Latihan Soal Recount Text (Peristiwa Bersejarah)

PART A

Fill in the blank with the appropriate word!

The History of Olympic Games

Among the biggest sport events in the world are the Olympic Games. They began in Greece long ago. The Olympic Games ¹(are) __________held once every four years at Olympia. Olympic athletes ²(have)_________ to be male, of Greek nationality, and not slaves. Women were prohibited from watching the Games in the stadium.

At first, the Olympic Games ³(include)_________only one event, a running race. Later the Games had more events; long jumps, javelin, boxing, chariot racing, and horse riding in the hippodrome. The only prize the winner ⁴(receive)___________ was a crown of olive leaves. However, it was great honor to win.

When the Romans subjugated Greece, the Olympic Games ⁵(become)___________ major sport events, and the winner got bigger prizes. Then people ⁶(begin)_________ to cheat, so the Roman Emperor Theodosius banned the games.

In 1896 a Frenchman, Baron Pierre de Coubertin, ⁷(revive)___________ the Olympic Games. The games were held in Greece.  At this point the first modern Olympic Games began. Now the Games were held in different countries. The games are officially ⁸(open)___________ by lighting of the Olympic torch. Runners carry the Olympic Flame from Greece all the way to the host country.

Now, the modern Olympic Games have nearly 400 events, many of which are team sport.

PART B

Choose T if the sentence is TRUE, or choose F if the sentence is FALSE

1.       [T - F] Olympic Games is held once every five years.

2.       [T - F] in the beginning, only man who can participate in Olympic Games.

3.       [T - F] Roman Emperor banned the Olympic Games because of financial problem

4.       [T - F] Olympic Flame is always started from Greece and finished in host country

5.       [T - F] Drivers move the Olympic Flame

PART C

Answer the following questions based on the text

1.       In which city did the first Olympic Games begin?

2.       Can the woman watch the games in the beginning of Olympic Games?

3.       In early event, what did the winner get if he win the game?

4.       Why did the Roman Emperor ban the Olympic Games?

5.       Where did Baron Pierre de Coubertin come from?

6.       What is the synonym of “carry” in paragraph 4?

7.       How many events do of Olympic Games modern have?

Contoh Ungkapan memberi semangat (Encouraging) dalam Bahasa Inggris

Encouraging

Encouraging is an expression to give someone support, motivation, giving them hope, and confidence to do something or to make something more likely to exist, happen, or develop, so he/she can achieve the goals.

Here are some expression to encourage someone:

·         Don’t worry. I’m sure you’ll do better the next time.

·         You have my support.

·         You’re doing very well.

·         You like it? Go for it!

·         It wouldn’t hurt.

·         Keep at it!

·         Stick to it!

·         Give it a shot.

·         Come on. This is not the end of the world.

·         We feel you should go ahead.

·         I’m sure you’ll win !

·         Go on, you can do it!

·         Don’t give up!

·         Keep it up!

·         No pain, no gain.

·         This is for your best ..

·          I'm sure you will pass ...

PRACTICE

Write the dialogue and translate the dialogue into Bahasa Indonesia.

Rani    : I heard that there is a singing competition, Will you join it?         

Alika   : No, I'm shy, and my voice is not good.          

Rani    : No Alika, your voice is very good and I’m sure you’ll win it!

Alika   : Sorry Rani, I still can’t.            

Rani    : Oh… Alika come on, you always want to be a singer, so join the contest!            

Alika   : Ok,I will to join it, but.        

Rani    : Why Alika?

Alika   : I'm sad because I don’t have nice clothes for the contest       

Rani    : Don’t be sad, you sound good, you have my support, and you can do it.         

Alika   : Thanks for your support, wish me luck.

Contoh Discussion Text

Television

Television becomes part of our life. Every day we watch television. We usually watch television after working, getting together with our family, even when we are working.

As the part of our life, television has bad and good effects. People have different opinion about the negative and positive impacts of watching TV.

The bad effects most people say are TV makes us lack of movement. We stay for a long time in our TV. It's not healthy life. They also say that TV influences our daily life. Sometimes we don’t realize that we become more consuming after watching various ads. Some TV shows influence the way children act. The rudeness and violence come to our house without permission through television.

But, the other people say that television has a good impact. We can get much information from TV. When there is something happened in another city, we know directly through the news on TV. TV also makes us relax. After working all day, we come home and turn on TV to watch funny and comedy videos.

We can conclude that TV has good and bad effects to our life. Our task is how to choose the good things and try to take away the bad one.

Practice

Complete the following table based on the information you can get in the text above.

Issue                     :
Contrastive Point :	1. 2. 3. 4.
Supporting Point  :	1. 2. 3. 4.
Conclusion/Recommendation :