THE SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE

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The Use (Penggunaan)

 It is used to express the habitual action or the general truth

The Simple Present digunakan untuk mengungkapkan kegiatan yang menjadi kebiasaan dan kebenaran umum.

The Adverbs (Keterangan Waktu)

Every day

Every week

Every month

Every year

Every Friday

In the morning

In the afternoon

At night

On Monday

In June

Once a week

Twice a month

Three times a day

The Example

+ Reni  studies  English  every day.

-  Reni does not study English  every day.

? Does Reni study English  every day?

              Yes, she does.

              No,she does not/doesn’t

The Form

+ He/She/It + V I s/es

-  He/She/It + does not + Verb I

? Does+ He/She/It + Verb I  ?

              Yes, he/she/it + does

              No, he/she/it + does + not / doesn’t.

+ I/You/We/They + V I

-  I/You/We/They + do not + Verb I

? Do+ I/You/We/They+ Verb I  ?

              Yes, I/You/We/They+ do

              No, , I/You/We/They+ do not/ don’t.

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Latihan Soal dan Pembahasan:

Choose the correct answer by crossing a,b,c or d!

1. Danang ....Mathematics every day.

a. study

b. studies

c. is studying

d. studied

Answer : b. studies. The adverbs is everyday and the subject is Danang/he so the correct verb is Verb I s/es.

2. The students ....their homework in the evening.
a. do
b. does
c. did
d. is doing
Answer : a. do.  The adverb is in the evening and the subject is the students/they so the Verb I is used.

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Descriptive Text

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Para pembaca blog Edelweis yang bebahagia, terutama bagi para siswa Kelas 7 SMP dan MTS. Kali ini, kita akan membahas tentang salah satu jenis teks (genre) yaitu Descriptive Text. 

Teks Descriptive adalah teks yang mengatakan kepada kita tentang orang, benda dan tempat tertentu secara khusus. Dalam bahasa Inggris "Descriptive Text is text that tells us about something in particular".

The Generic Structure of Descriptive Text.
a. Identification
b. Description 1
c. Description 2
d. Description 3

Ada 3 jenis Descriptive Text
a. Place
b. Person
c. Animal

Soal dan Pembahasan (Sumber materi : Materi Pengayaan Ujian Nasional Depdiknas 2012)

Read the text and choose the correct answer

            A street sweeper was doing his job when he came across some money lying on the ground. He decided to use it to buy a surprise present for his little daughter. He bought a jar of honey, rushed home and left it on the table, so that his daughter would find it as soon as she came home from school. But, alas, it was the flies that ate the honey.

            The sweeper was so angry that he went to ask the judge to give orders for the flies to be arrested and condemned to death.

“You are absolutely right,” smiled they judge, “but as you will well understand, we cannot mobilize the army against these rascals. We shall see justice done in another way. Every time you see a fly, strike it down. I authorize you to execute them yourself. Furthermore, I demand personally that you do not allow even a single one of these thieving flies to escape.”

“Yes, your honor. You can count on me,” the sweeper assured him.

            At that very moment, a fly decided to settle on the judge’s head and the sweeper did not hesitate: he raised his brush and brought it crashing down on the judge’s head. The guards were about to arrest him, when the judge recovered and intervened. “Leave him be,” he ordered, “he has taught me not to say foolish things to simpletons.”

1.     Kemampuan yang diuji: Menentukan gambaran umum isi teks.

·         Indikator: Siswa dapat menentukan jawaban pertanyaan tentang gambaran umum isi teks dengan tepat.

·         Soal:

What is the text about?

A.    The street sweeper and the judge.

B.     The flies and the rascals.

C.     The guards and their master.

D.    The court and the simpletons.

·         Kunci jawaban: A

·         Pembahasan:

Bila dibaca secara menyeluruh, maka kita dapat mengatakan bahwa teks  di atas bercerita tentang tukang sapu jalan dan sang hakim. Jawaban yang lainnya kurang tepat. Dengan  demikian jawaban yang paling tepat adalah A.

2.      Kemampuan yang diuji: Menentukan pokok pikiran paragraph teks.

·         Indikator: Siswa dapat melengkapi pernyataan rumpang dengan pokok pikiran paragraph yang tepat.

