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Unit 3 - Do This ... Please
UNIT 3
Do This... Please.
In this unit, you will learn how to:
respond to transactional and interpersonal dialogues about asking someone to do something
and forbidding someone to do something.
produce transactional and interpersonal dialogues about asking someone to do something
and forbidding someone to do something.
make ideational responses to short functional texts (notes).
create short functional texts (notes).
• Open the door, please.
•
Could you line up here?
• Don’t do that, please.
• Stop that, please.
• Can you hold this for me?
• Count to ten, please.
• Come here, please.
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Section One:
Asking someone to do something and forbidding someone to do something.
Presentation
Activity 1
Look at the pictures. Match the pictures to the expressions in the box.
1. ......... after the teacher.
2. ......... to the tape.
3. ......... down on your seal.
4. ......... hello to your friend.
5. ......... in the school yard.
6. ......... lunch at the school canteen.
7. ......... about something.
8. ......... at the bird.
Repeat
Have lunch
Look
Listen
Sit
Hello!
Talk
Do s ports
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Activity 2
Look at the pictures. Listen and repeat after the teacher.
Don’t do this. Don’t do that.
Do not pick your nose.
Do not bite your
fi
nger.
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Activity 3
How do you ask people to do something?
Start with a verb. This verb is called “imperative verb”.
If you don’t want people to do something, start with “don’t”.
Open
the door,
please.
Don’t
open
the door.
Could you
open
the door,
Come
here
Please
come
here.
Don’t
come
here.
Let’s
go
there.
How would you give
response?
Say:
Yes, Ma’am.
Okay, Ma’am.
Sure.
Alright.
Right away, Ma’am.
No problem.
The word “I” is used as
subject
.
When “I” is used as
object
, it changes into “me”.
For example:
I
want ice cream.
Mother loves
me
.
Subject
Object
I
You
He
She
They
We
It
me
you
him
her
them
us
it
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Please
Could you
help
help
Help
me.
her,
him,
please?
please.
Activity 4
Listen and repeat after the teacher.
1.
Leaving for school
Cindy : We’re leaving.
Anne : Wait for me!
Cindy : Hurry up! We’ll be late.
Anne : Okay. I’m ready. Let’s go.
2. In the canteen
Harry : What’s the matter?
Andy : I have the hiccups.
Harry : Hold your breath.
Joe
: Drink some water.
Ken
: Eat a slice of bread.
Andy : It’s okay. The hiccups are gone.
3. At the cross road
Jane
: How do I get to the post of
fi
ce from here?
Jim
: Walk two blocks to Ahmad Yani Street. Then turn right on
Diponegoro Street. Go another one block to Sumatera Street and
turn left. The post of
fi
ce is on your right-hand side.
4. At the dining room
Jack
: Bye, Mom. I’m going cycling.
Mom : Wait a minute. Clean your room before you leave.
Jack
: What do I have to do?
Mom : Hang up your clothes. Make your bed. Put your books back on the
shelf. Empty the wastepaper basket. Okay?
Jack
: Okay.
Answer these questions
.
1. Underline the imperative verbs in each dialogue.
2. Why do the speaker use ‘imperative’ verbs?
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Activity 1
Choose the best answer.
1. Andi : I don’t feel good.
Sari
: .......... the doctor.
a. Look
b. See
c. Wath
d. Listen
2. Bank teller : Please, .........in line.
Customer : Okay.
a. sit
b.
walk
c.
stand
d. step
3. Sandy : .......... to bring no 2 pencil to the test.
Okky : I won’t.
a. Don’t try
b. Don’t bring
c. Don’t forget
d. Don’t remember
4. Ari
: ........... anyone my secret. Do you promise?
Sany : I do.
a. Don’t talk
b. Don’t tell
c. Don’t speak
c. Don’t say
Practice
Activity 2
Complete the following conversation. Use the expressions available.
1. Jane
: Mira, ... ... here, please.
Mira : Okay. What’s ......?
Jane
: ...... me carry this, please.
Mira : ... ...
2. Clay
: Okay, now... let’s ... ... the exercise.
Mawar : Okay. Let’s do it.
Clay
: ... ... down here, please.
Mawar : Thank you.
