11.1 Analitycal & Passive

Wearing Mask Is Important

 

The Covid-19 infection rate in Indonesia keeps increasing, but there are a lot of people that seem to be unconcerned about the government’s advice to wear masks outside the house. Here are some reasons why wearing a mask is important.

Firstly, the virus attacks the respiratory system. That’s why we need to cover our nose and mouth by using masks so that we are safe from potential be exposure risk from an infected person whether they have symptoms or not.

Secondly, masks help cover our sneezes and coughs. That way, we don’t only protect ourselves but also we take responsibilities of other people’s health and safety.

Wearing masks fulfill our responsibilities to ourselves and others so that bad things won’t happen to all of us. That’s why wearing a mask is important.

What does the writer think of wearing a mask?

• He/she is not worried about everyone’s health condition.

• He/she is unconcerned that wearing mask of important.

• He/she disagrees with the government’s advice to wear mask.

• He/she believes that wearing a mask is necessary for protection.

Wearing Mask Is Important

 

The Covid-19 infection rate in Indonesia keeps increasing, but there are a lot of people that seem to be unconcerned about the government’s advice to wear masks outside the house. Here are some reasons why wearing a mask is important.

Firstly, the virus attacks the respiratory system. That’s why we need to cover our nose and mouth by using masks so that we are safe from potential be exposure risk from an infected person whether they have symptoms or not.

Secondly, masks help cover our sneezes and coughs. That way, we don’t only protect ourselves but also we take responsibilities of other people’s health and safety.

Wearing masks fulfill our responsibilities to ourselves and others so that bad things won’t happen to all of us. That’s why wearing a mask is important.

After reading the text, the readers are expected to ….

• be aware of healthy lifestyle.

• be safe from the Covid-19 infection.

• wear masks anytime when they are not at home

• know the current Covid-19 infection rate

Wearing Mask Is Important

 

The Covid-19 infection rate in Indonesia keeps increasing, but there are a lot of people that seem to be unconcerned about the government’s advice to wear masks outside the house. Here are some reasons why wearing a mask is important.

Firstly, the virus attacks the respiratory system. That’s why we need to cover our nose and mouth by using masks so that we are safe from potential be exposure risk from an infected person whether they have symptoms or not.

Secondly, masks help cover our sneezes and coughs. That way, we don’t only protect ourselves but also we take responsibilities of other people’s health and safety.

Wearing masks fulfill our responsibilities to ourselves and others so that bad things won’t happen to all of us. That’s why wearing a mask is important.

  “That’s why we need to cover our nose …” (Paragraph 2)

The word “we” refers to ….

• The people

• The readers

• The governments

• The writer and the readers

Reading is a good Habit

 

Reading interest in Indonesia is very low. In contrary, a market research agency, e-Marketer estimated there were 112 million internet users in Indonesia in 2017. This condition certainly needs serious attention. We need to build a good reading habit.

Books help you see a lot of new things in the world. They help you understand various topics so you can learn a lot while reading.

Reading a lot of books develops your mental health. It helps you develop your imagination and creativity when you picture what you read.

You can improve your vocabulary by reading a lot of books. You’ll learn how to communicate your ideas in a lot of different ways.

Thus we can conclude that reading is a good habit.

What is the communicative purpose of the text?

• To tell the readers how to read well.

• To describe various books to the readers.

•   To persuade the readers to build reading habits

• To persuade the readers to reduce the use of internet.

Reading is a good Habit

 

Reading interest in Indonesia is very low. In contrary, a market research agency, e-Marketer estimated there were 112 million internet users in Indonesia in 2017. This condition certainly needs serious attention. We need to build a good reading habit.

Books help you see a lot of new things in the world. They help you understand various topics so you can learn a lot while reading.

Reading a lot of books develops your mental health. It helps you develop your imagination and creativity when you picture what you read.

You can improve your vocabulary by reading a lot of books. You’ll learn how to communicate your ideas in a lot of different ways.

Thus we can conclude that reading is a good habit.

 

“They help understand various topics so you can learn …” (Paragraph 2)

What does the word “they” refer to?

• Books

• Various topics

• Reading habits

• Reading interest

Everybody should change their way of life to reduce global warming. There are several things that can do. One of them is by buying and consuming fresh local groceries as much as possible. It of course includes local vegetables, fruits, bread, etc.

