By Asmuni Gani

Apa yang harus Anda ketahui agar mampu menyusun kalimat menjadi paragraf?

Pahami bagaimana suatu paragraf dibuat? Setiap paragraf teks bahasa Inggris biasanya memiliki: 1. Topik paragraf (Topic of paragraph) 2. Pokok pikiran (main idea) 3. Kalimat penjelas (supporting sentences)

Supporting sentences bisa memiliki: 1. Major supporting sentences. (Mass) 2. Minor supporting sentences. (Miss) Note: Mass menjelaskan tentang kalimat utama/ pokok pikiran, sedangkan Miss menerangkan lebih lanjut Massnya. Posisi Miss selalu dibelakang Mass. Ciri Mass dan Miss diawali kata ganti atau diawali kata the.

Coba tentukan yg mana Mass dan Missnya? I have a dog. His name is Browny. The name reminds me of my best friend’s nickname when I was in elementary school. Browny’s fur is like that of a tiger with brown and black strips. He has his own kennel. It is made of wood. But he prefers sleeping in the house.

Arrange the sentences into a good paragraph. 1. They stay very clean and they do not make the house dirty. 2. Finally, cats are easier to take care of. 3. Cats are cleaner, first of all. 4. You do not have to spend much time with a cat. 5. But cats are nicer pets in some ways. 6. Second, cats are quieter than dogs. 7. Third, cats are safer. 8. They usually do not make a lot of noise. 9. Dogs sometimes bite people, but cats almost never do. 10. You do not have to spend much time with a cat. 11. Cats and dogs are both popular pets.  11-

Now these ones. 1. Behind them they left the craters, plains, and tall mountains of the moon. 2. And they left footprints that may last forever. 3. They left the machines they had set up. 4. Then they began the long trip back to the earth. 5. Next day the landing-craft rockets roared as the two men blasted off from the moon. 6. They joined Michael Collins in the space ship that waited for them above the moon.

Another one? Arrange the sentences into a good paragraph. 1. The quake measured 6.3 magnitude. 2. It came just minutes after a warning had been given by scientists. 3. The region of Qasvia, western Iran, was hit by a huge earthquake yesterday. 4. The short notice gave local people little or no time to escape to an area of safety.

What about this one? Arrange the sentences into a good text. 1. This way, before you meet someone, 2. In 2050 everyone in the world will have a personal web page with their information on it. 3. You can check out his or her web page to learn about the person. 4. These web pages will use the five senses: sight, touch, smell, taste and hearing.