Soal-soal latihan

I. read the text carefully and answers the questions bellow!

1. A KING AND TWO SERVANTS

Once there was a king who had two servants who worked so well and so honestly that he made
them captains in his army. The day after they had become captains, the king saw them and said, “Why do
you think you become captains?”
The first captain answered, it is because I am a lucky man”: but the second said, “It is because
you are kind and generous.”
The king said that he liked both the captain’s answer. “To show you that I am pleased with you, I
am to give each of you a present,” he said. “Both presents have the same value, and both are from my
own gardens.” He then gave the first captain a coconut, and the second captain a bunch of ripe bananas.
But when he gave the bananas to the second captain, he secretly took a very valuable ring off his finger
and pushed it into one of the bananas.
While two captains were walking home, the second captain told the first that his wife did not like
bananas, asked him whether he was willing to give him the coconut and take the bananas.
The first captain knew that his own wife did not like bananas either, but as he was an unselfish
man, he said that he would do as the second captain wanted because he was friend.
The second captain knew that his own wife did not like bananas, but as he was unselfish man, he
said that he would give the bananas to the first captain.
That evening, the first captain began to eat the bananas and found the ring in them. At once, he
hurried to the king with it. When the king saw it and heard what had happened, he sent for the second
captain and said to him, “I wanted to give you the ring because you said that I was kind and generous, but
it seems that your friend really is a lucky man, as he said!”

Answer the question bellow based on the text!

a. Why did the second captain not want to eat the bananas?
b. What did the king want to do because he liked both captain?
c. In which paragraph did you find the conflict?
d. What moral lesson you can get from this text?

2. THE LEGEND OF THE RICE PADDY

Once upon a time, a man named Batara Guru created a beautiful girl. Her name was Retno
Dumilah.
Batara Guru was attracted to her. Batara Guru wanted to marry her. She informed him that he
must meet three conditions. Food with everlasting taste, a shirt that can’t be ruined, and a gamelan a
traditional Javanese instrument that can play by itself.
She would be married to him if he fulfilled all of these conditions. If not, she’d rather die. So,
Batara Guru sent a messenger to earth to find all of these conditions. On the way to earth, the messenger
fell in love with Dewi Sri, Batara Wisnu’s wife. The messenger always followed her. She became mad, so
the messenger was cursed by Dewi Sri.
Batara Guru continued to wait for the messenger. After a long time, he forgot about the
conditions needed to marry Retno Dumilah. After sometime, he decided to try to hug her and see if she
would consider marrying him. suddently, she died. Just like she promised, she rather dies than marrying
Batara Guru without all of these conditions. He tried to bring her back to life. But it was no use. And so
he buried her. afyter her funeral, some strange plants grew from her to feed the local citizens.from her
grew a coconut tree, from her body grew rice paddy plants, from her hands grew hanging fruits. And from
her feet grew tap root plants.
afrer that day, the rice paddy was spread all over the world. The rice paddy plants from
Retno Dumilah became the master paddy.
Another day, Dewi Sri was being chased by a wild pig. She asked Dewata, Hindu’s God, if she
could be banished instead of being chased by a wild pig. PLOP! She was suddently banished from the
world. She laso became rice paddy plants. These rice paddy plants were planted in a paddy field. A
farmer named Pak Tani, was happy to plants Dewi Sri’s paddy. He was taught how to farm the rice
paddy.
The wild pig that chased Dewi Sri died. Many kinds of insects that kill plants, like rats, appeared
from his body. To fight the insects, Dewi Sri sent paddy field snakes to eat the rats.
Because of this, farmers don’t kill paddy field snakes anymore, since they kill the insects that eat
the rice.

Answer the question bellow based on the text!

a. What did Batara Guru Create one day?

b. How many conditions should be made by Batara Guru to marry Retno Dumilah? What is
that?

c. In which paragraph does Batara Guru have a hard time?

d. Why did Batara Guru forget about the conditions needed to marry Retno Dumilah?

II. Complete this sentences using expressions of thanking, admirations, and asking for permissions!

1. A: “yesterday I and my family go for vacation to Bali. I buy this merchandise for you”.
B: “……………………………..”
A: “don’t mention it”
2. A: “Do you need a philosophy book? Here I borrow it for you!
B: “……………………………….”
A: “it’s ok!”
3. A: “………………………………….you are wearing!”
B: “of course. My mother buys this dress in Strada Fashion Store”.
4. A: “my brother is a soldier. He goes to Palestine to help the people over there in fighting.”
B: “………………..”
5. A: “do you already watch “Laskar Pelangi” movie?”
B: “not yet, is it interesting?”
A: “of course. I have the CD of ‘Laskar Pelangi’. Yesterday my father buys this CD”
B: “…………………………”
A: “of course not. You can borrow it!”
B: “Thank you”
6. A: “have you ever gone to Bali?”
B: “yes I am, last week I went to Bali with my family.”
A: “do you take photograph for some Balinese tradition?
 B: “of course, I have a lot of photo”
A: “……………………………”
B: “yes you can borrow it”
7. A: “excuse me, …………………………smoke here?”
B: “it’s ok”
8. A: “dad,………………………..to the supermarket this evening ?”
B: “certainly”

III. Fill in the blank using articles and reflexive pronoun!

1. We went to……. Royal Theater last night.
2. Rudy went to……chemist.
3. Mr. Hardy gave us ….. task this morning.
4. Tommy had ….. structure test this morning.
5. Dad caught ……. fish yesterday.
6. My mother bought me ….. dress yesterday.
7. Rudi is ….. elfish boy.
8. The archeology found ….. unique sculpture under the ruins of Majapahit kingdom.
9. The researcher need…….. data to make the hypothesis.
10.I need ….. sugar to sweeten this tea.

IV. Fill in the blank using reflexive pronoun!

1. Be careful! The pan is very hot. Don’t burn………
2. They couldn’t get back into the house. They had locked………….out.
3. It isn’t her fault. She really shouldn’t blame……..
4. What a fool I am! I could kick……..
5. He spends most of his time staying alone. It is not surprising that he talk to…….
6. Don’t worry about us. We can look after……….

V. Correct these sentences using tenses!

1. Nick (get up) late this morning.(pt)
2. Mr. Miller (give) a test last week.(pt)
3. Rudi (write) the letter for his father in Singapore when I was watching TV.(pct)
4. The thief stole my car when I (go) to my neighbor.(pct)
5. Susan (meet) me in the cafeteria last night. (ppt)
6. Tom (finish) his paper before the time for submitting.( ppt)
7. She…….. the teacher since 1987.(ppt)
8. He …… in the jail for about three years because of killing somebody.(ppt)