LETTER AND SHORT MESSAGE

JAWABAN: D
Dear Aldy,
Karena disebutkan bahwa lokasi berlibur
Long time no see, how a re you? I hope you are tidak jauh dari tempat si penu/is tinggal
right. don si penulis tidak menyebutkan bahwa
Last holiday, my family a n d I spend one night in dia datang dengan kendaraan umum,
the countryside. It is not far from our city a n d maka kemungkinan besar jawaban yang
i t is not a crowded place. W e stayed i n a rented benar ado/ah "by car'�
wooden house. It was rea lly nice.
At night, we made a small fi re in front of the
house and sang together. We were very happy. Dear M i ra,
We woke u p very late the next morning because
we stayed up til l after mid night. Hi, how are you there? I hope you are fine as usual.
It was a great holiday. Will you join us next M i ra, I am writing to tel l you my experience as a
time? voluntary worker in school. We cleaned the area
See you soon. around our school, mowed the grass and bushes
behind our classroom and repainted wal ls.
Your best friend, As the chairman of the students orga nization
Sandy (OSIS}, together with our com mite members, we
planed and d iscussed the right time to do this
1. The letter tel l us about? vol untary work. After a long discussion, finally
we agreed to hold it last Saturday.
A. Sandy's holiday i n the countryside.
On that day, fortunately we did not have to study
B. Making a small fire and singing as we had just fin ished our final examination. So,
together. while waiting for our teachers who were busy
C. Aldy's favourite place for holiday. writing our 'report book' and with the help of
D. A rented wooden house. Pak Bejo we d i d it. We were having a good ti me
because we could play while we were working.
JAWABAN: A
I wished you could join us at that time.
Tujuan dari sebuah teks yang berbentuk What a bout you? How do you spend your free
surat biasanya terletak di pembukaan surat t i m e at schoo l ? H ow's your Ka rate gro u p at
setelah kalimat sapaan. Dari kalimat 'Last school?
holiday, my family and I spend one night I h o pe t o h e a r fro m y o u , w r i te m e s o o n ,
in the countryside' terlihat jelas bahwa si Thanks.
penulis ingin menceritakan pengalaman Best wishes,
berliburnya di pinggiran kota. Jadi jawaban
yang paling tepat ada/ah "Sandy's holiday Se no
in the countryside'�
3. What is the letter about?
2. How did Sandy and his fam i ly go to the
countryside? A. Cleaning the school.
A. By train C. By bus B. Writing the report.
B. By ship D. By car C. Final exa mination.
(UN 2014) D. Vol u ntary work.
JAWABAN: D
Tentang apa sebuah surat itu pastilah
untuk menceritakan maksud/ tujuan si
 penulis menu/is surat. Dari kalimat 'Mira,
I am writing to tell you my experience Sunday, 7 February 2010 04:54 p.m.
as a voluntary worker in school.' dapat From : yukokawasa ki@yahoo.com
disimpulkan bahwa jawaban yang paling To : ratu_ufa @ya hoo.co.id
tepat untuk soal ini ado/ah "voluntary
Dear Ufa,
work'�
I'm so exited about my com i ng to Jakarta . I'm
4. Who was busy writing the report book? sure this is going to be one of my best summer
holidays.
A. M i ra C. Teachers
My flight schedule is fixed al ready. I'm leaving
B. Pak Bejo D. Seno from Kansai I nternational Airport Osaka at 1 1.00
JAWABAN: C a . m . (9 a . m . J a karta time) Sunday, February 28,
Who berarti menanyakan subyek orang, 2010. We'l l have a short transit at Ba li and will
jadi cari/ah kalimat dengan subyek arrive at Jakarta at 05. 10 p . m . (local time). The
orang-orang yang ado di pilihan jawaban flight n u m ber is GA 886.
don cocokan dengan pertanyaan untuk Thanks so much for picking me up at the
mendapatkan jawaban yang tepat. ai rport.
Dari kalimat � . . our teachers who were See you soon.
busy writing our 'report book'... ' dapat Love
disimpulkan bahwa jawaban yang paling Yuko
benar ado/ah "teachers'�
5. Why were t h e student happy w h i l e they 6. Where is Yuko going to spend her summer
were working? holiday?
