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A. Multiple Choice

1. You have to fill in the blank with a possessive pronoun because the question asks whose bag it is. “Yours” is a possessive pronoun.

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2. You have to fill in the blanks with an objective pronoun and possessive adjective, respectively. “Us” is objective pronoun, and “our” is possessive adjective.

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3. Subject pronoun means that the pronouns are positioned as the subject of the sentences.

Object pronoun means that the pronouns are positioned as the object of the sentences.Possessive pronoun and possessive adjective are used in the sentences to show one’s possession.Reflexive pronoun is used in the sentences to reflect what has said previously by the subject.

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4. To ask the sum of money needed by someone, you have to use how. Since money is uncountable noun, you have to use much (instead of many) after the word “how”.

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5. To ask the kind of activities someone does in his/her spare time, you have to use what.

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6. To ask about the person that is doing something, you have to use who.

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7. To ask about the particular reasons someone has behind his/her actions, you have to use why.

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8. Octopus is one of the nouns that belongs to the rule of irregular plural nouns. According to the rule of irregular plural nouns, the plural form of “octopus” is “octopi” or “octopuses”.

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9. The correct sentence is: “The three boys who are playing kite in the park are my children”. None of the options is true.

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10. Simple present tense is used when you want to tell habitual things you do every day. It can also be used for things that always behave in a similar way and spontaneous events. It’s usually used in formal speech. You may also use it’s when telling stories.Meanwhile, “To tell past events” is the function of simple past tense.

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11. In simple present tense, when the subject is he, she, it, or singular noun, the verb has to be added by suffix –s or –es. In this case, the verb of the sentence is “live”. So, you have to add suffix –s after the word “live”.

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12. Simple present tense is used when you want to tell habitual things you do every day. It can also be used for things that always behave in a similar way and spontaneous events. It is

C h a p t e r 1COMPETENCE TEST

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usually used in formal speech. You may also use it when telling stories.

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13. “Dinda goes to school by public transportation every morning” is written in simple present tense because it tells daily habit of Dinda.“Dendi never has breakfast before leaving home” is written in simple present tense because Dendi behaves in a similar way before leaving home.“My mother helped me finishing my school work” is written in simple past tense because the action was done.“The water falls from higher places to the lower ones” is witten in simple present tense because water behaves in a similar way.“Out of the blue, Rini asks me to leave her alone” is written in simple present tense because the event is spontaneous.

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14. “Uncle Daniel lives in Bandung” is correct. You can see it in paragraph 3.

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15. Dian is Rania’s mother, and Risa is Rania’s aunt. Sakinah and Elis are Rania’s grandmother. Sidik and Syifa are Rania’s cousins, but Sidik is a boy. Linda and Siska are Rania’s cousins, but there is one girl more.Linda, Siska, and Syifa are Rania’s girl cousins.

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16. “Uncle Patria is single and lives in Bandung” is incorrect because he lives in Surabaya.

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17. All of the statements in option A, B, C, and D use simple present tense. Simple present tense, in this case, is used to tell story about Rania’s family.

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18. The word “them” in the third paragraph appears after Rania talks about her cousins, Linda and Siska. It means, the word “them” refers to Linda and Siska.

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19. The word “they” in the second line appears after “a sizeable majority of people”. It means, the word “they” in sentence 2 refers to “a sizeable majority of people”.

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20. “Surveys carried out in recent years by leading psychologists and sociologists all confirm that while individuals may increase their material wealth during the course of their lifetime, this has no bearing on their well-being” is the main idea of the paragraph because it tells the important idea the paragraph intends to deliver.

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21. “A sizeable majority would say “winning the lottery”” use simple past tense. “Yet, if they won a vast fortune, within a year they would be back to their previous level of happiness” use the second level of conditional tense. “The fact is that money has many uses, but more money does not mean more happiness” use simple present tense.

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22. The phrase “carried out” has closest meaning to the word “conducted”.

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23. “Delight” and “joy” are the synonym of “happiness”. “Poverty” is the antonym of “wealthy”. “Sorrow” is the antonym of “happiness”. “Novelty” is the antonym of “old”.

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24. The main idea of the paragraph is in its first sentence. Therefore, the text

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is about the children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder.

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25. According to the text, children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder can concentrate for a long time in doing what they love to do. You can see it in the last sentence of the text.

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26. According to the text, children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder have specific weaknesses. Yet, they are also good at art, music, and poetry. You can see it in the second sentence of the text.

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27. To fill in the blank, you need to pay attention to the word that comes after the blank. The word that is comes after the blank is “day”. This word is singular. So, you can only choose “this” or “that”. You also have to thvnk about the tense of the paragraph. You see it uses simple present tense. It means, you have to choose “this” instead of “that”. You can choose “that” only when the paragraph uses simple past tense.

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28. To fill in the blank, you need to pay attention to the word that comes before the blank. The word before the blank is “only”. This word is singular. So, you have to choose the option with singular noun on it. “Chair” is the only singular noun in the provided options.

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29. To fill in the blank, you need to pay attention to the phrase that comes before the blank. The phrase before the blank is “a pile of”. This phrase implies plural nouns. So, you can choose only “beds” or “books”. However, the noun that usually follows “a pile of” is “books”.

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30. To fill in the blank, you have to pay attention to the word that comes before the blank. The word before the blank is “every”. It means, you have to choose a singular noun. Since all options are singular, you have to know the meaning of each option. “Closet” is the most appropriate option to be filled in the blank. “Closet” is a place where you can search for clothes, socks, or shoes.

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31. To ask about someone’s name, you can use what.

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32. To ask about the place someone is going to, you can use where.

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33. To ask about the person you want to know, you can use who.

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34. The word “fought” is the synonym of the word “defied”.

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35. Before the word “they” in line 12 appears, there are two names mentioned: Stevie Wonder and Jackie Joyner-Kersee. Therefore, the word “they” in line 11 refers to both Stevie Wonder and Jackie Joyner-Kersee.

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36. The passage is most probably a part of a persuasive essay because it persuades readers to be optimistic about life even though there are always obstacles.

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37. The statement that does not use simple present tense is “Even then you weren’t sure whether you had missed an area, so you had to re-wash the floor.” Meanwhile, the other statements use simple present tense.

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38. According to the text, the correct statement about OCD is that it makes its patients very nervous about unimportant things. There is no information whether OCD may also be experienced by children.Not only OCD patients but also normal people do everything in repeated way. OCD patients always feel doubt and anxiety about unimportant things.

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39. The writer of the text uses “you” to refer to readers. This is to engage the readers to the text.

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40. The main idea of the text is in the end of the text. You can see that the definition of OCD is mentioned in the end of the text. Therefore, the main idea of the text is in sentences (9), (10), and (11).

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B. Essay1. A core family is the family in which

the members are father, mother, son, and daughter.

2. An extended family is the family in which the members are father, mother, son, daughter, and other members, such as grandparents, aunt, uncle, cousins, nephew, nieces, etc.

3. The answers may be varied according to your family. However, it is expected that you give information about your family and are able to identify family members in your house.

4. A pronoun is a word that replaces/substitutes for a noun or noun phrase in a sentence.

5. There are five kinds of English pronouns: subjective, objective, possessive adjective, possessive, and reflexive pronouns.

6. The answers may be varied. However, it is expected that you compose sentences containing subjective pronouns, such as I, you, we, they, he, she, it, my mother, my cat, Uncle Joe, Aunt Mary, etc.

7. The answers may be varied. However, it is expected that you compose sentences containing objective pronouns, such as me, you, us, them, him, her, it, my mother, my cat, Uncle Joe, Aunt Mary, etc.

8. The answers may be varied. However, it is expected that you compose sentences containing possessive pronouns, such as mine, yours, ours, theirs, his, hers, its, my mother’s, my cat’s, Uncle Joe’s, Aunt Mary’s, etc.

9. The answers may be varied. However, it is expected that you compose sentences containing possessive adjectives, such as my, your, our, their, his, her, its, my mother’s, my cat’s, Uncle Joe’s, Aunt Mary’s, etc.

10. The answers may be varied. However, it is expected that you compose sentences containing reflexive pronouns, such as myself, yourself, ourselves, themselves, himself, herself, and itself.

11. The answers may be varied. However, it is expected that you show singular nouns, such as a chair,

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a table, a book, a bag, an apple, an orange, etc. You also have to indicate the nouns’ plural forms, for examples chairs, tables, books, bags, apples, oranges, etc.

12. The answers may be varied. However, it is expected that you compose sentences containing singular nouns, such as a turtle, an apple, a tomato, an umbrella, etc.

13. The answers may be varied. However, it is expected that you compose sentences containing plural nouns, such as turtles, apples, tomatoes, umbrellas, etc.

14. The answers may be varied. However, make sure you use “What” in the questions to ask about someone’s information.

15. The answers may be varied. However, make sure you use “When” in the

questions to ask about the time someone does something.

16. The answers may be varied. However, make sure you use “Where” in the questions to ask about the place in which someone does something.

17. The answers may be varied. However, make sure you use “Who” in the questions to ask about someone that does something.

18. The answers may be varied. However, make sure you use “Why” in the questions to ask about the reasons behind someone’s actions.

19. The answers may be varied. However, make sure you use “How” in the questions to ask about the condition or the quantity.

20. The dialogue may be varied. However, make sure you use pronouns, singular nouns, plural nouns, and 5W and 1H.

C h a p t e r 2COMPETENCE TEST

A. Multiple Choices1. “What a great film it is!” is an

expression of complimenting. The other statements are the expressions of congratulation.

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2. To fill in the blank, you have to choose expressions of complimenting. “You’ve spent much of your talent”, “You looked great”, and “You’re a good actor” can be used to fill in the blank.

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3. “You’ve given me so much help, Dipa” is an expression of complimenting. Therefore, the most appropriate response to the expression is “Don’t mention it”.

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4. To fill in the blank, you have to pay attention to the noun that comes after the blank. The noun is “children”. Since “children” is categorized as countable noun, you have to choose “a lot of”.

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5. Sari and Dina are friends. They talk about class and school. It means the dialogue most likely happens between a student and her friend.

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6. From the dialogue, you can see that Sari is a smart student. On the other hand, you see that Sari is not Dina’s teacher and Dina didn’t get the first grade at school.

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7. “Congratulations on your graduation, Sari” and “Wow! It’s amazing, Dina! Congratulations!” are the expressions of congratulation.

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8. An expression of complimenting can be identified in “That means you’re already such a smart student”. Other statements cannot be categorized as the expression of complimenting.

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9. “Wow! It’s amazing, Dina! Congratulations!” is an expression of congratulation and complimenting. The statement is not the expressions of refusing and accepting.

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10. The true statement according to the text is “Kafka wants to have some coffee after dinner”. Other options are not true according to the text.

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11. There are nine uncountable nouns in the text. They are: milk, jam, butter, soft drink, cooking oil, fish, bread, coffee, and pasta.

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12. There is only one countable noun in the text. It is almond.

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13. According to the dialogue, Ayu needs only a loaf of bread.

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14. According to the dialogue, Ayu doesn’t need any almonds. It is because Ayu and Kafka have got a lot of almonds.

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15. “I can say that you look so much nicer after being married” is an expression of complimenting.

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16. “Oh my God! Congratulations, Mega!” and “Wow! I must

congratulate you on your marriage” are the expressions of congratulation.

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17. The statements that are not the expressions of congratulation are “That’s very nice of you, Mega” and “I can say that you look so much nicer after being married”. On the other hand. “Oh, my God! Congratulations, Mega!” is the expression of congratulation.

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18. “Hi, Mega. It’s my pleasure to see you again. I’m fine. How about you?” is not the expression of congratulation. Other options are categorized as the expressions of congratulation.

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19. According to the dialogue, In London, Mega will not marry her fiancée. She will not have a vacation or meet her parents. Mega will study in University College London.

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20. “Sand”, “water”, and “hunger” are a series of nouns that are categorized as uncountable nouns. “Fear” and “death” are also uncountable nouns but they appear with countable nouns.

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21. The word “prosperous” has the closest meaning to “successful”. “Failure”, “loser”, and “breakdown” are the antonyms of “successful”.

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22. To know what a word refers to, you have to closely look at the words that come before hand. According to the text, the word “it” comes after “an odd little voice”.

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23. According to the text, the writer didn’t live in the nearest region. The odd

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little voice didn’t come from the boas. The child in the text was not lost. The true statement according to the text is that the writer had an accident.

