EXPRESSING AND RESPONDING TO INVITATION

EXPRESSING AND RESPONDING TO INVITATION

Eksperesi “Giving invitation” yaitu ekspresi yang biasa digunakan dalam bahasa Inggris ketika kita ingin mengajak/ kalimat-kalimat ajakan.

Sedangkan “Responding to Invitation” adalah untuk merespon sebuah ajakan atau undangan.

Giving invitation is an expression that is disclosed when there is someone who wants to ask other persons to come to a place or when there is someone who asks others to do something for him/her. (Memberikan undangan adalah ekspresi yang diungkapkan ketika ada seseorang yang ingin meminta orang lain untuk datang ke suatu tempat atau ketika ada seseorang yang meminta orang lain untuk melakukan sesuatu untuk dia / dirinya)

Berikut example dari Giving and Respnding to Invitation :

1.        Words and expressions used in giving an invitation.
- Would you like a dance with me?
- Do you want eating out with me?
- Would you come to my place for dinner tonight, please?
- Would you mind coming over on Saturday night?

2.        Words and expressions used in responding and invitation.

a.  Accepting an invitation (menerima ajakan)
- with pleaseure
-I’d love to very much
-Thanks for your invitation
-Yes, it would be nice
-Yes, it would be very kind of you
-etc

b.  Refusing an invitation (menolak ajakan)
-I’m sorry I can’t. I have another boy friend
- Thanks but I’m affraid I can’t
-Oh, I’d love to but I have to work.
-etc

Expressions of Giving and Responding Invitation

Giving Invitation	Responding Invitation
	Receiving	Refusing
Would you like to.....? e.q.: Would you like to come to my party?	I’d like to	I’d love to but.... e.q.: I’d love to but I have a lot of homework.
Would you mind joining us to.....? e.q. : Would you mind joining us to go to Bali?	I would. Thank you.	I wish I could but.... e.q. : I wish I could but I have to see the            doctor.
Shall we...? e.q. : Shall we go to the cinema together?	That would be nice	Thank you for asking me, but.... e.q.: Thank you for asking me, but I don’t have enough money.
What about.... ? e.q. :What about having dinner in Shangrilla Hotel?	Wondeful/ Great	I’m sorry but I think I can’t.
Why don’t we..? e.q. ; Why don’t we go to the zoo?	All right	Sorry, I can’t. But thanks anyway.

(Source: http://inilahblogsaya.wordpress.com/2011/04/09/materi-fact-and-figures-giving-invitation/)

Example Dialogue :

Arif  : Hi, Tika.

Tika  : Hi, Arif. What’s up friend?

Arif  : Hmmm, are you doing anything for next week?

Tika  : Nothing. Why?

Arif  : Hmm, like you know, next week we will have summer vacation to

Bali and I think that I need you to be my date. Would you mind to come along with me?

Tika  : Really? I’d love it so much.

Arif  : Well, I will pick you at 7 a.m next week at school.

Tika  : OK. Thanks Arif.

Arif  : You’re welcome. Bye Tika and see you next week.

Tika  : See you, too. Bye-bye.

(Source: http://inilahblogsaya.wordpress.com/2011/04/09/materi-fact-and-figures-giving-invitation/)

Expressions of giving invitation

• Would you mind to come along with me?

Expressions of responding invitation

• Receiving
• Really? I’d love it so much.

USED TO

USED TO

Used to yang kita gunakan disini bukanlah bentuk kata kerja 2 dari Use, melainkan satu kesatuan kata yang berarti “biasanya”.

Dalam Bahasa Inggris penggunaan kata tersebut banyak menghiasi percakapan. “Used to do” berbeda dengan “to be used to doing” dan “to get used to doing”

•          USED TO DO

Kita memakai “used to” untuk sesuatu yang terjadi secara regular di masa yang lampau namun kejadiannya tidak lama atau bisa juga disebut dengan kebiasaan dulu yang sudah tidak lagi dilakukan.

Rumus : Used to + V₁

Example :

-       I used to smoke a packet a day but I stopped two years ago (saya biasanya merokok sebungkus sehari tetapi saya sudah berhenti dua tahun tang lalu)

-       Tom used to greet us but when he became a boss, he has never done it anymore (Tom biasanya menyapa kami tetapi ketika dia menjadi seorang bos, dia tidak pernah menyapa kami lagi)

-       I used to drive to work (dulu saya biasanya naik mobil ke tempat kerja)

-       I used to play dolls, but I don’t play them anymore (saya biasanya bermain boneka, tetapi saya tidak meminkannya lagi sekarang)

•          TO BE USED TO DOING

Kita menggunakan “be used to” untuk menjelaskan situasi atau kejadian yang biasa atau kebiasaan yang masih dilakukan sampa sekarang.

