DIAGNOSTIK

choose themes about expository text below based on your interest

• Benefits and risks of AI and technology

• Holiday during Ramadhan

• Environment Issues

"While I __________ my homework, the phone rang.

• was doing

• did

• have done

• am doing

Which of the following is an example of an expository text?

• A fairy tale.

• A scientific article explaining photosynthesis.

• A mystery novel.

• A biography of a famous person.

Identify the correct structure of an expository text:

• Orientation, complication, resolution.

• Thesis, arguments, conclusion

• Orientation, series of events, reorientation

• General statement, arguments, twist

Which sentence correctly uses a cause-and-effect conjunction?

• The plant died because it was not watered

• The plant died, and it was not watered

• The plant died or it was not watered.

• A water is essential for life.

The experiment was unsuccessful _______ the inaccurate measurements.

• due to

• as a result of

• although

• however

____________ the instructions were clear, some errors occurred.

• however

• because

• and

• although

Choose the sentence with the correct use of past continuous tense

• I was playing soccer when it rained.

• I play soccer when it rained.

• I am playing soccer when it rained.

• I have played soccer when it rained.

Which of the following sentences uses the correct past tense?

• a. She go to school yesterday.

• b. She went to school yesterday.

• She goes to school yesterday.

• She going to school yesterday.

What is the primary purpose of an expository text?

• To entertain the reader

• To explain how or why something happens.

• To persuade the reader.

• To narrate a personal experience.