Kompetensi Dasar
4.13 Menyusun teks lisan dan tulis untuk
menyatakan, dan menanyakan tentang tindakan/kejadian yang dilakukan/terjadi
di waktu lampau, dengan memperhatikan fungsi social, struktur teks, dan unsur
kebahasaan yang benar dan sesuai konteks.
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TASK 1
Complete the text with the suitable forms of the
verbs in brackets.
My name (1.
be) ______ Bintang . My mother ( 2.
Pass) ____ away when I was born and my father left a single parent, to (3. Bring) ____ me up by himself.
Unfortunetly, he passed away when I was three years old because of a traffic
accident. His bicycle was hit by an identified driver. Since then, my
grandparents (4. Look) ____ after
me.
I had to help my grandparents in spite of my age. I
reared goats and searched for wood in a forest for fuel to cook. My grandparents (5. Love ) ____ me very much. They paid for my school fees because
they wanted me to become a star which brightness and (6. Be) _____ useful to other people. They wanted me to have a
better future.
My grandparents passed away when I (7. Be) ___ in the first grade of
senior high school. Consequently, I had to work to pay for my school fees.
Lucikly, a generous woman (8. Allow)____
me to work at her shop after school. I worked there until I graduated from
senior high school. Then I moved to
Jakarta to find a job. I succeeded. But since 2009, I decided to have a
business. God Blessed me! Now, I already (9.
Have)____ five minimarkets with
thirty employees.
In conclusion, we must not give up and always (10. Do) ____ our best despite hard
times. Nothing is imposibble!
TASK
2
Answer the following questions based on the text in
Task 1 .
1. What
is the text about ?
2. When
did Bintang’s mother died?
3. How
did his father die?
4. What
did Bintang do when he lived with his grandparents?
5. What
happened when he entered senior high school?
6. What
did Bintang do to pay for his school fees?
7. How
long did he work there for?
8. What
did he do after graduating?
9. Since
2009, Bintang decided to have a business. What was it?
10. “
Luckily, a generous woman allowed me to work at …” ( paragraph 3)
What is the similar meaning of the
underlined word?
TASK 3
I experienced his situation when I was
in the seventh grade. One night, my brother Edwin and I woke up because we
heard noises from the living room. We saw a man carrying a laptop and taking
my parents’ cell phones from the table. We were afraid. On the contrary, we
decided to cacth and fight the burglar.
We took a rope to trap and tie him.
The burglar was shocked to be attacked. He cried aloud when we made him fall
and hit a vase. It made noises. Not long afterwards, my father joined us to
catch the burglar.We could beat him despite hisbig body. Soon, police
officers arrived and arrested the burglar.
Father and mother thanked us for our
bravery. Wemight have lost our valuables if we hadn’t fought the burglar.
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1. What
is the text about?
2. When
did the incident happen?
3. Who
did the speakerand her brother see?
4. What
was the burglar doing?
5. What
did they do then?
6. What
did they use to attack the burglar?
7. Why
did the burglar cry aloud?
8. What
did the speaker’sfather do?
9. How
did the speaker’s family feel after the burglar was arrested? Why?
10. “
On the contrary, we decide to catch and fight the burglar”.
What
is the synonym of the underlined word?