UNIT 3

Kompetensi Dasar 3
Mendeskripsikan benda-benda, orang, ciri-ciri, waktu, hari, bulan dan tahun
Indikator:
- Ciri-ciri benda atau objek dapat dideskripsikan dengan benar
- Orang dapat dideskripsikan dengan benar
- Kalimat-kalimat perbandingan dapat dibuat dengan benar

I. DESCRIBING THINGS
A Question and answer
Study the sentences below
1. A : What color is your book?
B : My book has a dark blue cover

2 A : What does your purse look like?

B : It is medium, which has brown color and made of leather

3 A : Where have you put your bag ?

B : I put it on this chair but I couldn’t find it

4. A : Do you have any sister?

B : No, I don’t but I have one brother

5 A : Who is the man in the living room?

B : He is my uncle. He has just come from Surabaya

B Dialogue
Study the conversations below!
1 Helen : Martha, do you have English book?
Martha : Yes, I do. But I don’t know where it is.
Helen : There is a book over there, is that yours?
Martha : What color is the cover of the book?
Helen : It’s yellow
Martha : No, that’s not mine. My book has a red cover
Helen : Whose book is this?
Martha : I don’t know. It might be John’s book.
Questions
1). Does Martha have English book?
2). What color is the cover of Martha’s book?
3). Does Martha know where her book is?
4). Whose book is that which has yellow cover?

2 Jenny : How many sister do you have Tom?

Tom : I have two sisters, and what about you?
Jenny : I don’t have any sister but I have one brother
Tom : Who is that man over there?
Jenny : He is my uncle, he lives with my family
Tom : There is a little dog over there. Is that your dog?
Jenny : Yes, it is. I have three dogs
 Questions
1) Does Jenny have any sister?
2) Who many sister does Tom have?
3) How many brothers does Jenny have?
4) Does Jenny like pets?
5) How many dogs does she have?

C. Reading
Describing things
a. Read the text below, learn how Jim describes the things he has got.

Yesterday was my birthday. I got a lot of presents from my family. All the gifts were
wrapped in colored paper. Some of them were large, but others were very small. Some
were heavy, and others were light. One square parcel was blue; there was a book in it.
Another one was long and narrow; it had an umbrella in it. My sister gave me a big round
parcel. He thought it was a ball, but it wasn’t. When I removed the yellow paper that
covered it, I saw that it was a globe of the world.
My brother gave me another present. It was a big box wrapped in green paper. I
opened it, and found another box covered with red paper. I removed the paper and I saw a
third box; this one was blue in color.
Everyone laughed as I opened the boxes. There were six of them. In the last one I
found a small white envelope. There was a piece of paper in the envelope which said:”Go
to the big bed room. Look in the cupboard near the window. You will see three suitcases:
a black one, a brown one and a grey one. Your birthday present is in one of them.”
I went to the large bedroom. I went to the cupboard and began opening the suitcases. I
had to open all of them before I saw my present. I was very happy. It was just what I
wanted-a portable typewriter.
(Source: English 900, book 3)

Try to understand the reading text by the help of some words like:
1. Were wrapped = terbungkus
2 large = besar
3 Very small = sangat kecil
4 heavy = berat
5 light = ringan
6 blue = biru
7 long and narrow = panjang dan kecil
8 a big round parcel = bungkusan besar dan bundar
9 covered = dibungkus
10 blue in color = warnanya biru
11 a small white envelope = amplop putih kecil
12 large = besar

Answer the questions about the reading text

1. Mention the presents Jim got in his birthday!
2. What is in the big round parcel?
3. What did his brother give him for his birthday present?
4. What was the shape of blue parcel?
5 What was the color of paper that covered a globe of the world?
Task 1
Have you ever got a nice present? Will you try to describe the present you have ever got,
tell about the shape, the wrap color and the things in it.

II DESCRIBING PEOPLE
a. Describing Picture
Picture 1 (look at the picture and then study the sentences below)

Mr. Erick is introducing Mss. Linda to his colleague.

1. The man wearing glasses is Mr. Erick

2. The lady wearing red dress is Miss. Linda. She is Mr. Erick’s sales manager
3. She is about 165 cm tall, with black and long hair. She is nice and friendly
4. Mr. Erick is introducing her to Mr. Tang, his colleague.
5. Mr. Tang is a successful businessman.

