Vocabulary building

Affixes and roots Adding affixes to existing words (the base or root) to form new words is common in academic English. Prefixes are added to the front of the base (like dislike), whereas suffixes are added to the end of the base (active activate). Prefixes usually do not change the class of the base word, but suffixes usually do change the class of the word. The most common prefixes used to form new verbs in academic English are: re-, dis-,...

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Times and Location

Prepositions of Time: at, in, on We use: at for a PRECISE TIME in for MONTHS, YEARS, CENTURIES and LONG PERIODS on for DAYS and DA...

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Adjectives and Adverbs

Definitions: Adjectives are words that describe nouns or pronouns. They may come before the word they describe (That is a cute puppy.) or they may follow the word they describe (That puppy is cute.). Adverbs are words that modify everything but nouns and pronouns. They modify adjectives, verbs, and other adverbs. A word is an adverb if it answers how, when, or where. The only adverbs that cause grammatical problems are those that answer the question how, so focus on thes...

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Possesive Adjectives

Warning! These are adjectives. Don't confuse them with pronouns ! Possesive adjectives are used to show ownership or possession. Subject pronoun Possessive adjective I my you your he his she her it its we our they their For example:...

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CONDITIONAL SENTENCE TYPER I

We use the first conditional when we talk about a real possibility that the condition will happen in the future. For example : If the sky is cloudy and there is a chance it will rain, what would you do? a.       If it rains , I will stay at home and read or b.      I will stay at home if it rains. Notice that we use ‘Will + Verb I’ and ‘Simple Present tense’ to talk about the possibility of future results. Here is the complete structure: IF + SIMPLE...

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Cara Mengatasi Kesulitan Belajar

Kegiatan belajar mengajar dikelas bukanlah hanya sebuah kegiatan transfer ilmu semata, tapi lebih jauh lagi dalam hal penyiapan dan pembentukan generasi yang lebih kompenten pada bidang yang pilihnya. Tentunya kegiatan belajar mengajar yang dilakukan dikelas tidaklah semudah dalam sinetron yang "tiba-tiba" menjadi pintar tanpa upaya maksimal baik dari guru, siswa , sekolah dan aspek lainnya yang mempengaruhi pendidikan itu sendiri. Dibutuhkan...

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JENIS-JENIS KESULITAN BELAJAR

1.      Kesulitan Belajar Umum Anak berkesulitan belajar umum secara nyata mengalami kesulitan dalam tugas-tugas akademik khusus maupun umum, baik disebabkan oleh adanya disfungsi neurologis, proses psikologi dasar maupun sebab-sebab lain sehingga prestasi belajarnya rendah dan anak tersebut berisiko tinggi tinggal kelas. Anak berkesulitan belajar tidak sama dengan anak tunagrahita. Anak berkesulitan belajar umum biasanya ditandai dengan prestasi belajar yang rendah untuk hampir semua mata pelajaran atau nilai rata-rata...

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