SECOND GRADE

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.

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.

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?