PROVERB & RIDDLE TEST

(Sebenarnya proverb ini hampir sama dengan kata bijak dan quote. Proverb ini menjadi bagian SKL yang
harus dipelajari dalam bahasa Inggris untuk para siswa SMA)

PROVERB
1. Mark, learn and inwardly digest. (NO USE!)
a. Note and reflect upon something in order to thoroughly assimilate it
b. Practice makes perfect
c. Same time never come twice
d. Reality is the important
2. Marry in haste, repent as leisure.
Getting married is the best event in life
If you get married too quickly, you may spend your whole life regretting it
Propose her and get married with
Get married now or you will regret
Getting married is what people be happy
3. Memory is the treasure of the mind.
Remember every lesson!
Do forget what you have learned
A good memory is very precious
Study many time so you will remember it
Remembering the lesson is the hard thing
4. Men make houses, women make homes.
It is difficult for man to build a house
Building house is not easy for a man
A house is for shelter
Home sweet home
Women give a house its comfort and character
5. Might as well be hanged for a sheep as for a lamb.
If the penalty is going to be same, you might as well commit the greater offense
Penalty and reward is what the consequence
Give the penalty to who do the wrong things
A sheep is an animal
A sheep and a lamb live in farm
6. Misery loves company
People tend to make friends
a companion is the best thing when you are sad
Misery does not last forever
Love is what people seek
When people are sad they often like others to feel sad too
7. Money begets money
Money is for shopping
Beggars ask for some money
If you have money you can make more money
If you have a lot of money you can save some of them
Everybody needs to make money
8. Money doesn’t grow on trees.
You should not waste money because it is not plentiful or obtained easily
People work every day to make money
Planting trees in the farm and garden will give you a lot of money
Growing trees is the best effort to make money
Trees in the park can not result a lot of money
9. A monkey in silk is a monkey no less.
A monkey is living in the zoo
Silk is used to make the best clothes
The zoo with less monkey means less visitors
Everybody want to have silk clothes but they are not cheap any more
No matter how someone dresses, it’s the same person underneath

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10. The more haste, the less speed.
Person will achieve their dream if they do the quickly
Less speed is not important but more speed is the remark
A person makes more progress if they take time to do things carefully
Do quickly and you will the first
Speeding the progress is based on the helping of others
11. The more you have, the more you want.
People have a constant desire to possess more
When you have more time, you will have a lot of activities
Everybody want to have happiness
Men want new house but women need comfortable homes
Having supporting family is what people want
12. The mouse that has but one hole is quickly taken.
A mouse will find the hole quickly
There are a lot of holes in the country roads
One hole is more important for a mouse than a lot of vent.
If you depend on just one thing, and it fails, you have no alternatives
Get the mouse clothing and you will be the outstanding one
13. Necessity is the mother of invention.
Invention need more necessity
Necessity determines what people do in the difficult time
The need for something forces people to find a way of obtaining it
A mother will invent some important things for her children
Modern era starts with some potential inventions
14. Need teaches a plan.
Planning determines the action
Teaching needs the best plan
Everybody need planning
Teaching to make plan is the important for teacher
Necessity will make you find a solution
15. Never put off till tomorrow what can be done today.
Don’t postpone until later something you can do now
Some thing you can do now will determine the result tomorrow
Never go to market if you don’t like shopping
If you can do, do it now
Today is the life, tomorrow is the dream
16. What does the proverb “No man is an island” mean?
We should behave ourselves in accordance with the situation and condition.
Giving in doesn’t mean losing.
You can’t live completely independently
Your own home is the most comfortable place.
An island is only for man
17. What does the proverb “Two heads are better than one” mean?
When two people cooperate with each other, they come up with better ideas
People tend to want whatever they don’t have.
Don’t lie.
Don’t judge people based on its appearance.
If you can do, do it now
18. The early ………… catches the worm.
chicken
bird
fish
eagle
hen

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19. A ……… may look at the king
dog
hamster
cat
mouse
lion
20. Better late than ……..
never
waiting
later
tomorrow
yesterday

RIDDLE
(Apa itu riddle? Sederhananya riddle yang dimaksud disini adalah tebak-tebakkan. Karena memakai bahasa
Inggris, tentunya akan sangat bagus sekali digunakan untuk melatih kemampauan dan seberapa banyak
vocabulary bahasa Inggris kita)

1. I am white and cold. I fall from the sky. I will melt when I get warm. What am I?
Ice cube
Hailstones
Rain
Snow
wall
2. What kinds of the room that don’t have windows and a door?
dining room
bathroom
bedroom
mushroom
store room
3. I’m tall when I’m young and I’m short when I’m old. I am used in the dark. Who am I?
A pencil
A candle
An eraser
A stick
A chalk
4. Which weighs more, a pound of feather, a pound of paper, or a pound of brick?
A pound of feather
A pound of paper
A pound of brick
weighs of the wind
None of them weighs more
5. How many months have the 28th day?
12
3
6
1
5
6. I fly forever and never rest. Who am i?
A mosquito
A fly
The wind
A bird
Plane

