Page 5 - E-Modul Hartini

TO remember it, please underline the passive sentences the text above and below.

It’s announced today that oil have been discovered off the coast of a small island nation in the
Caribben. This is considered a very important development. It come as a surprise, since it have been
believed that no oil exists there. The prime minister declares that drilling rights will be given to private
companies.

4. “They,their,I, etc”. (They are ‘repetition’, it makes the readers will not be bored to read the
text because there are repetirtion of important words by using ‘pronoun’ and ‘noun phrase’).

E.g. Traffic control is the science of keeping traffic moving smoothly. IT involves making sure
that there are enough roads to carry traffic ,even at peak hours,
5. “Heard.listen,learn” (Action verbs).

6. “can, ....” (Modals).

To make sure about that, listen to your teacher, he or she will read modals and verbs, while you
listen, will you match left side colum with the right side colum? Now do this !

MODALS VERBS EXPRESS

1. Can a.Planning
2. Should b.Ability
3. Will c.Obligation
4. May d.Suggestion

5. Must e.Probability
VERBS DEGREE OF CERTAINTY
1.Want a.Inception
2. Stop b.Desire
3. Begin c.Cessation

4. Keep d.Continuation

are all your answers true? Good! If you are still confused, share with your friends or consult your
teacher.
7. “Probably”

Besides modals verbs, you have to use adverbs in or der to show low and hight certainty because
they are commonly used in argumentative writing.