ENGLISH TEST "How cruel of them!" They are up to kill.

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8TH GRADE poor cow." cried one of the travelers.
SANTA MARIA Hearing this, my father and I got down. Now
A. Choose the best answer ! we decided to carry the cow on our
shoulders. As we did so, the travelers broke
Text for number 1-5 into laughter.
My Worst Mistake The laughter frightened the cow. It broke
I’ve just had the worst day ever! It all began at free and galloped away.
morning break. This horrible boy came over and pushed
6. How did the man feel when he put the boy on
me for no reason. When I pushed him back I was the
the cow?
one who got into trouble. I was given a nasty note from a. Sad
Ms Thomas to take home to mom. b. Cruel
Later when mum read the note she blamed me – c. Happy
she wouldn’t even listen to my side of things. It’s not d. Jealous
fair. Now I’m grounded for a month and all I did was
stick up for myself. 7. “Now we decided to carry the cow on our
shoulders.” The word “they” in the sentence
Still I have learned one thing today – violence
refers to…
won’t solve my problems but telling tales just might! a. the travelers.
1. What did the writer take home for his mom? b. the boy and his father.
a. Good report from school c. the boy and the cow.
b. The photo of the horrible boy d. the travelers and the cow.
c. The nasty note from Ms. Thomas
d. Punishment letter from the principal 8. What kind of the text ?
a. narrative text
2. What is the main idea of paragraph 2? b. descriptive text
a. The boy had a horrible life. c. procedure text
b. The writer was blamed by his mom. d. report text
c. Ms. Thomas gave him a nasty note.
d. Something has to be learned from his 9. What can we learn from the story?
experience a. You cannot please everyone.
b. We should help other people.
3. What did the writer learn from his experience? c. Do not believe anybody else.
a. Violence won’t solve problems. d. You must take your child with you.
b. Telling tales makes life worse.
c. Being given a nasty note is a fun.
d. Making friend is not necessary. 10. What the son and father do after hearing the
traveler ?
4. What the purpose of the text ?
a. to describe writer’s life a. seat the son on the cow
b. to entertain the reader about writer b. his father ride the cow
experience c. walk the cow alone
c. to tell the reader about writer experience ! d. carried the cow on their shoulders
d. to show how to make the worst experience

5. My worst mistake. the underline word have Text for number 11 – 14

same meaning with …………….
a. happy
b. real
c. bad
d. fun
Text for number 6-8
One day I was going to market with my
father and my cow. We met a couple on the
way. "Why walk when you have an cow to
ride?" called out the husband, "seat your
son on the cow."
"I would like that," "help me up father."
And my father did that willingly.
Soon we met another couple. "How
shameful of you!" cried the woman, "let your
father ride, won't he be tired?"
So, I got down and my father rode the cow.
Again they marched on.
"Poor boy", said the next person we met,
"why should the lazy father ride while his
son is walking?"
So, I got onto the cow too. As they went
on, we met some travelers.
Beach Clean Up
Yesterday, Andi’s class had an excursion to
Sigandu Beach. They left the school at six thirty. They
brought brooms, big plastic bags, and other cleaning
gadgets. They wore wide hats and gloves to protect their
body form the sun.
They arrived at the beach after a thirty- minute
driving. The beach was so dirty. Garbage was
everywhere. It was not beautiful at all. They watched
sadly at the dirty beach.
Mrs. Fatimah told them to get off the bus and start their
program right away. She showed them how to pick up
the garbage and put it into the plastic bags. They did
cleaning up immediately. They picked up plastic, cans,
dry leaves, unused sandals and put them into the plastic
bags they brought. Then, they brought the garbage into
the dumping ground.
They were very happy to the beach clean.
11. When did the students arrive at the beach?
a. At 6.30 a.m.
b. At 6.30 p.m.
c. At 7 a.m.
d. At 7 p.m.
 10. what is main idea of first paragraph ?
12. What made the students sad?
a. the strong sun
b. the heavy garbage
c. the distance of the beach
d. the condition of the beach

13. Garbage was everywhere (second paragraph)

Which is not the meaning of the underlined word?

a. Rubbish
b. sewage
c. trash
d. dustbin

14. what is the purpose of the text ?

a. to tell Andi’s experience of having beach clean

up
b. to let the reader to know about condition of
Sigandu beach
c. to tell the reader about the beauty of Sigandu
Beach
d. to give the reader direction to reach the beach

15. what is the generic structure of the text ?

a. Orientation – problem – reorientation
b. orientation – complication – resolution
c. orientation – sequence of events – Reorientation
d. title – materials - step

Answer the question correctly !

1. what is recount text ?

2. what is the generic structure of the text ?

3. What is the language feature of the text ?

4. what is the purpose of the text ?

5. Write your experience in recount text form !

Answer the question based on the text

6. what is the main idea of third paragraph ?

7. how the writer and his friend go to restaurant ?

8. when did the writer went to the Yanto’s house ?

9. what is the purpose of the text ?