WorksheetsRECOUNT TEXT
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
What is recount text?
A text which usually focuses on describing a single location, object, event, person, or place.
A text that explain how something works or how to use instruction/operation manuals.
A text that telling the reader about one story, action or activity.
“It gives the readers the background information needed to understand the text, such as who was involved, where it happened, and when it happened.” is the definition of................in recount text
events
orientation
re-orientation
Which of this is the re-orientation of recount text?
A series of events ordered in a chronological sequence.
It gives the readers the background information needed to understand the text, such as who was involved, where it happened, and when it happened.
A personal comment about the event or what happened in the end.
Read the statements below!
1. Using the simple past tense, past continuous tense, past perfect tense, past perfect continuous tense
2. adverb of time used are : late on Friday, on Saturday, yesterday, last year, last week
3. using the conjunctions such as: then, before, after, etc
4. using action verbs: e.g. went, stayed
5. using an action verb: e.g. go, live, stay, work
The language features (ciri-ciri kebahasaan) of recount text is….
1,2,3,4
1,2,3,5
2,3,4,5
”I had my most memorable adolescence when I was fourteen”
The sentence above belongs to….
orientation
events
re-orientation
“That was my bad experience with adolescence , though there were still lots of good experiences too”
The sentence above belongs to….
orientation
events
re-orientation
Read the text below.
Last week was the first day I came late to school. I had never came late to school before.
I I was staying up late until 2 am which was very unusual for me. I set my alarm to 5 am. I woke up at 7 am and I did not hear my alarm rang. It turned out that my alarm was broken. I rushed to bathroom and changed to my school uniform. I ran to my school. When I arrived, I was punished for being late.
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The correct re-orientation for the text above is…
That’s why winning singing competition meant so much to me.
After school I bought two new alarms to prevent this happen again
After three days, I got better and I promised not to eat too much spicy food anymore.
Last weekend I and my classmates went to the countryside to have a picnic. Before leaving, we made some sandwiches for lunch. We left quite early to avoid the traffic jam.
After driving for two hours, we arrived at a very nice place. It was near a river with some big trees around it. The driver parked the car under the tree. Seeing the clear and cool water of the river, my friends and I decided to swim. After having lunch together, we went around the area to enjoy the scenery. We saw some beautiful birds and butterflies. After walking for about an hour, we decided to return to the car and go home. Unfortunately, we could not start up the car. Finally after sometime, we could make the car start up by pushing it.
We were happy although we felt a bit tired when we got home.
What is the main idea of the second paragraph?
The writer made sandwiches for lunch
The writer did some fun activities during their picnic
After doing some activities, the writer went home by car
Last weekend I and my classmates went to the countryside to have a picnic. Before leaving, we made some sandwiches for lunch. We left quite early to avoid the traffic jam.
After driving for two hours, we arrived at a very nice place. It was near a river with some big trees around it. The driver parked the car under the tree. Seeing the clear and cool water of the river, my friends and I decided to swim. After having lunch together, we went around the area to enjoy the scenery. We saw some beautiful birds and butterflies. After walking for about an hour, we decided to return to the car and go home. Unfortunately, we could not start up the car. Finally after sometime, we could make the car start up by pushing it.
We were happy although we felt a bit tired when we got home.
Why did the writer and his friends decide to swim in the river?
They felt hot after having lunch
They felt tired after having a walk
The water was cool and clear
Last weekend I and my classmates went to the countryside to have a picnic. Before leaving, we made some sandwiches for lunch. We left quite early to avoid the traffic jam.
After driving for two hours, we arrived at a very nice place. It was near a river with some big trees around it. The driver parked the car under the tree. Seeing the clear and cool water of the river, my friends and I decided to swim. After having lunch together, we went around the area to enjoy the scenery. We saw some beautiful birds and butterflies. After walking for about an hour, we decided to return to the car and go home. Unfortunately, we could not start up the car. Finally after sometime, we could make the car start up by pushing it.
We were happy although we felt a bit tired when we got home.
Because of the trouble they had at the end of their picnic, they probably ….
Got home a bit late
Decided to swim again
Had to spend the night there
