Expressing Curiosity and Desire
What is curiosity ?
Curiosity is an emotion represents a drive to know
new things.
What is expressing curiosity ?
Expressing curiosity is the expression how express
curious about something or
someone.
What is
Desire ?
Desire
is a strong feeling someone in the form of curiosity, nostalgia or curiosity
has against a person or object or hoping for an outcome.
Expression Desire bisa menggunakan modal
Apa itu modal ?
A modal
is a helping verb. Using a modal before
a verb changes the meaning of that verb in some way.
Modal
adalah kata kerja bantu (helping Verb).
Menggunakan modal sebelum kata kerja (verb) mengubah makna dari verb itu dalam
beberapa cara.
Time Reference
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Positive
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Negative
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FUTURE:
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will
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will not, won’t
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Future Positive: The marriage will work out.
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Future Negative: The marriage will not work out.
(The marriage won’t
work out.)
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PAST:
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would have +
past participle
form of the verb
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would not have +
past participle form of the verb
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Past* Positive: Their marriage would have worked* out.
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Past Negative: Their marriage would not have worked** out.
(Their marriage
wouldn’t have worked out.)
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Tetapi, expression curiosity dan desire rumusnya tidak harus menggunakan yang diatas.Bisa menggunakan rumus apapun sesuai dengan yang akan diucapkan.
Expressing Curiosity:
The following are some
expressions to show curiosity and their responses :
Expressing
Curiosity
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Responding
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I really want to know….
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Ask your teacher
about it.
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I’m curious about it.
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Don’t worry. I’ll
show you the process.
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I wonder why he did such a foolish thing.
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I don’t know.
You’d better ask him.
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It’s very embarrassing. How can it
happen.
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Let me tell you
about it.
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I’m interested to know….
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So am I. Let’s
see it together
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Example:
Situation 1
Sarah : “I’m
so curious about the new student.”
Farhan :
“Yeah, me too. Let’s wait for her. She loves coming to the library during the
break.”
Situation 2
Khadis :
“You look so happy. I’m interested to
know what happen to you.”
Sarah : “Sure, Dad. I got the highest score for
math again.”
Khadis :
“Really? So, congratulation.”
Expressing
Desire:
• I wish I could be...
• I want to...
• I’m interested in...
Example
:
Jason :
What are you doing Ran?
Randy :
I play video games. I‘m eager to know
how to win this video games.
Jason :
Randy, I wish I could be your best
friend forever.
Randy :
Oh really ? I wish I could be your best
friend too.
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