REMEDIAL TEST

1.      Mrs. K asked them to pay the school fee in time.

They were asked to pay the school fee in time.

2.      Should we do the remedial test in a piece of paper?

Should the remedial test be done in a piece of paper?

3.      You must not forget to write your name.

Your name must not be forgotten to write.

4.      Are you speaking English during the English class?

Is English being spoken during the English class?

5.      She crossed the answers several times.

The answers were crossed several times.

6.      We have finished doing our task before other students.

Our task has been finished doing before other students.

7.      Will you be waiting for them all day long?

Will they be being waited for all day long?

8.      We celebrated the 47^th anniversary of our school yesterday.

The 47^th anniversary of our school was celebrated yesterday.

9.      They were having dinner when suddenly the stove exploded.

Dinner was being had when suddenly the stove exploded.

10.  The teacher had punished them for something they did not do.

They had been punished for something they did not do.

11.  We are invited for lunch by the headmaster.

The headmaster invites us for lunch.

12.  Many students are being given the English remedial test by Mr. T.

Mr. T is giving the English remedial test to many students.

13.  Was English being studied diligently by them last night?

Were they studying English diligently last night?

14.  This test has been being finished in 45 minutes by the students.

The students have been finishing this test in 45 minutes.

15.  Have they been being taught math by Mr. Good for three years.

Has Mr. Good been  teaching them math for three years?

16.  Has Mr. Fajar been showing them his new blog?

Have they been being shown his new blog?

Has his new blog been being shown to them?

17.  They do not ask her several questions.

She is not asked several questions.

Several questions are not asked to her.

18.  Has Mrs. Nanik been reading us another story?

Have we been being read another story?

Has another story been being read to us?

19.  Didn’t he tell you the school regulation?

Weren’t you told the school regulation?

Wasn’t the school regulation told to you?

20.  We are introducing him our pretty sisters last night.

He was being introduced to our pretty sisters last night.

Our pretty sisters were being introduced to him last night.

Kaligrafi Murni

Istilah ini muncul tidak lepas dari perkembangan kaligrafi kontemporer, di mana huruf bukan menjadi sesuatu yang utama, tetapi juga keindahan yang merupakan unsur dari kaligrafi itu sendiri. Kaligrafi pada awalnya merupakan seni memadukan huruf dengan jenis tertentu sesuai dengan kaidah akhirnya “keluar jalur” tanpa memedulikan kaidah baku. Nah, yang tetap mengikuti kaidah baku –sesuai dengan jenis kaligrafi “yang diakui”– kemudian dinamai kaligrafi murni.

Seolah merupakan kaidah baku, kaligrafi murni tidak boleh keluar dari jalur penulisan: bagaimana bentuk huruf, torehan, maupun ketepatan dalam sapuan. Jenis-jenis kaligrafi juga telah diklasifikasi. Penggunaannya tidak boleh bercampur satu dengan yang lain.

Kaligrafer murni “terakhir” Hasyim Muhammad Al Khattahath menerapkan kaidah kaligrafi dalam sebuah buku panduan yang cukup terkenal bernama Qawaidul Khath Alarabiy. Buku ini beredar luas di Timur Tengah, akhirnya sampai di pondok pesantren di Indonesia. Tidak banyak yang memiliki, hanya orang-orang tertentu yang mempunyai akses ke luar negeri –khususnya Timur Tengah– yang mempunyai buku aslinya.

Di pondok pesantren, buku kaidah ini cukup terkenal. Seperti di Pondok Pesantren Modern Darussalam, Gontor, misalnya, karya monumental itu dicetak kembali secara internal dan di pelajari oleh para santri yang tergabung di Aklam, Assosiasi Kaligrafer Darussalam, kelompok belajar kaligrafi. Di Pondok Pesantren Attanwir –yang terletak di Talun, Bojonegoro– juga ada Asskar, Assosiasi Kaligrafer Attanwir.

Banyak sekali sanggar-sanggar kaligrafi yang mengajarkan khat murni. Namun banyak pula yang akhirnya “keluar jalur” setelah “bosan” mempelajari kaidah-kaidah yang “kaku”. Ada juga yang “frustrasi” karena tidak bisa menorehkan huruf-huruf dengan “benar”, akhirnya “semaunya sendiri.”

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