Senin, 27 Februari 2012

Ulangan Tengah Semester I Kelas 8

I.                   Read the text and answer the question correctly
     Raflesia consist of two parts : the stick like part which grows in the middle and the petals around and below it.
     The Raflesia plants begin to flower in its tenth year. It blooms three or four time a year. Before is blossoming, it has a specially green files. They seem eager to explore the flower. But if the files touch the buttom part of the stick like centre, the die.
1.       Why the Raflesia is unusual ? Because of its ……………
2.      Who discovered Raflesia Arnoldi ?
3.        ”While the flower is blossoming, it has a very unpleasant smell …..” What does the underlined word mean ?
4.      What is the main idea of paragraph 3 ?

I.       Read the text and answer the question correctly

     Once upon the time, in West Java, there was a young handsome man fell in love with a beatiful woman. His name was Sangkuriang. The women, he fell in love with was Dayang Sumbi.
     One day they were having a date in front of Dayang Sumbi’s house in the forest. Dayang Sumbi caressed Sangkuriang hair tenderly. When she was doing it she found a scar on his head. She asked Sangkuring about the scar. Here’s what he said, “When I was little boy my mother beat me with a wooden spoon”. “Why your mother beat you?” Dayang Sumbi asked, “because I killed Tumang a dog”, Sangkuriang answered.
Dayang Sumbi was very surprised at that time and said, “So you are my son ! It’s unbeliveable ! It’s possible for me to be in love with my own son”. “No, it’s impossible that you are my mother, Dayang Sumbi. She must have been very old nowSangkuriang kept unbelieveable in Dayang Sumbi and he has very eager to marry her. Dayang Sumbi accepted it under one condition. Sangkuriang had to create a lake and a boot only in a night. Sangkuriang agreed it die to her love with her.
Before the work finished, Dayang Sumbi vanished. Sangkuriang was very angry when he knew it. He kicked the boot as strong as he could. The boat fell down in north of Bandung with the upside – down. That’s why people there called it “Tangkuban Perahu” which mean the up side down boat. Now it is a name of moment there.






Ayooook blajar UTS Bahasa Inggris kelas 7 dan 8

Descriptive  Text:
Bandengan Beach

Bandengan Beach or Tirta Samudra Beach is the famous beach in jepara. the place is very beautiful and romantic. people around Jepara, Kudus, Demak knows this place.

This place is located 7 kilometers north of Jepara city center. The way to get there is very easy. Just follow the traffic sign and you will find it. From the town square, follow the road to Bangsri then turn left when reached kuwasen village. You can take public transportation or by your own vehicle.

The white sandy beach which has pure water is good for swimming. The beach is save enough for swimming because the beach is shallow and the wave is not so big. This place is more beautiful at dusk. We can see the beautiful sunset with our family or friends.

In this location, we can sit and relax on the shelter while enjoy the natural beach breezy wind. It also has large pandan tree field. It is suitable for youngster activities such as camping.

If we want to sail, we can rent the traditional boat owned by local people. We can make voyage around the beach or we can go to pulau panjang (panjang island). Some time we can find banana boat and jet ski for rent.

In this place we can find many traditional footstalls. We can order traditional foods sold by the trader such as roasted fish, crab, boiled shell. Pindang srani is one of the delicious food enjoyed by the visitors.

come to the bandengan beach and you will find a paradise on the tips of Muria peninsula.

Procedure Text


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Procedure is the set of steps which should be completed in the right sequence to get the goal. In our daily life, we often have to perform some steps to make or get something done. For example, early in the morning, you help your mother prepare cups of tea for all members of your family. In making cups of tea, you have to follow certain procedure in order to get a nice drink. Most of our daily activities are related with procedures. That is why, you should understand what a procedure text is, how to make and use it. The generic structure of procedure has three principal components namely (1) the goal, (2) materials and (3) steps.

A. Generic Structure of procedure
1. Goal : Title of the text (especially for a recipe)
2. Materials : Optional, not for all procedural texts
3. Steps : a series steps oriented to achieving the Goal
B. Generic Features
1. The use of Simple Present Tense, often in an imperative form e.g. Add some sugar, prepare it,.
2. The use mainly of temporal conjunction (or numbering to indicate sequence especially in written text)
a. As the sentence introducers (sequencers) especially in spoken text:
First … Firstly …
Second … Secondly …
Then … Thirdly …
After that … Afterwards …
Finally … Lastly …
e.g. Firstly, prepare some water!
b. As time introducers, especially in written text
… before …
After …
When …
While …
… until …
During …
e.g. While you are boiling the water, grind the chilies, onions and salt
Now read this text!
Goal:How to activate a Handphone
Nowadays, we need a handphone to connect to our colleagues. We can get it easily in the shop. When we buy it we shall get a handphone, a SIM card, a battery and a charger
steps:
This is the way to activate the handphone:
· First, open the cover of the handphone
· Second, insert the SIM card after being installed
· Third, insert the battery inside
· Fourth, close the battery with a cover of handphone
· Fifth, connect the lead from the charger to the bottom of the phone.
· Sixth, connect the charger to an AC wall outlet. Charging the battery supplied with the phone may take four up to six hours.
Seventh, when the battery is fully charged, the bar stops scrolling. Disconnect the charger from the AC outlet and the phone. Then, we are ready to make a phone call.
Read this procedure text again!
Goal:
How to boil an egg
Do you know how to boil an egg? Well, this is the way!
steps
· First, heat a saucepan of water on the stove.
· Then put the egg in the boiling water.
· After that, heat it until it boils.
· Next, cook it for three minutes.
· Don’t leave the eggs until it gets burnt.
· Now, the egg is ready to serve.
Finally, serve it with pepper powder and salt
To make it clear, please remember the concept of procedure below:
Purpose:
Procedures help us do a task or make something. They can be a set of instruction or direction
 English Dialogue
 
1.Teacher: Can you explain to me when you ......... the Past Simple and when the Present Perfect?

2. Student: I think the past simple is for a ......... time in the past and the present perfect is when you don't know when it was.
3. Teacher: Excellent. Now if I wanted to describe my time in Paris in 1999 with the verb 'stay', what ......... I say?
4. Student: I think it is I stayed in Paris in 1999. Is that all .........?




Teacher: Absolutely perfect. Now what ......... the Present Perfect Continuous?

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