Clay
: Let’s ... ... the words.
Mawar : Sure. And then?
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Clay
: Then we ... ... them with the pictures.
Mawar : Okay. I ... ... it.
Get sit do underline match
Activity 3
In pairs, rearrange the sentences into a proper dialog.
1. Going towards the classroom
Ruben
: Let’s not talk.
Adit
: Hear the bell?
Rubben
: Yes. Let’s go.
Adit
: Right. Let’s just go in.
Teacher
: Line up, please!
2. Mrs. Green is leaving for work.
Clay : Bye, Mum.
Mrs. Green
: Get up, please, Clay!
Clay
: No worries, Mum.
Mrs. Green
: Come on. Have shower.
Clay
: In a minute, Mum.
Mrs. Green
: Then have breakfast, okay?
Clay
: Just a second, Mum.
Mrs. Green
: I am leaving. Bye.
3. In front of a food store
Randy : OK, Mum. Buy me some chocolate, please.
Mother : Randy, I’ll go in to get some food stuff. Please stay and keep an eye
on the motorcycle.
Randy : Sure, Mum.
Mother : I will. Don’t talk to strangers.
4. Anto is leaving for school.
Anto : I won’t, Mum.
Anto : Bye, Mum.
Mother : Bye, Anto. Take care. Don’t receive anything—candies or chocolates-
- from anybody.
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Production
Activity 1
Work with a partner. In turns, ask your friend to do the following actions and
give replies.
For example :
You say
:
“Get me a piece of chalk, please.”
Your friend replies:
“Okay,” then he/she gets a piece of chalk for you.
1. Stand in line.
5. Turn on the light.
2. Sit down, please.
6. Stop talking, please.
3. Tidy up your desk, please.
7. Submit your work, please.
4. Straighten your chair.
8. Put on your hat, please
Activity 2
Make dialogues based on the situations below.
For example:
The classroom is a little bit dark. Ms Ningrum asks Roni to open the windows.
Ms Ningrum : Roni, open the windows, please.
Roni
: Yes, Ma’am.
Ms Ningrum : Thank you, Roni.
Roni
: You are welcome.
Situations :
1. You want to invite your friend to go to the canteen. What would both of you
say?
2. You don’t want your friend to talk. What would both of you say?
3. You want your friend to help you draw a map. What would you say?
4. Your teacher wants you to line up. What would you say?
5. You don’t want your sister to watch TV. What would you say?
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Section Two:
Short Functional Text (notes)
Presentation
Activity 1
Answer the questions based on your experience.
Questions :
1. Have you ever got any note?
2. What kind of note was it?
3. Why did you get that note?
4. When your friend celebrates her birthday, do you send her a note?
5. What do you write on it?
A note is a short informal written message.
(Oxford Concise Dictionary 10th Edition)
Activity 2
Listen and repeat after your teacher
.
Here is a short note from Shirley’s mother. She has to see grandpa. He is in the
hospital. She puts the note on the fridge.
A Sample Note
Shirley,
I won’t be home until late.
Grandpa is in the hospital.
Lunch is on the table. Help
yourself.
Wash the dishes.
Water the plants in the front
garden.
Thanks
Mom
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Practice
Activity 1
Match the following situations with the expressions in the box.
Situations:
1. Your friend is in Bali. She is on New Year’s holiday with the whole family.
2. Your friend suffers from Dengue Fever. She is in the hospital.
3. Your friend has just won a National Math Olympiad. Send a note to him/
her.
Get well soon
Congratulations. You have made us proud.
Have a nice holiday.
I hope this will make you feel better.
Activity 2
Read the following note and answer the questions that follow.
Questions.
1. Is the above note spoken or written?
2. Who reads the note?
3. Where is it read?
4. Who are the listeners?
5. What should the students prepare?
6. What should the students not to do?
Morning class. Listen.
Time for the test.
Prepare a piece of paper.
Write your name on the top of the paper.
Remember. Don’t make any noise.
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Production
Activity 1
Your sister is leaving for Bali. She is on a picnic with her classmates. You don’t
have time to meet her. Write a note asking her to buy you a Joger T-shirt and a
canvas backpack.
Activity 2
Write a note for your brother telling what he can do and what he must not do.
