Recount Text Exercises-Intensive Reading

What is Recount Text?

• Text that describes the subject in detail

• Text that tells the readers about present events or experiences in chronological order

• Text that retells story to the readers about past events or experiences in chronological order

• Text that gives information to the readers about future events

• Text that is used to report something

Why do we use past tense in the Recount Text?

• Recount text talks about something that happens repeatedly

• Recount text talks about something that happens in present time

• Recount text talks about something that always happens

• Recount text talks about something unforgettable in the future

• Recount text talks about something that happened in the past

Which one is not the language feature of Recount Text?

• Past tenses

• Adverb of frequency

• Past perfect continuous tense

• Adverb of time

• Action verb

What is the social function of Recount Text?

• To give information about your dream

• To entertain the readers with the story of your experiences

• To give a report about your experiments

• To depict and give information in detail about the subject in your story

• To forget the unforgettable moments

How many generic structures are there in Recount Text? What are they?

• 3: Orientation-Events-Reorientation

• 3: Orientation-Main body-Closure

• 3: Orientation-Events-Summary

• 3: Introduction-Events-Orientation

• 3: Orientation-Introduction-Reorientation

On Saturday, my friend and I went to the beach.

While we were at the beach, we played in the water. Then, we had lunch. We brought delicious food to eat. After our lunch, we built a sand castle. Later, it began to rain. So, we packed our things and went home. Finally, we arrived at my house.

We were tired, but we were very happy to spend our day at the beach.

What is the tense that is used in the text above?

• Past continuous tense

• Simple past tense

• Simple present tense

• Past perfect tense

• Past perfect continuous tense

On Saturday, my friend and I went to the beach.

While we were at the beach, we played in the water. Then, we had lunch. We brought delicious food to eat. After our lunch, we built a sand castle. Later, it began to rain. So, we packed our things and went home. Finally, we arrived at my house.

We were tired, but we were very happy to spend our day at the beach.

Mention the conjunctions in the text above!

• And; were; while; so; finally

• And; while; then; at; but

• And; then; after; were; so;

• And; then; later; while; but

• While; then; after; later; in

On Saturday, my friend and I went to the beach.

While we were at the beach, we played in the water. Then, we had lunch. We brought delicious food to eat. After our lunch, we built a sand castle. Later, it began to rain. So, we packed our things and went home. Finally, we arrived at my house.

We were tired, but we were very happy to spend our day at the beach.

When it began to rain, what were they doing at that time?

• They were packing their things

• They were building a sand castle

• They were going home

• They were having lunch

• They were very happy

Read the text below!

Last weekend, I went to a music festival with my friends. We had been looking forward to the event for a month, and we were all excited to see our favorite artists perform live.

When we arrived at the festival, we were greeted by a massive crowd. There were several stages set up, each with a different performer. We walked around, checked out the different stages, and eventually settled on a spot near the main stage.

The first performer was a local band. We danced and sang along to their music. After their set, we grabbed some food from one of the food trucks and continued to enjoy the festival.

As the night went on, the festival began to wind down. We were tired but happy. We had spent the day listening to music, eating good food, and hanging out together. It was an amazing experience.

Mention the adverbs of time based on the text above!

• Last weekend; continued

• Last weekend; the day

• Last weekend; for 2 months

• Last weekend; near

• Last weekend; for a month

"We had been looking forward to the event for a month, ..." What is the tense used in this sentence?

• Simple past tense

• Past perfect tense

• Past present continuous tense

• Past perfect continuous tense

• Simple present tense