The Unforgettable Experience

New Zealand was where I spent my most recent holiday, and I adored it. The locals are kind and helpful. I have a fascinating story from our first day. My beloved father took me and my mom on a sightseeing tour by renting a car. We discovered an incredible view from the top, where we could overlook the bay.

My father waited in the car while my mother and I got out to snap photographs. We were taking turns posing and shooting photos when I noticed a man dressed in sports gear bringing his bicycle up the steep steps. The dude astounded me. I kept watching him as he completed his ascent. But we were taken aback when he unexpectedly approached us and extended his hand as if begging for our camera. We were terrified since he appeared to be dangerous. He was breathing heavily, so he couldn't say anything. He was wearing bicycle glasses, which gave him a frightening appearance. But then, with a gesture, he finally indicated that he wanted to assist us in taking a picture. We directly gave him the camera.

We had underestimated that man, who turned out to be merely trying to help us. Let that serve as a lesson! People should not be judged only on their appearance.

What was so interesting about the man that the writer kept looking at him?

The Unforgettable Experience

New Zealand was where I spent my most recent holiday, and I adored it. The locals are kind and helpful. I have a fascinating story from our first day. My beloved father took me and my mom on a sightseeing tour by renting a car. We discovered an incredible view from the top, where we could overlook the bay.

My father waited in the car while my mother and I got out to snap photographs. We were taking turns posing and shooting photos when I noticed a man dressed in sports gear bringing his bicycle up the steep steps. The dude astounded me. I kept watching him as he completed his ascent. But we were taken aback when he unexpectedly approached us and extended his hand as if begging for our camera. We were terrified since he appeared to be dangerous. He was breathing heavily, so he couldn't say anything. He was wearing bicycle glasses, which gave him a frightening appearance. But then, with a gesture, he finally indicated that he wanted to assist us in taking a picture. We directly gave him the camera.

We had underestimated that man, who turned out to be merely trying to help us. Let that serve as a lesson! People should not be judged only on their appearance.

What did the man do to explain that he was just trying to help?

The Unforgettable Experience

New Zealand was where I spent my most recent holiday, and I adored it. The locals are kind and helpful. I have a fascinating story from our first day. My beloved father took me and my mom on a sightseeing tour by renting a car. We discovered an incredible view from the top, where we could overlook the bay.

My father waited in the car while my mother and I got out to snap photographs. We were taking turns posing and shooting photos when I noticed a man dressed in sports gear bringing his bicycle up the steep steps. The dude astounded me. I kept watching him as he completed his ascent. But we were taken aback when he unexpectedly approached us and extended his hand as if begging for our camera. We were terrified since he appeared to be dangerous. He was breathing heavily, so he couldn't say anything. He was wearing bicycle glasses, which gave him a frightening appearance. But then, with a gesture, he finally indicated that he wanted to assist us in taking a picture. We directly gave him the camera.

We had underestimated that man, who turned out to be merely trying to help us. Let that serve as a lesson! People should not be judged only on their appearance.

"We were terrified ...." (Paragraph 2) The synonym of the underlined word is

The Unforgettable Experience

New Zealand was where I spent my most recent holiday, and I adored it. The locals are kind and helpful. I have a fascinating story from our first day. My beloved father took me and my mom on a sightseeing tour by renting a car. We discovered an incredible view from the top, where we could overlook the bay.

My father waited in the car while my mother and I got out to snap photographs. We were taking turns posing and shooting photos when I noticed a man dressed in sports gear bringing his bicycle up the steep steps. The dude astounded me. I kept watching him as he completed his ascent. But we were taken aback when he unexpectedly approached us and extended his hand as if begging for our camera. We were terrified since he appeared to be dangerous. He was breathing heavily, so he couldn't say anything. He was wearing bicycle glasses, which gave him a frightening appearance. But then, with a gesture, he finally indicated that he wanted to assist us in taking a picture. We directly gave him the camera.

We had underestimated that man, who turned out to be merely trying to help us. Let that serve as a lesson! People should not be judged only on their appearance.