·         Soal:

The last paragraph of the text tells you about what the street sweeper …

A.    did to carry out the judge’s order

B.     liked doing during his real life

C.     made to buy honey for his daughter

D.    got as a result of his bad behavior

·         Kunci jawaban: A

·         Pembahasan:

Pertanyaan diatas mananyakan topic paragraph. Bila dibaca paragraf akhir teks di atas, jelas menceritakan apa yang penyapu jalan lakukan atas perintah sang hakim. Dengan demikian jawaban peranyaan yang tepat adalah A.

3.    Kemampuan yang diuji: Menentukan informasi tersirat dalam teks.

·                  Indikator: Disajikan sebuah pertanyaan tentang informasi tersirat dalam teks, siswa dapat menentukan jawabannya dengan tepat.

·                  Soal:

What is the moral value of the story?

A.                There is no justice for foolish people.

B.                 It is dangerous to talk to street sweepers.

C.                 A judge should be careful with his or her orders.

D.                We must be careful with stupid persons in this life.

·                  Kunci jawaban: C

·                  Pembahasan:

Dari  teks diketahui bahwa orang sangat menjunjung tinggi keputusan hakim. Ucapan hakim harus jelas dan tegas hingga tidak disalahgunakan orang. Nilai moral cerita ini diantaranya hakim semestinya berhati-hati dengan ucapannya terutama kepada orang awam. Jawaban yang cocok untuk soal ini adalah D, sedangkan yang lainnya kurang tepat.

4.  Kemampuan yang diuji: Menentukan makna kata/frasa/kalimat.

·          Indikator: Siswa dapat menentukan makna kata/frasa berdasarkan konteks    kalimat ang diberikan.

·       Soal:

    “Yes, your honor. You can count on me,” the sweeper assured him.

   What does the phrase “count on” in the sentence mean?

A.    Get

B.     Ask

C.     Pay

D.    Trust.

·         Kunci jawaban: D

·      Pembahasan:

Dari konteks kalimat jelas bahwa makna count on yang paling tepat adalah percaya atau mengandalkan. Dengan demikian kita bisa menebak bahwa arti count on sama dengan trust. Bukan yang lainnya. Jawaban D adalah jawaban yang paling tepat.

5. Kemampuan yang diuji: Menentukan rujukan kata dalam teks.

·         Indikator: Disajikan sebuah kalimat yang memuat kata ganti tertentu, siswa dapat menentukan kata yang dirujuknya dengan tepat dalam teks

·      Soal:

“….so that his daughter would find it as soon as she came home from school.”

What does the word “it” in the sentence refer to?

A.    The money.

B.     The fly.

C.     The honey.

D.    The jar.

·       Kunci jawaban: C

·       Pembahasan:

                 Arti kata it dalam konteks ini adalah madu. Jadi jawaban yang tepat adalah C, bukan yang lainnya.

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Recount Text

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Text Recount yaitu Text yang menceritakan pengalaman sendiri atau orang lain. Generic Structure (Susunan) dari Text recount adalah Orientation,Series of Event dan Re Orientation. Ketika kita pergi ke suatu tempat wisata, misalnya, Kita dapat menceritakan pengalaman kita tersebut. Going to....atau...Went to....

Sedangkan Contoh  Soal dan Pembahasan dari Text Recount yang penulis ambilkan dari Materi Pengayaan Ujian Nasional Depdikbud Tahun 2012.

Contoh Text Recount dan Jawabannya (dicetak merah)

        Andreas was a student of the University of Indonesia. Like many other students, he did not have much money because his grant was just enough to live on.

       Last year, during the semester holiday, he decided to go to Surabaya. He wanted to visit some friends there. Unfortunately, he could not afford a bus ticket, and even the train was too expensive. He, therefore, decided to hitchhike. He caught a bus to reach the highway and waited. It was a cold, rainy December day. While he was waiting, he got soaked to the skin.

       After waiting for hours, he finally got a lift from a truck driver, who was going to Surabaya. Andreas felt extremely relieved. The truck driver, a reasonably well-dressed man of around 35 seemed friendly. He and Andreas talked a lot.

       Suddenly, as they were driving along the highway, a police car raced past them and made them stop. They were taken to the police station because the police suspected that the truck was carrying stolen goods.

       Andreas was interrogated by a detective for two hours. He even had to spend the night in a cell. He was eventually released the next day. Apparently, the truck was carrying stolen television sets.

