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Materials You Are Going to Learn in This Chapter

Listening

• Listening to the expressions for accepting, and declining an invitation

• Listening to the expressions for congratulations

• Listening to the expressions for compliment

• Listening to a recount text

• Listening to a short functional text in the form of advertisement

Speaking

• Accepting and declining an invitation

• Congratulations and Compliment

• Responding to a monologue in the form of recount text

• Responding to a short functional text in the form of announcement

Reading

• Reading a recount text

• Reading a short functional text of school’s regulation

Writing

• Writing a recount text

• Writing a short functional text in the form of timetable

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English in Focus

for Grade VIII

Answer these questions.

1. What will you say if you want to invite your friend

to your house?

2. What will you say if you want to praise somebody?

3. Have you ever been congratulated by someone? yes,

on what occasion?

Listen to the tape about the following dialogue.

At break time

,

Erwin is reading a book in class

,

then suddenly

Dewi comes and greets him

.

Dewi : Hi, Erwin.

1

?

Erwin : Well, I’m reading an English book. We’re

having a test tomorrow, remember?

Dewi : Wow.

2

.

Erwin : Not at all. I just don’t have anything else to

do.

Dewi

: By the way, I’m going to have a birthday party

at my house this Sunday. I’m thirteen now.

Erwin : Happy birthday, Dewi.

3

, you’re a

teenager now.

Dewi : Thank you. I’d like you to come.

Erwin : I’m terribly sorry,

4

. I have to go to my

grandmother’s house this Sunday. She is ill.

Practice

2

In this section, you will learn how to:

• listen to the expressions of accepting and declining an invitation;

• listen to the expressions of congratulations and compliment;

• listen a recount text;

listen a short functional text.

After learning the lesson in this section, you are expected to be able to:

• listen to the expressions of accepting and rejecting invitations appropriately;

• listen to the expressions of congratulation and compliment appropriately;

• listen a recount text appropriately;

• listen a functional text in the form of advertisement appropriately.

Listening

Practice

1

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Dewi : I’m sorry to hear that. I hope she’ll get well

soon.

Erwin : Thanks.

When they are talking, Mira comes.

Mira : Hi, what are you two talking about?

Erwin : Dewi is going to have a birthday party at her

house this Sunday.

Mira

: Really? Happy birthday, Dewi.

Dewi : Thank you, Mira.

5

?

Mira :

6

.

Dewi : Great.

Would you like to come

What are you doing

You’re very diligent

I’d love to

Congratulations

I don’t think I can

Before listening to a text, answer the following

questions.

1. Do you feel any changes in your physical appearance?

2. Do you like the changes? Why?

3. Do you have any acne on your face?

4. How do you feel about the acne?

Work with your partner. Check your answer in

Practice 2 using the words or phrases in the box

below.

Practice

3

Listen again to the dialogue from the tape in Practice

2. Then, check your answers.

Practice

4

Practice

5

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English in Focus

for Grade VIII

After you listen to the tape, work with your partner.

Then, decide whether these statements are true

or false.

1. His physical appearance was still the same as before.

2. His voice was becoming deeper and sounding rough.

3. He felt that hair begin to grow on his face.

4. His height was increasing steadily.

5. He felt very con

À

dent about the changes.

Listen to the text from the tape then complete it.

Practice

6

My Adolescence

Source

:

indra1082.

À

les.wordpress.com

Only a short time after I

1

my 13th

birthday, every thing was changing for me. One

day I

2

that my voice was becoming

deeper and sounding rough. The next few days,

I was

3

to see hair growing on my face. Then

I found out that my height was increasing

4

. I

grew 10 centimetres in just two months. These changes

5

me feel awkward and clumsy. The most

annoying thing was that I

6

acne starting to

appear on my face. I was

7

, what happened to

me.

Practice

7

F

ollow-up

Activity

Make a photo clipping about you. Sort the photos

based on the time they were taken, starting from your

childhood photos until recent photos. You may need

your parents permission.

Horizon

New

Adolescence is a

transitional stage of

human development

that occurs between

childhood and adulthood.

Adolescent humans

go through puberty,

the process of sexual

maturation. Teenagers

(ages 13-19) are usually

adolescent, though in

some individuals, puberty

may extend a few gears

beyond the teenage years,

and in some individuals,

puberty begins in the pre-

teen years.

Source

:

www.wikipedia.com

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Practice

8

Pronounce It!

Vowels

1.

/

ɑ

:/

dance art hard

guard example star

2.

/

Ž

/

blood

Á

ood

comfort

hunt luck just

Consonant

1.

/t

ʃ

/

March watch lunch

catch beach touch

2.

/d

ʒ

/

jam jewel presage

jet job ginger

Listen to the questions from the tape about the

text in Practice 6. Then give your answer by

choosing a or b.

1. a. After his birthday.

b. After his 13th birthday.

2. a. Became louder and rough.

b. Became deeper and rough.

3. a. A few days after.

b. The next day.

4. a. No, he didn’t.

b. Yes, he did.

5. a. When his face got so oily.

b. When an acne started to appear.

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for Grade VIII

Listen to the tape about the following

advertisements. Then complete the missing

phrases with the help of phrases from the box.

EXPERT Computer School

We offer special courses with special

discounts.

Courses offered include:

a. Microsoft Of

À

ce

b.