"..., where we can overlook the bay" (Last paragraph) The underlined word refers to ....

ATTENTION

PLEASE OFFER THESE SEATS TO PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, THE ELDERLY, OR PEOPLE WITH CHILDREN.

Where would you be likely to find the notice?

By obeying the sign, a person has practised... to others.

ANNOUNCEMENT

Are you the one we are looking for? A young person with a talent for writing about environment. Show the world that you care. Join the writing contest on the theme of LET'S GO GREEN.

•The winners will get a chance to travel around the forest in Kalimantan and Sumatra. You will witness the beauty and the wealth of Indonesian forest.

•Trophies and cash are waiting for the best! Write your ideas on how to be greener in not more than 5 pages. For further information, please contact the committee.

Students Organization of SMP Bunga Bangsa Contact Person Nilta (VIIIA) and Adi (VIIIB)

The announcement is intended to.....

ANNOUNCEMENT

Are you the one we are looking for? A young person with a talent for writing about environment. Show the world that you care. Join the writing contest on the theme of LET'S GO GREEN.

•The winners will get a chance to travel around the forest in Kalimantan and Sumatra. You will witness the beauty and the wealth of Indonesian forest.

•Trophies and cash are waiting for the best! Write your ideas on how to be greener in not more than 5 pages. For further information, please contact the committee.

Students Organization of SMP Bunga Bangsa Contact Person Nilta (VIIIA) and Adi (VIIIB)

What is the prize for the winners?

"Show the world that you care." A synonym for the underlined word is…

Tina : I am very nervous now. I don't know what to do.

Anwar : Do not focus on the audience. Just focus on your guitar chords.

Tina : I will try. But what do you think about my clothes now?

Anwar : They are beautiful. The color makes you shine.

Tina: Ah, thank you. I do love this color.

Anwar : Yes, you look gorgeous. So, don't be nervous.

What did Anwar say to Tina in order to make her calm?

Tina : I am very nervous now. I don't know what to do.

Anwar : Do not focus on the audience. Just focus on your guitar chords.

Tina : I will try. But what do you think about my clothes now?

Anwar : They are beautiful. The color makes you shine.

Tina: Ah, thank you. I do love this color.

Anwar : Yes, you look gorgeous. So, don't be nervous.

What is Anwar's opinion about Tina's clothes?

Dodi : Hi, did you get a ticket for the Coldplay concert?

Dina : No, don't talk about it. I am very upset.

Dodi : So am I. I didn't get a ticket.

Dina : Why do you want to attend the concert?

Dodi : I love their songs. In my opinion, many people can relate to their songs and the melodies are unique.

Dina : Yes! I couldn't agree with you more.

Dodi : Did you know that listening to music will bring us a new perspective?

Dina : I do. I have read an article which said that listening to music will stimulate our body to produce endorphins. That's the hormone that brings the feeling of happiness.

Dodi : Wow, that's cool.

What are they talking about?

Dodi : Hi, did you get a ticket for the Coldplay concert?

Dina : No, don't talk about it. I am very upset.

Dodi : So am I. I didn't get a ticket.

Dina : Why do you want to attend the concert?

Dodi : I love their songs. In my opinion, many people can relate to their songs and the melodies are unique.

Dina : Yes! I couldn't agree with you more.

Dodi : Did you know that listening to music will bring us a new perspective?

Dina : I do. I have read an article which said that listening to music will stimulate our body to produce endorphins. That's the hormone that brings the feeling of happiness.

Dodi : Wow, that's cool.

What is Dodi's opinion about Coldplay?

Dodi : Hi, did you get a ticket for the Coldplay concert?

Dina : No, don't talk about it. I am very upset.

Dodi : So am I. I didn't get a ticket.

Dina : Why do you want to attend the concert?

Dodi : I love their songs. In my opinion, many people can relate to their songs and the melodies are unique.

Dina : Yes! I couldn't agree with you more.

Dodi : Did you know that listening to music will bring us a new perspective?

