Barbecue in the park

Last Sunday, my friend and I went to the park because David’s family invited us a barbecue party in
the park. We lived nearby so we just walked there.

When we got to the park, there were not many people. David’s family was already there. They
arrived there early to get the best picnic spot with an electronic barbecue grill nearby. When we
arrived, they were cleaning the barbecue. After making sure the barbecue was clean, they turned the
barbecue on by pushing the button. The electric stove turned on and the metal plate became hot.

David’s mother put some cooking oil on the metal plate, and after that she put some sausages, beef
steaks, and some onions on the barbecue. Meanwhile, David’s father was preparing the bread,
butter and the drinks.

While waiting for the meat to cook, David and I joined other boys playing football. When we got tired,
we stopped and enjoyed the sausages, steaks, and some cold soft drinks.

The food was delicious. I think David’s mother is one of the best chef in the world.

1. When did the writer have a picnic?

a. Last Sunday
b. Last Saturday
c. Last Friday
d. Last Wednesday
e. Last Monday
Answer: a

2. Who invited the writer to the park?

a. Brandon
b. Alex
c. David
d. Kumar
e. Neni
Answer: c

3. What tense do we find mostly in the text above?

a. Present tense
b. Past tense
c. Perfect tense
d. Future tense
e. Adverbial tense
Answer: b

4. What did the writer and his friends do while they are waiting for the cook?
a. Played football
b. Slept
c. Read
d. Studied
e. Climbed a tree
Answer: a

5. What is the purpose of the text?

a. Retell the picnic experience
b. To amuse the reader about the legend of picnic
c. To urge people the importance of picnic
d. To discuss the positive and negative side of picnic
Answer: a

The following text is for number 6-10

Holiday in Jakarta

Last holiday, I went to my brother’s home in Jakarta. I went to Jakarta with my father. We went to
Jakarta city by the train. Jakarta it was very interesting, but the atmosphere was too hot for me.
A few days later, my brother and I went to the zoo in Jakarta. We went to be zoo by taxi. The zoo
was very crowded. There were many traders. After bought the ticket, we went to see the animal in
the zoo.

First, I saw many pelican birds. They were very hungry, so the zoo keeper fed the bird. Then I saw
many deer eaten many hay. In the same cage, I saw ostrich. It was very big. It couldn’t fly but could
run very fast. Its stomach was very big too. After that, we went to take the boat which was pictured
with the image of goose.

Before went back home, we bought some drink and food. We rested in a restroom. I was very happy
it this holiday. I hoped the next holiday would be good too.

6. Where did the writer go?

a. Surabaya
b. Semarang
c. Bandung
d. Surakarta
e. Jakarta
Answer: e

7. How did the writer go in vacations?

a. By foot
b. By motorcycle
c. By train
d. By car
e. By cart
Answer: c

8. How did the writer go to the zoo?

a. By train
b. By cart
c. By foot
d. By taxi
e. By motorcycle
Answer: d

9. What did the writer do before went home?

a. Slept in the zoo
b. Argued with his father
c. Bought food and drink
d. Went around
e. Watched the movie
Answer: c

10. What kind of the text is that?

a. Narrative text
b. Recount text
c. Discussion text
d. Hortatory exposition
e. Analytical exposition
Answer: b

The following text is for number 11-15.

Traveling By Air

I really hate flying. Once something happen to me. When I was on board, the plane started taking
off. It seemed that everything was all right. But suddenly I saw smoke coming from engine of the
plane. The engine was on fire and the plane started to rattle. Suddenly the captain said to us in a
very calm voice. “Ladies and gentleman, we are having a little problem with one of the engines.
There is no need to panic. Keep your seat belts fastened. We are going to return the airport.”

You can imagine how frightened I was, but the crew was fantastic. The flight attendants were really
calm and told us not to worry. One of them told me to relax and said that everything would be all
right.

A few minutes later, we were coming in to land, the pilot made a smooth landing on the runway. It
was over, and we were safe.

I took a taxi and went home. From that day on, I decided not to fly anymore.

