chapter 2

Chapter 2

1.  Telling the time and date

Asking the time	Showing the time
What’s the time now ?	It’s two o’clock
What time is it, please ?	It’s two ten/ten after two
Can you tell me the time, please ?	It’s two fifteen / a quarter past two
Do you have the time ?	It’s two thirty / a half past two
What time will the slow start ?	It’s two forty/ twenty to three
Can you tell me what time is it ?	It’s ten to three

Asking the date	Telling the date
What time do you wake up ?	It is February the third
Pardon me, what’s the date today ?	My birthday is on February the tenth.
When is the meeting ?	I would like to reserve the room from Tuesday to Friday
When is the party ?	Tomorrow will be march the first
What time does the train leave ?	We will have a meeting next Monday
When is my appointment with Mr. Rowland ?	I’ll reschedule the booking to Sunday, the fourth oh june.
Is today 14th or 15th ?

2.  Numbers

Numbers can be divided into two : cardinal numbers ( gives information about ‘ how many ‘ ) and oridinal numbers ( show the order or position in series instead of quantity ).

Example :

Mr. Evan has four children, the first is andi, the second is Susy, the third is ricky, and the fourth is Roy. ‘four’ is the cardinal number, whilst ‘the first’ , ‘the second’ , ‘ the third’ , ‘ the fourth ‘ , are the oridinal numbers.

3.  Plurals form

Plurals form is used to some nouns are more than one.

Regular plurals :

Singular	Plural
Snake	Snakes
Window	Windows
Box	Boxes
Boy	Boys
Lorry	Lorries
Potato	Potatoes
Knife	Knives

Irregular plurals :

singular	Plural
Fish	Fish
Sheep	Sheep
Barracks	Barracks
Foot	Feet
Tooth	Teeth
Goose	Geese
Tooth	Teeth
Goose	Geese
Child	Children
Man	Men
Woman	Women
Person	People
Mouse	Mice

4.  Describing something

When we want to describe something, we need to use adjectives. These are some kind of adjectives that classify inti each heading :

o   Adjective of color : red, white, black, purple, blue, green, yellow.

o   Adjective of quality : good, beautifull, nice , poor, fine.

o   Adjective of size : big, small, little, short, tall.

o   Adjective of shape ; round, oval, squard, thin, slim, fat.

o   Adjective of age : old, new, young.

o   Adjective of origin :   Indonesian, American, chinese, French.

o   Adjective of material :  gold, wooden, metal.

The used of adjectives orderly to describe something in the sentence for example :

o    An old wooden chair. ( chair as the noun/head word to be describes )

o   An expensive slim new square black handphone . ( hand phone as the noun/head word to be describes ).