Picture 2
Talking about the picture
 1. The lady wearing glasses is my grandma and the man beside her is my grandpa
2. They are very kind and they love their grandchildren
3. The little boy with a toy car is Anton, my youngest brother.
4. The lady with long hair is my mother, and the calm man beside her is my father
5. Martha and I are watching TV

b. Describing hair and eyes

He has short and curly hair The girl has long straight hair
His eyes are blue She has black eyes

They have medium length and wavy hair His hair is curly
Their eyes are brown and he has blue eyes

c. Reading Text

Physical appearance and personal characteristic

These are Mr. and Mrs. Hadi’s family

a. Mr. Hadi is tall, his face is oval, his nose is pointed, his forehead is wide. He has black
and short hair. He is calm and gentleman. His children like and respect him
because he is so kind and friendly.
b. Mrs. Hadi is tall and slim, she is not fat and not thin, she has a good figure, her face is
round. Her hair is curly and black. She is a familiar and friendly woman. Mr. and
Mrs. Hadi have four children. They have different fiscal appearances and
characteristics.
 c. Lisa is the eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hadi. She is fat, her nose is flat, her hair is
wavy. She is a funny girl. Everyone likes her.
d. Narti is tall and beautiful with dark eyes, her hair is long. She is a kind and wise girl.
e Doni is fat and short but strong. His leg is strong too. He likes sport very much, his
face is round. He is a familiar and cute boy.
f Arman is handsome, his hair is straight, he is a serious and clever boy
(Taken from English for Vocational, Book1, Armico, 2006)

Answer the questions based on the reading text above.

1. What is the characteristic of Mr. Hadi?
2. Why do his children like and respect him very much?
3. How many children do Mr. Hadi and Mrs. Hadi have?
4. Who is the oldest?
5. What is the personal characteristic of Narti?

Task 2
Describe the picture below in your own words.

1_______________________________________________________________
2_______________________________________________________________
3_______________________________________________________________
4_______________________________________________________________
5_______________________________________________________________

Task 3
Form a group that consist of not more than 4 students
Describe your family in your group by showing the photograph.

Task 4
You have just lost your sister in a department store. Ask the security guard for a help.
Complete the dialogue below to give your information about your sister. Begin like this:
 You : Sir, Could you please help me? I can’t find my little sister. I’ve looked
everywhere!
Security : Where were you when you noticed she was missing?
You : _____________________________________
Security : How long ago was that?
You : _____________________________________
Security : How old is she?
You : _____________________________________
Security : What is her name?
You : _____________________________________
Security : What was she wearing?
You : _____________________________________
Security : What does she look like?
You : _____________________________________
_____________________________________
_____________________________________
_____________________________________

III. COMPARING THINGS

Everything or person has deferent or the same shape, size, weight, member, age,
height, etc. Now learn how to compare things! Read the text carefully

A. I have three books, I bought it last night. The books are English, mathematics and
Indonesian. The price of English book is Rp. 35.000,- the Indonesian book is Rp. 30.000
and the mathematics is Rp. 32.000,- All of them cost Rp. 97.000,- English has 150 pages,
the Indonesian has 136 pages and Mathematics has 125 pages.

After reading the text, now answer the questions:

1. Which one of the books is the cheapest?
2. Which one is the most expensive?
3. Which one is more expensive, Indonesian or English?
4. Which one is cheaper, Indonesian or mathematics?

B. My mother has bought some shirts in different color. The red one is in large size, the
yellow one is in small size and the blue one is in medium size. The red one costs Rp.
60.000,- the blue one costs 50.000,- and the yellow one costs Rp. 60.000,-

Now compare the shirts by answering the questions below

1. Which one of the shirt is more expensive, the red one or the blue one?
2. Does the yellow shirt cheaper then the red one?
3. Which one is the cheapest?
4. Which one is the largest in size?
5. Which one is the larger, the blue or the yellow one?
Task 5
Look at the picture.

Udin Ilyas Burhan Dian

171 cm 172 cm 170 cm 171 cm

1. Make 5 sentences in comparison using the word tall/short

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Siti Rohana Vera Devi

50 kg 44 kg 48 kg 42 kg

2. Based on the picture above, make 5 sentences in comparison using the word thin /fat.
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 3 The result of the English test

Name Result
Herna 7
Budi 8
Anton 6
Hery 7
Irfan 9

Write 5 sentences in comparison based on the table above by using the word
clever

- ____________________________________________
- ____________________________________________
- ____________________________________________
- ____________________________________________
- ____________________________________________

IV LANGUAGE FOCUS
A. Degrees of comparison of adjectives

There are three types of comparison; they are:

1. Positive degrees
2 Comparative degrees
3 Superlative degrees
Example:
1. Marry is 15 years old. Dina is 15 years old too
Marry is as old as Dina
2. Rudi is 165 cm tall, Badrun is 170 cm tall.
Badrun is taller than Rudi
3. Rini got 7 in English, Edi got 6 and Ana got 8
Ana is the cleverest students of all.

