Unit 3

Theme : Emergencies
Vocabulary : discuss about first aid kit, emergency situation
Grammar : Simple Past Tense
Writing : experience of getting injured in the past

A. Reading: read the conversation!

Accident

Jane got an accident when she rode her motorcycle. Some people helped her and brought her
to the nearest hospital. Now she is in the hospital. The doctor helped by a nurse is treating
Jane. Finally, Jane’s family comes and wants to visit Jane.

Jane’s mother : Doctor we are Jane’s parent. How is her condition?

Doctor : We are taking care of your daughter and she is now getting better.

Jane’s mother : She doesn’t have any serious injure?

Doctor : Lucky her that she doesn’t have any serious injure. She actually was terribly
bleeding, but we had given her transfusion. And the wound was taken care. She was shock
that’s make her lost her conscious.

Jane’s mother : I can’t imagine she was bleeding, is she ok doctor?

Doctor : Don’t worry. We have given our best treatment. Though right now she has
not been conscious, her condition develops.

Jane’s mother : Thanks a lot, doctor. Can we meet our daughter?

Doctor : Sure. You can be with her but to communicate with her you have to wait until
she is conscious. And remember, she needs to take a rest; her condition is not stable yet.
Don’t push her to think.

Jane’s mother : I see. Thank you Doctor.

Doctor : if you have any need, just let the nurses know.

Jane’s mother : Ok , thank you.

Answer the questions

1. What’s happened to Jane?

2. How’s her condition?
3. Who is taking care of her?
4. Who are coming to the hospital?
5. It’s ok to talk a lot with Jane? Why?
6. Why is she unconscious?
 B. Vocabulary
1. Complete the following sentences with the words in the list!

Casualty minor victim priority stable critical

1. The doctors in this hospital give ____ for immediate treatment to serous ill patients.
2. Please, use a stretcher to bring the ____ because his legs are injured.
3. Though Jane’s condition is ____ at the moment, she needs to see doctor soon.
4. Because the patient is in serious danger, his condition is ____
5. A ____ of violence may have cuts and bruising to her face.
6. The doctor said that Mike’s ____ injuries could be life-threatening.

2. Find the synonyms of the underlined words. Choose the synonyms on the list

a. Awake and alert c. Immobilize e. Right now

b. Critical d. Take off f. Repeat

1. You can talk to the patient now because he is conscious.

2. The next step is to remove the pads from his chest.
3. Make sure you keep her head still. If not, you may injure her spine.
4. The patient needs treatment immediately, unless she will die.
5. If the therapy is not successful, the patient must do it again.
6. Her condition is serious, but it’s not life threatening.

3. Choose the things from the list that should be exist on the first aid kit!

Plasters Blush on Cookies

Books Sterile gauze Skin rash cream
Tweezers Antihistamine tablets Hand and body lotion
Glue Distilled water for Painkillers such as
Alcohol wipes cleaning wounds paracetamol or aspirin
Antiseptic cream Triangular bandage The latest gadget
C. Grammar

SIMPLE PAST TENSE

Tenses ini digunakan untuk menyatakan kejadian-kejadian di masa lampau. Biasanya diikuti
signal time: yesterday, this morning, last, ago, formerly…
Formula : S + V2

Yang perlu diperhatikan dalam menyusun kalimat dalam bentuk past tense adalah perubahan
kata kerjanya. Bahasa Inggris memiliki 2 macam kata kerja bentuk past yaitu: REGULAR
dan IRREGULAR VERB.
Regular verb adalah verb yang perubahannya beraturan, yaitu : V1 + d/ed.
Sedangkan Irregular verb adalah verb yang perubahannya tidak beraturan. Perhatikan
contoh di bawah ini:

REGULAR VERB IRREGULAR VERB

Learn learned Go  went
Watch  watched Write  wrote
Earn  earned Sleep  slept
Untuk menyusun kalimat negatif dan kalimat tanya past tense pada kalimat verbal, kata kerja
bantu yang digunakan adalah did. Auxilliary did digunakan pada semua subjek (I, you, we,
they, he, she, it, subjek jamak maupun tunggal).
Contoh:

Present tense Past tense

(+) You usually get up at 4 am. (+) You got up at 5 this morning.
(-) You don’t usually get up at 4 am. (-)You didn’t get up at 5 this morning
(?) Do you usually get up at 4 am? (?) Did you get up at 5 this morning?

(+) She usually stays at home on Sunday.
(-)She doesn’t usually stay at home on
Sunday.
(?)Does she usually stay at home on
Sunday?
(+) She stayed at home last Sunday.
(-)She didn’t stay at home last Sunday.
(?)Did she stay at home last Sunday?

Untuk menyusun kalimat nominal, yang digunakan adalah to be bentuk past:

Subject To be present To be past

I Am
He Is was
She
It
Subject singular
We
They Are were
you
Subject plural
Untuk membuat kalimat negatif to be + not. Sedangkan untuk menyusun kalimat tanya, to be
letakkan di depan:
Contoh:

Present tense Past tense

(+) She is usually fine. (+)She was very well yesterday.
(-) She isn’t fine (-)She was not very well yesterday.
(?) Is she fine? (?) Was she well yesterday?

(+)They are usually at the laboratory. (+)We were at library this morning.
(-) They aren’t usually at the laboratory. (-)We weren’t at library this morning.
(?) Are They usually at the laboratory? (?)Were we at library this morning?
Dalam menyampaikan pesan present tense dan past tense sangat umum digunakan bersama.
Gunakan present tense untuk menggambarkan kegiatan maupun fakta yang masih berlaku
saat ini (present fact and activities). Contoh:

 I am from Jogjakarta
 My father is a teacher.
Gunakanlah past tense untuk menceritakan kejadian ataupun fakta di masa lampau. Contoh:

 I was born in Solo.

 I went to high school in Solo and graduated last year.
Contoh penggunaan present tense dan past tense dalam satu kalimat:

 I studied English for three years and now I am good at English.

 She was born in Jogjakarta twenty years ago, but now she lives in Solo.
Exercise:
1. Fill the blank with past or present tense!

According to my mother, when I … still a little child, I … fat and funny. I … naughty and
very active. I … to an elementary school not far from my house. I … to school by bicycle.
My mother … some cakes into my bag. She didn’t like it when I …. some food at school.
Now I … at university. I … in boarding house. My mother … my food now. I usually …
make my food by myself.

D. Writing: Write a paragraph about your experience of getting injured in the past!