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24. In the text, the word “he” appears after the word “the little chap”. Therefore, the word “he” refers to “the little chap”.

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25. According to the dialogue, “Which gift is the most special for you?” and “I’m glad you think so”, are not the expressions of complimenting.

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26. Nouns from the text that are categorized as uncountable nouns are “persistence”, “hesitation”, and “iron”. Other options comprise countable nouns.

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27. “Hesitation”, “determination”, and “iron” are categorized as uncountable nouns. “Tower” is the only option that is categorized as countable noun.

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28. The word “its” comes after the word “Palazzo”. It means that the word “its” refers to “palazzo”.

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29. The word “soft” is synonym ous with words “delicate”, “mushy”, “smooth”, and “gentle”. Meanwhile the antonym of the word “soft” is “hard”.

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30. The text doesn’t tell you about a man who is on vacation. The text is not about a place in Italia and a monster that lives underground, too. The text doesn’t tell you about a man who is in a journey. Actually the text is about a man who is being pursued by a group of people.

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31. The dialogue happens between Nia and Wulan. They talked about the drama performance at their school last night. It means, the dialogue is most likely between a student and her friend.

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32. According to the dialogue, it is true that Nia will meet Mr. Galih to congratulate him. It is also true that Wulan was the best actress on the drama performance and that Mr. Galih was the scriptwriter. It is true that Wulan thinks that she still need to learn a lot according to the dialogue. However, it is not true that Nia only congratulates Mr. Galih because Nia Congratulates Wulan as well.

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33. Based on the dialogue, you can see that the word “he” appears after Nia and Wulan talks about Mr. Galih. So, the word “he” refers to Mr. Galih.

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34. “I was just lucky because Mr. Galih provided me that wonderful dialogue”, “I’d like to congratulate him on being a great scriptwriter”, and “I must congratulate you, too, on being the best actress last night” are not the expressions of complimenting. On the other hand, “Not at all. You looked superb last night!” is the expression of complimenting.

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35. According to the dialogue, after being congratulated by Nia, Wulan responded by saying “Oh, it’s nothing, actually. I still have to learn a lot”. It means, the statement is the response of expression of congratulation.

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36. “Bag”, “eyelashes”, “people”, and “makeup supplies” are categorized as

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countable nouns, while “beauty” is categorized as uncountable nouns.

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37. The word “it” in “For eyesbrows, I don’t think it is necessary” refers to “eyesbrows”.

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38. The word “basic” in the sentence “I always bring a bag filled with basic touch-up tools, and inside there is compact powder, lipstick, and eyeliner” has the closest meaning to the word “essential”. The word “secondary”, “unimportant’, and “complex” are the antonym of the word “basic”.

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39. The word “hence” is synonymous with the word “therefore”. Other synonyms of the word “hence” are “thus”, “as a consequence”, and “consequently”.

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40. According to the text, makeup supply that is not brought by Krisdayanti in her bag is eyebrow pencil. You can see the statement when Krisdayanti said she had her eyebrows shaded (lines 23–25).

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B. Essay1. Expression of congratulation is

an expression of praise for an achievement or good wishes on a special occasion.

2. The answers may be varied. However, it is expected that you can show three expressions of congratulation.

3. The answers may be varied according to the expressions of congratulation you find. However, it is expected that you respond to the expressions appropriately.

4. The answers may be varied. However, approximately, the expression of congratulation for your friend who gets the highest mark in an exam is: “Congratulations on getting high score mark in the exam!”

5. The answers may be varied. However, approximately, the expression of congratulation for your friend who celebrates his/her birthday is: “Congratulations on your birthday!”

6. The answers may be varied. However, it is expected that you

respond to the expression of congratulation appropriately by saying “thank you” or “I’m glad to hear that”.

7. The answers may be varied. However, it is expected that you respond to the expression of congratulation appropriately by saying “thank you” or “I’m glad to hear that”.

8. Expression of complimenting is sending or expressing praise or admiration to someone for something he/she has done.

9. The answers may be varied. However, it is expected that you can show three expressions of complimenting.

10. The answers may be varied. However, it is expected that you show three responses for the expressions of complimenting.

11. The answers may be varied. However, approximately, the expression of complimenting for a friend that has helped you is: “You’ve provided me so much help!” or “You’re being very helpful!”

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12. The answers may be varied. However, approximately, the expression of complimenting for a friend who buys a very cool motorcycle is: “What a cool motorcycle you buy!”

13. The answers may be varied. However, it is expected that you respond appropriately by saying “thank you”, “thanks”, etc.

14. The answers may be varied. However, it is expected that you respond appropriately by saying “thank you”, “thanks”, etc.

15. The answers may be varied. However, make sure you mention five countable nouns.

16. The answers may be varied. However, make sure you use five countable nouns you’ve mentioned in the sentences.

17. The answers may be varied. However, make sure you mention five uncountable nouns.

18. The answers may be varied. However, make sure you use five uncountable nouns you’ve mentioned in the sentences.

19. The dialogue may be varied. However, make sure you use the expression of congratulation and its response.

20. The dialogue may be varied. However, make sure you use the expression of complimenting and its response.

C h a p t e r 3COMPETENCE TEST

A. Multiple Choices1. In the sentence “It’s going to rain

this evening” shows the function of “going to be” to make prediction about certain events. The sentence is about a prediction of rain that will happen in the evening.

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2. In the sentence “We’re going to Surabaya next holiday”, shows the function of “be going to” to show our intention to other people.

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3. To fill in the blank, you have to see the word that comes before the blank. The word is “it”. Since you have to put auxiliary verb before “going to”,

you have to know the auxiliary verb for “it”. It is “is”.

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4. The function of “would like” is to express intention. In other words, it can be used to tell people what you want to do or have. “Would like” cannot be used to make prediction, tell people about past events, and tell people about your daily habit.

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5. See the construction of “would like to” in these sentences:- “You would like to drink some

coffee after dinner.”

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- “She would like to buy a new dress for the party.”

After “would like to” you can see the underlined words. The underlined words are categorized as verb.

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6. When you want to have two slices of grilled meat for your breakfast, you can say: “I would like two slices of grilled meat for breakfast.”

Other options do not show your intention to have two slices of meat for your breakfast.

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7. When you want to help orphans, you can give school supplies, invite them to your birthday party, provide shelters, and help paying for their education.

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8. “Is he”, “Does she”, and “They would” cannot be used to fill in the blank. “Would you like to” cannot be filled in the blank, too, because it has to be followed by a verb. “Some tea and cookies” is a noun phrase, therefore, the blank has to be filled with “Would she like”.

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9. To fill in the blank, you have to pay attention to the word that comes after the blank. The word is “get” and categorized as verb. Before the verb, you can put “would like to”.

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10. All of the statements are correct according to the rules of “would like” and “would like to”.

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11. According to the rules of plural nouns, when a noun ends in consonant and y, its plural form has to be added with suffix -ies. For examples, the noun “city” and “story”. Their plural forms become “cities” and “stories”.

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12. “Radio”, “baby”, “leaf”, and “dish” are categorized into regular plural nouns. On the other hand, “woman” is categorized into irregular plural nouns. The plural form of “woman” is “women”.

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13. “Sheep”, “deer”, “species” are categorized as irregular plural nouns. They do not change in singular and plural forms.

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14. There are three people involved in the dialogue: the waiter, Anita, and Hasbi.

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15. “How’s your meal?” is an expression of asking opinion. “All right. May I take your menus, please?” is an expression of permission. “Sure. Thank you.” is an expression of thanking. “Yes. I’d like a chicken sandwich and a salad.” is an expression of intention.

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16. “Wonderful”, “lovely”, “good”, and “excellent” are the antonyms of “awful”. On the other hand, “terrible” has the closest meaning to “awful”.

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17. Hasbi would like cheese sandwich and fries. he also would like a large orange juice. Hasbi would not like some dessert. Anita needs another knife, because the knife she’s using is awful.

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18. “Knife”, “menu”, and “waiter” are countable nouns, while “coffee” is uncountable noun.

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19. According to the dialogue, Sri asks Joko to come to the party. Joko hasn’t decided whether going to the

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party or not. It is because he isn’t sure that the party will be great.

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20. In the end of the dialogue, Joko states that he is going to go the party. Joko’s statement is then responded by Sri by saying: “I’m glad to hear that, Joko.”

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21. According to the dialogue, there is going to be many events at the party. There are going to be drama performance, singing contest, and traditional dance, and food festival. You can see these statements: “Well, there’s going to be a drama performance and singing contest” and “There’s going to be traditional dance and food festival”.

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22. “Happy”, “delightful”, “entertaining”, and “great” are the synonyms of “fun”. On the other hand, the word “boring” is the antonym of “fun”.

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23. The statement from the dialogue that is an expression of intention is “Yes. I’m going because it’s going to be so much fun”. Even though in “I guess almost all students are going to be there” there is “be going to”, it doesn’t show someone’s intention.

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24. In sentence “What did you like best to do before the war? Did you practice a sport?”, the word “you” is used by the doctor to refer to the man who narrated the story with the first person point of view.

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25. The sentence that is categorized as an expression of intention is “That is going to pass. You are a fortunate young man. You will play football again like a champion.”

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26. The word “confidence” in the sentence is categorized as uncountable noun.

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27. You can see from the text that the setting of place is in a room in a hospital. See this sentence: “Beyond the old hospital were the new brick pavilions, and there we met every afternoon and were all very polite and interested in what was the matter ...”

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28. From the above text, you know that the men who are coming to the hospital are going to be cured. They are the soldiers from the war. See these sentences: “What did you like best to do before the war?” and “In the next machine was a major who had a little hand ...”

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29. The statement that is not an expression of intention is “It’s twenty-eight thousand five hundred rupiahs” because the expression is used to give information about the price.

CAnswer: 30. “Yes. I’d like some garlic bread” is an

expression of intention. The sentence shows the waiter what Rosi wants for lunch.

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31. All of the statements are true, except “The waiter’s name is Melda”. The waiter’s name is Nela.

DAnswer: 32. The waiter says: “It’s twenty-eight

thousand five hundred rupiahs.”It means that the price is 28,500 rupiahs.

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33. The spaghetti is recommended by the chef of the restaurant. You can see this sentence: “Yes. Our chef recommends it.”

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34. According to the text, the rabbit was made of china. You can see: “... a rabbit who was made almost entirely of china. He had china arms and china legs, china paws and a china head, a china torso and a china nose.”

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35. According to the text, the name of the rabbit is Edward Tulane. You can see this sentence: “The rabbit’s name was Edward Tulane, and he was tall.”

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36. “Fur” is categorized as uncountable noun. On the other hand, “paws”, “nose”, “torso”, and “specimen” are categorized as countable nouns.

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37. “She is ten years old”, “She lives on Egypt Street”, “She has dark hair”, and “She has already attended a school” are all the characteristics of Abilene Tulane. “She is made of

china” is not the characteristic of Abilene Tulane.

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38. “Which allowed the ears to be arranged into poses that reflected the rabbit’s mood–jaunty, tired, full of ennui”. The underlined word has the closest meaning to “cheerful”. “Serious”, “depressed”, and “sad” are the antonyms of “jaunty”.

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39. According to the dialogue, Glenn is going to sell a car. You can see this sentence: “I’m going to sell my car this weekend”.

BAnswer:

40. “The people at Auto Cars are going to have a sale next month” and “My friend Ryan is going to shop at Auto Cars. I’m going to go with him” are the expressions of intention. Meanwhile, option A is not intention, but prediction.

D Answer:

B. Essay1. You can use “be going to” when you

have the intention to do something. By using “be going to”, you already made decisions before you speak. “Be going to” is also used to make a prediction based on the evidences you’ve thought about.

2. The answers may be varied. However, it is expected that you can make three sentences by using “be going to” for showing intentions. For example, “I’m going to go to London next month.”

3. The answers may be varied. However, it is expected that you can make three sentences by using “be going to” for making predictions. For example, “It is going to rain this evening.”

4. The answers may be varied. However, make sure you use “I” as the subject of the sentences and “be going to”.

5. The answers may be varied. However, make sure you use “he, she, it” as the subject of the sentences and “be going to”.

6. The answers may be varied. However, make sure you use “you, we, they” as the subject of the sentences and “be going to”.

7. The answers may be varied. However, it is expected that you make a short dialogue containing “be going to” for showing intentions.

8. The answers may be varied. However, it is expected that you make a short dialogue containing “be going to” for making predictions.

