LATIHAN SOAL DESCRIPTIVE AND RECOUNT

ENGLISH EXERCISES FOR MID TEST

GRADE VIII STUDENTS

Hello guys,

Here I serve you again about the exercises for doing the mid test of English as an intermediate students of Junior High School.

Good luck for you!

A.    Read this text carefully and then choose the right form of the verb listed below in bracket to be good paragraphs and answer its questions!

MR. DOUGLAS

Michael Douglas (1. am/was/are/is) a very famous and popular American actor.
He (2. am/are/is) about sixty years old. He (3. is/am/are/was/were) a slim person and he is average height. He (4. have/had/has) light brown eyes and short fair hair.

His wife is a very beautiful British actress her name (5. was/is/am/are) Catherine Zeta-Johns, she (6. had/have/has) green eyes and long straight black hair. They (7. has/had/have) a daughter she is two years old. They all (8. lives/lived/live) in the United States Of America. The Douglas family (9. Are/is/were) very happy family. The members of the family always (10. communicate/communicated/communicates) each other.

1.      The type of the text above is _________________________

2.      Mr. Douglas is an actor who comes from _____________________

3.      Mr. Douglas’ wife name’s is _________________________

4.      Mr. Douglas profession is __________________________

5.      Paragraph one is called ______________________

B.     Change the verb below with the right form to be good paragraphs in text!

Fantastic Holiday in Yogyakarta

Last week, I (1........................go) to Yogyakarta with my family. My father (2...............................drive) the car. My mother sat beside him. My sister and I (3.........................sit) in the back seats.

We woke up early in the morning. My father (4..........................prepare) the car in the garage while mother was preparing food for breakfast and some snacks for us. My sister and I (5..........................pack) some clothes. After everything got ready and we had our breakfast, we left the house at six o'clock.

It (6.......................to be) about nine A.M. We arrived in Yogyakarta. First of all we (7..................visit) our uncle. We stayed there for an hour. Then we went to Parangtritis beach. We (8.......................get) there at eleven o'clock. There (9....................to be) a lot of tourists because it (10................to be) holiday. I (11.................see) many foreign visitors too. My parents (12....................watch) us playing with sand in the beach. We did not (13......................swim) and take a bath since the wave was rough.

After (14.........................have) lunch, we went on our picnic to the museum and Malioboro shopping centre. We drove back to Semarang at 7 o'clock and arrived home at ten. We (15...............to be) tired but happy.

C.    Translate the sentences below into Indonesian!

1.      Mr. Joe, I need a help, can you help me to turn this laptop on?

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2.      Okay, Let’s do it now.

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3.      Do you need a hand to open the front gate?

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4.      Is it never mind if I help you now?

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D.    Translate the sentences below into English!

1.      Anna sama cantiknya dengan Anastasia.

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2.      Joni adalah anak yang paling tinggi di kelasnya.

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3.      Kimberly itu lebih rajin daripada adik laki-lakinya.

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4.      Guru bahasa Inggris saya adalah pemain bola voli yang paling baik di Indonesia.

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