Look at the table below:

a. Adjectives consist of one or two syllables.

Positive Comparative Superlative

as big as bigger (than) the biggest
as tall as taller (than) the tallest
as long as longer (than) the longest
as clever as cleverer (than) the cleverest

b. Adjectives consist of three or more syllables

 Positive Comparative Superlative
as frightening as more frightening (than) the most frightening
as beautiful as more beautiful (than) the most beautiful
as powerful as more powerful (than) the most powerful
as interesting as more interesting (than) the most interesting
etc

c. Adjectives ending __er, __y, __ly

Positive Comparative Superlative

pretty prettier (than) the prettiest

holy holier (than) the holiest
clever cleverer (than) the cleverest

d. Exceptions
Positive Comparative Superlative
Better The best
Good/well
Worse The worst
Bad
Less The least
Little
More The most
Many
More The most
Much
Further The furthest
Far
(jarak dan waktu)
Farther The farthest (jarak)
older The oldest
Old
(orang dan barang)
elder The eldest
old
(orang dalam keluarga)
(Source: English for vocational school, LP2IP, 2004)

B. Adjectives clauses
Study the sentences below
1. The man is the director of the company
He is wearing a black hat.
“The man who is wearing a black hat is the director of the company.”
(The man is the same as he. ‘Who’ replaces the man as subject.)

2. The boy is a new student

Heni introduced him to Santi
“The boy whom Heni introduced to Santi is a new student.”
(The boy is the same as him, the boy is used as subject but him is as object. Whom
is used to replace him as an object)
3. The lady teaches English in my school.
Her husband is a pilot.
“The lady whose husband is a pilot teaches English in my school.”
(The lady is the same as her; ‘the lady’ is used as subject but ‘her’ is possessive
adjectives. ‘Whose’ is used to replace ‘her’)

4. I bought a book
It is very expensive
“I bought a book which is very expensive”
(a book is the same as it. ‘Which’ is used to replace it?)

Example:
Join the sentences below by adding a relative pronounce.

1. The boy lends me a magazine.

He wears a blue shirt.
_____________________________________________
2. Yanti is a pretty girl.
She has log black hair
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3, I have a friend.
Her father is a businessman.
_____________________________________________
4. The doctor is very famous
Mother visited him yesterday
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5 I met the man
He is from Surabaya
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6 I have a nice cat.
It is lying on the carpet
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7 The boy bought an apple
It was very big
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8 The man is my uncle
He has a red car
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 ASSESMENT

1. Answer the questions below in your own words

1) Do you like watching TV?
2) What time do you usually watch TV?
3) Where do you put your TV?
4) What TV program do you like best?
5) What time do you study your lesson at home?

2 Tell me everything you have in your class and where you put them

3 Tell us how your English teacher looks like!

4. Read the dialogue below and then answer the questions

Mardi : Which one is Mr. Mahmud, your Boss?
Endang : That man over there, the one with glasses
Mardi : Oh, I see. And who is the man with the grey suit?
Endang : That’s Mr. Yunus, a banker.
Mardi : And the tall woman on his left?
Endang : That’s Mrs. Siregar, his secretary.
Mardi : Where is his wife?
Endang : Let me see, oh, she is not here.
Mardi : What does she look like?
Endang : Well, she is tall. She is about 1.7 meters
Mardi : Is she good looking?
Endang : Yes, quite
(Source: English for Vocational, Armico, Book1, 2006)

Questions
1). Who is that man with glasses?
2). Who is Mr. Yunus?
3). What does Mr. Yunus’ secretary look like?
4) Is Mr. Yunus’s wife there?
5) What does she look like?

5. Answer the following questions

1) What is your father like?
2) What does your mother look like?
3) Is your mother tall?
4) How old is she?
5) How is her hair?
6. Listening

. Give number of the person your teacher going to describe and write the name on the blank
spaces below

1 __________________________________________
2 __________________________________________
3 __________________________________________.
4 __________________________________________
5 __________________________________________
6 __________________________________________
7 __________________________________________