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1. Berbasis teks:
Section One
Activity 1
Your teacher may ask these questions.
Discuss with a friend.
Activity 2
The words in the box are things people write on. Match the words with
the questions.
To tell something that happened in the past you use simple past tense.
a. Change these regular verbs from the present tense to the past tense.
Today we Yesterday we
started
stay started
asked stayed
look asked stayed
looked
start looked
baked
ask baked
bake
Today he Yesterday he
goes
eats lost made
lostwas made
ate
makes
atewent
was
is went
lose
Activity 4
Complete these irregular verbs. Use your dictionary to get help. Then
compare your list with a partner’s.
Activity 4
Did
Did++Subject
Subject++base
baseform
form++……? ?
didn’t
Simple Past Negative didn’t
==
did
didnot
not
Subject
Subject++didn’t
didn’t++base
baseform
form++……
With a partner, try to ask questions and answer based on the pictures
below. Do as the examples.
Examples:
gambar
gambar seorang
seorang Tina
Tina
Tina
Tina bangkit dari
bangkit dari makan
makan pagi
pagi pukul
pukul
tempat
tempat tidurnya
tidurnya 7.30
7.30
pukul
pukul 7.00
7.00
gambar
gambar
Tina
Tina
mencuci
mencuci pakaian
pakaian
pukul
pukul 8.00
8.00
a. Now, take turn with a partner to tell what Tina did that holiday.
You may begin the story as the following. Don’t forget to change the verbs
into the past tense form.
Hi.
Hi. Listen.
Listen. II want
want to
to tell
tell you
you something.
something. ItIt was
was aa
holiday
holiday yesterday. Tina did not go to school, and
yesterday. Tina did not go to school, and
her
her mother
mother waswas not
not home.
home. SoSo she
she had
had to
to do
do all
all
the
the housework.
housework.
She
She got
got up
up at
at seven.
seven. Then,
Then, at
at seven
seven thirty
thirty she
she had
had
breakfast.
breakfast. She
She washed
washed the
the dishes
dishes after
after breakfast.
breakfast.
Then,
Then, at
at 8.00
8.00 she
she washed
washed her
her clothes.
clothes.
After
After that
that she
she ….
….
Activity 6
a. Complete the police report with the past tense of the verbs. Make sure you
spell the past tense correctly.
b. These statements about the police report are all wrong. Discuss with a pair
to correct them. Number 1 is done for you.
Example:
1. Najwa left the office early last night.
Najwa didn’t leave the office early last night. She left the office late.
2. She went home by taxi. _____________________________________
Activity 1
a. Tina’s father had his birthday last night. Tina told her friends about
what she did with the family.
Hi,
Hi,every
everybody.
body.Let
Letme
metell
tellyou
yousomething.
something.Last
Lastnight
night
we
wewent
wenttotoaarestaurant
restaurantwith
withmymyfamily.
family.You
Youknow,
know,itit
was
wasmymydad’s
dad’sbirthday.
birthday.
Well,
Well,we
weate
ateaapizza
pizzaand
andsalad,
salad,and
andthen
thenwe
weate,
ate,you
you
know
knowwhat,
what,some
someice
icecream
creamwith
withchocolate
chocolatetopping.
topping.
After
Afterdinner
dinneratatthe
therestaurant
restaurantwe
wewent
wenthome.
home.We
We
arrived home rather late.
arrived home rather late.
Tina also wrote the experience in her diary.
ItItwas
wasreally
reallyfun.
fun.
Listen to your teacher and write the missing words in the blank spaces.
When you write in a diary you often use past tense. This is because you
usually tell what happened in the past.
The verbs above are past tense. They tell us that the actions happened
in the past.
Activity 1
Use the verbs in the list. Write the past form of the verbs. You may use some
words more than one time
go get eat do
make ride take
lose
Section Three
Activity 1
Example:
(Your group may come up with something like this.)
A truck driver stopped for a lunch at a small restaurant one afternoon. The
driver was eating fried rice and drinking coffee when some young men from
a motorcycle gang came in and started causing trouble. ….
Activity 2
Choose one of the group members to tell the class. Let him or her
practice reading it aloud in the group before telling it to the
class.
Section Four
Activity 1
2.
3.
4.
5.
Activity 2
Then, tell your friend sitting next to you about what your five
classmates did at last weekend.
Activity 3
With a friend, discuss what you can tell about what you did yesterday or
last weekend. Then, take turn to tell about what you did.
Follow these:
a. Use what Tina did last Sunday as a model.
b. Tell you what you did first, what next, … and last.
c. Take turn to practice telling to your friend.
d. Tell to the class.
Activity 4
You could:
Now, it is time for you to write your story. Use the following plan to
write it.
Recount Plan
________________________
(Title)
Activity 6
Copy your writing for the classroom wall display. Put some illustrations
to make it interesting. Read other groups’ works to learn more about
recounts.