PENILAIAN TENGAH SEMESTER GANJIL

SEKOLAH MENENGAH PERTAMA (SMP)

SEKOLAH UMUM SURYA BANGSA
TAHUN PELAJARAN 2020-2021

PETUNJUK :
1. Tulis namamu di tempat yang telah disediakan! Nama :……………..
2. Baca dahulu dan kerjakan soal – soal yang dianggap mudah! Mata Pelajaran : English
3. Laporkan pada pengawas jika terdapat tulisan yang kurang jelas! Kelas : VIII
4. Periksa kembali pekerjaanmu sebelum diserahkan kepada pengawas! Hari/Tanggal : ……………
5. Gunakan pulpen!

I. Jawablah pertanyaan di bawah ini dengan memberi tanda silang pada pilihan yang benar!

The following text is to answer number 1-4 B. jump D . eat

Once upon a time, there was a man who 3. The moral value of the text is…
liked hunting very much. He often went to A. Don’t shoot a bird in a forest.
the forest to hunt any animal he met. B. Helping other people doesn’t guarantee that
One day, while he was hunting in the they will help you back.
forest, he wanted to shoot any animal he C. We should help each other dearly.
saw. He brought his gun with him. When he D. We shouldn’t be afraid of anything.
was searching for his prey, suddenly, he saw 4. The best title for the text above is…
a bird perching on a branch of a tree. It was a A. A strong ant
dove. When he was aiming his gun at the B. The hunter and the animals
dove, suddenly an ant came and bit his foot. C. Animals’ lives
He was so startled that he didn’t shoot the D. An ant and A dove
dove. The dove was safe and it flew away. 5. I can’t stand … around this place anymore!
Several days later, the dove was flying A. play C. playing
over a lake. He saw an ant floating on the B. played D. to play
surface of the water. It was the ant that had 6. A: …. every day after school?
saved the dove’s life from the hunter. The B: I watch TV and play some traditional
ant was almost drowned. The dove got an games with my sister.
idea, he picked up a big leaf and dropped it A. What do you do
onto the surface of the water near the ant. B. What did you do
Luckily, the ant could get on the leaf. C. What are you do
The ant tried to bring the leaf to the D. What are you doing
edge of the lake and landed on the ground. 7. How often … you … with your friends?
The ant was safe because the dove helped A. does – hang out C. did– hang out
him. B. do – hang out D. do– hangs
1. What would happen if the ant didn’t bite the out
hunter? 8. Dini, Lisa, and Mary ... together yesterday.
A. The dove would be safe A. would studying C. were studied
B. The hunter would shoot the dove B. are studying D. studied
C. The dove would drown into the lake
9. Ratih : Rose, I called you last night.
D. The ant would be caught by the hunter
Rose : ... ? What time did you call?
2. “…suddenly, he saw a bird perching on a Ratih : at about 8 p.m.
branch of a tree.” A. Will you C. Did you
The underlined word has the closest meaning B. Do you D. are you
with… 10. Dimas and Agung were watching TV when
A. settle C. fall someone ... at the door
 A. knocking C. are knocking 17. Adrianna ... singing but she ... dancing. She is
B. knocked D. knock a great dancer!
A. don’t like – likes
The text is for questions 11-15 B. don’t like - likes
One hot day, a thristy crow flew all over the C. doesn’t like- like
fields looking for water. For a long time, he could D. doesn’t like – likes
not find any. He felt very weak, almost lost all
18. Sandra and Citra are in the living room.
hope. Suddenly, he saw a water jug below the tree.
He flew straight down to see if there was any They ... a film on DVD.
water inside. Yes, he could see some water inside A. are watching C. watch
the jug! B. watching D. watched