Rumus : Be Used to + V_ing

 

Example :

-       I am used to studying English by myself (saya sudah terbiasa belajar bahasa inggris sendiri)

-       He is used to writing with his left hand (dia sudah  terbiasa menulis dengan tangan kirinya)

-       We have been used to living in this extreme weather (kami sudah terbiasa hiudp dalam cuaca ekstrim seperti ini)

-       I am used to getting up (saya terbiasa bangun pagi)

(!) Attention : Untuk menentukan selalu perhatikan saja pada Verb atau kata kerjanya, apakah itu V₁ atau V_{ing .} Jangan terpengaruh oleh “to be” di depan “used to”.

CONJUCTION

CONJUCTION

Conjunctions are words used as joiners. (Conjunction atau Konjungsi adalah kata yang digunakan sebagai kata penggabung atau kata sambung).

The following are the kinds of conjunctions:

A. COORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS

for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so

•            AND (Dan)

Used to connect words of the same part of speech, clauses, or sentences that are to be taken jointly. (Digunakan untuk menghubungkan kata-kata dari bagian yang sama dari pidato, klausa, atau kalimat yang akan diambil bersama-sama)

Example :

-          Most children like cookies and milk      (words to words)

-          What you say and what you do are two different things       (clause to clause)

•        BUT (Tetapi)

Used to introduce something contrasting with what has already been mentioned. (Digunakan untuk memperkenalkan sesuatu yang kontras dengan apa yang telah disebutkan)

Example :

-          I like coffee, but I don’t like tea

-          I don’t care for the beach, but I enjoy a good vocation in the mountains

To Attention (!) Coordinating conjunctions go in between items joined, not at the beginning or end.

•            OR (Atau)

Used to selection (Digunakan untuk sebuah pilihan atau memilih salah satu)

Example :

-          At the beach or by the lakeside

-          Are you coming or not?

•        NOR (Maupun)

Used before the second or further of two or more alternatives (the first being introduced by a negative such as “neither” or.... (Digunakan sebelum kedua atau lebih dari dua atau lebih alternatif (yang pertama diperkenalkan oleh negatif seperti "tidak" atau ...)

Example :

-          They were neither cheap nor convenient

•            YET (Namun)

But at the same time; but nevertheless. (Tetapi yang digunakan pada saat yang sama; tetapi tetap)

Example :

-          It is good, yet it could be improved

(Itu baik, namun dapat ditingkatkan)

•           SO (Jadi)

And for this reason; therefore.(Kata yang digunakan sebagai penggabung sebuah alasan; karena)

Example :

-          Ran was late for work, so she received a cut in pay

-          It hurt, so I went to see a specialist

• ·         FOR

Because; since. (Karena; sejak)

Example :

-          He felt guilty, for he knew that he bore a share of responsibility for Fanny's death

B. CORRELATIVE CONJUNCTIONS

either. . .or	both. . . and
neither. . . nor	not only. . .  but also

             

These pairs of conjunctions require equal (parallel) structures after each one.

C. CONJUNCTIVE ADVERBS

These conjunctions join independent clauses together.

The following are frequently used conjunctive adverbs:

after all

in addition

next

also	incidentally	nonetheless
as a result	indeed	on the contrary
besides	in fact	on the other hand
consequently	in other words	otherwise
finally	instead	still
for example	likewise	then
furthermore	meanwhile	therefore
hence	moreover	thus
however	nevertheless

Punctuation:

Place a semicolon before the conjunctive adverb and a comma after the conjunctive adverb.

     

D. SUBORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS

These words are commonly used as subordinating conjunctions

after	in order (that)	unless
although	insofar as	until
as	in that	when
as far as	lest	whenever
as soon as	no matter how	where
as if	now that	wherever
as though	once	whether
because	provided (that)	while
before	since	why
even if	so that
even though	supposing (that)
how	than
if	that
inasmuch as	though
in case (that)	till

Subordinating conjunctions also join two clauses together, but in doing so, they make one clause dependent (or "subordinate") upon the other.

A subordinating conjunction may appear at a sentence beginning or between two clauses in a sentence.

   

A subordinate conjunction usually provides a tighter connection between clauses than a coordinating conjunctions does.

Loose:	It is raining, so we have an umbrella.
Tight:	Because it is raining, we have an umbrella.

Punctuation Note:

When the dependent clause is placed first in a sentence, use a comma between the two clauses.  When the independent clause is placed first and the dependent clause second, do not separate the two clauses with a comma.