Reading Practice for Grade VII

Reading Practice for Grade VII-Unit 2 Missing Pet

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Arwistha Firli Wahyuningsih

Missing Pet

Have you read this kind some flyers before ? This is an example of lost and found pet flyers. In some occasion have you read some flyers to help people to find their pet or to complete the assignment are given by your English teacher in your school. Do you know what text type of text in the lost and found pet flyer is ? Well, It is Descriptive text. So, we will learn it.

My Pet

Her name is Rosa. She is my first pet. She disappeared last week. She has white and black fur. She has heart- shaped pattern on her body. It makes her so unique. She also has small pointed nose. She is about five months old. Rosa’s body is about 20 cm in length. She likes to eat fish and to drink milk. She is very cute.

Descriptive Text

The function of descriptive texts is: 

to tell you about what the pet looks like (eyes, ears, legs, etc.), so that people can easily recognize the animals in the lost and found pets flyers. ​

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Descriptive texts consist of

- Identification (It tells us the identification of the animal that is going to be described.)

- Description (It tells us the description of the phenomenon in parts, qualities, and/or characteristics.)

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​What you can find in the descriptive texts are:

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• Adjectives and classifier in nominal group.

(white, black, unique, cute)

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• Simple present tense. 

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​S + V(s/es) + O

Simple Present Tense​

What is simple present tense ?

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• Simple present tense refers to an action happening in the present moment.

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• It is used to express the unfinished action.

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• It is used to describe actions that happen on regular basis.

The ​Example of Present Tense

• ​My bird flies (Fly + es)

• ​He sleeps every night (sleep + s)​

• ​(I, You, We, They) have a cat

• (​He, She It) has a long tail

Task 1

Open Ended

Have you ever read lost and found pet flyers before ?

Open Ended

What can you find in those flyers ?

Open Ended

Do you know what kind of texts is that in the flyers ?

Task 2

A Missing Cat

His name is Leo. I love his so much. He is 6,5 kilogram brown tabby domestic short-haired. He has lost both of his bottom canine teeth. His eye is brown. He is a little skittish cat, so he may not come when he is called . He has medical conditions that need monitoring,

If you see his call : 11251164

Multiple Choice

What is the name of the pet ?

• Leo

• Linda

• Loi

Multiple Choice

What kind of pets does the writer have ?

• A brown domestic long-haired cat.

• A brown domestic short-haired cat.

Multiple Choice

How much weight is the pet?

• 5.6 kilogram

• 6.5 kilogram

Multiple Choice

The following descriptions are correct, except ...

• She is unhealthy

• She is attractive

Multiple Choice

When you call the pet, he will ...

• do nothing

• come to you

Multiple Choice

What is the text for ?

• To describe a flayer about a missing cat.

• To describe the owner of the missing cat.

Multiple Choice

What are the elements of the text?

• Identification-description.

• Description-identification

​Adjective

​It is a word that describes a noun or a pronoun.

​Examples :

• ​Miko is a brown cat. In the above example “brown” is an adjective, which describes about the cat.

• ​He is very shy. In the above example “shy” is an adjective, which describes about the characteristic of a male animal or person.

• ​My dog has curled ears. In the above example “curled” is an adjective, which describes about the shape of the ears.

​Personality Adjective

​To describe a personality pet's, you can use the following words.

Task 3​

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Open Ended

Write the appropriate body parts

Open Ended

Write the appropriate body parts

​Pronoun

What is pronoun ?

• ​It is a word which is used as an alternative for noun.

• ​It is a word that functions by itself as a noun phrase, which refers to a person, someone or something

• ​It will also be used as the subject (person, animals, or things in the beginning of sentences).

​Examples of Pronoun

• She is a domestic short-haired cat.

In the above example “she” is a pronoun, which denotes an identity of a female cat.

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• ​It has a big body.

In the above example “it” is a pronoun, which denotes an identity of a particular animal, person, or thing.

• My female hamster has beautiful fur. I love it so much.

In the above example “it” is a pronoun. “it” denotes an identity of the beautiful fur that the hamster has.

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• ​My female hamster has beautiful fur. I love her so much.

In the above example “her” is a pronoun. “her” denotes an identity of a female hamster which has beautiful fur

Task 4

A Missing Dog

Our beloved family dog went missing from our Section 7, Petaling Jaya home on the evening of 6th January at about 5pm.

My female dog’s name is Pika. She has a small body. She is a silver and tan Australian Silky Terrier. She is about 12 years old. She is a very friendly dog.

Please call 082776667448

Multiple Choice

The dog’s name is Tika.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

The dog went missing in the evening ?

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

She is 12 years old.

• True

• False

Task 5

Read a lost pet flyer below. Find the mistakes and correct them

Lost Bird

I miss my pet so much. My male parrot’s name are Benjamin. She is an African parrot. His body are all grey. He is four years old. He have strong claws, a short tail, and a black beak. His eyes’ colour is yellow. His always sings, talk, and whistles when he meet strangers.

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If you finds him, call Point Vicente Animal Hospital at [phone].

Open Ended

Find the mistakes and correct them

Task 6

Tick the sentences that are grammatically correct. Some of them have been done for you as the examples.

Multiple Select

Her name is Georgia

• I loves my pig.

• She is very friendly.

• His body are pink.

• She has a short tail.

Multiple Select

I have a male cow.

• Her name is Joe.

• He are an Australian cow

• He has four strong legs.

• He has a long tail.

Task 7

Read the following sentences. Choose the correct verbs in the brackets. 

Multiple Choice

Brian . . . a Kintamani dog.

• is

• are

Multiple Choice

He . . . how to bark

• knows

• know

Multiple Choice

She . . . not wear a collar.

• do

• does

Task 8

Read the adjectives. Match them with the appropriate pictures by choosing the word

Multiple Choice

what is the adjective ?

• colorful

• lazy

Multiple Choice

What is the adjective ?

• friendly

• shy

Multiple Choice

What is the adjective ?

• attractive

• lazy

Task 9

Multiple Choice

She looks unfriendly. She has pointed ears. She has black fur in her eyes, head, and shoulders, grey fur in her back, and white fur in her neck, stomach, and legs.

What is the name of animal ?

Multiple Choice

He has black tail, green eyes, and pointed ears. He has black strips in his body. He is very lazy. He likes sleeping in the afternoon.

What is the name of animal ?

Multiple Choice

He is tall. He has a strong and big body. His body is brown. He has black hair in his back, legs and tail. He also has pointed ears and a big nose. He is very attractive.

What is the name of animal ?

Task 10

List some possible adjectives of the pictures.

Open Ended

what kind of adjective about panda ?

Open Ended

What kind of adjective about cat ?

Task 11

Open Ended

Describe the cat in the below.

Open Ended

Describe the dog in the below.

Task 12

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Task 13​

Reflection​

Open Ended

What you have done to learn missing pet ?

Multiple Select

I can identify the purpose of descriptive texts about animals

• Yes

• No

Multiple Select

I can identify the generic structure of descriptive texts about animals.

• Yes

• No

Multiple Select

I understand what adjectives are.

• Yes

• No

Multiple Select

I understand what simple present tense is.

• Yes

• No

Multiple Select

I know the meanings of words that are frequently used in describing animals.

• Yes

• No