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7. What is at the end of rainbow?
nothing
gold
sea
w
dry
8. I will always follow you whenever and wherever you go. Who am i?
a shadow
a dog
a cat
a bird
a tree
9. I am made and bought by someone who doesn’t use me. But the one who uses me doesn’t know that
they are using me. Who am i?
a wheelchair
a bed
a coffin
a doll
a table
10. people break me before using me. What am i?
a nail
an egg
a carrot
an apple
an Orange
11. I begin with “T” and end with “T”. I have a “T” inside me. What am i?
a tennis bat
a trumpet
a target
a tea pot
a cup
12. I go around the world but stay in a corner. What am i?
a stamp
a pilot
a package
a flight attendant.
a postman
13. I always go up but never go down. Who am i?
a lift
your age
an elevator
an airplane
a kite
14. What kind of cup doesn’t hold water?
coffee cup
teacup
paper cup
world cup
water cup
15. I can fly but I don’t have wings. Who am i?
time
airplane
bee
bird
pigeon

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17. What question can you never answer “yes” to?
do you lie to me?
do you hate me?
do you asleep?
are you sick?
Do you go to school?
18. If you have it, you want to share it. If you share it, you don’t have it. What is it?
a cookie
a secret
a story
a history
an experience
19. I have a face and two hands but have no arms and legs. Who am i?
a clock
a t-shirt
a chair
a table
a bench
20. I have a head like a cat, I have feet like a cat, and I look like a cat. But I’m not a cat. Who am I?
a tiger
a lion
a cheetah
a leopard
a kitten

(Diantara pertanyaan diatas, ada yang terasa cukup complicated dan tidak mudah untuk menjawabnya. Ini
adalah jenis soal HOTS yang sekarang mau ditingkatakan penggunaannya dalam berbagai macam ujian di
sekolah)

This text is for questions 1 – 4

Patty, the Milkmaid, was going to market carrying her milk in a pail on her head. As she went along
she began calculating what she would do with the money she would get from the milk.
“I’ll buy some fowls from Farmer Brown,” said she, “and they will lay eggs each morning, which I will
sell to the person’s wife. With the money that I get from the sale of these eggs, I’ll buy myself a new
dimity frock and a chip hat; and when I go to market, won’t all the young men come up and speak to me!
Polly Shaw will be that jealous; but I don’t care. I shall just look at her and toss my head like this.” As she
spoke she tossed her head back, the pail fell off it, and all the milk was spilt. So, she had to go home and
tell her mother what had occured.

1. What did Patty carry?

A pail of milk
A pail of eggs
A chip hat
Some fowls
A new dimity frock
2. What did Patty do on her journey to the market?
She was carrying the pail carefully.
She counted her chicken.
She talked to the people around her.
She murmured about her mother.
She planned what she had to do with the money she got later.
3. Why was the pail of milk split? Because....
someone bumped her
she didn’t watch a tree in front of her
Polly Shaw disturbed her
she tossed her head when she spoke herself
her mother called her loudly

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4. According to the story, which proverb is suitable?
Comparions are odious.
Do not count your chickens before they are hatched.
A new broom sweeps clean.
Speak the truth and shame the devil.
All that glitters is not gold.
5. You should wake up and start working early if you want to succeed.
Which proverb is suitable?
There is no such thing as a free lunch.
The early bird catches the worm.
Bad workman always blames his tools.
Easier said than done.
More haste, less speed.
6. Read the riddle below!
My favorite is a hot summer’s day,
When you take a break, I go on display,
Just don’t look close at my dark ugly spots,
If you wait too long, I might start to rot or decompose.
Have a try,
Who am I?
A watermelon
Ice tea
A mole
The eye
A tree
7. Complete this famous English proverb “... dogs never bite”
Hungry
Barking
Sleepy
Starving
Disappointed
8. What is the meaning of this proverb “knowledge is a power”?
Never Give up
Our destiny depends on God's will.
Giving a good example is better than giving advice.
It's better to do something, even if it's late, than not do it at all.
It is easier to make progress or be successful if you are educated or possess a lot of information.
9. What is the meaning of this proverb “Better late than never”?
Never Give up.
Our destiny depends on God's will.
Giving a good example is better than giving advice.
It's better to do something, even if it's late, than not do it at all.
It is easier to make progress or be successful if you are educated or possess a lot of information.
10.What goes around the world but stays in a corner?
Cat
Ball
Stamps
A chimney
A photograph
11.It smokes a lot but never buys a cigarette.
Cat
Ball
Stamps
A chimney
A photograph