BAB Kunci Jawaban Bahasa Inggris Kelas VIII

1 untuk SMP/MTs Semester 1

Chapter 1
Celebrating Independence Day Task 2
Teacher’s policy.
A. The Champion of Panjat Pinang
Listening Reading
Task 1 Task 1
Teacher’s policy.

Task 2
1. (…) Eating crackers, breaking water in the plastics,
entering nail into a bottle, were the competitions
for adults.
2. (…) Competition for teenagers were pulling rope, doing
make up, dancing, running using sacks, and so on.
Panjat pinang Sack race 3. (✓) A very special competition for women was catching
fish.
4. (✓) The competition for old people was climbing pinang
tree.
5. (✓) There was a happy night with full music.

Task 3
1. The text is talking about the writer experience in the
reading competition of the proclamation text.
2. The writer’s name is Chiara.
Kerupuk race Marble in spoon race 3. She received a competition poster from one of her father's
friends.
Task 2 4. The writer participates in the reading competition of the
Dialog 1 proclamation text.
1. She did some games and activity in her school. 5. Her mother.
2. She did sack race, marble in spoon race, and kerupuk
race. Task 4
3. Yes, she did. 1. Text is talking about the writer’s experience on Attending
4. She won kerupuk race. the Virtual Ceremony of Indonesian Independence Day
5. No, she didn’t. on August.
2. He tells about participating in a virtual ceremony to celebrate
Dialog 2 the 76th anniversary of Indonesian Independence.
1. F 3. The pandemic of covid 19
2. T 4. Happy
3. F 5. During each session he saw many traditional music
4. T performances and quiz contests as entertainment.
5. T
Writing
Task 3 Task 1
1. e
2. c
3. a
4. d
5. b

Speaking
Task 1
1. Rama and Yuda.
2. He participated in the flag ceremony at school, played
some games in her village and joined on a parade.
3. Yes, he did.
4. He just kept his balance and his pace.
5. Because Andika beat him.

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Task 2 2. She is telling about her experience in celebrating
1. attended Indonesia's Independence Day
2. participated 3. Due to the ongoing pandemic
3. held 4. They decided to hold a quiz competition with a focus on
4. won independence
5. celebrated 5. They would get a flour shower

Task 3 Task 3
Teacher’s policy. 1. My Experience only at home on the 76th Indonesian
Independence Day in 2021.
Task 4 2. The main idea of the second paragraph is There were
Teacher’s policy. no competitions or activities in the writer’s village.
3. He is Rifqi
Individual Activity Sheet 4. The writer lives in the village
Teacher’s policy. 5. The writer’s family witness the celebration through
television screen.
Group Activity Sheet
Teacher’s policy. Writing
Task 1
Exercise Teacher’s policy
1. On August 6, 1945, an atomic bomb was dropped on the
Japanese city of Hiroshima by the United States. Task 2
2. On August 9, 1945
Present Past Meaning
3. A young group of Indonesian.
4. On August 17, 1945. Go Went Pergi
5. Yes, it was.
Eat Ate Makan
B. Going to a Parade Make Made Membuat
Listening
See Saw Melihat
Noumber Statements True/False
Say Said Mengatakan
1. Japanese city of Hiroshima was False
bombed by United States on Take Took Mengambil
August 9, 1945. Know Knew Mengetahui
2. Sukarno, Hatta, and Radjiman True Give Gave Memberi
Wedyodiningrat flown to Vietnam
to meet Terauchi. Buy Bought Membeli

3. The elderly group urged the False Read Read Membaca

young to immediately proclaim
the independence of Indonesia. Task 3
Teacher’s policy.
4. The elderly group did not want True
to rush in declaring Indonesia's Individual Activity Sheet
Independence Day. Teacher’s policy.
5. All young people did not approve True
of the meeting, considering PPKI Group Activity Sheet
was a body established by the Teacher’s policy.
Japanese.
Exercise
Speaking 1. SMP Merdeka held a school parade to celebrate
1. We didn’t have some winners from our class. Independence Day.
2. Evan didn’t come first for the marble in spoon race. 2. The students in the eighth grade brought spiked bamboos,
3. Monita didn’t win the second place. swords, and more. They also wore many red and white
4. I didn’t just watch the parade. attributes and clothes.
5. I didn’t join the parade in my neighborhood. 3. The villagers watched the parade passing their houses.
4. The student of 8A got the door prize.
Reading 5. Yes, they did.
Task 1
1. The sender is Linda and the receiver is Helga. C. Independence Day in Our School
2. She had a parade for National Independence Day so Listening
she had been participating in it. 1. b. Independence Day celebration in SMP Putra Negara.
3. They dressed up uniquely. 2. a. The students of SMP Putra Negara
4. They wave a mini Indonesian flag and walked around 3. a. 3
the street singing ‘Hari Merdeka’ song. 4. b. Ririn.
5. The students in the seventh grade. 5 c. Third.

