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Historical Recount Text

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is purpose of Recount Text?

a)

To list and describe past experiences by retelling events in the order in which they happened (cronological order)

b)

To tell a story, mainly used to entertain, motivate, or teach

c)

To intriduce, identify, promote, and explain someone or something

d)

To give information to others and make them pay attention

2.

What is historical recount text?

a)

A text tells the reader about something happened in the past

b)

A text tells the reader about events in the past that has historical values

c)

A text that tells about imaginative role

d)

A text that describing a situation in the past

3.

The following text is for question 2-4

THE BATTLE ON NOVEMBER 10, 1945

The Battle of Surabaya was fought between pro-independence Indonesian soldiers and militia against British and British Indian troops as a part of the Indonesian National Revolution.

On 27 October 1945, a British plane from Jakarta dropped leaflets over Surabaya urging all Indonesian troops and militia to surrender their weapons. The leaders of the Indonesian troops and militia were angered, seeing it as a breaking of the agreement reached with Mallaby earlier.

Brigadier A. W. S. Mallaby, the British brigade commander in Surabaya, was travelling about Surabaya to spread the news about the new agreement to his troops. Shortly after that, Mallaby was shot and killed. That made Lieutenant General Sir Philip Christison was angered.

At dawn on 10 November, British troops began a methodical advance through the city under the cover of naval and air bombardment. Fighting was heavy, with British troops clearing buildings room by room.

The battle was the heaviest single battle of the revolution and became a national symbol of Indonesian resistance. Considered a heroic effort by Indonesians, the battle helped galvanise Indonesian and international support for Indonesian independence.

It was a day now commemorated in Indonesia as Heroes’ Day.

What kind of genre does the text above belong to?

a)

Personal Recount

b)

Biographical Recount

c)

Historical Recount

d)

Imaginative Recount

4.

THE BATTLE ON NOVEMBER 10, 1945

The Battle of Surabaya was fought between pro-independence Indonesian soldiers and militia against British and British Indian troops as a part of the Indonesian National Revolution.

On 27 October 1945, a British plane from Jakarta dropped leaflets over Surabaya urging all Indonesian troops and militia to surrender their weapons. The leaders of the Indonesian troops and militia were angered, seeing it as a breaking of the agreement reached with Mallaby earlier.

Brigadier A. W. S. Mallaby, the British brigade commander in Surabaya, was travelling about Surabaya to spread the news about the new agreement to his troops. Shortly after that, Mallaby was shot and killed. That made Lieutenant General Sir Philip Christison was angered.

At dawn on 10 November, British troops began a methodical advance through the city under the cover of naval and air bombardment. Fighting was heavy, with British troops clearing buildings room by room.

The battle was the heaviest single battle of the revolution and became a national symbol of Indonesian resistance. Considered a heroic effort by Indonesians, the battle helped galvanise Indonesian and international support for Indonesian independence.

It was a day now commemorated in Indonesia as Heroes’ Day.

What is the passage about?

a)

Battle the revolution

b)

The battle of Surabaya

c)

In Indonesia as Heroes’s day

d)

The British brigade commander in Surabaya

5.

THE BATTLE ON NOVEMBER 10, 1945

The Battle of Surabaya was fought between pro-independence Indonesian soldiers and militia against British and British Indian troops as a part of the Indonesian National Revolution.

On 27 October 1945, a British plane from Jakarta dropped leaflets over Surabaya urging all Indonesian troops and militia to surrender their weapons. The leaders of the Indonesian troops and militia were angered, seeing it as a breaking of the agreement reached with Mallaby earlier.

Brigadier A. W. S. Mallaby, the British brigade commander in Surabaya, was travelling about Surabaya to spread the news about the new agreement to his troops. Shortly after that, Mallaby was shot and killed. That made Lieutenant General Sir Philip Christison was angered.

At dawn on 10 November, British troops began a methodical advance through the city under the cover of naval and air bombardment. Fighting was heavy, with British troops clearing buildings room by room.

The battle was the heaviest single battle of the revolution and became a national symbol of Indonesian resistance. Considered a heroic effort by Indonesians, the battle helped galvanise Indonesian and international support for Indonesian independence.

It was a day now commemorated in Indonesia as Heroes’ Day.

When and where did the battle take place?

a)

Yogyakarta, 10 November 1945

b)

Surabaya, 27 November 1945

c)

Surabaya, 10 November 1945

d)

Surabaya, 27 November 1945

6.
a)

General statement

b)

Orientation

c)

Opening

d)

Introduction

7.

the paragraph above belongs to..

a)

Orientation

b)

Re-orientation

c)

Event

d)

Social function

8.

S_q_en_ _ events in time order is giving information in the order of their occurrence.

(a)  

9.

R_c_u_t is retelling important information, events or experience. Third person pronouns are used as I and we.

(a)  

10.

O__e__a___ n introduce a character, time or place.

(a)  

11.

P_o_e_s is a sequential instructions or diretions where various steps are enumerated. Second person pronoun you may be used.

(a)  

12.

The leaders of the Indonesian troops and militia (are) (a)   angered, seeing it as a breaking of the agreement reached with Mallaby earlier.

13.

a British plane from Jakarta (drop) (a)   leaflets over Surabaya urging all Indonesian troops and militia to surrender their weapons

14.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uf392_aPFUk

Who is a prominent Indonesian activist who advocated for women's rights and female education?

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15.

Which picture that describes about the historical recount text the best?

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