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Read the text below and answer the questions!
On Saturday night, we went to the Town Hall. It was the last day of the year and a large crowd of people had gathered under the Town Hall clock. It would strike twelve in twenty minutes’ time. Fifteen minutes passed and then, at five to twelve, the clock stopped. The big minute hand did not move. We waited and waited, but nothing happenedhappened. Suddenly someone shouted,”It’s two minutes past twelve! The clock has stopped!”
I looked at my watch. It was true. The big clock refused to welcome the New Year. At that moment, everybody began to laugh and sing.
Vocabularies
Saturday night: sabtu malam
went: pergi
Town hall: tengah kota
last: terakhir
large crowd: keramain yang besar
gather: berkumpul
under: di bawah
stop: berhenti
strike: tepat
big: besar
1. When did the clock stopped?
A. A5.12
B. At 11.55
C. A12.00
d. At 12.02
2. Why did the people gather under the Town Hall clock?
A. To welcome the New Year
B. To see the newly bought clock
C.To strike the laughing people
d. To stop people who shouted
3. Based on the text, where was the writer?
A. At the center of the town
B. At home
C. AT the beach
D. At the market
4. When did the event happen?
A. in the middle of the year
B. the end of the year
C. Christmas celebration
D. at the weekend as usual
5. Which of the following is not true according to the text?
A. the writer was waiting to celebrate the New Year.
B. the writer brought a watch.
C. the writer was very happy.
D. The writer celebrated the New Year with his family.
6. What probably happened when someone shouted that the clock stopped?
A. Everybody directly celebrated the New Year
B. everybody sings and laugh.
C. everybody looked for a watch.
D. everybody shouted too.
7. What does the first sentence tell you?
A. The problem that the writer met
B. The funny thing in the story
C. The opening of the story
D. The past event
8. “It would strike twelve in twenty minutes’ time.”
The underlined word refers to …
A. the clock
B. author’s watch
C. the town
D. the place
9. It was the last day of the year and a large crowd of people had gathered under the Town Hall clock.
What is the closest meaning of the underlined word?
A. mass
B. big
C. many
D. lots of
10. “The big clock refused to welcome the New Year”
What is the synonym of the word ….
A. reject
B. accept
C. admit
D. hate
Read the text below and answer the questions!
David had been waiting for his mother in front of the school. His mother usually fetched him from school but today she was not there. David waited for 15 minutes before he walked home by himself.
When he reached home, he knocked on the door as he did not bring the keys. Surprisingly, no one answered the door. David knocked again but still no one answered the door. Just as he was about to go to the nearby coffee shop where his father worked to get the keys, he heard the friiendly voice of his neighbour, John.
David told him that no one was home and John's mother suggested that David stayed in their house till his mother came back. David and John played happily till evening when David's mother came back.
David thanked John and his family before he went back into his house. David's mother explained to David that she had a backache and she had to see a doctor. From this experience, David learnt an important lesson, "Neighbours are people who help each other."
Vocabulary List
- fetched = menjemput
- knocked = mengetuk
- friendly = ramah
- backache = sakit punggung
- experience = pengalaman
A. Circle T if the statement is True and F if it is False.
1. David‟s father worked in the post office. T F
2. John is David‟s neighbour. T F
3. David‟s mother went to the market that day. T F
4. David and John played together till the next morning. T F
5. David‟s mother had a backache. T F
B. Answer the following questions based on the text above.
1. Where had David been waiting for his mother? david went to his neighbour,john
2. Did David‟s mother fetch him after school that day? no,beause his mother had a backache
3. How long did David wait for his mother? after school untill evening
4. Did anybody answer the door when he knocked it? no,nobody answer
5. Who suggested David to wait for his mother in their house? john's mother
6. What did David do in John‟s house? playing
7. Why didn‟t David‟s mother fetch him that day? because his mother had a backache
8. What lesson did David learn that dayhat day ?Neighbours are people who help each other.
Read the text below and answer the questions!
Last week I went to my bestfriend birhtday party, I went there with my baby pink dress and wearing a flat baby pink shoes too. My mom drove me to get to her house.
I was the first person came there, she seems really happy when she saw me. She hugged me and then took me to the birhtday room. Not for a while our other friends came too.
After the party ends, I called my mom to pick me up but she had to go to out of town for business, and my mom won't let me alone at home, so I decided to sleepover at my bestfriend’s house. Before we go to bed, we opened teh presents. After that we went to sleep because its almost midnight
1. Why the writer sleepover at her bestfriend's house ? because her mother had to go to out of town for business
2.Who's the first person came to the party? the writer
3. What does the writer wearing to the party ? baby pink dress and wearing a flat baby pink shoes
4. Why the writer's mom had to go to out of town? for business
5.What does the writer and her bestfriend do before they went sleep? we opened teh presents
6.When the writer and her bestfriend went sleep ? after opened the presents
7.How can the writer go to the party ? because her bestfriend invite her
8.When was the party ? last week