Dina : I do. I have read an article which said that listening to music will stimulate our body to produce endorphins. That's the hormone that brings the feeling of happiness.

Dodi : Wow, that's cool.

What does Dina feel about the upcoming Coldplay concert?

Dodi : Hi, did you get a ticket for the Coldplay concert?

Dina : No, don't talk about it. I am very upset.

Dodi : So am I. I didn't get a ticket.

Dina : Why do you want to attend the concert?

Dodi : I love their songs. In my opinion, many people can relate to their songs and the melodies are unique.

Dina : Yes! I couldn't agree with you more.

Dodi : Did you know that listening to music will bring us a new perspective?

Dina : I do. I have read an article which said that listening to music will stimulate our body to produce endorphins. That's the hormone that brings the feeling of happiness.

Dodi : Wow, that's cool.

What does Dodi think about Coldplay music?

My Bad Experience

Have you ever been on a bus for 32 hours? My name is Dina. I had this bad experience last June during my trip back to Semarang. It was when big floods swept across most parts of Indonesia.

I was on my way back to Semarang from Jember, East Java. My journey started at 2 pm from the Jember bus station. Soon after arriving at the Surabaya bus station, I hurriedly took another bus and left Surabaya at 8 pm with a nice bus called Trigaya Putra. The bus was full of passengers. We expected to arrive at the Semarang bus station around 5 am.

At 1 am, the bus, as usual, stopped at Tuban and the crew woke up the passengers We had dinner in a small restaurant. I had been on the route several times and always hated to be woken up in the middle of deep sleep even for free dinner, But I had to, since the crew always asked everybody to get off the bus before locking the doors.

After having a meal and resting for about thirty minutes, we were called back to our seats. The bus moved off again. Most of the passengers were soon asleep again. So far, the journey had been fine.

At about 3 am I woke up and realized that the bus had stopped. I tried to see where we were by looking through the window but I couldn't see a thing. It was dark outside However, I could see that there were plenty of cars, small and big. beside the bus. And to my surprise, they didn't move. Soon, all the passengers woke up From the crew, we knew that we were in Juwana, and there was a very long line of vehicles in front of us.

Then the conditions got worse. We could see the street was flooded. All vehicles had to run very carefully in order not to slip into the gutter. Our bus stopped for hours. The driver said that there was an accident in front. It was 11 am and we were starving. No food stalls were around. Fortunately, a kind passenger offered to buy us some food. However, all he could get was fried cassava. Apparently, no one sold food during the disaster.

We spent our time talking to each other. I even talked to the driver of a truck next to our bus. He told me that he had been stuck for three days!

The queue moved very slowly. However, after we passed Juwana, the flood was not so big. And at about 10 pm, I finally arrived in Semarang. What a journey!

From the text, we know that the writer

Where did the writer get her very late dinner?

How did the writer feel about the dinner?

What happened to the bus when they arrived at Juwana?

My Bad Experience

Have you ever been on a bus for 32 hours? My name is Dina. I had this bad experience last June during my trip back to Semarang. It was when big floods swept across most parts of Indonesia.

I was on my way back to Semarang from Jember, East Java. My journey started at 2 pm from the Jember bus station. Soon after arriving at the Surabaya bus station, I hurriedly took another bus and left Surabaya at 8 pm with a nice bus called Trigaya Putra. The bus was full of passengers. We expected to arrive at the Semarang bus station around 5 am.

At 1 am, the bus, as usual, stopped at Tuban and the crew woke up the passengers We had dinner in a small restaurant. I had been on the route several times and always hated to be woken up in the middle of deep sleep even for free dinner, But I had to, since the crew always asked everybody to get off the bus before locking the doors.

After having a meal and resting for about thirty minutes, we were called back to our seats. The bus moved off again. Most of the passengers were soon asleep again. So far, the journey had been fine.

At about 3 am I woke up and realized that the bus had stopped. I tried to see where we were by looking through the window but I couldn't see a thing. It was dark outside However, I could see that there were plenty of cars, small and big. beside the bus. And to my surprise, they didn't move. Soon, all the passengers woke up From the crew, we knew that we were in Juwana, and there was a very long line of vehicles in front of us.