Local groceries don’t need much transportation to get it into the market. It of course means, the amount of carbon dioxide produced is less than the groceries from another region. Therefore, by buying local groceries we are helping reduce the amount of carbon dioxide produced.

Consuming fresh groceries instead of frozen ones are healthier for us. Furthermore, fresh food or groceries means no requirements for it to be freeze up. It means that no electricity is needed and saving energy means reducing carbon dioxide and money.

So, from now we should consume fresh local groceries to reduce global warming.

   The text gives us information about ....

•   The ways to minimize global warming.

• The ways to increase global warming.

• The effects of global warming.

• The importance of consuming local groceries.

Everybody should change their way of life to reduce global warming. There are several things that can do. One of them is by buying and consuming fresh local groceries as much as possible. It of course includes local vegetables, fruits, bread, etc.

Local groceries don’t need much transportation to get it into the market. It of course means, the amount of carbon dioxide produced is less than the groceries from another region. Therefore, by buying local groceries we are helping reduce the amount of carbon dioxide produced.

Consuming fresh groceries instead of frozen ones are healthier for us. Furthermore, fresh food or groceries means no requirements for it to be freeze up. It means that no electricity is needed and saving energy means reducing carbon dioxide and money.

So, from now we should consume fresh local groceries to reduce global warming.

To reduce the global warming, we should ....

• buy import product

• buy expensive clothes

• consume frozen foods

• not use electricity efficiently

Everybody should change their way of life to reduce global warming. There are several things that can do. One of them is by buying and consuming fresh local groceries as much as possible. It of course includes local vegetables, fruits, bread, etc.

Local groceries don’t need much transportation to get it into the market. It of course means, the amount of carbon dioxide produced is less than the groceries from another region. Therefore, by buying local groceries we are helping reduce the amount of carbon dioxide produced.

Consuming fresh groceries instead of frozen ones are healthier for us. Furthermore, fresh food or groceries means no requirements for it to be freeze up. It means that no electricity is needed and saving energy means reducing carbon dioxide and money.

So, from now we should consume fresh local groceries to reduce global warming.

   “We are helping reduce the amount of global warming” (Paragraph 2)

         The underlined word refers  to …

• increase

• decrease

• improve

• maximize

The Importance of Hand Washing in Covid-19 Outbreak

 

Respiratory viruses such as COVID-19, spread when mucus or droplets containing the virus enter the body through the nose, mouth, or eyes. One of the cheapest, easiest, and most important ways to prevent the spread of the virus is to wash your hands often with soap and water. Then why is washing hand is important in the COVID-19 outbreak? Is it really work?

 

First, objects in public places may have viruses on them. Our hands touch many objects in public and there may be viruses on them. The contaminated hand then touches our eyes, nose, and mouth. We can become sick when the virus infected our body.

Second, we also interact with many people. There is a chance they can carry the virus in their hands when shaking hands or interacting with us. Even though we do not touch contaminated objects, we touch that person's hand.

 

Accordingly, washing hands is important because we can be contaminated at any time by viruses. Washing hands with soap will be cheaper and easier to do than using hand sanitizer. It is clear that washing hands keep the health of ourselves and the people we love around us, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic.

   What is the text about?

• The importance of washing hand to prevent covid 19

•   Our hands consist of a lot of viruses

•   The condition because of pandemic

•   Covid 19

The Importance of Hand Washing in Covid-19 Outbreak

 

Respiratory viruses such as COVID-19, spread when mucus or droplets containing the virus enter the body through the nose, mouth, or eyes. One of the cheapest, easiest, and most important ways to prevent the spread of the virus is to wash your hands often with soap and water. Then why is washing hand is important in the COVID-19 outbreak? Is it really work?

 

First, objects in public places may have viruses on them. Our hands touch many objects in public and there may be viruses on them. The contaminated hand then touches our eyes, nose, and mouth. We can become sick when the virus infected our body.

Second, we also interact with many people. There is a chance they can carry the virus in their hands when shaking hands or interacting with us. Even though we do not touch contaminated objects, we touch that person's hand.

 

Accordingly, washing hands is important because we can be contaminated at any time by viruses. Washing hands with soap will be cheaper and easier to do than using hand sanitizer. It is clear that washing hands keep the health of ourselves and the people we love around us, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic.

  How can the author/writer connect the argument? Mention the connectors!

•   Washing, when, hands

• First, second, accordingly

•   Change, when, connect

• People, during, virus