Name : Sofia Risa Aulia (28)

Class : 12 IPA 3

A. Arrange the following paragraphs into a good order. Find out which one is a general
statement, an explanation, and closing.

TSUNAMI

Tsunamis occur when a major fault under the ocean floor suddenly slips. The displaced rock pushes
water above it like a giant paddle, producing powerful water waves at the ocean surface. The ocean
waves spread out from the vicinity of the earthquake source and move across the ocean until they
reach the coastline, where their height increases as they reach the continental shelf, the part of the
Earth’s crust that slopes, or rises, from the ocean floor up to the land.

Tsunamis wash ashore often disastrous effects such as severe flooding, loss of lives due to drowning,
and damage to property.

A Tsunami is a very large sea wave that is genereated by a disturbance along the ocean floor. This
disturbance can be an earthquake, or a volcanic eruption. A tsunami is undetectable far out in the
ocean, but once it reaches shallow water, this fast - traveling wave grows very large.

Answer :

TSUNAMI
A Tsunami is a very large sea wave that is genereated by a disturbance along the ocean floor.
This disturbance can be an earthquake, or a volcanic eruption. A tsunami is undetectable far out in the
ocean, but once it reaches shallow water, this fast - traveling wave grows very large.
Tsunamis occur when a major fault under the ocean floor suddenly slips. The displaced rock
pushes water above it like a giant paddle, producing powerful water waves at the ocean surface. The
ocean waves spread out from the vicinity of the earthquake source and move across the ocean until they
reach the coastline, where their height increases as they reach the continental shelf, the part of the Earth’s
crust that slopes, or rises, from the ocean floor up to the land.
Tsunamis wash ashore often disastrous effects such as severe flooding, loss of lives due to
drowning, and damage to property.
B. Read the text again. Then, answer the following questions.

1. When does a tsunami occur ?

Tsunamis occur when a major fault under the ocean floor suddenly slips

2. The displaced rock pushes water above it like a giant paddle.

The word ‘ it ‘ refers to a major fault under the ocean floor

3. . . . where their height increases as they . . .

The word ‘their ‘ refers to the ocean waves

4. Mention some disastrous effects of a tsunami.

Tsunamis wash ashore often disastrous effects such as severe flooding, loss of lives due to
drowning, and damage to property

5. Which one of these purpose of the text ?

a. To describe the way things are
b. To explain a natural phenomenon
The answer is to explain a natural phenomenon

6. How many action verbs are there used in the text ? what are they ?
a. The displaced rock pushes water above it
b. The ocean waves spread out from the vicinity of the earthquake source and move across
the ocean

7. Are they any abstract words in the text ? what are they ?
a. Powerful
b. Lives
c. Undetectable

8. Is the text mostly written in the present tense ? Why ?

Yes, because the explanatory text is a type of text that is used to explain a phenomenon, be it
natural phenomena, or the process of how something works based on facts

9. Can you find many noun phrases used in the text ? What are they ?
a. Ocean floor (noun + noun)
b. Water waves
c. Sea Waves
d. Ocean Surface
e. Loss of lives (noun + of + noun)
f. The part of the Earth’s
g. A major fault
h. A giant paddle
 i. Powerful water waves
j. Very large sea waves

10. How many technical languages are there in the text ?

a. Tsunami
b. Disastrous effect
c. The vicinity