CHAPTER II

EDUCATION
I. READING COMPREHENSION
A. Pre-Reading Activity
Answer the Questions before you read the text below!
1. Is education important for us?
2. Why is it important?
3. What do we do to improve our education problems in our country?
B. Reading Activity
Read the text and answer the questions!
In many countries, such as France, Greece, and Japan, it is often more difficult for the
students to pass the college entrance exam than to do the course work when they are actually in
college, and students who dont have much money are at a disadvantage. Students prepare for
these tests for years in advance. Often, students attend a private school at night (for instance, a
juku in Japan or frontisiron in Greece) to get ready for them. These private schools are usually
expensive. If their families dont have much money, students cant attend, and they might not
pass the entrance exams without this extra preparation.
In contrast, students can easily get into an American or Canadian college-at least more
easily than in other countries. American students take an entrance exam called the S.A.T (the
Scholastic Aptitude Test). However, colleges do not consider only S.A.T. scores. They also
consider a students grades and activities throughout high school. A students who has done well
in high school will probably get into college.
1. What do the France students do before they enter college?
2. What is the name of the test that is done by American students?
3. What kind of school are you studying now? What school have you studied?
II. VOCABULARY
A. Write the missing words in the blanks. Choose from these words
Graduate
society
combination
value
Elementary
demonstrate
tuition
formal
1. Children often have art lessons in .school
2. National and religious different are part of the culture of American
3. In .college classroom, the teacher lectures and the students listen.

4. Some people .against the government to express their political opinion.

5. Many students attend college after they from high school
6. Some societies ..individualism and original ideas.
7. At expensive schools, students must pay high ..for their education.
8. There are advantages and disadvantages to any educational system; the best system
probably uses a of methods.
B. Match the statements on the left side to the adjectives on the right side!
They
1. like to spend time with other people

a. ambitious

2. want to reach the top in their career

b. creative

3. have a lot of new ideas

c. hard-working

4. do what they promise to do

d. motivating

5. are usually calm

e. helpful

6. spend a lot of time doing a good job

f. punctual

7. like to be on time

g. relaxed

8. encourage other people to work well

h. sociable

9. are good at making things for work

i. practical

10. like to do things for other people

j. reliable.

C. Use the words in the exercise above to complete this article!

Hi. My name is Najwa Zafira. I have a friend. Her name is Fina. Fina is a good team, and she
always gets on well with her colleagues. She is extremely She is never late for a
meeting- she always .. She is very ..: she always meets deadlines.
She is in the office at 8.00 every day and often stays late-she is very .
She is also very .person with a lot of ideas for the future of the company.

III. GRAMMAR FOCUS

Past Simple Tense
1. TO BE : WAS, WERE
+

I was
He /She/ It was
You/ We / They were
I was not
He /She/ It was not (wasnt)
You/ We / They were not (werent)
Was I
Was He /She/ It
Were You/ We / They

a student of SMA 6 Surabaya

good in a team
at the office yesterday
a student of SMA 6 Surabaya
good in a team
at the office yesterday
a student of SMA 6 Surabaya?
good in a team?
at the office yesterday?

Form of the Verb in the Simple Past Tense

1. Regular Verbs
Verb

Ending

Example

Ends in a consonant

+ ed

I worked at the office

Ends in e (e.g. decide)

+d

He decided to take a taxi

Ends with a consonant + vowel +

consonant

Double the final consonant

+ed

He stopped smoking two

years ago

Change y to ied

He studied civic at UNESA

Surabaya

(e.g. work)

(e.g. stop)
Ends in a consonant + y (e.g.
study)
2. Irregular Verbs
Many frequently used verbs are irregular:
Buy bought

cost-cost

know-knew

Write- wrote

Make-made

meet-met

put-put

send- sent

We use the simple past to talk about:

A completed single action in the past

We gave them a lot of money
Mrs. Tuty made a cake in the kitchen

A past state that is now finished

I met him yesterday
They played football in the yard

A repeated action in the past

We went to Jakarta last Sunday
The secretary always wrote a letter to her boss

Past time references

We use the simple past tense with expressions that refer to a definite moments or period in the
past
in + month

in December

+ year

in 2008

+ decade

in the 1990s

+ century

in the 20th century

on + day/date

on Monday
on 21st January

He first set up in business in 2004

The 1980s were relatively prosperous
We signed the contract on 3rd April 2005
Other expression used in the simple past tense are last .., yesterday, ago:
They had a meeting last week
He visited the factory yesterday
She left the company five years ago
Negative Statements
To make a negative statements about the past we use did not / didnt + infinitive without to
+
I went to office by car

I did not go to office by car

She saw you yesterday

She did not see you yesterday

they worked hard

they did not work hard

Question forms
We make a questions about the past with did/ didnt + subject+ infinitive without to
Did you go to office by car? Yes, I Did / No, I didnt
Did she see you yesterday? Yes, she did / No, she didnt
Did they work hard? Yes, they did / No, they didnt
Put the Correct be and Verbs into past simple
Sharon

: John, you didnt like (not, like) your colleague. Why ..(2) (be) he so
difficult to work with?

John

: He didnt know how to motivate staff. The atmosphere in the office ..3
(be) really bad. He.4 (be) very rude to customers and collegues. He ..5
(have) lots of complaints about his behavior.

Sharon

: How 6 (he, manage) his staff?

John

: Very badly. He 7 (not know) how to manage people. He .8 (not,

support) his staff at all, and he ..9 (blame) everyone else for problems.

Sharon

: How long ..10 (be) he at the company?

John

: Well, he 11 (work) with me for five years.

Sharon

: What was he good at?

John

: Well, he .12 (be) very punctual. And he .13 (be) very practical too.

Sharon

: Why ..14( he, leave) the company?

John

: He .. 15 (shout) at a customer in the office. After that he had to go, so the

company..16(fire) him.

D. Use the correct form of the verbs in the box to complete the story. You will use some of
the verbs more than one time
Be

fall

give

go

leave

Meet

not love

say

see

think

Violet (1) went

on vacation to Italy. She (2) ..a waiter named Giovanni at a local

restaurant and she (3) in love instantly. He (4) .very romantic and (5) .her

flowers. He (6) ..that he loved her. Violet (7) .home two weeks later, but Giovanni didnt go
with her. She (8) .. about him everyday. One month later she (9) ..again for Italy. She (10)
..to the restaurant and (11) ..Giovanni with another woman. She knew then that he (12)
.her
E. Ananda Mikola left his comnay. Hia manager wrote for the new company.
Complete this report. Use was (+) / wasnt (-) or did (+) / didnt (-)
When did Mr. Mikola start the company?
He started in 2002 in the finance department in Surabaya.
What job did the candidate hold?
He was (+) an accountant.
Was he a good employee?
He ..(+) ambitious and creative. He .(+) usually punctual, but he (-) good in team.
Sometimes he (-) get on with his colleagues.
Did he do a good job?
He ..(+) hard working and reliable. He always met deadlines. But he ..(-) like his job, and he
..(-) happy.
When did he leave? Why ?
In 2006. he (-) like Surabaya. He wanted to work in Yogyakarta.

IV. FOLLOW UP
Write a composition that describe the process of education in your area/country ( 100 words)