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9. You can use “would like (to)” when you intend to do or have something. For example, when you want to go to the cinema or have a toast for breakfast.

10. The answers may be varied. However, it is expected that you make three sentences using “would like”.

11. The answers may be varied. However, make sure you use “I” as the subject of the sentences and “would like”.

12. The answers may be varied. However, make sure you use “he, she, it” as the subject of the sentences and “would like”.

13. The answers may be varied. However, make sure you use “you, we, they” as the subject of the sentences and “would like”.

14. The answers may be varied. However, it is expected that you make a short dialogue using “would like”.

15. The answers may be varied. However, make sure you mention five regular plural nouns.

16. The answers may be varied. However, make sure you use five regular plural nouns you’ve mentioned in the sentences you make in number 15.

17. The answers may be varied. However, make sure you mention five irregular plural nouns.

18. The answers may be varied. However, make sure you use five irregular plural nouns you’ve mentioned in the sentences you make.

19. The dialogue may be varied. However, make sure you use regular plural nouns.

20. The dialogue may be varied. However, make sure you use irregular plural nouns.

MIDTERMTEST 1

A. Multiple Choices1. Nephew and uncle are male.

Mother and niece are female.BAnswer:

2. Mother, daughter, sister, and brother are family members. Meanwhile, gardener is the person who takes care of your house’s garden. He/she usually is not your family member.

EAnswer:

3. “Ours”, “yours”, “hers” are categorized as possessive pronouns. Meanwhile “his” can be categorized

both as possessive pronoun and possessive-adjective pronoun.

DAnswer:

4. You have to fill in the blanks with subjective pronoun and reflexive pronoun respectively. “He” is a subjective pronoun, and “himself” is a reflexive pronoun.

CAnswer:

5. “This is three novel you’ve borrowed from the library” is incorrect according to the rule of plural nouns.

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Since the noun is three, “This is” should be replaced by “These are”, and suffix –s has to be added behind the word “novel”.

DAnswer:

6. In English, there is a rule for irregular plural nouns. Mouse is one of the nouns that belongs to the rule of irregular plural nouns. The plural form of “mouse” is “mice”.

AAnswer:

7. “Oh, nothing to it, actually” and “Thanks”, can be used as responses of expression of congratulation. On the other hand, “No problem” and “I’m glad you think so”cannot be used as the response.

EAnswer:

8. “How nice of you to say so” can be used as a response for both expressions of congratulation and complimenting. On the other hand, the response is not appropriate for the expression of apologizing.

EAnswer:

9. Even though there is no word “mark” in “Congratulations on your achievement”, the statement shows praise for someone’s achievement, for example good mark. The other options are not appropriate.

CAnswer:

10. To congratulate your mother on her birthday, you can say “Happy birthday, Mom!”. The other options are not appropriate.

AAnswer:

11. The pair of expression of complimenting and its response that is correct is (2) and (4). The other pairs are not suitable.

AAnswer:

12. “Oh, that’s ok”, “I’m sorry to hear that”, “No problem”, and “And

then?” are not appropriate to be used for an expression of complimenting. The most appropriate response is “Thank you. I was just lucky.”

C Answer:

13. To fill in the blank, you have to pay attention to the noun that comes after the blank. The noun is “money”. Since “money” is categorized as uncountable noun, and it says “It’s empty” which means there is no money at all. So, you have to choose “any”.

CAnswer:

14. To fill in the blank, you have to pay attention to the noun that comes after the blank. The noun is “friends”. Since “friend” is categorized as countable noun, you have to choose “many”.

EAnswer:

15. The use of “be going to” has to put auxiliary verbs (am, is, are) before “going to”. “You’re going to London next week to see Mr. Rizal” is the only correct example from the options.

BAnswer:

16. In the dialogue, Nana says, “I’m going to go to the cinema to watch a film”. It means, Nana is going to the cinema this weekend.

EAnswer:

17. To fill in the blank, you have to see the word that comes before the blank. The word is “they”. Since you have to put auxiliary verb before “going to”, you have to know the auxiliary verb for “they”. It is “are”.

CAnswer:

18. Sentences (1), (2), and (3) are correct according to the rules of “would like” and “would like to”. There is no incorrect statement.

AAnswer:

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19. If “would like to” is always followed by verb, “would like” is always followed by noun.

CAnswer:

20. The correct plural forms are for the nouns “foot” and “tomato”. The other two options are not correct according to the rules of plural nouns.

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C h a p t e r 4COMPETENCE TEST

A. Multiple Choices

1. In identification section of descriptive text you can tell readers what you’re going to describe. This section is to introduce the person or thing that you describe.

AAnswer:

2. Identification of a descriptive text is a section that functions as an introduction of the person or the thing you describe.

DAnswer:

3. “The activity of visiting particular places and location” is the meaning of sightseeing.

BAnswer:

4. The meaning of ecotourism is a tourism directed toward exotic natural environment.

AAnswer:

5. If you want to see paintings by an artist, you can go to the art gallery or art exhibition.

DAnswer:

6. Adverb is divided into five categories: adverb of manner, adverb of degree, adverb of time, adverb of place, and adverb of frequency.

DAnswer:

7. The words that are categorized into adverb of degree are “very”, “too”, and “extremely”. The word “often” belongs to the category of degree of frequency.

CAnswer:

8. The sentences “That is very kind of you to say so”, “She usually goes to the supermarket with her mother”, “I really want to go to London and Dublin”, and “Many people often visit Borobudur Temple in holiday season” use adverb.

EAnswer:

9. “The sun rises in the east and sets in the west” and “My parents are going to Singapore next month” are declarative sentences. “You do things quickly

B. Essay1. Core family is the family in which the

members are father, mother, son, and daughter.

2. The answers may be varied according to your family. However, it is expected that you give information about your family and are able to identify family members in your house.

3. The dialogue may be varied. However, make sure you use the

expression of congratulation and its response.

4. The dialogue may be varied. However, make sure you use the expression of complimenting and its response.

5. The dialogue may be varied. However, make sure you use regular and irregular plural nouns.

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and neatly?” and “Do you like pizza for dinner” are incorrect sentences. “Would you like some cookies and tea?” is an interrogative sentence.

DAnswer:

10. “Nadia always wakes up at 6 o’clock in the morning” is an example of declarative sentence.

CAnswer:

11. If the sentence “You haven’t finished your home works yet.” is changed into interrogative sentence, it will be “Haven’t you finished your homework yet?”

EAnswer:

12. “Sure, I’m going to go there at 3 p.m.” and “Thanks, you’ve been very helpful.” are declarative sentences. “Would you like me to call him?” and “How much does that cost?” are interrogative sentences.

EAnswer:

13. According to the dialogue, Ilyas chooses the room facing the ocean. You can see the sentence “OK. I’ll take the one facing the ocean, please.”

DAnswer:

14. According to the dialogue, the price of the room facing the pool is one million two hundred rupiahs or 1,200,000 rupiahs.

AAnswer:

15. According to the dialogue, Ilyas will be taken to the historical museum by the hotel’s car. You can see the sentence “No, there’s the hotel’s driver who can take you there.”

CAnswer:

16. According to the dialogue, Ilyas will go to the historical museum at 3 p.m. you can see the sentence “Sure, I’m going to go there at 3 p.m.”

CAnswer:

17. The text is a descriptive text that tells about the writer’s school. It can be found in the identification part of the text: “My school is a green and beautiful school. There are so many large trees that make the air around my school very fresh and clean. It is very large with an area around six hundred square meters and surrounded by high fences.”

BAnswer:

18. Identification is the part in a descriptive text where you introduce someone or something that you describe. It is in the first paragraph of a descriptive text. Therefore, the identification of the text is “My school is a green and beautiful school. There are so many large trees that make the air around my school very fresh and clean. It is very large with an area around six hundred square meters

and surrounded by high fences.”DAnswer:

19. Description is the part in a descriptive text where you can describe someone or something. Therefore, all of the options are the description of the text.

EAnswer:

20. The word “it” in the sentence “It has become a tradition in my school to honour our teachers.” refers to the activity of greeting teachers before entering the classroom. It can be seen from the sentence: “We always greet them before entering the complex of classroom.”

AAnswer:

21. The description about security room is in the second paragraph. You can see it in the text.

DAnswer:

22. According to the dialogue, you can see that Mr. Robert is a tourist. You can see the sentence “I have been

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here for three days. This is my second time in Bali.”

BAnswer:

23. According to the dialogue, Santi explains about Lord Wisnu Statue to Mr. Robert. You can see the sentence “We called it Lord Wisnu.”

CAnswer:

24. In the dialogue, Santi says, “Yes, it is so high. Most of the visitors are amazed by the statue” in describing Lord Wisnu Statue.

AAnswer:

25. According to the dialogue, Lord Wisnu Statue’s height is 121 meters. You can see the sentence “Yes, it is about one hundred and twenty-one meters.”

EAnswer:

26. According to the dialogue, the setting of time is in the afternoon. You can see the sentence “Hello, good afternoon, Sir.”

DAnswer:

27. Bromo is one of mountains in Java. Mount Bromo is located around 2.5 hours from Malang. Malang is a city in East Java. The beauty of Bromo can be seen clearly from the top of Penanjakan Mountain that is close to Bromo which has higher level (2,770 meters). Bromo itself is only 2,392 meters.

DAnswer: 28. Identification part of a descriptive

text is in the first paragraph of the text. Therefore, “Bromo is one of mountains in Java that is known around the world. As one of the special tourism places in Java, Bromo Mountain is not only rich of its natural beauty but also in harmony with the local people around it” is the identification part of the text.

C Answer:

29. According to the text, the sea sand in Bromo Mountain is called “Segara Wedi”. You can see the sentence “The sands around it, which people call the sea of sands (Segara Wedi), is the proof that this mountain had killed the life in its surroundings.”

BAnswer: 30. Kasada Festival is held to “express

their gratitude to God in a symbolic way”. You can see the sentence “They express their gratitude to God in a symbolic way by throwing vegetables, cattle, and also money as an offering in the Bromo’s crater.”

CAnswer: 31. “And although he’s getting on in

years and may not be teaching for much longer, he will have an important place in history for many of his students”.

“He” in the sentence refers to the favourite teacher.

CAnswer: 32. “Real”, “actual”, “evident”, and

“clear” have the closest meaning to “tangible”.

EAnswer: 33. “He makes history boring so that the

students are not being enthusiastic” is not the reason why the writer likes the teacher so much.

DAnswer: 34. “The teacher is responsible for the

writer’s love of history”, “The teacher has springy hair that lines the edge of his growing bald patch”, and “The teacher’s age that is sixty-something but not looking ridiculous” are all the reasons why the writer likes the teacher.

DAnswer: 35. “It’s ever so funny to watch him

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sixty-something year old would ever managed without looking completely ridiculous” is part of the text’s description.

AAnswer: 36. “Komodo is a venomous lizard that

hunts any other animal such as birds and mammals.”

The underlined word has the closest meaning to “poisonous”. Other options are the antonyms of the word “venomous”.

DAnswer: 37. Identification is the part of descriptive

text where you can introduce someone or something that you describe. Therefore, “Komodo is the biggest lizard in the world. Some people say it is a dragon and the scientists say that komodo is one of

the ancient animals which survives until today. The original home of that dragon is Komodo Island, Indonesia” is the identification of the text.

BAnswer: 38. According to the text, the statement

that is not the characteristic of komodo is “Komodo is not a dangerous animal”. This is because in the last paragraph, there is a sentence: “Komodo is a dangerous animal for human too.”

DAnswer: 39. “I guess every zoo in this world should

have this animal.”

The underlined word refers to komodo.CAnswer:

40. According to the text, all of the options are true statements about komodo.

EAnswer:

B. Essay1. Descriptive text is a kind of text that

describes something, such as person, animal, thing, or place in a detailed way.

2. Descriptive text can be used to describe something, such as person, animal, thing, or place in a detailed way.

3. The language features of descriptive text: using simple present tense, using adjective, and using linking verbs.

4. Identification is the first part of descriptive text. It is usually in the first paragraph of a descriptive text. Identification functions as an introduction of the person or the thing you describe. It also functions as the statement to show that the person or the thing is special or distinctive. In identification, you can give a short story about the person or the thing you describe.

5. Description is the second part of descriptive text. It comes after the identification part. In description

section, you can tell readers about the person or the thing you describe. The characteristics of the person or the thing are also put in this section. This section consists of two until five paragraphs, depending on what characteristics you want to reveal to the readers.

