teacher raja sariah and sir rahim

“Good morning teacher!” bergema seluruh kelas Bahasa inggeris tingkatan 1 set 4.

“Good morning class. Thank you and sit down!”

“ok, yesterday we learnt about the articles, nouns and verbs. So I hope that every one of you can start making a complete sentence. Has anybody got something to ask? Have I make myself clear? Ok!” ujar cikgu raja sariah.

“Teacher…kenapa ayat ni tak de verb? Noun dia ada ‘ing’ lagi. Bukan ke mesti ada sekurangnya kata nama pastu ada kata kerja.”suara azizul Othman mencelah.

“ok! Take a look at page 15 paragraph eleven. It says, ‘fishing is relaxing’. Don’t get confuse! Here, which one is the noun? Of course the word 'fishing' right! Why? 'fishing' is a noun there, it’s a gerund!”terang cikgu raja sariah dengan hanya bersahaja, sambil memadam papan hitam.

Tubuh cikgu raja sariah tinggi, kemas berbaju kurung dengan kain tudungnya diselempang rapi ke bahu, terserlah indah kerongsang yang dipin. Tidak cukup dengan itu, di balik sisiran kain tudung itu terjurai seutas rantai dengan loket emas, sesuai dengan personaliti cikgu raja sariah yang amat mementingkan kekemasan.

Sebatang kapur putih dicapai, lantas tangan yang ayu itu dihayun, menulis di atas papan hitam. Tulisannya kemas, condong ke kanan dan sesekali huruf ‘R’ kecilnya ditulis seperti tulisan sambung.

‘Masculine and Feminine’. Sebuah jadual dilukis. Seluruh pelajar segera menyalin.
“ok class! I am very sure that your are familiar with this two words. You learnt this since you were at primary school but let us refresh our mind on these. Ok. If I write here, ‘father’…so what is the feminine or contrast against gender of this particular word? Come on who knows?

"mother" tasnim menyahut.

Yes! Correct tasnim! Ssurely it is ‘mother’”

Tasnim tersenyum semangat. Saingan sengit tasnim merupakan azizul othman. Mereka saling bersaing, selain amat rapat dengan cikgu raja sariah. Acapkali mereka membantu cikgu raja sariah membawa buku-buku latihan ke bilik guru.

Di bawah perkataan ‘father’ tadi, cikgu raja sariah menaip 5 perkataan lagi, seraya di kotak ‘feminine’ ditinggalkan tanpa isi.

“Prince…Steward… Bull… Cock… Sir...”

“Number 1, wait azizul, I want samsul Shahril to give me the answer!”

“princess”

“Good! Number 2, please raise your hand. Ok azizul!”

“Stewardess”

“Good! Next? Ok nurtasnim.”

“Cow!”

“correct! Ok number 4? No, azizul! Give others to try. Please try Noorhidayatullah!”

“chicken”

“incorrect! Not chicken but hen. Ok, a hen is ibu ayam. The last one? Who? Ok, give me the answer azizul..”

“Teacher!”

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