Then the conditions got worse. We could see the street was flooded. All vehicles had to run very carefully in order not to slip into the gutter. Our bus stopped for hours. The driver said that there was an accident in front. It was 11 am and we were starving. No food stalls were around. Fortunately, a kind passenger offered to buy us some food. However, all he could get was fried cassava. Apparently, no one sold food during the disaster.

We spent our time talking to each other. I even talked to the driver of a truck next to our bus. He told me that he had been stuck for three days!

The queue moved very slowly. However, after we passed Juwana, the flood was not so big. And at about 10 pm, I finally arrived in Semarang. What a journey!

What did they have to eat when they were in Juwana?

My Bad Experience

Have you ever been on a bus for 32 hours? My name is Dina. I had this bad experience last June during my trip back to Semarang. It was when big floods swept across most parts of Indonesia.

I was on my way back to Semarang from Jember, East Java. My journey started at 2 pm from the Jember bus station. Soon after arriving at the Surabaya bus station, I hurriedly took another bus and left Surabaya at 8 pm with a nice bus called Trigaya Putra. The bus was full of passengers. We expected to arrive at the Semarang bus station around 5 am.

At 1 am, the bus, as usual, stopped at Tuban and the crew woke up the passengers We had dinner in a small restaurant. I had been on the route several times and always hated to be woken up in the middle of deep sleep even for free dinner, But I had to, since the crew always asked everybody to get off the bus before locking the doors.

After having a meal and resting for about thirty minutes, we were called back to our seats. The bus moved off again. Most of the passengers were soon asleep again. So far, the journey had been fine.

At about 3 am I woke up and realized that the bus had stopped. I tried to see where we were by looking through the window but I couldn't see a thing. It was dark outside However, I could see that there were plenty of cars, small and big. beside the bus. And to my surprise, they didn't move. Soon, all the passengers woke up From the crew, we knew that we were in Juwana, and there was a very long line of vehicles in front of us.

Then the conditions got worse. We could see the street was flooded. All vehicles had to run very carefully in order not to slip into the gutter. Our bus stopped for hours. The driver said that there was an accident in front. It was 11 am and we were starving. No food stalls were around. Fortunately, a kind passenger offered to buy us some food. However, all he could get was fried cassava. Apparently, no one sold food during the disaster.

We spent our time talking to each other. I even talked to the driver of a truck next to our bus. He told me that he had been stuck for three days!

The queue moved very slowly. However, after we passed Juwana, the flood was not so big. And at about 10 pm, I finally arrived in Semarang. What a journey!

“...... However, all he could get was fried cassava" (Paragraph 6)

The underlined word refers to ......

My Bad Experience

Have you ever been on a bus for 32 hours? My name is Dina. I had this bad experience last June during my trip back to Semarang. It was when big floods swept across most parts of Indonesia.

I was on my way back to Semarang from Jember, East Java. My journey started at 2 pm from the Jember bus station. Soon after arriving at the Surabaya bus station, I hurriedly took another bus and left Surabaya at 8 pm with a nice bus called Trigaya Putra. The bus was full of passengers. We expected to arrive at the Semarang bus station around 5 am.

At 1 am, the bus, as usual, stopped at Tuban and the crew woke up the passengers We had dinner in a small restaurant. I had been on the route several times and always hated to be woken up in the middle of deep sleep even for free dinner, But I had to, since the crew always asked everybody to get off the bus before locking the doors.

After having a meal and resting for about thirty minutes, we were called back to our seats. The bus moved off again. Most of the passengers were soon asleep again. So far, the journey had been fine.

At about 3 am I woke up and realized that the bus had stopped. I tried to see where we were by looking through the window but I couldn't see a thing. It was dark outside However, I could see that there were plenty of cars, small and big. beside the bus. And to my surprise, they didn't move. Soon, all the passengers woke up From the crew, we knew that we were in Juwana, and there was a very long line of vehicles in front of us.