6. The answers may be varied. However, make sure you describe your house.

7. The answers may be varied. However, make sure you describe your best friend.

8. The answers may be varied. However, it is expected that you find other five vocabularies about tourism sites and historical buildings.

9. The answers may be varied. However, it is expected that you make five sentences using vocabularies about tourism sites and historical buildings you’ve found in number 8.

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10. The answers may be varied. However, make sure you describe a tourism site in your hometown.

11. The answers may be varied. However, make sure you describe a historical building in your hometown.

12. Adverb is a word that gives information about verbs. In a sentence, it usually comes after verbs. Adverb is divided into five kinds: adverb of manner, adverb of place, adverb of time, adverb of degree, and adverb of frequency.

13. The answers may be varied. However, make sure you make five sentences using adverb of degree.

14. The answers may be varied. However, make sure you compose a short dialogue by using adverb of degree.

15. A declarative sentence tells you facts, opinion, and other statements. It is the most important type of sentence. It always ends with a period.

16. The answers may be varied. However, make sure you make five declarative sentences.

17. An interrogative sentence asks questions directly to someone. It always ends with a question mark.

18. The answers may be varied. However, make sure you make five interrogative sentences.

19. The answer may be varied. However, make sure you put simple present tense formula.

20. The answers may be varied. However, make sure you make five sentences using simple present tense.

C h a p t e r 5COMPETENCE TEST

A. Multiple Choices1. When you see an announcement text

that informs people about someone who has lost with his/her identity and characteristics, then it is a lost announcement.

BAnswer:

2. To fill in the blank you have to pay attention to the word “plane” and the sentence “Make sure yourself not late”. From them you will know that the appropriate word to be filled in the blank is “departure”.

AAnswer:

3. To fill in the blank we have to pay attention to the phrase “about the schedule of the study tour”. By understanding the phrase, you will know that the word “inform” is appropriate to be filled in the blank.

BAnswer:

4. To fill in the blank, you have to understand the meanings of all words in the options. When you understand the meaning of those words, you will know that the appropriate word to be filled in the blank is “speech”.

EAnswer:

5. To fill in the blank, you have to pay attention to the word “birthday”. The word “birthday” has close relation to the word “celebrate”.

EAnswer:

6. You use “little” and “a little” for uncountable nouns. From the options, uncountable nouns are “milk” and “spaghetti”.

BAnswer:

7. To fill in the blank, you have to pay attention to the noun in the sentence.

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If it is uncountable noun, you have to choose “little” (for negative ideas) or “a little” (for positive ideas). The phrase “best friends” is the countable noun phrase. Therefore, you have to choose “few” or “a few”.

DAnswer:

8. To fill in the blank, you have to focus on the noun in the sentence. The noun is “salt” and is an uncountable noun. The idea of the sentence is negative. Therefore, you have to choose “little”.

DAnswer:

9. To fill in the blank, you have to find the noun in the sentence. The noun is “money” and belongs to the uncountable noun. It means you have to choose “a little” and “little”. The idea to buy some drinks is positive. So, you have to choose “a little”.

AAnswer:

10. From the announcement, you can see that the students will have a school trip to Golden Sand Beach. Therefore, the announcement text is about “school trip to Golden Sand Beach”.

BAnswer:

11. According to the text, the trip will take place on August, 28th.

EAnswer:

12. When you want to know more about particular events, you can call the contact person(s). In the text, you can see that the contact persons are Vita and Zaskia.

DAnswer:

13. It can be seen from the announcement that the sender of the announcement is Jafria Islamic School.

CAnswer:

14. According to the schedule in the announcement, at 11.40 students are going to regular classes.

CAnswer:

15. According to the announcement, the address of Jafria Islamic School is on 1249 Quarry Lane, Suite 150, Pleasanton, California.

AAnswer:

16. According to the announcement text, the first day of school in Jafria Islamic School is on September 19.

DAnswer:

17. According to the announcement, the program is started at 10.30 until 1.30. It means that the program takes place for three hours.

EAnswer:

18. According to the text, the man got a fish when he went fishing. You can see the sentence “he caught a big golden fish in his trap. It was the biggest catch, which he had ever had in his life.”

CAnswer:

19. According to the text, the princess accepted the man’s proposal of marriage but with one condition. The condition was that the man had to promise not to tell that she was once a fish. If the condition was broken, a huge disaster would come. You can see it in the second paragraph.

A Answer:

20. “Unfortunately, her father found out and got furious. He shouted, “You damned daughter of a fish!”The underlined words refer to the father and the daughter respectively.

CAnswer:

21. According to the text, the man became the island of Samosir. You can see the last paragraph of the text, “The whole area got flooded and became Toba Lake. She turned into a fish again and the man became the island of Samosir.”

BAnswer:

22. “Unfortunately, her father found out and got furious. He shouted, “You damned daughter of a fish!”

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The antonym of the underlined word is “calm”. “Laugh” is not the antonym of “furious”. Other options are the synonyms of “furious”.

CAnswer:

23. According to the text, Mr. Richard brought his wife and two children. It means there were four people on the vacation to London. You can see the first paragraph of the text.

DAnswer:

24. The name of the airport in London is Heathrow. You can also see it in the fourth paragraph.

AAnswer:

25. According to the text, the flight to London took almost 14 hours. You can see it in the third paragraph.

CAnswer:

26. According to the text, on the third floor of the hotel, there was a restaurant that serves Asian and European foods. You can see the sentence “On the third floor, there was a restaurant serving Asian and European food.”

BAnswer:

27. “They had a very pleasant flight.”

The underlined word has the closest meaning to “enjoyable”. The other options are the antonyms of the underlined word.

DAnswer:

28. From the announcement, you can see that it is about a clearance sale before the company close down the shop.

BAnswer:

29. According to the announcement, the sender of the announcement is Smith Electronic PTE LTD.

AAnswer:

30. From the announcement, you can see that there are many equipments going to be sold. They are colour TV, sound system, washing machines,

refrigerators, electric fans, vacuum cleaners, shavers, computers, and printers. There are total nine kinds of electronic equipments.

DAnswer:

31. The announcement is categorized as birth announcement because it informs readers that the senders are having a baby.

EAnswer:

32. From the announcement, you can see that the sender is the baby’s parents, Susie and Dave.

BAnswer:

33. The announcement states that the baby was born on June 6, 2008 at 6:16 a.m.

EAnswer:

34. It can be seen from the announcement that it is about debate competition. The school is conducting a debate competition.

DAnswer:

35. According to the announcement, the first winner gets 2,000,000 rupiahs, the second gets 1,500,000 rupiahs, and the third gets 1,000,000. It means that the total prize of the debate competition is 4,500,000 rupiahs.

EAnswer:

36. According to the announcement, the participants are only the students of the school.

BAnswer:

37. According to the text, Indonesian motto can have three meanings: “Bhinneka Tunggal Ika”, “Unity in Diversity”, and “Many, yet one”.

EAnswer:

38. “With its islands, Indonesia gives me many friends from distinct ethnic, linguistic, and religious groups.”

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So, the underlined word refers to the writer.

BAnswer:

39. According to the text, Thailand is not the border of Indonesia. Some borders of Indonesia are Singapore, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, and Malaysia.

AAnswer:

40. “It is an archipelago comprising at around 17,000 islands”, “Indonesia has distinct ethnic, linguistic, and religious groups”, “It has large population and is a densely populated region”, and “Its national motto is ‘Bhinneka Tunggal Ika’” are the characteristics of Indonesia. On the other hand, Catholic is not in the majority in Indonesia.

DAnswer:

B. Essay1. An announcement is a written or

spoken statement in public or formal words containing information about an event that has happened or is going to happen so publicly people know what, when, and where it is about.

2. Announcement text can be used to give information about an event that has happened or is going to happen so publicly people know what, when, and where it is about.

3. The language features of annoncement text are as follows.a. Using simple present tense and

simple future tense.b. Using certain pronunciation

and intonation (spoken announcement).

c. Using correct spelling, and punctuation.

4. Below is the generic structure of announcement text.a. Stating purpose: what event will

be heldb. Stating day and date: when the

event will be heldc. Stating place: where the event

will be heldd. Informing sender: the person

who can be contacted about the information in the announcement.

5. The answers may be varied. However, it is expected that you make five sentences that usually appear in announcement texts.

6. The answers may be varied. However, it is expected that you mention seven kinds of announcement texts.

7. The answers may be varied. However, it is expected that you compose an announcement about your birthday party.

8. The answers may be varied. However, it is expected that you compose a promotion announcement.

9. The answers may be varied. However, it is expected that you compose a student’s organization announcement.

10. The answers may be varied. However, it is expected that you compose a wedding announcement.

11. The answers may be varied. However, it is expected that you compose a school trip announcement.

12. The answers may be varied. However, make sure you find five vocabularies that usually appear in announcement texts.

13. The answers may be varied. However, make sure you make five sentences using the vocabularies you have found in number 12.

14. The answers may be varied. However, make sure you compose a short dialogue by using vocabularies you have found in number 12.

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15. The answers may be varied. However, make sure you find five countable nouns.

16. The answers may be varied. However, make sure you make five sentences using “few”.

17. The answers may be varied. However, make sure you make five sentences using “a few”.

18. The answers may be varied. However, make sure you find five uncountable nouns.

19. The answer may be varied. However, make sure you make five sentences using “little”.

20. The answers may be varied. However, make sure you make five sentences using “a little”.

FINAL SEMESTER TEST 1A. Multiple Choices1. Descriptive text is a kind of text that

describes something, such a person, animal, thing, or place in a detailed way.

AAnswer:

2. Descriptive text can be used to describe a person, an animal, something, and a place.

EAnswer:

3. Descriptive may use simple present tense, adjective, linking verbs, and declarative sentence. Descriptive text may not use simple past tense.

CAnswer:

4. In the sentence, the speaker says that he/she doesn’t have any money to go to Kuta Beach. So, the option is he/she can get free ride on a truck. Getting free ride = hitchhike.

EAnswer:

5. Borobudur and Prambanan Temples are inherited by Indonesian ancestor that we can still see until present. Something that is inherited from ancestors to the present generation is called heritage.

BAnswer:

6. “Holiday” is an adverb of time. “In the bedroom” is an adverb of place. “Quite” is an adverb of degree. “Fast” is an adverb of manner. So, the correct pairs are (1) and (2).

AAnswer:

7. The function of an adverb is to add or give information about a verb in a sentence.

BAnswer:

8. The function of interrogative sentence is to ask questions directly to someone.

BAnswer:

9. “Does she like to play badminton?”If the sentence is changed into declarative sentence, it will be “She likes to play badminton.”

AAnswer:

10. Your father’s mother is your grandmother.

CAnswer:

11. The main topic of the text is doing good to other people in a zealous and consistent manner. So, what the writer means by “Exploring the Sea of Goodness” is practicing kindness.

CAnswer:

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12. The word “zealousness” is synonymous with the word “passion”.

DAnswer:

13. The word “myself” is categorized as reflexive pronoun.

AAnswer:

14. The word “me” in the sentence is categorized as objective pronoun because “me” is positioned as the object of the compound sentence. The word “I” in the sentence is categorized as subjective pronoun because “I” is positioned as the subject of the compound sentence.

DAnswer:

15. According to the first paragraph the text, the most suitable moral value of the text is that kindness (doing something good) can give us happy feelings.

DAnswer:

16. To fill in the blank, you have to choose the options with expressions of congratulation, such as “May I congratulate you on....”

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17. To congratulate means giving someone praises for an achievement or good wishes on a special occasion.

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18. “You’re such a nice person” is a complimenting expression.

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19. “You’re a great father”, “You’ve shown me great kindness”, and “What an inspiring book you’ve written” are the expressions of complimenting. “Your dress seemed not really fit you well” is not an expression of complimenting.

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20. Announcement text is a text in public or formal words, containing information about an event that has happened or is going to happen.

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21. Announcement text has four language features. They are using simple present tense, simple future tense, certain pronunciation and intonation, and correct spelling and punctuation.

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22. When you see an announcement about your neighbour’s son going to tie the knot, it may be a wedding announcement.

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23. The word “postpone” means “cause or arrange for something to take place at a time later than that first scheduled”.

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24. To fill in the blank, you have to be aware of the given clue. The given clue is the preposition after the blank. It is the word “with”. The word “with” always comes after one of phrases like “in accordance”.

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25. To fill in the blank, you have to see the whole sentence. The meaning of the whole sentence shows a cause and effect relationship. Therefore, to fill in the blank you have to choose the word that means “because of”. The word that means “because of” is “due to”.

