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Recount text adalah jenis text dalam Bahasa Inggris yang menceritakan tentang

suatu cerita, tindakan, atau kegiatan. Biasanya, recount text menceritakan tentang
pengalaman seseorang. Tujuan dari recount text adalah untuk menghibur pembaca,
sehingga tidak terdapat konflik dalam text ini. Selain itu, teks ini juga bertujuan
untuk memberikan informasi pada pembaca.

Ciri-ciri Recount Text

Menggunakan kalimat Past Tense (lampau), seperti went, departed, would, woke

up, dan lain sebagainya.

Menggunakan adverb dan adverbial phrase untuk mengungkapkan waktu, tempat

dan cara, seperti: last September, Pari Island, on then second day, dan lain
sebagainya.

Menggunakan conjunction dan time connectives guna mengurutkan peristiwa atau

kejadian, seperti: and, before, then, after that, dan lain sebagainya

Generic Structure of Recount Text

1. Orientation

Menceritakan mengenai latar belakang informasi tentang siapa, di mana, kapan

kejadian atau peristiwa terjadi.

2. Events

Menceritakan serangkaian peristiwa yang terjadi sesuai urutan kronologis.

3. Re-orientation

Merupakan penutup atau kesimpulan cerita. Untuk menutup suatu cerita, kita bisa
memberikan opini kita mengenai cerita tersebut.
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My First Trip to Pari Island

Last September, I went to Pari Island for a holiday. I went there with Sarah, Andi,
Eveline, and Yoko. That was my first time to travel there.

Our boat departed from Muara Angke port to the island at 8.00 AM. We arrived at
Pari Island around 10.00 Am. After that, we went to our guest house that we had
booked before. Fortunately, our guest house was located near to the port, so we did
not have to walk so far. The first thing that we did after that rent bicycle. It only
cost IDR 20.000 per day. Then we did cycling for a while and had lunch before we
decided to do snorkeling.

When we went snorkeling, the fisherman who became our guide brought us to the
beach far enough from our guest house. We did snorkeling there. The water was
very clear. We could see groups of tiny fishes and beautiful coral under the sea.
After we did snorkeling for approximately three hours, we returned to our guest
house. We ended up the first day by getting dinner and took some walks around.

On the second day, we woke up so early to watch sunrise. We did not need to go
far to watch the sunrise because our guest house was so near to the beach and we
could watch the sunrise there. Sunrise on the beach, what a beautiful view!

After we spent long enough time to watch the sunrise, we decided to get breakfast.
There was a festival at that time. We went to the festival and had breakfast there.
We ate some delicious sea foods. We felt time went so fast that day. We needed to
return to our guest house because our boat that would bring us home would depart
at 10.00 AM.

In summary, my first trip to Pari Island was so enjoyable. I would like to visit this
place again together with my family in another chance.
 EXERCISES
Please give a blue or red mark on the past verb!
1.EXERCISE 1

Last wednesday, I came late to my school because I played playstation untill 2.00
am in the night. Because that I woke up late.

I woke up about 6.30 am and the class would be began at 7.00 am. I ran to
bathroom to take a bath. I usually had a breakfast after took a bath, but in that day I
did not do that.

I always went to school by my moyorcycle. But in that day, I forgot where I put the
key. So, I went to the school by public transportion. It made me took a longer time.
I arrived at school at 7.15 am, I ran to my class but I saw my teacher has stood in
front of the class to teach. I entered to my class and of course my teacher was
angry to me because I came late.

It was my bad experience and I hoped I would not do that again.

2. EXERCISE 2

It was Friday again, the day for famous parties at Wellington High School.
Students were dancing in the garden and everyone was enjoying the pleasure of
being away from boring lessons.

When Sarah came to the party, the music had already started. Tim suddenly
noticed Sarah and felt shocked. He had been looking for her for 2 years. They met
each other at a holiday camp in 1999, but mysteriously Sarah disappeared after a
while. He had been thinking about her since then.

At the party, Sarah was talking to one of her friends while most of the students
were drinking as much as they could. Tim decided to talk to her and waited for her
friend to leave. When he went next to her, she was searching for something in her
bag, so she did not see him. As soon as he touched her on the shoulder, she raised
her head and couldn’t believe her eyes. She had never forgot him.

At the end of the party, no one was happier than Sarah and Tim as they found each
other after 2 years.

3. EXERCISE 3

Let me remind you my experience during an earthquake last week. When the
earthquake happened, I was on my car. I was driving home from my vocation to
Bali.

Suddenly my car lunched to one side, to the left. I thought I got flat tire. I did not
know that it was an earthquake. I knew it was an earthquake when I saw some
telephone and electricity poles falling down to the ground, like matchsticks.

Then I saw a lot of rocks tumbling across the road. I was trapped by the rock. Even
I could not move my car at all. There were rocks everywhere. There was nothing I
could do but left the car and walked along way to my house, in the town.

When I reached my town, I was so surprised that there was almost nothing left.
The earthquake made a lot of damage to my town. Although nothing was left, I
thanked God that nobody was seriously injured.

4. EXERCISE 4

Last year, at the end of the year, my wife and I decided to spend our holiday at
Tanjung Setia beach, which located around 234 kilometers from Bandarlampung.

When we arrived at the beach, we were surprised to see the beautiful view of the
beach. After having a quick dip in the ocean, which was really cold and windy, we
realized that there were not many people there.

We thought that it happened because it was too windy there during that time but
we finally realized that it was Christmas holiday so almost all of tourists who are
used to spending time there went back to their country.

After spending few times swimming in the beach, we bought some hot chips at the
takeaway store nearby, and we rode our bikes down the beach for a while, on the
hard, damp part of the sand. The next day we visited Labuan Jukung beach. There,
we were amazed to see the high wave owned by this beach. Because it was so high
that no body was brave enough to surf on it that time.

GOOD LUCK SOFIE 007