11. What does the writer hate?

a. Flying
b. Walking
c. Running
d. Sleeping
e. Studying
Answer: a

12. What happened to the engine after it took off?

a. Smoking
b. Off
c. Landed
d. Flew
e. Fine
Answer: a

13. What did the writer feel about the experience written at the text?
a. Happy
b. Frightened
c. Relax
d. Sad
e. Contemplative
Answer: b

14. What was the flight attendant’s expression when explaining the situation within the plane?
a. Calm
b. Happy
c. Sad
d. Cry
e. Hysteric
Answer: a

15. How did the writer go home after the plane incident?
a. By bus
b. On foot
c. By taxi
d. By plane
e. By car
Answer: c

The following text is for number 16-19.

One day I went to Bandung with my friend for a vacation. We went there on night bus. When arrived
in Cianjur, the bus stopped for a rest. I got off the bus to get a cup of coffee, but my friend didn’t. He
went to a mosque to pray. It took only a few minutes to pray, but went I came out again the bus was
not there. It had gone! Shocked and confused. I asked the shopkeeper about the bus. She said that
the bus had departed about five minutes ago.

I tried to call my friend on my cell phone, but the battery was running low. I couldn’t do anything but
hope and pray. After several minutes, my wish came true. The bus came back! Got on the bus and
walked to my seat. I was so ashamed when everybody on the looked at me. I could feel my face
turned red.

I asked my friend why she didn’t tell the driver that I was still outside. “I did, I told him several times
that you were outside, but he said that you were in the bus toilet because he saw a man going into
the toilet,” my friend replied, laughing. The other passengers smiled at me. I was so embarrassed.
16. What did the story tell us about?
a. The writer was left by the bus on his trip to Bandung
b. The writer arrived in Cianjur to visit his relatives
c. The writer could contact his friend with the cell phone
d. the writer got off the bus to get a cup a coffee
e. The writer and his friend enjoyed their trip to Bandung
Answer: a

17. What did the writer do when the bus stop for a rest in Cianjur?
a. Drink a cup of coffee and prayed
b. Bought souvenir and went to the toilet
c. Drank a cup of coffee
d. Drunk a cup of milk and bought souvenir
e. Drunk a cup of coffee and went to the toilet
Answer: a

18. Why couldn’t the writer call his friend?

a. He didn’t bring his cell phone
b. The battery was running low
c. The writer’s cell phone was stolen
d. The writer’s cell phone was broken
e. There was not any signal in his cell phone
Answer: b

19. How did the writer feel?

a. He felt happy
b. He felt awful
c. He felt sad
d. He felt angry
e. He felt shy
Answer: b

The following text is for number 20-24

Tessie

We were moving house and dad asked me to help him sort out all the boxes in the storeroom. I
hadn’t been in the storeroom for aged and wondered what we would find. One wall was line with
shelves, stacked with boxes almost to the ceiling there where many other wrapped up objects of
different shafts and sizes. Dad opened the boxes and rummage through them. I moved over to a
wooden box and was just about to lift the lid when it toppled over. Everything fell out into a heap.

Be careful!’ shouted dad, There may be something fragile in there

Then I saw it! My heart began to pound and many knees began to shake. It was a rubber ring. It had
belonged to my beloved dog. Tessie. She died two years ago.

I was only four when we got Tessie. I chose her from among other puppies. She was my best friend.
Although she had a basket in the kitchen she would creep up to my room at night and sleep in the
bottom of the bed. If I was cold she would snuggle up next to me.

Tessie could do anything. She could beg and sit and shake a paw. I taught her to fetch things. One
Christmas, I bought her rubber ring. I wrapped it up in shiny paper and place it under Christmas tree.
She played with it every day. Tessie would wait at the front door went she knew it was time for me to
come home from school. She would howl the painting with the rubber ring in front of her. If didn’t
play, she would howl and wouldn’t stop until did. In the weekend we would take the ring to the
playground and play four hours and hours until neither of us could run anymore.

Then one day Tessie fell ill. She didn’t wait for me by the front door anymore and she didn’t want to
play with the ring. I tried to encourage her, “Come on, Tessie. Come and play.”

Seemed out of breath she couldn’t walk very well and she wasn’t eating properly. Mum and I took
her to the vet. The vet shook her head and told us that Tessie was really sick.

There, nothing they can do for her, ‘mum whispered to me.

I went to the room where Tessie was waiting and said my goodbyes I felt her warm fur for the last
time on my face and then I ran outside and cried…..