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26. To fill in the blank, you have to find the noun in the sentence. The noun is “patience”. It belongs to uncountable noun. It means you have to choose “a little” and “little”. The idea of having not so much patience is negative. So, you have to choose “little”.

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27. To fill in the blank, you have to find the noun in the sentence. The noun is “responsible students”. It belongs

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to countable noun. It means you have to choose “a few” and “few”. The idea of having not so many responsible students in the schools is negative. So, you have to choose “few”.

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28. According to the learning materials in chapter 5, advertisement announcement is not categorized as a kind of announcement text. Meanwhile, the other options belong to the kind of announcement text. So, the correct answer is C.

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29. “Sugar”, “rice”, and “money” are categorized as uncountable nouns. On the other hand, “student” is categorized as countable noun.

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30. “Bread”, “meat”, and “cheese” are uncountable nouns. “Chair”, “book”, and “people” are countable nouns. “Love”, “music”, and “information” are uncountable nouns. “Paper”, “glass”, and “ice” are uncountable nouns. “Coffee”, “chocolate”, and “soup” are uncountable nouns.

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31. Uncountable nouns are often abstract ideas, made of smaller parts, liquids and gases, and materials.

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32. To fill in the blank, you have to pay attention to the noun that comes after the blank. The noun is “sugar”. Since “sugar” is categorized as uncountable noun, you have to choose “much”.

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33. “Be going to” can be used in simple future tense, to show other people your intention, and make prediction regarding certain events.

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34. According to the text, Gregor Samsa was transformed into a gigantic insect. You can see this statement: “As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams, he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect”.

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35. From the text, you can see that Gregor Samsa’s job is a commercial traveler. You can see this statement: “Samsa was a commercial traveler”.

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36. In the sentence “However violently he forced himself toward his right side he always rolled onto his back again”, the underlined word has the closest meaning to “powerfully”.

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37. In the sentence “Sitting upright and holding out to the spectator a huge fur muff into which the whole of her forearm had vanished!”, the word “her” refers to the lady in the photo frame. You can see that before the sentence comes, the writer talks about a photograph of a lady.

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38. “Insect”, “cloth”, “magazine”, and “frame” are categorized as countable nouns.

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39. According to the announcement, the program lasts for two hours, from 9.00 to 11.00 a.m.

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40. From the announcement, you can see that the sender of the announcement is Unity.

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41. According to the announcement, Unity is an NGO (non-governmental organization) that helps homeless people.

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42. According to the announcement, Nan Roman is the one who gives keynote speech. Therefore, he is a keynote speaker of the program.

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43. It is already clear that the announcement is categorized as a graduation announcement.

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44. RSVP is abbreviated from “Répondez s’il vous plait” which means “please respond”. The statement tells that readers should respond by June 17. It implies that those who want to come should make reservation earlier than that date. So, after that date, people cannot reserve anymore.

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45. The announcement tells you that the sender of it is the parents of Hannah, Lillian and Aiden Graham.

DAnswer: 46. According to the dialogue, Budi is

most likely a tour guide. You can see the sentences: “Yes, of course. I know this place very well” and “There’s no problem if I accompany you while explaining many things of this beautiful place”.

CAnswer:

47. According to the dialogue, Nathan is going to visit Raffles’ Landing Sites. You can see the sentence: “An hour later, we will arrive at Raffles’ Landing Site.”

EAnswer: 48. “So, what place are we going to

start?” is an interrogative sentence. The other options are declarative sentences.

AAnswer: 49. According to the dialogue, the person

who landed in on 29th January 1819 is Sir Stamford Raffles. You can see the sentence: “The Raffles’ Landing Site is the location where tradition holds that Sir Stamford Raffles landed in on January 29 1819.”

CAnswer: 50. According to the dialogue, Raffles’

Landing Site is the historical site where Sir Stamford Raffles landed in. You can see the sentence: “The Raffles’ Landing Site is the location where tradition holds that Sir Stamford Raffles landed in on January 29th 1819.”

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B. Essay

1. Core family is the family in which the members are father, mother, son, and daughter.

2. The dialogue may be varied. However, make sure you use pronouns, singular nouns, plural nouns, and 5W and 1H.

3. The answers may be varied. However, it is expected that you can show three expressions of complimenting.

4. The answers may be varied. However, it is expected that you can show three expressions of congratulation.

5. The answers may be varied. However, it is expected that you make three sentences using “would like”.

6. The answers may be varied. However, it is expected that you can make three sentences by using “be going to”.

7. Identification is the first part of descriptive text. It is usualy in the first paragraph of a descriptive text. Identification functions as an introduction of the person or the thing you describe. It also functions as the statement to show that the person or the thing is special or

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distinctive. In identification, you can give a short story about the person or the thing you describe.

8. Description is the next part of descriptive text after identification. In description section, you can tell readers about the person or the thing you describe. The characteristics of the person or the thing are put in this section. This section consists of two

up to five paragraphs, depending on what characteristics you want to reveal to the readers.

9. The answers may be varied. However, it is expected that you compose a wedding announcement.

10. The answers may be varied. However, it is expected that you compose a school trip announcement.

C h a p t e r 6COMPETENCE TEST

A. Multiple Choices1. Simple past tense is used to talk

about a completed action in a time before now. The time of the action can be in the recent past or the distant past, and duration of the action is not important.

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2. In English, there are some kinds of verbs. But, when it comes to simple past tense, you have to pay attention to two kinds of verbs. They are regular and irregular verbs.

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3. The verbs that are categorized into irregular verbs are “go” and “bring”. “Study” and “follow” are regular verbs.

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4. “You sent me a letter yesterday” is a sentence using simple past tense. Other sentences do not use simple past tense.

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5. To fill in the blank, you have to know the tense of the sentence. According to the adverb of time of the sentence, we know that the sentence uses simple past tense. So, you have

to use past verb to complete the sentence.

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6. To fill in the blank, you have to know the tense of the sentence. According to the verb used in the sentence, you can see that it is in past form or V2. So, you have to choose the adverb that represents time before now. It is “two days ago”.

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7. The negative form of the sentence “We bought some sugar and a packet of pasta in the supermarket yesterday” is “We didn’t buy some sugar and a packet of pasta in the supermarket yesterday”.

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8. You can use present perfect tense to indicate a link between the present and the past.

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9. Present perfect tense can be used to tell that the action done by the speaker has finished, the action is recently completed, the action is not yet finished, and the speaker has done an action for multiple times.

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10. The sentence that doesn’t use present perfect tense is “I am going to meet my parents before going to Singapore.”

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11. The declarative form of the sentence “Have you ever sung your favourite song in front of people?” is “You have ever sung your favourite song in front of people.”

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12. The form of past participle (V3) of verb “drink” is “drunk” and verb “sleep” is “slept”. On the other hand, the form of past participle of verb “eat” is “eaten” and verb “go” is “gone”.

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13. To fill in the blanks, you have to pay attention to the subject of the sentence. To fill in the second blank, you have to pay attention to the word “just”. “Just” shows you that the action has recently happened. The action that has recently happened should use present perfect tense. So, you have to choose “has” and “lost”.

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14. To fill in the blank, you have to pay attention to the word “have” and “for”. These two words are used in present perfect tense. Since the word “have” comes before the subject, you have to choose “they”.

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15. The sentence is the interrogative form of simple past tense. Therefore, you have to choose an adverb that represents time before now. It is “ last month”.

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16. To fill in the blank, you have to know the tense of the sentence. The tense is present perfect tense. So, you have to choose an adverb that represents multiple times. It is “several times”.

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17. Since the sentence uses present perfect tense, you have to choose a preposition to say how long an action continues. The correct preposition to complete the sentence is ‘for’.

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18. The adverbs that can be used for simple past tense have to represent time before now. “Last year”, “three days ago”, and “today” are the adverbs of time before now.

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19. Adverb is a word that modifies and tells us more about the verb. It can also tell us about when, where, or how the action is done. Adverb can tell us when something happened or when someone did something. It may also tell us the duration of the action.

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20. From the options, the adverb of time is “today”. “Often” and “always” are adverbs of frequency. “Fast” and “slowly” are adverbs of manner.

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21. The dialogue is about weekend activities of Tristan and Devan. Tristan visited his grandparents, while Devan went fishing with his father.

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22. According to the dialogue, it was Tristan who visited a village where his grandparents live.

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23. According to the dialogue, it was Devan who went fishing with his father.

EAnswer:

24. From the options, there are two sentences using simple past tense. They are “With whom did you go with?” and “I went there with all of my family. They were my father, my mother, and my younger sister.”

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25. The sentences use simple past tense. It is because all of the verbs are in past form (helped, fed, took, gave, and cooked).

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26. The text tells you about the story when the narrator was born.

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27. The sentences use simple past tense because the verbs are in past form (told, had, and called).

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28. The sentence “It’s not funny in the way a joke is funny, but when Mom tells it, Via and I just start cracking up” uses simple present tense.

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29. In the sentence “There were two nurses in the delivery room the night I was born. One was very nice and sweet. The other one, Mom said, did not seem at all nice or sweet”, the underlined words refer to the nurse. You can see it in the third paragraph.

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30. The word “anomalies” in the sentence has the closest meaning to “abnormality”.

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31. James Joyce was born in 1882. At age six, he enrolled in prestigious Clongowes Wood College. It means that it is in year 1888 which James was enrolled at the school.

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32. According to the text, James Joyce studied languages at University College Dublin. You can get the information about it from sentence “In the fall of 1898, he entered University College Dublin, where he studied languages, read widely, and was influenced by Yeats, Thomas Aquinas, and, especially, the plays of Henrik Ibsen.”

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33. According to the text, in the period 1905 until 1920, James Joyce published four literary works. They are “Chamber Music”, “Dubliners”, “A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man”, and “Exiles”.

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34. According to the text, in the year 1900, James Joyce published an essay. It was a review of Henrik Ibsen’s work “When We Dead Awaken”.

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35. According to the text, Nora Barnacle was James Joyce’s wife. It is stated in sentence “... he fell in love with an uneducated girl from Galway, Nora Barnacle, who would become his lifelong companion and the inspiration for the character Molly Bloom in his great novel Ulysses (1922).”

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36. According to the dialogue, you can see that it is about a fight between brothers. You can see “We used to have fights with baseball bats and branches and things.”

CAnswer:

37. The only sentence that uses simple past tense is “And I held it like a spear, and I ran after him, and he of course ran away.”

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38. In the sentence “Ah, yes, you know I think back on some of the crazy fights we had and it is absolutely amazing that we are all still alive”, the underlined word refers to Greg and his brother.

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39. The sentence “Yeah, they thought I was crazy” uses simple past tense because the verb used is in past form.

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40. The sentence “I threw the pipe, and it went like a spear, through the air, and he closed the door right behind him, and it put a hole in the door”

uses simple past tense. It is because the verbs in the sentences are in past form.

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B. Essay1. The simple past tense, sometimes

called the preterit, is used to talk about a completed action in a time before now. The simple past is the basic form of past tense in English. The time of the action can be in the recent past or the distant past and action duration is not important.

2. Simple past tense is used to tell :a. a series of completed actions in

the past,b. completed actions in the past, c. single period with time

expression, andd. habits in the past.

3. The answers may be varied. However, it is expected that you give two examples of sentences using simple past tense for a series of completed actions in the past.

4. The answers may be varied. However, it is expected that you give two examples of sentences using simple past tense for completed actions in the past.

5. The answers may be varied. However, it is expected that you give two examples of sentences using simple past tense for single period with time expression.

6. The answers may be varied. However, it is expected that you give two examples of sentences using simple past tense for the habit in the past.

7. The answers may be varied. However, it is expected that you find seven regular verbs and their past forms.

8. The answers may be varied. However, it is expected that you find

seven irregular verbs and their past forms.

9. The answers may be varied. However, it is expected that you make three sentences using auxiliary verbs and simple past tense.

10. The answers may be varied. However, it is expected that you make three declarative sentences using simple past tense.

11. The answers may be varied. However, it is expected that you make three interrogative sentences using simple past tense.

12. The answers may be varied. However, it is expected that you make three negative sentences using simple past tense.

13. The present perfect is used to indicate a link between the present and the past. The time of the action is before now but not specified, and we are often more interested in the result than in the action itself.

14. Present perfect tense is used to tell:a. recent completed actions,b. unfinished actions,c. multiple actions in different

times, d. life experience,e. accomplishment, andf. changes over time.

