Pengayaan Recount Text

RECOUNT TEXT

By MIDAYANTI, S.Pd

Definition

Recount text is a text which retells events or experiences in the past.

Midayanti, S.Pd

Purpose

1. To retell past event or experience

2. To inform about past event or experience​

Midayanti, S.Pd

Parts of Recount text

• Orientation: introduce who are involved, where and when it happened

• Series of events: Event 1 - event 2 - event 3

• Re-orientation​: Personal comment or what is the writer's feeling

Midayanti, S.Pd

Language features

• Using simple past tense: to be (was, were), regular verbs; walked, played, visited, etc. irregular verbs; went, bought, slept, etc.​

• using adverb of time;​ last holiday, yesterday, last week, etc

• Using conjunction: after that, then, next day, etc​

• Using pronoun; I, she, he, we​

Midayanti, S.Pd

​Going to the Zoo

I spent my last summer holiday in Seoul, South Korea. I went there with my friends.​

​On the first day, I was landed at Incheon Airport around 7 AM after a 6 hours long flight. Then I went to Seoul by train and checked in to the hotel I already booked. I decided to take a rest for a while. At night, I went to Hongdae, a famous district in South Korea. I went to eat traditional Korean food. On the next day, I went to the Gyeongbokgung Palace and National Museum. I also went to learn how to make Kimchi and see the scenery of Seoul from Seoul Tower. I went back to the hotel at 10 PM and immediately went to sleep.

I spent my last day in Myeongdong and bought some stuffs and souvenirs for my family and friends. I also ate the street food there. I went to the airport at 3 PM because my flight was at 5 PM. I had a fantastic experience in South Korea and made wonderful memory with my friends. It was a great trip.​

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Multiple Choice

What time did the plane take off?

• at 03.00 a.m

• at 02.00 a.m

• at 01.00 am

• at 01.00 p.m

Multiple Choice

How was the writer's feeling on his/her last holiday? He/She was . . .

• currious

• bored

• excited

• interested

Multiple Choice

From the text we know that . . . .

• the writer bought some souvenirs in Hongdae

• ​Incheon is the name of Airport in North Korea

• to enjoy the view of Seoul, we should go to Seoul tower

• the writer went to Gyeongbokgung to eat kimchi as the traditional Korean food

Multiple Choice

"...checked in to the hotel I already booked." The underlined word means ...

• printed paper consisting of some pages

• ​set of blank sheets for writing

• getting room for holiday

• reserve in advance

Multiple Choice

"...a famous district in South Korea." The underlined word has closest meaning to . . .

• popular

• strange

• unknown

• awkward