VOCABULARY EXERCISE page 9

Complete the following sentences using the words in the box. Remember to use the correct
forms of verbs.

E-pal - sound
Half sister - (be) into
Mother tongue -attend
slip back - magnificent
Run

1. Saidah has many favorite writers and books. She frequently saves her pocket money to
buy best seller books. She is really into reading.
2. In the next letter to caroline, Alia wrote : ‘ I like scuba diving. So if some day you visit
Indonesia, I will take you go scuba diving in Bunaken National Marine Park. The place is
amazingly beautiful. Doesn’t that sounds cool?
3. Hannnah and her brothers learn how to manage their store every day. Later they want
to Run their own business.
4. In her latter, alia often introduces the beauty of Indonesia to her E-pal. In her emails,she
describe many magnificentcultural events and amazing nature that can only be found in
Indonesia.
5. Alia in her letter wrote that her Mother Tongue is Batakese, but she can also speak
other languages,like Madurese,Indonesian, and English.
6. Unlike saidah who is into books, Hannah are more into animals. She has 3 dogs that
need a lot of attention.
7. Alia, Hannah and saidah become good friends. They hope that someday can Attend a
traditional or modern music concert together.
8. Hannah told Alia that she was very happy when she got a Half Sister, a baby girl from
her mother’s second marriage.
9. Alia has many E-pals, those with mom makes friends by writing them email. They live in
other countries, so she never meets them.
10. Alia like to try to speak in English with her classmates,but just like Saidah she also
sometimes slip back into Indonesian.
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COMPRESHENSION QUESTION 1
Answer the following question briefly.
1. How does Hannah contact Alia? Is there anybody introducing Hannah to Alia?
= by email. Yes, there
2. Does Hannah want to be Alia’s friend?
= Yes, she does
3. Where does Hannah study?
= Thomas Edision High School, in Minneapolis,USA
4. Tell me about hannah’s family!
= she has 2 brothers and 2 half sister. Her father died a few new years ago and her
mother was responsible for the house and the family business, her father was a
barista
5. What are hannnah hobbies?
= she like listening to classical and folk music,and playing tenis and basket ball
6. Does she like animals? What animals does she have?
= yes she does. Three dogs
7. What profession would she like to have after graduating from her school?
= An outdoor guide
8. Have you ever written an email to a pen pal? When?
= the answer depends on students own context

COMPRESHENSION QUESTION 2
Answer the following question briefly.
1. Does saidah want to be Alia’s friend?
= yes,she want
2. Where is she from?
= she from just outside the city buy she family live in kuala lumpur
3. Where is saidah study?
= she study in Boarding School, Malaysia
4. Tell me about saidah’s family!
= she have eldest sister in medical doctor
5. What are saidah’s hobbies?
= she like history very much, music and songs, and she like reading novels
6. Does she save favorite singers? (if yes,who are they?)
= yes, she there is one direction, and singer malay is siti nurhaliza
7. Does she like reading book? When authors does she like?
 = yes,there is writer English JK rowling, writer Indonesian andrea hirata and ahmad
fuadi
8. What profession would she like to have later?
= to be writer of science fiction books
9. Is the interested in visiting Indonesia? How does she know Indonesia?
= yes, pen pals
10. Have you ever written a letter to get a pen pal?
= never
Task 1 page 10

Part of the letter/email Purpose Details

Opening The start the

communication

Task 2 page 10

Identify the structure of the organization of the letter.

a. What details can you find in the opening?

= The details that I can get from the opening is that Saidah really happy
to become on of Alia’s pen pal.
b. What’s the purpose of telling the contents?
= To tell Alia about Saidah’s personality
c. What details can you find in the contents?
= The details that Saidah favorite subject, Saidah hobbies and Saidah
really like reading book and novel
d. What’s the purpose of writing the closing?
= To tell Alia that she wanted to visit her country and be grateful
e. What details can you find in the closing?
= Saidah really wanted to visit the magnificent Raja Ampat and she hpe
that Alia wanted to visit Malaysia to someday
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EXERCISES
a. Subjective Pronouns:
1. I (me/i) come to Yogyakarta every month.
2. He ( his/he) spends te weekend playing guitar.
3. They ( they/them) told me that they sent e mail to each other every day.
4. We (we/ours) plan to visit Thailand next year.
5. We ( we/it) can climb bromo mountain together on July.

b. Objective Pronouns:
1. I am going to introduce her (she/her) to one of my pen pals in Malaysia.
2. Lolita told me (we/me) that se wanted to send a birthday gift to hear
pen pal in papua.
3. My friends and I have regular meetings with pen pal seeker group. You
can join it (it/its) anytime.
4. He told me that he had many e-pals but he is no longer keep in touch
with them (theirs/them).
5. It is obvious that mariana desperately wants to visit Malang very
soon. She talked about it (them/it) frequently these days.

c. Possessive Adjectives:
1. I am going to wash my hand. (my/me)
2. Do you like your pen pals? (you/your)
3. His hobby is reading the biography of famous people. (he/his)
4. She is sixteen and her school is in Minneapolis (her/she)
5. They run their family business themselves because their father died
last year. (they/their)

d. Possessive Pronouns:
1. He is very diligent and loves reading. He always brings book in his
(he/his) bag.
 2. My (mine/my) little brother studies in a state vocational school in my
region
3. Alice told her pen pal that she admired JK. Rowling and collected her
(her/his) novels..
4. My pen pals have the same interest with me, which is about writing. We
sometimes send their (their/our) piece of writings and I often give
comments on theirs (it/theirs).
5. He told me about his family and I told mine (my/mine) too.

e. Mixed
1. Sofia told me (i/me) that you would like to have more pen pals from
Netherlands.
2. I have several pen pals from UK. I write to them (they/them) via email
every week.
3. Alia often tells Hannah about her rehearsal. Hers (she/hers) join a choir
club in her school.
4. As for hobbies,we are really into sport and music. So, we can share our
(my/our) experience about football players amd songs.
5. My friends and I often spen long holiday in our hometowns. We
(they/we) keep in touch via e-mail and whatssapp.
6. The cat licks its (its/it) fur many times, and it seems to enjoy doing it
(its/it).
7. Hanah said “this is my favorite book and I want to give it to you
(yours/you). Now it’s yours (yours/you).
8. Alia was sobbing when her (she/her) read this line in the novel she
(she/her) got from Saidah: “they know the land is not theirs
(they/theirs) anymore. The landlord told they (they/them) to leave the
land. The two brothers said to themselves.” We will work very hard to
collect money. Someday we (we/us) will return to buy his land, and it
(its/it) will become our (our/ours) forever.
9. The teachers tell we (we/us) to make friends with students from English
speaking countries so that us (we/us) can improve our English.
10. Alia’s brother wanted to have pen pals too. Alia introduced his
(he,him,his) to hannah’s and saidah’s brothers. Now they have become
 good friends. Sometimes alia writes about them (theirs/them) in her
(hers/her) letter to Hannah and Saidah.

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REFLECTION
At the end of this chapter, ask yourself the following questions to identify how
learning process is.

1. Can you write a letter?

= yes, I can

2. Do you know how to describe yourself? Or an email?

= yes, I know

3. Can you write to talk about yourself?

= yes, I can