1.  What does the text tell you about?

A.         The stolen vehicle.

B.         The poor hitchhiker.

C.         The exciting holiday.

D.         The missing student.

2. What is the main idea of the second paragraph?

A. Andreas took a bus to get to the highway.

B. Andreas went to Surabaya to spend his holiday.

C. Andreas had many friends who lived in Surabaya.

D. The weather was cold when Andreas waited for a bus.

3. Andreas tried to get a lift to Surabaya because ... .

A.      there was no bus passing by the highway

B.      he was a college student who liked an adventure

C.      he had promised to visit his friends during holiday

D.      he had no money to buy the bus and train ticket

4. What moral value can you learn from the story above?

A.      Good people always help each other.

B.      It is shameful to ask for someone’s help.

C.      You should take high risk in order to get fun.

D.      Do not fully trust someone whom you do not know well.

Contoh soal dan Pembahasan.

It was Sunday morning December 26^th 2004. The day that I would never forget forever. We went to the beach in Meulaboh, Aceh. Many people were there when I arrived.

When we were enjoying the beautiful sunrise, suddenly we were shocked by a violent shake in the ground. Everybody in the beach was panic. We soon realized that it was a very big earthquake although it struck in a very short time.

After that, we saw the water was going on into the middle of the sea. No wonder if there were many kinds of fish were left behind on the sand. We all seemed to be astonished by the view until we realized that there was a huge wave came towards us and destroyed everything in its way.

I didn’t realize what had happened until I found myself hanging on a branch of a tree.

1.       

·      Kemampuan yang diuji: Menentukan gambaran umum

·      Indikator: Disajikan sebuah teks recount tentang kejadian di suatu daerah, siswa dapat menentukan jawaban pertanyaan tentang  gambaran umum dari teks tersebut dengan tepat.

·      Soal:

The text mainly discusses about …

A.     the story about a terrible earthquake

B.     the writer’s experience with big earthquake

C.     the steps to avoid danger in your life

D.     the description of a beach in Meulaboh

·      Kunci jawaban: b

·      Pembahasan: Teks di atas adalah teks recount yang menceritakan pengalaman seseorang, maka jawaban yang tepat adalah b.

2.       

·      Kemampuan yang diuji: Menentukan pikiran utama

·      Indikator: Disajikan sebuah teks recount yang sama, siswa dapat menentukan jawaban pertanyaan tentang  pikiran utama suatu paragraph  dari teks tersebut dengan tepat.

·      Soal:

What is the main idea of the third paragraph?

A.     The writer saw many fish on the sand.

B.         the view of the beach was very exciting.

C.       he writer liked to see the wave in the sea.

D.      Tsunami occurred and destroyed everything.

·      Kunci jawaban: d

·      Pembahasan: Pikiran utama pada paragraph ketiga cluenya secara tersurat pada kalimat terakhir, terjadinya tsunami yang menghancurkan segala-galanya.

3.    Kemampuan yang diuji: Menentukan informasi rinci tersurat

·      Indikator: Disajikan sebuah teks recount yang sama, siswa dapat menentukan jawaban pertanyaan tentang  informasi rinci tersurat  dari teks tersebut dengan tepat.

·      Soal:

Everybody in the beach was panic because …

A.     the sun rose brightly

B.     there was an earthquake

C.     the beach was very enjoyable.

D.     there was amazing view in the sea.

·         Kunci jawaban: b

·         Pembahasan: Pada teks di atas dijelaskan orang-orang panic pada kalimat ke 2 dan ke 3. ‘Everybody in the beach was panic. We soon realized that it was a very big earthquake’.

4. Kemampuan yang diuji: Menentukan makna kata/frasa/kalimat

·      Indikator: Disajikan sebuah kalimat yang dikutip dari teks recount yang sama yang salah satu kata digaris bawahi, siswa dapat menentukan jawaban pertanyaan tentang makna kata/frasa/kalimat kata dari kata yang digaris bawahi tersebut dengan tepat.

·      Soal:

“We all seemed to be astonished by … .”

The underlined word has the same meaning with …

A.     panicked

B.     amazed

C.     delighted

D.     pleased

·      Kunci jawaban: b

·      Pembahasan: Makna ‘astonished’ pada teks di atas sama artinya dengan amazed, hal ini dapat dibaca dari konteksnya pada kalimat ‘until we realized that there was a huge wave came towards us and destroyed everything in its way’. Maka makna yang tepat adalah b.

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