Situation:
Your parents are away. You are at home with your little brother. At 4 pm you’re
having a choir rehearsal. You won’t be back until 7 pm.
Homework
Read the problems.
Write small notes.
You may write big notes if you can.
1. You want your friend to wait for you. What would you write?
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2. You want your friend to buy cheese and bring it to school. What would you
write?
3. You don’t want your mother to pick you up. You want to go home by bus.
What would you say? Start with Dear Mum...
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4. Tomorrow is a busy day. You must do many things. Make a list of them.
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5. Your parents are not at home. They want you to keep an eye on your little
brother. Write a dialogue telling your brother things that he may do and may
not do.
Summary
1. In this unit you have learned:
• how to ask someone to do something.
•
how to forbid someone to do something.
2. You also have learned how to write notes.
Cultural Notes
In the English culture, people send get-well notes when
somebody is ill or hospitalized. They do not usually visit
the patients. Sometimes they send
fl
owers and attach a get-
well note/card on them. The
fl
ower and cards show their
support and love.
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Evaluation
A. Write a response to the following note.
Write down your name on top of the paper.
Submit your work.
Don’t talk, please.
B. Your mother is in the market. You’re leaving for school. Write a note telling her you’ll
come home late. There will be a cheer leader rehearsal after school hours. Also tell her
you will have lunch at the school canteen.
C. Complete the following sentences with appropriate verbs in the box.
1. ............ for me. I’ll be ready in a few minutes.
2. ........... me the salt and pepper.
3. ........... up! It’s time to get up.
4. ........... pages 7 through 9 for tomorrow ‘s class.
5. ............ the light on. It’s getting dark here.
C. Complete the following note about getting to a Jaya Book Store. Use proper verbs.
To (1) get to Jaya Book Store, (2) take a city bus to Perak. (3) ............ off at Damri
Headquarters. Then (4)............ to the other side of basuki Rachmat Street. (5)............ to
the left for a few hundred metres. Gramedia book store is on your left. (6)......... me in front
of the store at 4.30.
Pass Read Wait Close
Wake Put
Come
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Fun Page
Did You Know
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Answer these questions:
1. What colours do you see in a rainbow?
2. What colours are primary colours?
3. What colours are secondary colours?
4. How do we get secondary colours?
5. Make an experiment with water color. Write the verbs for the following actions.
a. ......... red and yellow.
b. .......some water.
c. Finally, you will ... ... ... colour.
6. ... ... at a rainbow in the sky. There ... ... seven colours. ... ... are orange, yellow, green,
blue, indigo and violet.
7. Complete the sentences below with appropriate verbs.
... ... a little piece of blue colour. ... ... it on a small plate. ... ... another piece of yellow
colour. ... ... a little water. ... ... them up. You will ... ... green colour there.
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Your Words
Vegetables
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Answer these questions
1. What vegetables does your mother usually buy?
2. What vegetables make the food hot?
3. What is the colour of potatoes and carrots?
4. When you want to make fried potatoes what do you do?
5. To make vegetable soup you need to ... ... carrots and potatoes into little pieces and ....
.... cabbage and onions into the broth. Finally.... ... a little salt and pepper. Now the soup
is ready to consume
Re
fl
ection
1. This unit gives me (put a tick):
new experiences.
useful learning experiences.
no useful learning experiences.
useful learning strategy.
no useful learning strategy.
2.
The most interesting part in this unit is...........
3. Things that I want to study more are..................
4. Read the statements. Then, give a tick (
√
) to yes, no, some.
Statements
Yes
Some
No
a. I can respond to a talk about asking and forbidding
someone to do something.
b. I can make a talk about asking and forbidding
someone to do something.
c. I can make instructions and give responses.
d. I can write notes.
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Vocabulary List
Words
Parts of
Speech
Phonetic
Transcriptions
Indonesian
equivalents
attach
v
[
melampirkan
celebrate
v
[
merayakan
empty
v
[
mengosongkan
line up
v
[
mengantri
note
n
[
catatan
shelf
n
[
rak
suffer
n
[
menderita
submit
v
[
menyerahkan
hospital
n
rumah sakit
waste paper
basket
n
keranjang sampah