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Recount Text

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 1hrs 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Last week, Mr Damiri’s wife had an accident. Her youngest child, Yusuf, was at home when it happened. He was playing with his new toy car. Suddenly Yusuf heard his mother calling, “Help! Help!” he ran to the kitchen. His mother had burnt herself with some hot cooking oil. She was crying with pain and the pan was on fire. Mr. Damiri had gone to the office. The other children had gone to school.


Yusuf was too small to help his mother, and she was too frightened to speak sensibly to him. But he ran to the neighbour’s house and asked his neighbor to come and help his mother. The neighbor soon put out the fire and took Yusuf’s mother to the clinic.


When Mr. Damiri came home, his wife told him what had happened. He was very proud of his son, “When you are a man, you will be just like your father,”she said.


The main idea of the second paragraph is ….

a)

Mrs. Damiri got accident

b)

Mr. Damiri was proud of his son

c)

Yusuf asked his neighbour to help

d)

Mr. Damiri and his other children had gone

2.

On Wednesday, my students and I went to Yogyakarta. We stayed at Dirgahayu Hotel which is not far from Malioboro.


On Thursday, we visited the temples in Prambanan. There are three big temples, the Brahmana, Syiwa and Wisnu temples. They are really amazing. We visited only Brahmana and Syiwa temples, because Wisnu temple is being renovated.


On Friday morning we went to Yogya Kraton. We spent about two hours there. We were lucky because we were led by a smart and friendly guide. Then we continued our journey to Borobudur. We arrived there at four p.m. At 5 p.m. we heard the announcement that Borobudur gate would be closed.


In the evening we left for Jakarta by wisata bus.


The text above mainly discusses about ...

a)

The writer’s first visit to Prambanan

b)

The writer’s trip to Yogyakarta

c)

The writer’s experience at Yogya Kraton

d)

The writer’s impression about Borobudur

3.

The purpose of the rcount text is to……….

a)

tell past events

b)

entertain the writer

c)

describe the smugglers

d)

report an event to the police

4.

Last holiday I went to Paris. I visited museums and sat in public gardens. A friendly waiter taught me a few words of French. Then he lent me a book. I read a few lines, but I did not understand a word. Every day, I thought about postcards. My holidays passed quickly, but I did not send any cards to my friends. On the last day I made a big decision, I got up early and bought thirty seven cards. I spent the whole day in my room, but I did not write a single card!


What is the tenses used in the text above?

a)

Simple Present Tense

b)

Past Continues Tense

c)

Simple Past Tense

d)

Simple Future Tense

e)

Future Perfect Tense

5.

Tell an interesting, funny, terrible, excited, happy, sad, horror experience

a)

Recount Text

b)

Descriptive Text

c)

Narrative Text

d)

Procedure Text

6.

Last month, my family and I went to Parang Tritis beach. It was the first time that I had a vacation with my family.

a)

Orientation

b)

event

c)

re-orientation

d)

description

7.

Match it!

a)

a text which retells events or experiences in the past.

1.

Recount text

b)

a text which says what a person or a thing is like.

2.

Descriptive text

c)

a type of text that is written to explain how to do something.

3.

Procedure text

d)

a story with complication or problematic events and it tries to find the resolutions to solve the problems

4.

Narrative text

8.

Categorize it!

Categorize the following

Identification

Description

Simple present tense

Orientation

Events

Re-Orientation

Simple past tense

using spesific participants

Descriptive text
Recount text
9.

Match it!

a)

Yesterday was a memorable day for me. I took part in my country's Independence Day competition in my neighborhood.

1.

Orientation

b)

I participated in the sack race. The sack race is a competitive game in which participants place both of their legs inside a sack or pillow case that reaches their waist or neck and hop forward from a starting point toward a finish line.

2.

Event

c)

Yesterday was the most memorable day for me. I had a happy experience in my life. I wish I could participate in the Independence Day commemoration next year.

3.

Re-Orientation

10.

On Saturday, my friends and I​ (a)   to the beach. When we​ (b)   at the beach, we played in the water. Then we​ (c)   our lunch, and it was delicious. After​ (d)   our lunch, we​ (e)   a sandcastle.

Choose from the below words
went
arrived
ate
had
built
go
eat
drove
read
made
11.

BJ. Habibie

Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie known as BJ. Habibie was born on 25 June 1936. He was the third president of Republic of Indonesia (1998 - 1999). Habibie was born in Parepare, South Sulawesi Province to Alwi Abdul Jalil and R.A Tuti Marini Puspowardojo. His father was an agriculturerist from Gorontalo of Bugis descentand his mother was a Javanese noble woman from Yogyakarta. His parents met while studying in Bogor. When he was 14 years old, habibie's father died.

Following his father's death, Habibie continued his studies in Jakarta and then in 1955 moved to Germany. In 1962 Habibie returned to Indonesia for three months on sick leave. During this time, he was reacqguinted with Hasri Ainun, the daughter of R. Mohammad Basri. The two married on 12 May 1962, returning to Germany shorthly afterward. Habibie and his wife settled in Aachen for short period before moving to Oberforstbach. In May 1963 they had first son, Ilham Akbar Habibie and later another son, Thareq Kemal Habibie.

What kind of the text?

a)

Narrative text

b)

Recount text

c)

Procedure text

d)

Descriptive text

e)

Report text

12.

I … swim in the lake this morning. It … too cold since yesterday.

a)

was – did

b)

didn’t – was

c)

was – didn’t

d)

didn’t – didn’t

13.

the Language Feature of Recount text, Except........

a)

Using Simple present Tense

b)

Using Simple Past Tense

c)

Using First Person

d)

Using time conjunction

e)

Using anectode