Task 2 Speaking
1. The text is talking about the writer exiting experience Task 1
during Indonesian Independence Quiz Competition 1. Adi.
2. Because he just won the sack race.

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3. He heard from Rossi. 4. Whom
4. Because she and her friends just won the tug of war 5. Ability
game.
5. Yes, they did. Individual Activity Sheet
Teacher’s policy.
Task 2
Teacher’s policy. Group Activity Sheet
Teacher’s policy.
Reading
Task 1 Exercise
1. They held festive celebrations. 1. Ms. Elma.
2. The parade involving several bike communities was 2. The students of 8B.
spotted on the roads on Monday morning. 3. To congratulate the students of 8B.
3. On Monday morning. 4. They won panjat pinang game in school competition for
4. He decorated his bike with ribbon. celebrating Indonesia's Independence Day.
5. Yes, he was. 5. The teacher of 8B.

Task 2 Competence Test

1. bike
2. five A. Multiple Choice
3. Windy 1. b. was
4. red and white ribbons 2. a. cooked
5. happy 3. c. I participated in the flag ceremony yesterday morning.
4. d. She won the game yesterday
Task 3 5. b. recount
1. Andrea and Barbara 6. a. the writer’s trip to Yogyakarta
2. Because she is winning the singing contest last night. 7. a. tell past events
3. She says” Congratulations, Barbara! You deserve it” 8. b. Brahmana, Syiwa, and Wisnu temples
4. She says “Thank you, Andrea.” 9. b. Friday evening
5. In the morning 10. d. Wisnu temple was being repaired
11. b. congratulate Ariani on her winning
Task 4 12. a. proud
1. Maria and Lucas 13. c. panjat pinang
2. Maria congratulates Lucas because Lucas is graduating 14. d. motorbike
from his school 15. d. No, he didn’t.
3. She says Congratulation for your graduation, Lucas.
4. He wants a delicious food B. Matching
5. She will buy a delicious food for him. 1. d
2. e
Writing 3. c
Task 1 4. a
Teacher’s policy. 5. b

Task 2 C. Essay
Teacher’s policy. 1. The boys brought the sack.
2. Budi.
Task 3 3. To congratulate Krisna because she won the young
Teacher’s policy. puppeteer competition 2020.
4. To celebrate new year.
Task 4 5. 11.55 p.m..
Teacher’s policy.
Enrichment
Task 5 1. She didn’t visit her hometown last year.
1. Lend Did she visit her hometown last year?
2. Turn down the volume please, 2. A Trip to the Zoo.
3. Watches 3. The writer’s dad fell off the elephant when he let go of
4. was the rope, but he was ok.
5. slipped 4. It was because they had so many fun activities at many
places at the zoo.
Task 6 5. a. Congratulation
1. teacher policy b. Thanks
2. yesterday, las week, last Sunday, etc
3. are going Mid Semester Test
4. I am sorry to hear that
5. I am sorry I’m late A. Multiple Choice
1. c. 3–6–5–1–4–7–2
Task 7 2. a. swept
1. Are 3. b. didn't
2. Read 4. b. sack race
3. Whose 5. b. Independence Day flag ceremony

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6. d. the headmaster will not give the speech for the Task 4
ceremony 1. Snow White Step Mother.
7. a. Mr. Rudolph is the headmaster of Sally’s school 2. Snow White.
8 c. Adi was afraid of arriving late at school. 3. She is dead because of her sickness.
9. c. at the school yard 4. Because his wife passed away.
10. b. he could attend the ceremony well 5. Because the huntsman has a short heart.
11. a. 4–3–5–1–2–6
12. b. didn't Writing
13. b. didn't Task 1
14. d. tandem race 1. sat
15. c. participated in the school flag ceremony. 2. cracked, hatched, didn’t crack
Discussion: 3. cracked, walked
Tokoh dalam percakapan berpartisipasi dalam upacara 4. hissed, made
bendera saat hari kemerdekaan. 5. swam, stroked, saw, was, was
16. d. she replaced Wanda who was sick
17. d. it should be Wanda who brings the flag in the Task 2
ceremony. 1. sat
18. a. Joni joined extracurricular activities at school. 2. began
Discussion: 3. swam
Ide pokok paragraf pertama adalah Joni yang mengikuti 4. was
beberapa ekstrakurikuler di sekolah. 5. stayed
19. c. Monday Task 3
20. a be angry with him Teacher’s policy.