15. The answers may be varied. However, it is expected that you give two examples of sentences using present perfect tense for recent completed actions.

16. The answers may be varied. However, it is expected that you give two examples of sentences

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C h a p t e r 7COMPETENCE TEST

A. Multiple Choices1. The purpose of recount texts is to

retell an event for the purpose of informing or entertaining.

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2. Although it is unlikely to have only one tense in whole text, generally, recount texts use simple past tense in most parts.

DAnswer:

3. The closest answer is Dina stayed in Maluku for three years since ‘stay’ cannot be right. It supposed to be ‘stays’. Gerund/progressive ‘staying’ needs an auxiliary verb beforehand. Past progressive ‘was staying’ needs specific time (usually in form of an adverbial clause). Passive voice ‘was stayed’ doesn’t fit to the rest of the sentence.

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4. The phrase ‘used to’ is used to show a habit that is no longer done.

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5. The general structure of simple past tense is subject followed by verbs in past form.

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6. Rangga was walking home when something caught his eyes is the correct answer since the time is

specific “when something caught his eyes”. It should be in past tense since the adverbial clause “when something caught his eyes” is also in past tense.

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7. The sentence “Robby was watching TV while Tina was reading a book” is in parallel construction; one event is happening when other event takes place. It should be in past tense since the other event is also in past tense.

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8. The sentence “When I was going to Thailand on my family vacation last month, I met Justin Bieber at the airport” is served as the start of a story or recount, also as an adverbial clause for “I met Justin Bieber”.

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9. The general structure of past continuous tense is subject followed by an auxiliary verb in past form and verb-ing (gerund).

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10. Adverbs of time show when, for how long, or how frequent an event is. “For three weeks” shows the duration of the event.

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using present perfect tense for accomplishment.

17. The answers may be varied. However, it is expected that you give two examples of sentences using present perfect tense for changes over time.

18. The answers may be varied. However, it is expected that you

give two examples of sentences using present perfect tense for life experiences.

19. The answer may be varied. However, make sure you compose a dialogue by using simple past tense.

20. The answers may be varied. However, make sure you compose a dialogue by using present perfect tense.

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11. We would need an adverb to fill the gap, either an adverb of time or adverb of place. “Canada” is a place. However, it must be preceded by a preposition. “Tomorrow” and “the day after tomorrow” are adverbs of time, but they don’t fit with the verb “had” which is past.

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12. To answer the question “how long”, we would need an adverb of time with a preposition. The only adverb of time with a preposition is “for five years.”

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13. There are two events happening at the same time, so we would need a preposition to connect the two events, which is “during”.

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14. The sentence “I will stay ... ten o’clock” needs a preposition to show the event happens up to a certain time. The most appropriate preposition is ‘until’.

BAnswer:

15. The sentence “I have lived in New York ... 2012” needs a preposition to show when an event started in the past. The most appropriate preposition is ‘since’.

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16. A preposition to show specific month, year, or ‘the morning/afternoon/ evening’ is in.

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17. A preposition to show a specific time like ‘night’ is at.

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18. To fill the position in “Rani took ... bag and went away”, we would need a pronoun which serves as an object. However, the word ‘bag’ shows we need a possessive adjective as

determiner instead. It would be my, your, our, their, his, her, or it.

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19. For the sentence “We have ... work to do today” we would need an indefinite pronoun that shows the expression of quantity of work. The most appropriate indefinite pronoun is ‘much’ since ‘work’ is considered uncountable noun.

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20. For the sentence “The boy ... cried last night was Erik” we would need a connector between two relative clauses, “the boy cried last night” and “the boy was Erik.” The connector could be a pronoun. Since ‘the boy’ is considered human, then the most appropriate pronoun is ‘who’.

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21. The first thing to do to find the topic of a passage is reading the title. This passage entitles “A Visit to a Wildlife Park”. We get ‘park’. In the first paragraph, the author mentioned he/she went with his/her parents. They must be a family. Therefore, ‘A family trip to a park’ is likely the correct answer. ‘Excursion to a zoo’ could be the answer. However, in the passage the author stated that he/she preferred a wild park than a zoo, so option B is incorrect.

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22. The main idea of a paragraph is usually put in the beginning or the end. The first sentence of the second paragraph is “the Wildlife Park has a lot different Australian animals and birds”. This becomes the main idea of paragraph two.

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23. The main idea of this paragraph is about the kangaroos and the wallabies. It is likely that ‘them’ refers

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to the kangaroos and the wallabies. Moreover, in the previous sentence, “We were able to walk along the kangaroos and wallabies”, there are two plural nouns, ‘we’ and ‘the kangaroos and the wallabies’. ‘we’ is mentioned in the sentence, so the only chance ‘they’ refers to ‘the kangaroos and the wallabies’.

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24. ‘Bears’ is the only animal which is not mentioned in the passage. Meanwhile, ‘koala’ and ‘koala bear’ is one of a kind.

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25. The statement “There was a bird which could talk” is the correct answer based on the statement in the passage “I really liked an old parrot which could talk”.

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26. The passage is in past tense, so the correct answer is in past form “woke”.

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27. The passage is in past tense, so the correct answer is in past form “received”.

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28. The passage is in past tense, so the correct answer is in past form “went”.

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29. The passage is in past tense and the sentence is in passive form. The general structure of passive voice is subject followed by an auxiliary verb and participle verb (V3).

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30. The passage is in past tense, so the correct answer is in past form “treated”.

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31. This passage mentioned famous places in London, e.g. Madame Tussauds and London Eye, also about Westfield in Stratford and its atmosphere. The passage also

informed the reader that the traveller who also the writer of the passage was a 19-year-old girl. However, based on the statement “I should travel to. I wanted to experience new places around London” and its supporting statements, this passage is mainly about her travel in London.

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32. In the passage, the writer mentioned “Before booking my tickets to London, I had to look for a room to rent in London” which implied she had booked a room before she arrived in London. The statement “She rent a room in London” is the correct answer.

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33. In the passage the writer mentioned “I went to Central London often with friends. We went shopping and ate out” which means the writer and her/his friends went out and dined in Central London.

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34. “to budge” (informal) is to make room for another person by moving. “I got budged around” has passive construction, so the author would probably was moved or pushed by something. In the previous sentence, she mentioned “The atmosphere of seeing a crowd of people was amazing” so it is likely she was moved or pushed by the crowd.

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35. The statement “London Dungeon is one of the well-known places in London” is in line with the statement in the passage “... such as the famous London Eye, Madame Tussauds, London Dungeon, and other well-known areas around London”.

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36. The first paragraph mentioned a naturalist named Charles Darwin. It

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also mentioned his background and his family, so it is unlikely a report or an argument (nor discussion or exposition). A journal usually uses first person perspective. The most possible answer is biography of Charles Darwin. Moreover, the structure of the text shows that it is a biography.

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37. According to Concise Oxford English Dictionary 11th ed., a “voyage” is a long journey involving travel by sea or in space. It is unlikely that in 1831 a plane was used in a journey.

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38. In the 3rd paragraph it was mentioned “Darwin publically introduced his revolutionary theory of evolution”.

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39. The main idea of a paragraph may not be in first sentence. It may be in the end. It is called inductive paragraph. “His studies of specimens around the globe led him to formulate his theory of evolution and his views on the process of natural selection” is the emphasis of the second paragraph more than his five-year voyage mentioned in the first sentence of the paragraph.

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40. It is mentioned in third paragraph that his best-known work is On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection. A Brief History of Time is a book by Stephen Hawking. On the Fertilisation of Orchids by Insects is a book written by Charles Darwin but not as well-known as On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection. The other two are not books.

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B. Essay1. Recount texts are the texts to retell an

event for the purpose of informing or entertaining. Basically they are constructed chronologically. They consist of orientation (to set the scene, act as introduction) and a sequence of events. Reorientation may be put to emphasize the topic. As they are composed chronologically, adverbs of time are used frequently.

2. To retell an event for the purpose of informing or entertaining. Basically they are constructed chronologically.

3. The generic strucuture of a recount text consists of orientation (to set the scene, act as introduction) and a sequence of events. Reorientation may be put to emphasize the topic.

4. a. Focus on specific participantsb. Declarative and interrogative

sentence in simple past, past continuous, present perfect tenses, and others are required.

c. Time connectors such as first, then, after that, before, when, at last, before, when, at last, finally, etc.

d. Prepositional adverbs and phrases showing time

e. Singular and plural nouns 5. The answers may be varied.

However, it is expected that you give an example of recount text on any topic you like.

6. The answers may be varied. However, it is expected that you compose a recount text about your last holiday.

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7. The answers may be varied. However, it is expected that you compose a recount text about your first day at school.

8. Past continuous tense is used to say that somebody was in the middle of doing something at a certain moment in the past.

9. Past continuous tense is used in the following conditions.a. Interrupted continuous action in

the pastb. A series of parallel actionsc. Arrangement in the pastd. Parallel actionse. Specific time as an interruption

10. In past continuous tense, the subject is always followed by past form (V2) of auxiliary verb and then added by continuous verb (V-ing).

S + was/were + V-ing

11. The answers may be varied. However, it is expected that you make three declarative sentences using past continuous tense.

12. The answers may be varied. However, it is expected that you make three interrogative sentences using past continuous tense.

13. The answers may be varied. However, it is expected that you make three negative sentences using past continuous tense.

14. The answers may be varied. However, it is expected that you give two examples of sentences using past continuous tense for interrupted actions in the past.

15. The answers may be varied. However, it is expected that you give two examples of sentences using past continuous tense for a series of parallel actions.

16. The answers may be varied. However, it is expected that you give two examples of sentences using past continuous tense for arrangements in the past.

17. The answers may be varied. However, it is expected that you give two examples of sentences using past continuous tense for parallel actions.

18. The answers may be varied. However, it is expected that you give two examples of sentences using past continuous tense for specific time as an interruption.

19. The answer may be varied. However, make sure you compose a dialogue about past event that you cannot forget.

20. The answers may be varied. However,make sure you compose a dialogue by using past continuous tense.

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MIDTERM TEST 2

A. Multiple Choices1. According to the dialogue, there

are three persons involved in the dialogue. They are Ana, David, and Leon.

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2. According to the dialogue, there are three OSIS president candidates. They are Angel, Arnold, and Marco.

CAnswer:

3. According to the dialogue, the candidate who has won many competitions was Angel.

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4. According to the dialogue, the correct pair of OSIS president and vice president is Arnold and John.

DAnswer:

5. The sentence “We don’t know who will be the president until the day has come” uses present perfect tense.

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6. According to the text, The Old Major was twelve years old. It is stated in sentence “He was twelve years old and had lately grown rather stout, but he was still a majestic-looking pig, with a wise and benevolent appearance in spite of the fact that his tushes had never been cut.”

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7. According to the text, the animal which came first were dogs. It is stated in sentence “First came the three dogs, Bluebell, Jessie, and Pincher”.

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8. The characteristic of Boxer, according to the text, is that “He was an

enormous beast, nearly eighteen hands high, and as strong as any two ordinary horses put together.”

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9. The sentence that uses present perfect tense is “Mr. Jones, of the Manor Farm, has locked the hen houses for the night, but was too drunk to remember to shut the pop holes.”

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10. The underlined words in the sentence “He seldom talked, and when he did, it was usually to make some cynical remark-for instance; he would say that God had given him a tail to keep the flies off, but that he would sooner have had no tail and no flies.” refer to Benjamin the donkey.

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11. In the first sentence it is mentioned “My experience at Pay It Forward Farm was phenomenal”. So the name of the farm is Pay It Forward.

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12. In the first sentence it is mentioned “My experience at Pay It Forward Farm was phenomenal” and in the last paragraph, the authors stated “I felt much happiness as a result”. We can draw conclusion that the author felt excited. Other options contradict aforementioned statements in the text.

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13. According to Concise Oxford English Dictionary 11th ed., “phenomenal” is remarkable or exceptionally good.

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14. In the second paragraph it is mentioned “for six weeks I lived with a dynamic influx of young people”.

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15. In the text, there is a statement “I lived with a dynamic influx of young people and my foster farm family. Our days were never uneventful”. Since ‘our’ is plural form which includes first person, it must include the author. It is unknown who ‘young people’ is, but ‘our’ includes the author and her foster farm family. Thus, the most correct answer is “The author and her foster farm family”.

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16. ‘Said’ is the irregular past form of ‘say’.