Then the conditions got worse. We could see the street was flooded. All vehicles had to run very carefully in order not to slip into the gutter. Our bus stopped for hours. The driver said that there was an accident in front. It was 11 am and we were starving. No food stalls were around. Fortunately, a kind passenger offered to buy us some food. However, all he could get was fried cassava. Apparently, no one sold food during the disaster.

We spent our time talking to each other. I even talked to the driver of a truck next to our bus. He told me that he had been stuck for three days!

The queue moved very slowly. However, after we passed Juwana, the flood was not so big. And at about 10 pm, I finally arrived in Semarang. What a journey!

What was the cause of the flood?

Why did the kind passenger only can get fried cassava?

My Bad Experience

Have you ever been on a bus for 32 hours? My name is Dina. I had this bad experience last June during my trip back to Semarang. It was when big floods swept across most parts of Indonesia.

I was on my way back to Semarang from Jember, East Java. My journey started at 2 pm from the Jember bus station. Soon after arriving at the Surabaya bus station, I hurriedly took another bus and left Surabaya at 8 pm with a nice bus called Trigaya Putra. The bus was full of passengers. We expected to arrive at the Semarang bus station around 5 am.

At 1 am, the bus, as usual, stopped at Tuban and the crew woke up the passengers We had dinner in a small restaurant. I had been on the route several times and always hated to be woken up in the middle of deep sleep even for free dinner, But I had to, since the crew always asked everybody to get off the bus before locking the doors.

After having a meal and resting for about thirty minutes, we were called back to our seats. The bus moved off again. Most of the passengers were soon asleep again. So far, the journey had been fine.

At about 3 am I woke up and realized that the bus had stopped. I tried to see where we were by looking through the window but I couldn't see a thing. It was dark outside However, I could see that there were plenty of cars, small and big. beside the bus. And to my surprise, they didn't move. Soon, all the passengers woke up From the crew, we knew that we were in Juwana, and there was a very long line of vehicles in front of us.

Then the conditions got worse. We could see the street was flooded. All vehicles had to run very carefully in order not to slip into the gutter. Our bus stopped for hours. The driver said that there was an accident in front. It was 11 am and we were starving. No food stalls were around. Fortunately, a kind passenger offered to buy us some food. However, all he could get was fried cassava. Apparently, no one sold food during the disaster.

We spent our time talking to each other. I even talked to the driver of a truck next to our bus. He told me that he had been stuck for three days!

The queue moved very slowly. However, after we passed Juwana, the flood was not so big. And at about 10 pm, I finally arrived in Semarang. What a journey!

What is the intention of writing the story?

Mumtaz and her classmates sat for the semester exam. One of the subjects in the exam was Social Sciences. The subject always gave Mumtaz challenges. She prepared for this examination very seriously. She even asked her best friend, Radit, to review the exam materials together. Radit always got good grades in this subject. However, Radit could not do the review because he did not feel very well that time. On the day of the test, all students sat separately. Mumtaz and Radit could not sit together as usual. The teacher asked Radit to sit in the next row in front of Mumtaz. After the teacher distributed the exam papers, the students began to answer the questions. Mumtaz could not answer some questions. They were too difficult for her. She started to look around the class. Her friends were very busy writing their answers on the paper. Radit, however, often looked down. Mumtaz was surprised. Radit was holding his cellphone under his desk, and he was reading from it. Mumtaz did not know what to think. She felt angry at Radit, but she did not know what to do.

What does the word separately mean in the second paragraph?

Mumtaz and her classmates sat for the semester exam. One of the subjects in the exam was Social Sciences. The subject always gave Mumtaz challenges. She prepared for this examination very seriously. She even asked her best friend, Radit, to review the exam materials together. Radit always got good grades in this subject. However, Radit could not do the review because he did not feel very well that time. On the day of the test, all students sat separately. Mumtaz and Radit could not sit together as usual. The teacher asked Radit to sit in the next row in front of Mumtaz. After the teacher distributed the exam papers, the students began to answer the questions. Mumtaz could not answer some questions. They were too difficult for her. She started to look around the class. Her friends were very busy writing their answers on the paper. Radit, however, often looked down. Mumtaz was surprised. Radit was holding his cellphone under his desk, and he was reading from it. Mumtaz did not know what to think. She felt angry at Radit, but she did not know what to do.