B. Fill in the Blank Individual Activity Sheet

1. school Teacher’s policy.
2. parade
3. her father Group Activity Sheet
4. attractive Teacher’s policy.
5. didn’t
Exercise
C. Essay 1. The largest egg had not cracked yet.
1. (-) She didn’t come here by bus. 2. He was so big and very gray. He didn't look like the others
(?) Did she come here by bus? at all. He was like a turkey.
2. (+) We joined on the parade. 3. He wished, he looked like his siblings.
(?) Did we joined on the parade? 4. The swans did not attack him. Instead, they swam around
3. (+) She celebrated independence Day? him and stroked him with their bills.
(-) She didn’t celebrate independence Day. 5. Be nice to everyone, even if they are different with us.
4. They marched along the decided route, passing some
villages near SMP Merdeka. B. Kindness and Happiness
5. The villagers were very excited. Listening
Task 1
Chapter 2
Kindness Begins with Me

A. Kindness Towards Differences

Listening
Teacher’s policy.
3 2
Speaking
Teacher’s policy.

Reading
Task 1
Teacher’s policy.
4 6
Task 2
1. False
2. False
3. True
4. True
5. True
5 7
Task 3
1. Jack and the bean stalk Task 2
2. It shows us that the giantess is afraid of her husband 1. True
3. Jack’s mother looked very furious when jack said that 2. False
he traded his cow for the beans 3. False
4. Sincerity makes Jack get something precious 4. True
5. She gave Jack a hunk of bread and cheese and a jug of 5. True
milk.

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Task 3 Task 5
1. Narrative text 1. An ant slipped and fell into the water.
2. A show of strength in order to get Teja Nirmala hearts 2. She slipped and fell into the water.
3. She didn’t want the prince of Blambangan marry the 3. A dove
princess 4. the dove quickly plucked off a leaf and dropped it into
4. Wicked Fairy will not take Raden Begawan’s life the water near the struggling ant.
5. Princess Nirmala 5. A hunter.
6. She quickly bit him on the heel.
Task 4 7. Feeling the pain, the hunter dropped his net.
1. Kebo eat food was equal for food of thousand people 8. We need to help each other.
2. Because Balinese people didn’t give him food
3. We are not able see the beauty of Lake Batur Writing
4. Support Teacher’s policy.
5. A mound of earth dug from the well by Kebo Iwa
Task 2
Speaking 1. walked/saw/cried/asked/cried/told/lost /was.
Task 1 2. moved/decided/learned/felt/got/didn’t need.
Teacher’s policy. 3. was/sat/prepared/saw/jumped/ran/picked /went/waited.
4. hated/decided/called/said/never/liked /trusted/called/
Task 2 argued.
Teacher’s policy. 5. was/spent/stole/got/walked/met/met/changed.
6. was/had/found/went/walked/approached /tried/bit/started/
Task 3 run/barked.
Teacher’s policy. 7. met/had/never had/was/saw /asked/danced/came/started/
reminded /promised.
Task 4 8. drove/bought/was/rained/was/wanted/drove/went/jumped/
1. A rabbit and a turtle. stepped/lost/hit.
2. They are going to race.
3. The rabbit because it can run fast. (Teacher’s policy) Individual Activity Sheet
Teacher’s policy.
Reading
Task 1 Group Activity Sheet
1. Narrative text. Teacher’s policy.
2. To amuse the reader
3. Rabbit Exercise
4. Rabbit 1. Terrified.
5. the turtle 2. Amused.
6. the rabbit was in front of the turtle. 3. Scared.
7. the turtle lead the race. 4. Happy, relieved, gratefull
8. a sleep 5. Happy.
9. the turtle
10. Don’t be arrogant and make fun of someone’s inability C. Kindness and Friendship
Listening
Task 2 Task 1
Teacher’s policy.
One day a monkey wanted (1) to cross a river. He
saw (2) a crocodile in the river so he asked the crocodile
Task 3
to help him. The crocodile told the monkey to jump (3) onto
1. F
its back. Then the crocodile swam down the river (4).
2. T
Now the crocodile was very hungry (5) so when it was
3. F
in the middle of the river it stopped and said to the monkey,
4. T
"Monkey, my father is very sick. He must eat the heart (6)
5. F
of a monkey, then he will be strong again."
6. T
The monkey thought for a while then he told the
7. F
crocodile to swim back to the river bank. "Because didn't
8. T
bring (7) my heart with me," said the monkey, "I left it under
9. F
(8) the tree near some coconuts." So the crocodile turned
10. T
around and swam back to the bank of the river. As soon
as they reached the river bank, the monkey jumped off the
Task 4
crocodile's back and climbed up to the top of a tree (9).
1. They sang and danced all day.
"Where is your heart?" asked the crocodile. "You are foolish
2. The ants worked hard.
(10) ," the monkey said to the crocodile, "Now, I am free
3. Because of the winter.
and you have nothing." The monkey told the crocodile not
4. They didn’t have food they hadn't prepared it.
to try to trick him again. The crocodile swam away hungry.
5. They were safe from the winter because they were full
of food.
Task 2
6. Because their wings were wet from the rain.
1. The story is talking about the hungry dog with his bone.
7. No, they didn’t.
2. Because he opens his mouth when he saw his reflection
8. Because the food was enough for them.
in the water.
9. Yes, they did.
3. Greedy make us lost.
10. We need to prepare and work hard.