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17. ‘Met’ is the irregular past form of ‘meet’.

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18. ‘Held’ is the irregular past form of ‘hold’.

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19. ‘Spent’ is the irregular past form of ‘spend’.

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20. ‘Felt’ is the irregular past form of ‘feel’.

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B. Essay1. The generic structures of recount

text are orientation (to set the scene, act as introduction), a sequence of events, and reorientation.

2. Past continuous tense is used in these following conditions.a. Interrupted continuous actions in

the pastb. A series of parallel actionsc. Arrangement in the past d. Parallel actionse. Specific time as an interruption

3. The answer may be varied. However, make sure you compose a dialogue by using past continues tense.

4. The answer may be varied. However, make sure you compose a dialogue by using simple past tense.

5. The answer may be varied. However, make sure you compose a dialogue by using present perfect tense.

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C h a p t e r 8COMPETENCE TEST

A. Multiple Choices1. A narrative text is an imaginative

text like that of folktales, myths, or legends.

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2. The function or the purpose of a narrative text is to entertain readers by telling the stories.

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3. The generic structures of a narrative text are: orientation, complication, resolution, and reorientation or coda.

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4. The orientation in a narrative text is the opening paragraph where the characters of the story are introduced to the readers.

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5. The resolution in a narrative text is where the problems are solved in the end of the story, whether it is happy ending or not.

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6. The part of narrative text in which the problems of the story are developed is called complication. It usually appears in the middle paragraphs of the narrative text.

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7. The part of narrative text where you can find the lesson(s) of the story is reorientation. In this part you will find the closure of a narrative text as well as its moral value.

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8. From the materials about past continuous tense, you can see that past continuous tense can be used for an interrupted action in the past,

telling a series of parallel actions, or telling the arrangements in the past.

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9. The sentence “When Sinta left, I was opening the window” uses past continuous tense. It shows someone’s activity in the past.

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10. “Alya was drinking a little box of milk when her professor was writing something on the board” uses past continuous tense. It shows what Alya was doing when her professor was writing. Both activities were in the past time.

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11. To fill in the blanks, you have to see the subjects in the sentence. The subject is “my mother” and “my father and I”. The first subject has to use “was” and the second “were”.

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12. To fill in the blanks, you have to pay attention to the subjects of the sentence. The subject is “I”. So, you have to choose “was”. Then, you have to choose the word that shows an activity that you usually do with your dog.

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13. To fill in the blanks, you have to focus on the subject. Since the subject is “students”, you have to choose “were” for both blanks. The appropriate verbs are “running” and “sitting”.

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14. Options B is not using past continuous tense. Sentence in B is

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using simple future tense by using “be going to”.

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15. Jargon is not the other elements in narrative text. It is the generic structure of narrative text. Characterization, plot, point of view, and moral values are additional elements of narrative text.

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16. The plot in a narrative text is a series of events that range from the introduction of a conflict to begin the story and a final resolution at the end.

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17. To fill in the blank, you have to know that the third-person omniscient and first-person are kinds of point of view in a narrative text.

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18. The hero of the story is often known as protagonist.

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19. The one who pursues the goals of the plot of a story, which may differentiate them from other main characters, mentors, or sidekicks, is the protagonist.

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20. Narrative viewpoint is also known as perspective.

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21. The protagonist is usually called the hero of the story. Therefore, the protagonist in the story of Roro Jonggrang is Roro Jonggrang herself.

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22. The antagonist is also known as the villain in the story. The villain in the story of Roro Jonggrang is Bandung Bondowoso.

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23. The orientation is the part where the characters are introduced. It usually

comes in the first paragraph of the story.

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24. The part of the text is the resolution of the story. It shows how the problem is finally solved.

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25. According to the text, the setting of the story is in Central Java.

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26. The resolution is where the problem is solved. The resolution of the text is “Finally when Timun Emas was almost caught she threw her salt. Soon the land where Buta Ijo stood turned into ocean. Buta Ijo was drowned and died instantly. Timun Emas was thankful to God and came back to her home.”

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27. The point of view of the story is third-person omniscient. It means that the narrator or writer knows exactly what happened to the characters in the story.

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28. The word “he” in the sentence refers to Buta Ijo.

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29. In the story, Timun Emas is the protagonist. She is the hero in the story because she could defeat Buta Ijo.

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30. “He had a sharp nose so he knew what direction his prey ran.”

The underlined word has the closest meaning to “route”.

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31. The only sentence that uses past continuous tense in the text is “One day, the bear was sleeping.”

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32. The complication of narrative text is where the problem is developed. The complication of the text is “The

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bear was missing all of his family and friends. The bear could not do anything else except trying the best he could do to survive ...”

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33. According to the sentence, the bear dreamed about being a bird that can see what happened in the world.

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34. The settings of the story are in the time when the earth was sick because of pollution, the time when earth was no more a suitable planet to live, at one of the island in the Northern earth, and on the last piece of small ice.

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35. Moral values of the story are that we have to be responsible of the living of animals, to take care of environment, and to make efforts in handling global warming issue.

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36. The sentence uses simple past tense because the verbs are in the past form (V2). Look at “was”, “had”, and “lived”.

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37. According to the text, Lohgawe found Arok in order to teach him to be a king, so that he could become the leader of military in Tumapel.

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38. The characteristic of direct speech is that it uses quotes. So, when a sentence doesn’t use quotes, it is not a direct speech.

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39. According to the text, Lohgawe is a Brahmin.

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40. According to the text, Lohgawe said to Arok that he would be a king and that he should join military in Tumapel.

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B. Essay1. A narrative text is an imaginative

story to entertain people.

2. The function of a narrative text is to entertain people.

3. Orientation : It is about the opening paragraph where the characters of the story are introduced.

Complication : Where the problems in the story developed.

Resolution : Where the problems in the story is solved.

Coda or Reorientation (optional)

: Lesson from the story.

4. The language features of a narrative text are past tense, adverb of time,

time conjuntion, action verbs, and direct speech.

5. The answers may be varied. However, it is expected that you give an example of short narrative text on any topic you like.

6. The answers may be varied. However, it is expected that you identify the generic structure of the narrative text you have found.

7. The answers may be varied. However, it is expected that you identify the action verbs from the narrative text you have found.

8. The answers may be varied. However, it is expected that you identify the direct speech from the narrative text you have found.

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identify the adverbs of time from the narrative text you have found.

10. The answers may be varied. However, it is expected that you identify time conjunction from the narrative text you have found.

11. Characterization is the details about a character in a story. There are two main characterizations in narrative texts. They are protagonist and antagonist.

12. The setting is both the time and geographic location within a narrative or within a work of fiction. A literary element, the setting helps initiate the main backdrop and mood for a story. Elements of setting may include culture, historical period, geography, and time.

13. Moral values in narrative text are the things or ideas that we can take as a good example for our actual life.

14. Narrative view points, also known as perspectives, determine who is narrating the plot or events of a story. The writer of narrative texts

may use first-person or third-person omniscient point of view.

15. Plot is a series of events that range from the introduction of a conflict to begin the story and a final resolution at the end. It can be linear plot or flashback plot.

16. The answers may be varied. However, it is expected that you compose a short narrative text about Indonesian legend or folktales.

17. The answers may be varied. However, it is expected that you identify the generic structure of the narrative text you have made.

18. The answers may be varied. However, it is expected that you identify the language features of the narrative text you have found.

19. The answers may be varied. However, it is expected that you identify the characterization of the narrative text you have found.

20. The answers may be varied. However, make sure you write a short summary of the narrative text you have made.

C h a p t e r 9COMPETENCE TEST

A. Multiple Choices1. The social function of songs is to

entertain, express a message, and appreciate a work of art.

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2. In composing a song, one should consider aesthetic and the objectives of the song, the message that must be delivered.

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3. A chorus contains the main idea of what is being expressed lyrically and musically.

DAnswer:

4. Conclusion, also called ‘outro’, is a way to end a song. It usually fades out.

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5. Instrumental solo is a section to make room for instrumentalists to show their ability in playing their instrument and to show their talent in music.

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6. The main topics of ballads are religiosity, love, tragedy, with a recount, plot-driven.

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7. Rhyme is a set of lines that have the same sound in the end. Option B is the definition of rhythm. Option C is the definition of pitch. Option D is the definition of harmony. Option E is the definition of score.

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8. The objective of imperative is not giving information.

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9. Modality concerns the different ways of language users conveys their message (Eggins, 1994). The difference occurs from the distance of the sayer and the target as one strategy to save face. Thus, the lack of modality may be considered impolite since it neglects the distance between sayer and the target.

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10. The actual sentence is (you) go!, functioned as a command. May I bring your book? and Would you like to close the door, please? are request since they use modality. I do! is not imperative form but exclamative, and so is Eureka!

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11. Let us go is usually abbreviated as let’s go.

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12. The purpose of the sentence is to invite audience to an event in a public place (e.g. a new mall, a new gym, or a new store).

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13. No entering! is usually put with a sign where people should not go into. It could be dangerous places or private property. It is put to warn people not to trespass or go into the place for various reasons.

CAnswer:

14. Conditional sentence type 2 states an imaginary situation which

contradits reality. Thus, “If I was you” contradicts the reality, the reality is ’I’ was not ‘you’.

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15. Wanna, here serves as verb, is the abbreviation of ‘want to ’. The closest meaning of ‘want to’ is ‘wish to’.

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16. The present form of ‘given’ is ‘give’.BAnswer:

17. The modal of the first verb of the clause is in past form, so it is a past tense. ‘Have’, ‘has’, and ‘had’ as modal are the property of perfect tense. Thus the correct answer is past perfect tense.

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18. Metaphor is a figure of speech that could not happen in reality, usually a comparison between human to nonhuman with same characteristics.

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19. The singer doesn’t actually believe he could literally fly, but it is mere a symbol that he could reach higher achievement.

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20. The generic structure for conditional sentence type 3 is S + should/would/could + have + V3 +when/if + S(2)+ had +V3. Thus, the complete sentence is “I should have given you all my hours when I had had the chance.”

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21. The song is about ‘lie’ as aforementioned in the first line of the song. The song is about how ‘lie’ affects her, so the correct answer is ‘Lie is not a solution and only brings pains’.

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22. In the second line, it stated that “You said you could fix anything” and the previous line stated “Dear lie”.

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‘You’ refers to ‘lie’. We can draw a conclusion that ‘lie’ said it could fix anything. ‘Fix something’ may also mean solving problems. Thus, the correct answer is ‘lie said it could solve her problems’.

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23. Have the balls is a slang idiom to have the courage to do something.

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24. Literally, the meaning of the line “If I had balls I'd tell you get away from me” is the singer does not have any balls. However, as ‘have the balls’ is an idiom to have some courage to do something, the meaning of the expression is the singer doesn’t have any courage to tell ‘you’. So, the closest meaning to the aforementioned line is “the singer does not have courage to reject ‘you’.

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25. In the lyrics the singer stated that “Afraid the truth would hurt me when it's you that hurts me more”. So, lie hurt her more than truth.

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26. The song has many imperatives form, e.g. ‘let our spirits never die’,and ‘create a world with no fear’. One of the functions of imperatives is to invite others to do something. In this song, the singer tried to encourage listeners to believe and do things he mentioned in the songs, e.g. ‘feel you are all my brothers’, ‘together we cry happy tears’, and ‘heal the world’.

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27. We can find a line in the song ‘If you care enough for the living, make it a better place’, and the reason to make the world a better place is because we care for the living.

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28. A plowshare is an agriculture tool to help farmers plow their land.

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29. “to fly so high” is not in imperative form as others, we can assume the singer did not suggest it. Moreover, the “to fly so high” is a metaphor since no human the has ability to fly without any device.

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30. Flying is a symbol of freedom. ‘Flying high’ is also a symbol of happiness. So the most appropriate answer is that flying high could be symbols of freedom and happiness.

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31. The theme of a song is usually put in its chorus. The last line of the chorus of this song is “I found the greatest love of all inside of me”. Moreover, the last part of refrain is “learning to love yourself is the greatest love of all”, which also serves as the theme of the song.

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32. The first stanza is about children. The main idea usually lies in first line or the last. The only line which is not imperative is the first. Thus, it serves as the main idea. Moreover, other options are supporters to the main idea that children are the future.

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33. The singer learnt to depend on herself is the effect of the situation described in lines before, “Everybody searching for a hero....I never found anyone who fulfill my needs”. A hero plays a role as a role model because in the next line it is stated that a hero is “someone to look up to”.