A. They could repainted freely. A. Kansai C. Bali
B. The teachers were busy writing report. B. Osaka D. Jakarta
C. They could play while working. JAWABAN: D
D. The garden was very clean . Cari/ah kalimat-kalimatyang maengandung
(UN 2013) nama tempat don cocokan kalimat-kalimat
JAWABAN: C tersebut dengan pertanyaan yang ada
Untuk soal ini cara yang paling efektif untuk untuk mendapatkan jawaban yang tepat.
menjawab ado/ah dengan mencocokkan Dari kalimat 'I'm so excited about my
pilihan jawaban dengan kalimat-kalimat coming to Jakarta. I'm sure this is going
dalam teks. Sama seperti jenis soal yang to be one of my best summer holidays'
soma sebelumnya, untuk mempercepat dapat disimpulkan bahwa jawaban ada/ah
mencari kalimat yang berisi jawaban, "Jakarta'�
kita cari dahu/u kalimat dengan subyek/ 7. What time does the plane take off from
obyek/predikat yang soma dengan pilihan Kansai?
jawaban.
A. 04.54 a . m . C. 09.00 p . m .
Dari kalimat 'We were having a good time
because we could play while we were B. 1 1.00 a . m . D. 05. 10 p . m
working' dapat disimpu/kan jawaban (UN 2010)
yang tepat adalah C (memiliki subyek dan JAWABAN: B
predikat yang soma). Karena pilihan jawaban menuliskan waktu,
maka carilah kalimat do/am teks yang
 menuliskan waktu don cocokan dengn
pertanyaan untuk mendapatkan jawaban.
Dari kalimat 'I'm leaving from Kansai
International Airport Osaka at 11.00 a.m'
dapat disimpulkan bahwa jawaban yang
benar ado/ah "11 a.m'�
Dea r Andre,
JAWABAN: D
Tertulis do/am teks bahwa Andre, Randy,
don Mira mempunyai nenek yang soma.
Randy don Mira mempunyai ayah yang
soma, jadi pasti Andre ado/ah sepupu
(cousin) dari Randy don Mira.

Do you have any plan for next holiday? Rani, sorry I can't come to your house tonight
M i ra and I are going to spend our holiday at to do the wa ll magazi ne p roject as we have
grandma's house and our father will d rive us to plan ned. My grandmother has just come and
the village. If you want to join us, let us know she wants me to accompany her to my a u nt's
soon. Remember, last holiday you did n't visit house. I will meet you at school tomorrow.
grandma ! E ri ka
Randy
10. What is Erika and Rani's plan?
8. Why did Randy i nvite Andre to join them? A. To say sorry.
Because ... B. To meet Rani's a u nt.
A. Randy and Andre are best friend. C. To accompa ny her grandmother.
B. Andre doesn't have any plans for D. To do the wa ll magazine project
holiday. together.
Andre d i d n't visit grandma last JAWABAN: D

.
c.
holiday. Yang ditanyakan ado/ah rencana Erika
D. Randy's father will d rive them to the don Rani dari kalimat � . to do the wall
village. magazine project as we have planned' bisa
JAWABAN: C disimpulkan bahwa jawaban ado/ah "to do
Dari kalimat 'Remember, last holiday the wall magazine project together'�
you didn't visit grandma' terlihat bahwa
alasan Randy mengajak Andre berlibur
kerumah nenek ado/ah karena Andre tidak
mengunjungi neneknya pada liburan yang
sebelumnya.
Jodi jawaban yang benar ado/ah ''Andre
didn't visit grandma last holiday."
9. From the message we know that ...
A. Andre doesn't wa nt to spend his
holiday at the vil lage.
B. Father will spend his holiday at vil lage
too.
C. Ra ndy wil l visit his grand mother alone.
D. Andre is Mira and Randy's cousin .
( U N 2012)
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2. Who wrote the message?