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4. The story is talking about a thirsty crow’s effort to get Exercise
water. 1. The white goat lived on the west mountain.
5. There is always a way to achieve something. 2. He went down the hill, crossed to the narrow bridge to
go to the west mountain. and ate the grass there.
Speaking 3. The white and black goat wanted to cross the bridge, but
Teacher’s policy. the bridge was so narrow and they met at the middle of
the bridge.
Reading 4. The black goat then went back to the end of the bridge,
Task 1 and let the white goat pass the bridge first. After that, he
1. The deer ran away into the trees. passed the bridge and went up the hill to eat the grass.
2. A hunter, a deer, a mouse, a crow, and a tortoise. 5. We need to lower our ego.
3. Because the turtle was the only one he could catch.
4. His friends, the deer, the mouse, and the crow. Competence Test
5. a. Together, we can save lives.
b. We should help our friend and be there for them. A. Multiple Choice
1. b. the two men were going to catch the three fish
Task 2 2. a. smart
1. Snow White 3. c. no one succeeds without efforts
2. Orientation 4. c. the green fish didn’t have a trick for saving his life
3. Because shefell sick 5. b. overjoy
4. Narrative 6. a.
5. She didn’t allow her go

Task 3
1. Cinderella
2. She ran awayinto the woods 7. d. worried
3. In the morning 8. d. impolite
4. In the morning 9. a. orientation
10. d. (2)–(1)–(4)–(5)–(3)–(6)
Task 4 11. d. true friend will stand by us in ups and downs
1. Ugly duckling 12. a. the bear
2. In the village 13. c. the jungle
3. Fable 14. a. to amuse the readers
4. Swan 15. b. come closer
5. Second paragraph
B. Matching
Writing 1. e
Task 1 2. a
3. b
4. c
5. d

C. Essay
1. We should help our friends.
2. The hunter, elephant, and rat.
3. They were trapped by elephant hunters.
4. The rat's king immediately took his entire group of rats and
they cut open the nets which had trapped the elephant's
herd.
5. Yes, they did.

Enrichment
1. The street sweeper and the judge.
2. We must not say foolish things to stupid people as they
Task 2 may think it is serious.
1. felt sad 3. Trust.
2. was scared/slow 4. The honey.
3. was smart 5. He raised his brush and brought it crashing down on the
4. was kind judge’s head.
5. was clever
6. was cruel Final Semester Test

Task 3 A. Multiple Choice

Teacher’s policy. 1. b. joined, won
2. d. eating opor and traditional food
Individual Activity Sheet 3. a. didn’t
Teacher’s policy. 4. d. she wins a dance competition
5. c. recount text
Group Activity Sheet 6. a. saw many sellers who sold souvenirs
Teacher’s policy. 7. b. lions

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8. d. went to a restaurant to eat C. Essay
9. c. recount text 1. The writer’s experience in Mount Bromo.
10. c. orientation 2. The writer arrived at her destination.
11. a. only one rooster can rule the farm yard 3. The writer and her uncle’s family.
12. c. the eagle took the winning rooster as its prey 4. Sack race, kerupuk race, tug of war, etc.
13. d. don't be cocky when we have achieved our goal 5. Teacher’s policy.
14. a. fable 6. The story is talking about the legend of RawaPening.
15. b. he joined sack race 7. He was hungry and asking for food.
16. a. frightened 8. A generous woman.
17. c. a pail of milk 9. He got lesung from the woman.
18. c. eggs 10. The village is flooded by water.
19. d. don't count your chickens before they are hatched
20. d. she moved her head immediately

B. Fill in the blank

1. Lina became the champion of the class
2. was
3. I didn’t move to a new city last year
4. happy
5. sad

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