Recount Text & Past Tense Test

How can you analyze the structure of a recount text?

• Examine the characters, setting, and theme.

• Identify the conclusion, climax, and resolution.

• Analyze the grammar, punctuation, and spelling.

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  Identify the orientation, series of events, and reorientation.

• Orientation, main idea, summary

What is the main idea of a recount text?

• To predict future events based on past experiences.

• To retell past events or experiences in the order in which they happened.

• To provide step-by-step instructions on how to complete a task.

• To analyze the causes and effects of historical events.

What are the types of recount texts?

• 
  Scientific recounts, personal recount, education recounts, historical recounts

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  Historical recounts, imaginative recounts, biographycal recounts, animal recounts

• Biographical recounts, personal recounts, factual recounts, physical recounts,

• Personal recounts, Factual recounts, Imaginative recounts, historical recounts

What is the generic structure of this text:

Bandung as Sea of Fire was a fire that occurred in the city of Bandung on March 24, 1946. Within seven hours, about 200,000 residents of Bandung burned their homes.

British troops as part of the Brigade MacDonald arrived in Bandung on October 12, 1945. Bandung was deliberately burned by TRI and local people. There were black smoke billowing high into the air everywhere. The British Army began to attack so fierce. The greatest battle happened in the Village name Dayeuh Kolot, in South Bandung, where there were a large ammunition depot belonging to British. In this battle, Barisan Rakyat Indonesia destroyed the ammunition depot.

The strategy to fire Bandung was considered because the power of TRI and people’s militia was not comparable to the British forces and NICA. This incident inspired to create the famous song “Halo, Halo Bandung”.

• Orientation, description, identification

• Description, Identification, re-orientation

• Orientation, events, re orientation

• Orientation, arguments, conclution

Bandung as Sea of Fire was a fire that occurred in the city of Bandung on March 24, 1946. Within seven hours, about 200,000 residents of Bandung burned their homes.

British troops as part of the Brigade MacDonald arrived in Bandung on October 12, 1945. Bandung was deliberately burned by TRI and local people. There were black smoke billowing high into the air everywhere. The British Army began to attack so fierce. The greatest battle happened in the Village name Dayeuh Kolot, in South Bandung, where there were a large ammunition depot belonging to British. In this battle, Barisan Rakyat Indonesia destroyed the ammunition depot.

The strategy to fire Bandung was considered because the power of TRI and people’s militia was not comparable to the British forces and NICA. This incident inspired to create the famous song “Halo, Halo Bandung”.

What is the type of text above?

• Historical recounts

• imaginative recounts

• Personal recounts

• factual recount

Identify the characteristics of a recount text.

• Present tense, linking verb, and personal details

• future tense, will and be going to, linking verb

• past tense, action verb in verb 1, personal details

• Past tense, chronological order, descriptive details

They '​​ (a)   the big "Pasar Malam" at Cimahi last night. (look)

• looked'
• look
• looks
• was looking

My mother '​ (a)   a nurse 10 years ago.

• was
• is
• am
• been

'​ (a)   Brian '​​ (b)   his parents about his english test score last week? (tell)

• Did
• tell
• tells
• told
• was telling

We '​ (a)   still here after you went home. (be)

• were
• is
• are
• was