CHAPTER 1

Talking About Self

      Hello This is English night program.Yudi introduces his family to Mr.Johan, his english teacher.This is their initial meeting.What would Yudi probably say? How would Mr. Tantowi, Yudi's father , greet Mr.Johan? How would Mr.Johan respond? You will learn how to ask for and provide information about a person's indentity, learn about famili members, subjective, objective and possesive prounouns. Please read the explanations thoroughly and remember the expressions and materials you have learned.

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A. Supporting Features

    a. Short functional texts

           

1.E-mail and Letters

     An E-mail is occasionally shorter than a letter and more practical. For example, in a letter there should be  the address of the letters sender ( on the top right ), but in an e-mail, we only need the mention the recipient's e-mail address. Besides, we don't need to mention the  date in an e-mail, becaue it's automatically programmed. Additionally, a letter takes a few days to reach the recipient, while an e-mail is immediately received by the recipient.

      There are similarities between e-mails and letter. In composing either, we use :

~Salutation, such as : Dear Fitria, Dear Madam, Dear Sir, Dear Uncle Guntur,

~The body of an e-mail/ a letter,

~Signature/closing, such as : Kind regards, Best regards, Love, Lots of love, Yours sincerely, Yours    faithfully.

     b.Grammar

2.Possesive pronouns

      Pay attention to the words in bold in the sentences '' I know, yours are much better than ours.''

The words in a bold are possesive pronouns.

The following are possesive pronouns and the examples.

Subject pronoun	Possesive Pronoun	Example
i	Mine	This is not my book, Mine has a hard cover.
You	Yours	Is the dictionary yours?
He	His	Beno likes keeping pets. The cute little cat is his.
She	Hers	Ira has many dools. The long haired ine is also hers.
We	Ours	This big, clean and green school is ours.
they	theirs	The children always keep theirs on the shelves.

Practice make perfect.