The crow tried to push his head into the jug.
Sadly, he found that the neck of the jug was too
narrow. Then he tried to push the jug to tilt for the
water to flow out but the jug was too heavy.
The crow thought hard for a while. Then,
looking around it, he saw some pebbles. He
suddenly had a good idea. He started picking up
the pebbles one by one, dropping each into the jug.
As more and more pebbles filled the jug, the water
level keep rising. Soon, it was high enough for the
crow to drink. His plan had worked!
11. Why did the crow fly all over the field for?
A. Looking for food
B. Looking for field to lay eggs
C. Looking for water
D. Looking for meal
12. What did the crow find?
A. A bucket of water
B. A pond full of water
C. A jug of water
D. A bottle of water
13. What did the crow do to raise the water level?
A. Filled the jug with some pebbles
B. Split the water
C. Used the straw to drink it
D. Put his beak into the jug
14. “He started picking up pebbles one by one”.
(parahraph 3). The underlined word has similiar
meaning with...
A. Logs
B. Dirt
C. Gravel
D. Small pieces of branches
15. What is the moral value of the text?
A. Never underestimate people
B. A bad one will always be a bad one
C. Work hard and you will be successful
D. Unity is an important thing
16. Father : What is Ramy doing now?
Mother : He ... a bath.
A. takes C. took
B. is taking D. was taking
19. Please behaves … in this place. It’s a sacred
place!
A. good C. well
B. careful D. polite
20. My mother ... run very fast when she was
young.
A. could C. can
B. wasn’t D. can’t
II. Answer the questions correctly and carefully!
(@6 points).
1. Complete with the Present Simple or Present
Progressive of the verbs in brackets.
Hi Goku, How are you?
At the moment I _____________ (visit) my
grandmother in Wales. My brother, Nobita,
and I _________ (come) here every summer.
On Friday mornings I usually ________ (play)
tennis with Nobita but it’s very hot today. So,
I ____________ (sit) in the living room and I
____________ (send) e-mails. On Friday
afternoons we do the housework with our
grandmother. We ___________ (not like)
housework!
2. Write true sentences using the word given.
a. Never
____________________________
b. Twice a week
____________________________
c. Often
____________________________
3. Write the situations in your class now!
a. At the moment, I am_____________
_____________________________
b. Right now, My teacher is__________
_____________________________
4. Unscramble the words to find words related to
clothing and other accessories.
a. e – b – t – l :
 b. s –s – t – r – o – h : Answer:____________________________
c. i – t – r – s – k : __________________________
b. Where / be / you / yesterday afternoon?
d. r – p – j – m – u – e :
___________________________________
e. d– n –s – a –l – s –a : _________________________
f. o – b – s – o – t : Answer: _______________________
______________________________
5. Write the adverbs
c. When / you / have / your / first phone?
a. Happy : ___________________________________
b. Fast : _________________________
Answer: _______________________
c. Terrible :
______________________________
d. Careful : 9. Make some sentences using the following
e. Easy : words.
f. Slow : a. Frightening
g. Hard : ___________________________________
h. Late : _________________________
b. Brilliant
i. Good : ___________________________________
j. Beautiful : _________________________
6. Choose 3 adverbs from number 5 and make one c. Awful
___________________________________
sentence for each adverb you choose.
_________________________
a. 10. Answer with can, could, can’t or couldn’t
b. a. I _________ swim three years ago, but now
I can.
c.
b. _________ you ride a bike when you were
7. Complete with the correct form of the verb five years old?
used to and the word in the parentheses. c. Amy: ________ you cook Chinese
food?
a. Sandy : ________ Pearl ___________
Linda: No, I __________. But I can
(live) here? cook Mexican food.
Patrick: Yes, she did. d. Anna: This is my new CD.
b. Mr. Crab ____________ (cook) every day Brian: But you ________ sing two
years ago.
but since he has a wife, his wife does the Anna: I __________ sing. I only play
cooking. the guitar. My friend Rosie is
c. Mrs. Puff ____________ (play) mobile the singer.

phone. Now she plays it every day.

d. Plankton ____________ (come) early to
work. Now he always be the first one to
arrive to the office.

8. Use the prompts to write questions. Then

answer them.
a. What time / you / have / dinner / yesterday
evening?
___________________________________
_________________________