“What’s the matter, son?” asked Dad.

He put an arm around my shoulder. We all miss her, ‘said Dad sadly, ‘She was a good dog, a really
good dog. I nodded and put the ring hack in the box.

20. What kind of the text is that?

a. Recount
b. Narrative
c. Procedure
d. Report
e. News item
Answer: a

21. What is the generic structure of the text?

a. Orientation > Event > Re-orientation
b. Orientation > Evaluation > Complication > Resolution > Re-orientation
c. Goal > Material > Step
d. Newsworthy event > Background event > Source
e. Orientation > Event > Complication
Answer: a

22. What is the form of the text?

a. Diary
b. Personal recount
c. Letters
d. Factual recount
e. Imaginative recount
Answer: a

23. What caused the boy had the flashback?

a. He was moving house
b. He found a rubber ring
c. He found a dog
d. He found Christmas tree
e. He met a vet
Answer: a

24. Which statement is true based on the text?

a. the writer was moving home
b. the writer bought Tessie a rubber ring
c. Tessie had an accident
d. Tessie was the writer’s best friend
e. Tessie died two years ago
Answer: a

The following text is for number 25-28.

Once upon a time, there was a man who was living in north Sumatra. He lived in a simple hut in a
farming field. He did some gardening and fishing for his daily life.

One day, while the man was do fishing, he caught a big golden fish in his trap. It was the biggest
catch which he ever had in his life. Surprisingly, this fish turned into a beautiful princess. He felt in
love with her and proposed her to be his wife. She said; “Yes, but you have to promise not to tell
anymore about the secret that I was once a fish, otherwise there will be a huge disaster”. The man
made the deal and they got married, lived happily and had daughter.

Few years later, his daughter would help bringing lunch to her father out in the fields. One day, his
daughter was so hungry and she ate his father’s lunch. Unfortunately, he found out and got furious,
and shouted; “You damned daughter of a fish”. The daughter ran home and asked her mother. The
mother started crying, felt sad that her husband had broken his promise.

Then she told her daughter to run up the hills because a huge disaster was about to come. When
her daughter left, she prayed. Soon there was a big earthquake followed by non-stop pouring rain.
The whole area got flooded and became Toba Lake. She turned into a fish again and the man
became the island of Samosir.

25. What is the complication in paragraph 3?

a. The mother started crying, felt sad that her husband had broken his promise.
b. His daughter would help bringing lunch to her father out of in fields.
c. His daughter was so hungry and she ate his father’s lunch.
d. The daughter ran home and asked her mother.
e. The man shouted and be furious
Answer: c

26. Finally, what did happen to the man?

a. He sunk
b. He turned into a lake
c. He turned into a fish
d. He turned into an island
e. He attacked by earthquake
Answer: d

27. What kind we learn from the text above?

a. We must obey our parents
b. We must not break our promise
c. We must not eat our father’s meal
d. We must go fishing to find a golden fish
e. We must run to the hill if there is earthquake
Answer: b

28. What is the best title of the text above?

a. Toba Lake and Samosir in North Sumatra
b. The man, the fish and their daughter
c. The story of Samosir Island
d. The man and the goldfish
e. The story of Toba Lake
Answer: e

The following text is for number 29-31.

The hunters were after Freddie the fox. He flew across the fields in terror, until he saw a wood-cutter
returning from woods. “Please help me!” Freddie gasped. “Go and hide in my hut there,” replied the
wood-cutter. Freddie looked out of the hut. He saw the hunters stop and ask the woodsman if they
had seen a fox.

“No,” said the tree-cutter loud enough for Freddie to hear, but as he spoke he pointed his finger
towards the hut.

Luckily for Freddie, the hunters didn’t notice this and rode away. The fox slipped out of the hut to run
home. “Aren’t you even going to say thank you to me for saving you?” Asked the wood-cutter as
Freddie went past him. “I would have done,” replied Freddie. “but I saw how you tried to betray me.”

29. Who chased after Freddie?

a. The wood-cutter
b. The lion
c. The other fox
d. The tree-cutter
e. The hunters
Answer: e

30. Where did Freddie hide?

a. In the wood-cutter’s hut
b. In the woods
c. In his house
d. In a farmer’s hut
e. In the hunter’s home
Answer: a