Could Mumtaz answer all the questions? Explain your answer.

A team of scientists from Texas University helped an injured sea turtle when they sailed in the ocean near Costa Rica. The scientists were collecting data on sea turtles when they saw the injured turtle. They noticed something in the nose of the turtle when it was swimming near their boat. But, they initially thought it was only a worm. The scientists were curious. They caught the turtle to examine the object in the turtle’s nose. They wanted to make sure it was not a dangerous parasite. They extracted a couple of centimeters of the object with pliers. The object came out. It was wrinkled and brownish. It was a plastic drinking straw! The scientists removed the object immediately because they were far away in the ocean. They spent almost ten minutes pulling it from the nostril of a sea turtle. With great difficulty, they succeeded in pulling the straw out of the turtle’s nostril. The nostril was bleeding, but the turtle was safe. The straw incident proved how dangerous plastic was to animals in the oceans.

What is the best title for this story?

A team of scientists from Texas University helped an injured sea turtle when they sailed in the ocean near Costa Rica. The scientists were collecting data on sea turtles when they saw the injured turtle. They noticed something in the nose of the turtle when it was swimming near their boat. But, they initially thought it was only a worm. The scientists were curious. They caught the turtle to examine the object in the turtle’s nose. They wanted to make sure it was not a dangerous parasite. They extracted a couple of centimeters of the object with pliers. The object came out. It was wrinkled and brownish. It was a plastic drinking straw! The scientists removed the object immediately because they were far away in the ocean. They spent almost ten minutes pulling it from the nostril of a sea turtle. With great difficulty, they succeeded in pulling the straw out of the turtle’s nostril. The nostril was bleeding, but the turtle was safe. The straw incident proved how dangerous plastic was to animals in the oceans.

Where did the group of scientists sail?

A team of scientists from Texas University helped an injured sea turtle when they sailed in the ocean near Costa Rica. The scientists were collecting data on sea turtles when they saw the injured turtle. They noticed something in the nose of the turtle when it was swimming near their boat. But, they initially thought it was only a worm. The scientists were curious. They caught the turtle to examine the object in the turtle’s nose. They wanted to make sure it was not a dangerous parasite. They extracted a couple of centimeters of the object with pliers. The object came out. It was wrinkled and brownish. It was a plastic drinking straw! The scientists removed the object immediately because they were far away in the ocean. They spent almost ten minutes pulling it from the nostril of a sea turtle. With great difficulty, they succeeded in pulling the straw out of the turtle’s nostril. The nostril was bleeding, but the turtle was safe. The straw incident proved how dangerous plastic was to animals in the oceans.

Why did the scientists sail there?

PLEASE WASH HANDS BEFORE RETURNING TO WORK."

Where would you likely find this notice?

NO FOOD OR DRINKS ALLOWED IN THIS AREA."

Where would you likely find this notice?

"EMERGENCY EXIT ONLY. ALARM WILL SOUND IF OPENED."

Where would you likely find this notice?

1. Choose adjectives or adverbs of manner to complete the following sentences

Parto is a (brilliant / brilliantly) student. He always passes the exams (brilliant /brilliantly).

Choose adjectives or adverbs of manner to complete the following sentences

Turtles walk (slow /slowly) because they are (slow/slowly) animals.

Choose adjectives or adverbs of manner to complete the following sentences

They are (quiet - quietly) students. They speak (quiet - quietly).

She gave a (beautiful - beautifully) performance. She danced (beautiful - beautifully).

The (brave - bravely) firefighter acted (brave - bravely) during the rescue.

It was a (terrible - terribly) storm. The wind blew (terrible - terribly).

He is a (good - well) singer. He sings (good - well).