Reading activity 1

OCTOPUS
The Octopus is an ocean creature with eight effective feet which it utilizes as
hands. These are called tentacles or limbs. Octopus originates from two words that have
meaning eight feet.
The octopus, the squid and the cuttlefish fit in with the same family that has no
outside shells. Their bodies are secured totally with skin. Along these lines, the assortment
of an octopus is delicate. It would appear that a huge blow up. A completely developing
octopus can be as huge as 8,5 meters from the tip of one arms to the tip of another. It can
weigh as much as 45 kilograms.
Other than utilizing its tentacles or limbs to catch little fish, ocean plants, crab and
lobsters, the octopus additionally utilizes them against its adversaries. The octopus wraps its
appendages around the exploited person and crushes it before eating it.
The octopus escapes from its adversaries by giving out a thick dull liquid to obscure
the water. It can likewise change the color of its body to match its surroundings. It escapes
its enemis by doing this.
1. Which group of sea creatures belongs to the same family with octopus?
a. a. turttle and crab b. shrimp and crab
b. c. crab and cuttlefish d. cuttlefish and squid
2. How much a fully-grown octopus can weigh?
a. a. 25 kilograms. b. 35 kilograms.
b. c. 45 kilograms. d. 55 kilograms.
3. How does the octopus look for food?
a. a. It uses magic colors. b. It uses its teeth.
b. c. It uses its hand. d. It uses its tentacles.
4. Before the octopus eats its victim, the octopus
a. a. changes the color of its body b. realizes a thick dark fluid
b. c. bite it d. crushes it
5. How large a fully-grown octopus can be from the tip of one tentacle to the tip of
another?
a. a. 6,5 metres. b. 7,5 metres.
b. c. 8,5 metres. d. 9,5 metres.
6. What does the word octopus mean in Greek?
a. a.Eight feet c. Dark fish.
b. b. Fish. d. Ghost Sea
7. The word them in paragraph 3 refers to the octopuss .
a. a. teeth c. tentacles
b. b. enemies d. utilizes
8. What does the octopus do to run away or escape from its enemy?
a. It stings the enemies. b. It gives out a thick dark fluid to darken the water.
c. It swims. d. It runs
 Komodo Dragons
Komodo dragon is a member of the monitor family, Varanidae. It is the world's
largest living lizards. It grows to be 10 feet (3 meters) long and weighs up to 126 kg and
belong to the most ancient group of lizards still alive.
It is found mainly in the island of Komodo and on other small islands, Rinca, Padar,
and Flores. The natives call the dragon, ora, or buaya darat (land crocodile).
The Komodo dragon has a long heavy tail, short, strong legs, and rough skin. It is
covered with small dull, colored scales. It can sprint at up 18 km per hours, but only for short
distances. When it opens its wide red moth, it shows row of teeth like the edge of a saw.
Komodo dragons are good simmers and may swim the long distance from one island
to another. Like other lizards, they swim by undulating their tails, and their legs held against
their body
The Komodo dragon is totally carnivorous. It hunts other animals during the day. It
hunts deer, wild pigs, water buffaloes, and even horses. While smaller komodos have to be
content with eggs, other lizards, snakes and rodents. Komodo dragons are cannibals. The
adult will prey on the young one as well as the old and sick dragons. Lizard digs a cave with
its strong claws in the cave at night.
9. The main idea of paragraph 5 is
A. komodo dragons feed on young dragons.
B. komodo dragons get their food by hunting.
C. komodo dragons are carnivorous and also cannibals.
D. komodo dragons are cannibals because they hunt other animals.
10. Which of the following is not the characteristic of a komodo dragon?
A. Rough skin B. Strong claws
C. A long heavy tail D. Rows of red teeth
11. The writer's purpose in writing the text is .
A. to retell the events in Komodo Island.
B. to inform about classification of komodo.
C. to describe about komodo dragon in general.
D. to persuade reader to keep komodo habitat.
12. Komodo dragons are cannibals because
A. they hunt deer, wild pigs, water buffaloes and even horses.
B. they feed on eggs, lizards, snakes and rodents.
C. they prey on young ones as well as old and sick dragons
D. they eat anything they meet.
ACTIVITY 2 (ARRANGING THE SENTENCES)

1) Make a good paragraph!

1. Bees are not usually dangerous, except you make them angry.
2. Some insects are very useful to people for instance bees.
3. They produce honey
4. Bad insects are for instance files, cockroaches and mosquitoes. They may cause
disease such as typhus, cholera, etc.
5. Insects are not always bad.
6. Insects are small creatures.
7. They have no bones, but have six legs and live everywhere.

The best arrangement is..

A. 6-5-7-4-2-1-3
B. 6-7-5-4-2-3-1
C. 1-6-7-5-4-2-3
D. 1-7-6-5-4-3-2

2) Make a good paragraph!

1. Some of the places where they live are Africa, India, South America, and Australia.
2. They hunt mammals and birds which come to the river to drink.
3. Crocodiles are the largest and the most dangerous reptile.
4. They can also attack and kill people.
5. They have large mouths and many sharp teeth.
6. They live in rivers.

The best arrangement to make a good paragraph is

A.3-6-4-2-1-5 C. 6-l-3-4-5-2

B.3-6-1-5-2-4 D. 1-2-3-4-5-6

(UN 2014/2015 soal no 50)

Activity 3 (FILLING IN THE BLANK)

Change the verbs into the correct forms of Simple Present tense

Difference Between Alligators And Crocodiles

What (1. be) the difference between an alligator and a crocodile? Thats kind of a
trick question. Crocodile ..(2. be) a common name for an order, or large group, of
animals called crocodilians. Alligators, caimans, and gavials are all crocodiliansbut so ..(3.be)
crocodiles.
One way to tell the difference between alligators and crocodiles is by looking at their snouts.
Alligators and their close relative, the caiman, have broad, rounded snouts. Crocodiles (4.have)
longer, sharper snouts that are shaped like triangles.
Put the verb in the bracket into the correct form of simple present tense

HIPPOPOTAMUS

There .(1. be) two kinds of hippos. The pygmy hippopotamus ..(2. stand)
no more than waist-high to an adult human. It ..(3. be) about 6 feet (about 2 meters) long
and weighs about 600 pounds (about 270 kilograms). This hippopotamus .(4. have)
greenish-black skin. It ..(5. live) in the forest, on or near riverbanks.

The river hippopotamus is bigger and has reddish-brown skin. It can ..(6. grow)
to a length of 16 feet (5 meters). Thats longer than most cars. A river hippopotamus can
weigh more than 8,800 pounds (4,000 kilograms). Thats more than the weight of 45 big men
combined!. 7..you understand about hippo now?

Fill in the blank with the correct words!

When a baby marsupial is born, it is (1). and helpless. Its first instinct is (2) its
way to its mothers pouch, where it will find its food. There, it gets milk from its mother
and grows steadily until it is (3). to leave the pouch and feed itself because a lot of its
predators are bigger.
1. a. small b. strong c. huge d. Cold
2. a. to go b. to come c. to find d. to leave
3. a. healthy enough b. too small c. too crowded d. large enough

Report Text has the following characteristics.

- Generic structure
1. General classification :Tell what the phenomenon under discussion is.
2. Description tells what the phenomenon under discussion is like in terms.
1. parts,
2. qualities
3. habit or behaviour, if living uses, if non natural

- Significant Lexicogrammatical features.

1. Focus on Generic participants.
2. Use of relational processes to state what it is and which it is.
3. Use simple present (unless extinct)
4. No Temporal sequence