Well, there are some exercises of reading skill. The topics about Recount Text. Let's do it...
Recount text is text that retelling the reader about one story, action or activity. Its goal is to entertaining and informing the reader.
The structure of the text are :
- a. Orientation, tells who was involved, what happened, where the events took place, and when it happened
- b. Events ,tell what happened and in what sequence
- c. Re-orientation consists of optional-closure of events/ending
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Orientation
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Last
week Rico and his family went to Istanbul Turkey. They departed from Soekarno
Hatta Airport at 9 P.M.
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Event
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Then, they arrived of Istanbul Air Port at 5 A.M in the morning.They
visited a small town that covered largest market in the world that called
“Istanbul Grand Bazaar”. It is located inside the walled city of Istanbul.
There were more than 4000 shops on sixty five streets.The shops sell almost anything that you want or need such as Turkish
carpets, jewelry, clothes, food and spices. The important thing when you
want it, you must bargain with seller
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Re-orientation
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Two days later, they had to check out from
the hotel. They went back home
bringing so many things and amazing memories of Turkey.
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Task 1 : Please, answer these questions correctly!
- Did Riko and his family arrive of Istanbul Airport at 4 p.m?
- What is the appropriate title of the text above?
- Who did go there?
- How many hours did they need from Jakarta to Turkey?
- The word “they” in the second paragraph refers to....
Task 2 : Match the word in the column A with the correct meaning of column B
A B
1. Departed A. go to see person or thing for a period of time
2. Arrived B. go away/leave
3. Went C. reach a place
4. Visited D. one of various type of powder or seed that came from plant and are used in cooking
5. Spices E. move from one place to another
