a l l o f y o u a r e f i

n e.

Imagine!

•What will you say if………..You suddenly see ….

Your friend gets 100 in an English test?

May be you will automatically say………………..

• Fantastic!• Wow, that’s amazing!• Hey, that’s really terrific!• This is terrific!• This is fantastic!• It’s wonderful!• That’s awesome!

Or… may be… you will say:• What a fantastic mark, it is!• What an amazing mark, she has!• How terrific, it is!• How terrific!• What a clever student!• How clever, she is!• How awesome!

Let’s study that expression…All of those expression are expressing…..

WE WILL STUDY ABOUT

How to express

AN AMAZEMENT

There are 2 kinds of amazement

1.General expression 2.Specific expression

1. For examples:Imagine if PSIS can defeats MU 3-0.

May be, you will say….

•

• Fantastic!• Wow, that’s amazing!• Hey, that’s really terrific!• This is terrific!• This is fantastic!• It’s wonderful!

We can call them

• The General Expression of amazement

They are easy to say, aren’t they?

Just remember them, and you can express your amazement by using those sentences

Isn’t it easy?

If you say…..

What a fantastic game, it is!What an amazing moment, it is!How terrific, it is!How fantastic!

You can call them …the Specific expression of amazement

• Why do we call it specific?• Because there are some rules you must

obey to make this kind of expression

Let’s see the other examples.

When you suddenly see Agnes Monica in front of you……., You can say….

1. What a beautiful girl, Agnes Monica is!

2. What a beautiful girl!3. How beautiful, she is!4. How beautiful!

Rule No.1

• What a beautiful girl,• WHAT+ Noun Phrase

Noun Phrase =a/an+adjective+Countable Noun

Noun Phrase = adjective+ Noun + s

Noun Phrase = adjective+Uncountable Noun

What a beautiful girl,

• What + a beautiful girl• What + noun phrase

Noun phrase=a beautiful girl

A+ beautiful+ girl = a + adjective + noun

Rule No.2

• What a beautiful girl, Agnes Monica is!

Agnes Monica is! = S + P

Agnes Monica is! = it is optionalso

You may say …..What a beautiful girl!

Rule No.3 - HOW

How beautiful, Agnes Monica is!• How + Adjective+ , + S+P

Noun Phrase=a/an + adjective + Countable Noun

Noun Phrase = adjective+ CN+ s

Noun Phrase = adjective+Uncountable Noun

Rule No.4 More than one object

• What clever students, they are!• What clever students!• How clever, they are!• How clever!

DON’T USE ‘a’ after ‘what’

For uncountable noun

• Pay attention to the Subject of the sentence………

DON’T USE ‘a’ after ‘what’

For examples…. Uncountable noun

1. What delicious meat, it is!2. What delicious meat!3. How delicious, it is!4. How delicious!

Now you understand…

• How to express your amazement…..

Write amazement expression by using what and how!

1. Rio buys a new Sony Ericson cell phone which is very expensive.

2. Leo drives the car very fast.3. Linda has a long black straight

shiny hair.4. The coffee tastes so strong.5. The mountainous air so fresh.

Rio buys a new Sony Ericson cell phone which is very expensive.

What an expensive handphone, it is!

How expensive, it is!

Linda has a long black straight shiny hair.!

What a long hair, it is!What a beautiful hair, it is!

How beautiful, she is!How beautiful, it is!

Leo drives the car very fast.

What a brave boy, Leo is!

How brave, he is!

The coffee tastes so strong.

1. How strong, it is !2. How strong!3. How bitter, it is4. What bitter coffee, it is!

The mountainous air so fresh.

1. How fresh, it is!2. What a comfortable place!3. Etc.

This is the end of our meeting• And next meeting we will have a test• So…Prepare yourself…..

See You and…• GOOD BYE

THANK YOU