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34. This is a motivational song, the feeling of the song, or the mood,

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should be positive. The only positive feeling in the option is ‘happy’.

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35. The title of the song usually is highlighted several times in the song, especially in refrain or chorus. The phrase ‘greatest love of all’ is both highlighted and repetitive, so the phrase is likely the title of the song.

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36. The rhyme is in past tense. The auxiliary verb for a lamb is ‘is’, and the past form of ‘is’ is ‘was’.

BAnswer:

37. The sentence “He ... her to school one day” has an object. A transitive verb is needed to fill it. ‘Follow’ is a

transitive verb. As the song is in past, ‘Follow’ becomes ‘followed’.

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38. The tense of the song is entirely in simple past tense.

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39. The lamb didn’t go out voluntarily, the teacher took him out. The synonym of ‘took out’ is ‘turn out’.

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40. The lamb was waiting for Mary while Mary was in her classroom. The correct answer is ‘appeared’. However, “Til Mary did (40)...”, the underlined word makes the next verb become infinitive. The correct answer is ‘appear’.

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B. Essay1. The social function of songs lyrics

is to entertain, express the message of songs, and appreciate songs as a work of art.

2. IntroductionVersePre-chorusChorus and refrainBridgeConclusionElisionInstrumental soloAd-lib

3. Introduction is usually called ‘intro’, a unique section which generally contains just music.

4. Verse it is the poetic property of a song. In older time, verses were usually formed in certain rhyme scheme. For example, Sundanese and Javanese are familiar with ‘pupuh’, songs with strictly rhyme and content based on certain philosophy.

5. Pre-chorus is also referred to channel or transitional bridge. It connects verse to chorus.

6. Chorus and refrain are often used interchangeably. However, both have different definitions. A refrain is a repeated line or musical that ties the song, while a chorus contains the main idea of what is being expressed lyrically and musically.

7. Bridge is a section that contrasts with the verse, used to break up the repetitive pattern of the songs and keep listener’s attention.

8. Conclusion is also called ‘outro’; it is a way to end a song. It usually fades out.

9. Elision is a section of music where different section overlaps one another for short period.

10. Instrumental solo is a section designated as a showcase for an instrumentalist. For example, in rock music, we often find guitar solos to show the capability of the guitarist of a rock band.

11. Ad-lib is a section of a song which occurs when the lead vocal breaks away to add melodic interests and intensity to the end of the song.

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12. To compose a lyric for a song, a composer must consider the rhythm of the song. It delivers the mood of the song. Popular songs usually use 4/4 beat. The composer must be able to fit the stress, intonation, and spelling to the rhythm.

13. Rhyme is a set of lines that has the same sound in the end. It doesn’t matter whether they have different written ends, as long as they are pronounced the same.

14. Imperatives are basically used to order, request, or advise the target to do something. They are often used for giving instructions.

15. The answers may be varied. However, it is expected that you give five examples of imperative form.

16. The answers may be varied. However, it is expected that you give three examples of imperative form for warning signs.

17. The answers may be varied. However, it is expected that you give three examples of imperative form to give orders.

18. The answers may be varied. However, it is expected that you compose a short dialogue by using imperative forms.

19. The answers may be varied. However, it is expected that you find a song lyric and identify its generic structure.

20. The answers may be varied. However, make sure you write a short summary of the song lyric you have found.

FINAL SEMESTER TEST 2A. Multiple Choices1. According to the dialogue, before

Katie walked for work, she dusted the furniture, mowed the lawn, cleaned the kitchen, and mailed some letters. So, all of the options are true.

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2. According to the dialogue, after Katie worked, she walked to the gym to have some exercise.

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3. According to the dialogue, Katie is telling you about her day off. It is stated in the sentence “Yesterday was my day off.”

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4. According to the dialogue, Katie didn’t watch a movie. It is stated in the sentence “I wanted to watch a movie, but it was too late so I decided not to.”

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5. According to the dialogue, after Katie cooked dinner, she cleaned up the kitchen.

CAnswer:

6. According to the dialogue, Allison’s grandmother was sick. It is stated in the sentence “Yes, I have visited her three times this year. She was sick two weeks ago so we went to America again.”

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7. The sentence that uses present perfect tense is “Hi Allison, I haven’t seen you for ages. Where have you been?”

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8. In the sentence “I think so. Okay, I will send it to her. Thanks, Abby”, the underlined word refers to the grandmother.

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9. The underlined word in the sentence “Oh, sickness because of missing people she loves. I guess she will be well soon. Send my warm regard to your grandmother” has the closest meaning to the word “greeting”.

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10. According to the dialogue, Allison’s grandmother has been in Allison’s house for three days. It is stated in the sentence “She has been here for three days.” So, none of the options (A)-(D) is correct.

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11. The communicative purpose of a recount text is to retell events. Based on its features, this text is a recount text. Thus, the purpose of this text is to retell Chris Willis’ trip to Indonesia.

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12. The first sentence of the third paragraph is “Chris thinks that all the effort to get to see the Komodo dragons was worth it”. From that, we can conclude that Chris thinks his effort is worthy.

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13. In the beginning of the text, it is stated that “The main objective of Chris’s trip was to photograph Komodo dragons in the wild” so we can conclude that Chris’s visit is to photograph Komodo dragons in the wild.

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14. In the second paragraph, it is stated that “they would stop at different islands twice a day as they worked

their way to Komodo” so the correct answer is twice a day.

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15. From the text we find that “the thing that makes them so fascinating is their ability to change the color and texture of their skin so quickly”.

DAnswer:

16. All options are synonyms of ‘highlights’. Thus, the reader must look at the context. The context is about places/tourism as it collocates to ‘trip’. The only option which mentions either place or destination is ‘most interesting places’.

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17. As it is two people, Danny and Siti, the subject cannot be substituted by ‘him’ or ‘her’. They must be joined together to become ‘they’.

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18. Since the answer is an adverb of time ‘this afternoon’, the correct interrogative pronoun to use is ‘when’.

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19. It is a relative sentence with two clauses with one of the clauses is an adverb of time. The correct connector between two clauses is ‘when’.

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20. Since the subject and the object are the same, we would need a reflexive pronoun. The reflexive pronoun for ‘he’ is ‘himself’.

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21. The complication of the text is “After eating, in the night, the princess’ skin was full of blister. The princess felt hurt and she cried to ask for help. No one could help her even the physicians in that kingdom. The princess looked so scary like a monster.”

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22. According to the text, the princess was so beautiful that everyone fell in love with her. The princess’ sister was jealous and didn’t like to see her.

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23. According to the text, the one who helped the princess is the king of the sea.

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24. “I have lost my previous life so I like to have a new life.” The sentence uses present perfect tense because the verb is in the form of have + past participle (V3).

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25. “She also amazed that the half of her body was a fish body.” The underlined word has the closest meaning to all of the words in the options.

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26. The similarity between the first and the second text is that the main characters are animals. They are fox, cat, ant, and dove.

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27. The protagonist in the first text is the cat.

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28. The antagonist in the second text is the hunter. It is because he is going to catch the dove by using a net.

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29. The first text tells you about the fact that plans without actions mean nothing.

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30. According to the text, the moral value of it is that kindness always finds the way back to its doers.

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31. “Well, maybe someday, when I have the time, I may teach you a few of the simpler ones”, replied the fox airily”.

The antonym of the underlined word is “seriously”.

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32. “Not long after that, there was a hunter nearby who was throwing out his net towards the dove, hoping to trap it in this way.” The underlined word has the closest meaning to “closely”.

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33. The resolution is the part where the problem is solved. So, the resolution of the first text is “Before she could make up her mind, the dogs arrived. They fell upon the fox and tore her into pieces”.

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34. The orientation of a narrative text is where the characters of the story are introduced to readers. So, the orientation of the second text is “One hot day, an ant was seeking for some water. After walking around for a moment, she came to a spring. To reach the spring, she had to climb up a blade of grass”.

BAnswer: 35. “The fox sat silently under the tree,

wondering which trick she should use. Before she could make up her mind, the dogs arrived”. The underlined word has the closest meaning to “thinking”.

AAnswer: 36. The passage shows several implicit

meaning with many metaphors. “This house is haunted” is not a literal meaning. It means there is a problem within the singer’s home. “It was mine...when you’re gone” means ‘you’ and ‘I’ are together. “What stupid poem could fix this home. I’d read it every day” means they have their domestic problems, but try to fix them. While “twenty years now lost...their anger hurts my ear...

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rather than fix the problems, they never solve them...why can’t they (get along)?” These may be about the singer’s parents and their separation. “Then why is there so much pain?” is his expression toward his parents’ divorce. Conclusion we could draw is the singer has a broken home, but he tries to fix it every day, while his parents decide to give up. Thus, the singer grew in a broken home.

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37. Some expressions that may show the singer’s feeling are “it makes no sense”, “their anger hurts my ears”, and “why is there so much pain?” These expressions refer to negative feeling like sad, angry, or hurt.

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38. There are two couples in the song, the singer and his spouse and his parents. “Twenty years now lost, ...they never solve them” shows that ‘they’ refers to a couple who are from twenty years ago. It is most likely the parents.

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39. The expressions “their anger hurts my ears” and “If this is what he wants, and it’s what she wants, then why is there so much pain?” show that the singer’s parents’ divorce hurts him. It upsets him.

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40. “...been running strong for seven years” shows the amount of time they have survived before they decided to separate. So, the correct answer is seven years.

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41. The expressions in the song refer not to a particular school, but to schools in general. It criticizes the thought control and dark sarcasm that are often given by teachers. It also criticizes the uniformity and standards

that make students ‘another brick in the wall’. All in all, the song is about a critic to education system.

EAnswer:

42. ‘Teachers’ is put as an object or target to which this song is addressed as part of the education system, so do ‘school’ and ‘government’. Meanwhile, ‘bricks’ is a metaphor. It leaves ‘students’ (sometimes is referred as ‘kids’) as the sole answer.

AAnswer:

43. A place where students and teachers meet usually is a school.

CAnswer:

44. In the song, the students demand no education with “We don’t need no education”. However, the specific reasons are in later lines and chorus “We don’t need no thought control, no dark sarcasm in the classroom [that make us] another brick in the wall”.

AAnswer:

45. “another brick in the wall” is a metaphor. The literal meaning of a brick is a material to construct a building. However, in accordance with the song, the metaphor may mean something similar (like any other brick) which has no difference from one brick to another. So, the song doesn’t interpret brick as a real material to construct a building.

AAnswer:

46. An imperative usually leaves subject, except ‘let’. ‘Do you?’ is interrogative. ‘Yes, I do’ is a statement to answer yes-or-no question. ‘Should go home soon’ is a statement with elliptical ‘I’. ‘Yes’ is exclamative. So, the imperative sentence “Let him try!”

EAnswer:

47. The second speaker feels sorry not to make it to the first speaker’s party.

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Thus, the second speaker asks for forgiveness. One of the expression to ask for forgiveness is “Forgive me”.

BAnswer:

48. The sign with a form of No + V-ing is usually a strong prohibition. No smoking is a strong prohibition that does not allow anyone to smoke around the area of the sign.

AAnswer:

49. This sign is an invitation to join an event or a position. There isn’t any

places in the options that has a need to invite anyone, except an office. This sign is used to advertise vacancy.

DAnswer:

50. The generic structure for conditional sentence type 2 with this construction is were + I + O, + I + would/should/could+ V. The complete sentence would be “Were I you, I would ask her to marry me”.

EAnswer:

B. Essay1. Imperatives are sentences which are

basically used to order, request, or advise the target to do something.

2. The answer may be varied. However, it is expected that you give five examples of imperative forms.

3. The answer may be varied. However, you have to make sure to find a song lyric and identify its generic structure.

4. The generic structure of a recount text is orientation (set the scene), event(s) (tells what happened), and reorientation (tells the closure of the events).

5. Past continuous tense is used in these following conditions.a. Interrupted continuous actions in

the pastb. A series of parallel actionsc. Arrangement in the past

d. Parallel actionse. Specific times as an interruption

6. The answer may be varied. However, make sure you compose a dialogue using past continuous tense.

7. The answer may be varied. However, make sure you compose a dialogue using simple past tense.

8. The answer may be varied. However, make sure you compose a dialogue using present perfect tense.

9. The answer may be varied. However, make sure you compose a short narrative text about Indonesian legend or folktale.

10. The answer may be varied. However, make sure you write a short summary of the narrative text you have made in number 9.