To : l nten @ya hoo.co.id
A. John
cc :
Subject: Plan to visit B. Vera
C. Leoni
Dear l nten .
How a re you ? What about Salsa, Aunt Susi a n d D. M r. Asgan
o u r grandparents? I hope you are a l l fine in (UN 2014)
Yogya. I'd like to tell you great news and I a m
s o happy with that. D o you know why? let m e Let me introduce myself. My name is Adiba
tell you then. Sa Ima Zakiya, just call me Sal ma. I'm from Bima,
Father and mother have decided that we will N usa Tenggara Ba rat. I read your profile in NONA
visit you and gra n d parents d u ring the next magazine and would like to be one of your
Lebara n holiday. We will leave five days before friends. It's a bit hard to find internet connection
Lebaran day. We' ll go by train since I can't go by here so I decided to write a letter instead of an
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bus because of my motion sickness. e-mail to you. I hope you don't mind.
I am sure we' ll have a n ice lebaran day. I ca n't I'm the first child in my fa mily. My parents have
wa it to go there. four children. I go to SMP 3 Sape, Bi ma. Now, I'm
See you soon. in the ninth grade. My hobby is cooking, that's
Love, why I can cook many kinds of Bimanese traditional
Rafi dishes. Besides, I also like to play Kareku Kandei.
It's a traditional musi� performance from
Bima. Girls pound their pestles to a mortar to
1. From e text we know that . . . create harmonious sound. Kareku Kandei is
A. Salsa will celebrate Lebara n with her usually performed on special events such as
cousin's fa mi ly. Independence Day, Kartini Day, etc.
I woul d love to know you better, would you tell
B. Salsa a n d her parents wil l go to
me more about yourself too.
gra nd parents' house.
Regards,
C. Rafi and his fam i ly have booked
Sal ma
airplane tickets.
D. Rafi ca n not celebrate Lebara n in his
hometown. 3. How d id Salma know about l ma's profile?
(UN 2015) A. By writi ng a letter to Ima.
B. By sending a n e-mail to I m a .
Dear Leoni,
C. B y reading h e r p rofile i n a magazine.
I put your dictionary on you r desk. Sorry I could
not give it d irectly to you beca use I had to go to D. By being one of her friends.
meet M r. Asgan to submit my paper. Tha nks for (UN 2013}
lending it to me and John.
Your friend,
Vera
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Department
January 11, 2011
September 23,2012
Center for To all undergraduate and Dear Dimaz,
academic graduate student of All the best for you in the New Yea r ! How
Student Art and Sciences Department a re things going in your city? I must say, I a m
Services jealous o f you. You live i n a warm cou ntry while
There will be an open I a m a l m ost freezing here.
Meserve Hall dialogue for student and I heard from your a u nt that you will work in
617 373 3980 members of the Bali at the begi n n ing of this yea r. Is that right?
Cas @ ncu. Com mite d iscussing I am hap py for you. Your d ream comes
cdu Art and sciences department true. You've a lways wanted to work i n Bali. It
Visit Our and Academic Research must be nice to work in such a bea utiful place.
Website Journal I hope everything will be running wel l . I wish I
WWW. On have a chance to visit you someday.
northeastern. Septem ber 26th , 4:30 - 6:00
Write to me whenever you can . I real ly
edu p . m ., in 3 1 B
happy to receive you r letters a n d to get the
Cu rrie Student Center
details of your l ife in you r cou ntry especially in
Attached is a list of publ ished
Bali.
Academic Journals .
For more i nformation, please You r squash buddy
visit our website: George
http://www.northeastern.
edu/collegestructure/
by attending this dialogue 5. What is Dimaz's d rea m according to the
, hopefully you will letter above?
understand more A. To visit George.
about Academic Journal. B. To work in Bali.
This meeting has been res-
C. To l ive i n warm cou ntry.
cheduled from september 21st
D. To work in a beautifu l place.
4. From the text, we can see that . . . (UN 2011)
A. the com m itee w i l l not attend the
d ialogue
B. every student of the department is
i nvited
c. the dialogue is only for special students
only
D. there has not been a ny change on the
d ialogue schedule