007_11 Jan 2008.doc

SMPN 2 TANGERANG
ENGLISH CLUB (ver. 7.22.1 dat 110108)
Grade 7 Name: …………………………………..
Origin Class: …………………..
Class: …………………..

Read this passage aloud:
Soewignyo
My aunt, Titik have just moved to a house in Kratonan Street. Yesterday a beggar knocked at her door. He asked her for a meal and a glass of coffee. In return for this, the beggar stood on his head and sang songs. She gave him a meal. He ate the food and drank the coffee. Then he put a piece of cheese in his pocket and started to sing a song, while he stood on his head. When he had finished, he went away.
She was amazed, this is the first time she met a beggar asking for meal and coffee rather than money, and most of that, he stood on his head and sang a song to say thanks.
Later a neighbor told her about him. Everybody knows him. His name is Soewignyo. He calls at every house in the street once a month and always asks for a meal and a cup of coffee.
Answer these questions in complete sentence!
1. Has aunt Titik just moved to a house in Kratonan or not?
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2. Who knocked at his door yesterday?
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3. Did he sing songs or did he tell a story?
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4. What did she give him in return for this?
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5. What’s the beggar’s name?
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A and Some
we can say:
a pen some pens
a glass of milk some milk
an ounce of sugar some sugar
a bar of soap some soap
Read these sentences carefully:
Yesterday I bought a book. Books are not very expensive.
I have just drunk a glass of milk. Milk is very refreshing.
Mr. Albert bought a bag of sugar and some tea.
He always buys sugar and tea at the grocer’s.

A and The
Read this paragraph. Pay attention to the words a and the.
A man is walking towards me. The man is carrying a parcel. The parcel is full of meat. The man has just bought some meat. A cat is following the man. The cat is looking at the parcel.
Read the passage of “Soewignyo” again. Put a line under the words a and the!

Names
We cannot put a or the in front of names.
Budi lives in England. He has a house in London. His house is in Duke street. Last year he went to Madrid. Budi likes Spain very much. He goes there every summer.

Exercises
Write these words again. Put in a or some in front of each one.
Word A Some
Meat
Desk
Tobacco
Comb
Cigarette
a glass of coffee
Orange
A bottle of ink
A bag of tea
Marker

Write sentences using a, the or some with the following:
1. found/ coin/ garden
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2. put/ sugar/ my tea
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3. bought/ newspaper
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4. made/ coffee
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5. like/ pictures in this room.
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Special difficulties
Some verbs change in meaning when you put short words after them. Read these sentences. The verbs are in italics. Do you know what these verbs mean?
1. I put your book on the shelf.
I put on my hat and left the house.
2. Who took my umbrella?
It was very hot, so I took off my jacket.
3. Come and look at my photograph album
Will you look after the children for me, please?

Let’s read these sentences. Each contains the verb knock. The verb has a different meaning in each sentence:
• A beggar knocked at my door.
• I knocked the vase off the table and broke it.
• He always knocks off at six o’ clock. (He finishes his work).
• The shop-assistant knocked 10% off the bill. (He reduced the price).
• A cat knocked the boy over. (It hit him and made him fall).
• In the fight, the thief knocked out the policeman. (The policeman was unconscious for three minutes).

Exercise
A. Put in the right words:
1. He did know how to fight, but he knocked ……….. the boxer.
2. This flower-pot is broken. Who knocked it ………..?
3. I knocked ……….. early yesterday and went to a football match.

B. Rewrite the following sentences using the correct form of the verb knock in place of the words in italics:
1. The old lady hit the thief over the head with an umbrella and now he is unconscious.
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2. At what time do you finish work every day?
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