1

c. Corel Draw

d.

2

e. Page Maker

These courses are held once a week

for two months. Each course costs

Rp150,000. The

À

rst 50

3

will

receive a 10% discount.

MELODY Music School

4

for those who want to learn

how to play

5

.

Those the

À

rst 25 registrants will

get a 20%

6

. Courses are held

once a week for three months.

Fees charged: Rp300,000 per course.

Types of musical instrument

courses:

a. Guitar

b. Piano

c.

7

d. Drum

e.

8

Practice

9

Expert Computer School

Melody Music School

Courses offered :

1

a.

Courses offered :

2

a.

b.

b.

c.

c.

d.

d.

e.

e.

Duration :

3

Duration

:

4

Fees charged

Fees charged

per course

:

5

per course

:

6

Fill in the blanks in the box below.

Practice

10

violin

Macromedia Flash

musical instrument

Adobe Photoshop

discount

registrants

organ

exciting courses

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Answer these questions orally.

1. Do you like going to parties? What kinds of party?

3. What must we consider if we want to have a party?

4. Do you have plans to have a party? Explain.

Role play

Choose one of the dialogues. Act out the dialogue

with your friends.

Source

:

Publisher’s Documentation

Practice

1

Practice

2

In this section, you will learn how to:

• use expressions to invite;

• use expressions to accept and decline an invitation;

• use expressions to congratulate;

• use the expressions to compliment;

• retell a recount text;

• respond to a short functional text in the form of announcement.

After learning the lesson in this section, you are expected to be able to:

• express how to invite;

• express how to accept or decline an invitation;

• express how to congratulate;

• express how to compliment;

• express how to retell a recount text;

• express how to respond to a short functional text in the form of

announcement.

Speaking

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Answer the questions orally based on the dialogue

in Practice 2.

1. Who is going to have a party?

2. Does Shinta accept the invitation to the party?

3. How about Toni? Does he accept the invitation too?

4. Is Toni going to come to the party?

5. Does Shinta’s father allow Shinta to stay at Diana’s

party until the party is over? Why or why not?

Practice

3

Dialogue 1

Diana

,

her friends Shinta and Toni are walking home from school

.

They are talking about a party at Diana’s house tonight

.

Diana

: Shinta, I am going to have a party tonight.

Would you like to come?

Shinta

: I’d love to! By the way, what are you

celebrating?

Diana

: I won the Science Olympics last week.

Shinta

: Congratulations. Wow, you’re very clever.

Diana

: Not at all. You just have to study harder.

Will you come to my party?

Toni

: I’m sorry, I can’t. My parents are going to

go to the hospital. I may be late getting to

your party,

is that all right

?

Diana

: Yes, it’s all right as long as you are allowed

by your parents.

Shinta

: Hmm, speaking about parents, I have to

call my father to ask his permission.

Dialogue 2

Shinta is using her cell phone to call her father at her house

.

Shinta

: Hello, good afternoon, Dad!

Mr Kusye : Afternoon, Shinta.

Shinta

: Dad,

can I go to Diana’s party tonight, please

?

Tomorrow is a holiday. I don’t have any

homework.

Mr Kusye :

Yes, certainly

, but what time will the party

be over?

Shinta

: I think about 11 p.m., Dad.

Mr Kusye : Well,

I’m afraid I can’t let you stay until

11,

Shinta. We are going to go to your

grandparents the next morning. How

about if I pick you up at 10, so you’ll have

time to rest before you go for the trip.

Shinta

: All right, Dad. Thanks. See you later.

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Speech Act

You can use these expressions to invite someone.

Shall we ...?

Can you come to ....

Would you like to come?

I’d very much like you to come.

You can use these expressions to accept an invitation.

Yes, certainly I will come.

Absolutely, count me in.

I would, very much.

Yes, I’d like nothing better.

You can use these expressions to decline an invitation.

I’m terribly sorry. I don’t think I can.

I’m very sorry, I can’t.

Thank you very much, but ....

These expressions are used to congratulate someone.

• Congratulations.

Well done

• Fantastic

These expressions are used to compliment someone.

That’s a nice .... (appearance)

You’re looking good. (appearance)

Wow. You’re very clever.

Complete the dialogues below using the expressions

of accepting and declining invitation.

1.

Your friend invites you to come to his/her house to do

homework together

.

Nia

: Do you want to come to my house? We

can do our homework together.

Adi

:

2.

It is late in the evening

,

your friend asks you to come to his/

her house for a drink

.

Ajeng : Come and have a drink at my house.

Ika :

3.

You are invited by your new friend to watch a football

match at the football stadium. Your favourite team is

going to play.

Bayu : Would you like to come and watch the

football game with me? The Indonesian team

is going to play against the All-Star team.

Ikbal :

Practice

4

Informal

Informal

Formal

(to older people or

a stranger)

Formal

(to older people or

a stranger)

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4.

A new orchestra is going to perform tonight

.

Your father

asks you to accompany him and your mother

,

but you

have a test tomorrow

.

Mr Roy

: Son, a new orchestra is going to perform

at the assembly hall tonight. Would you

come to join me and your mother to the

concert?

Dika :

5.

Your father is having dinner in the dining room

.

He asks

you to come with him

.

But you’ve already eaten your

dinner

.

Mr Ra

Á

y : Anjas, have you had your dinner yet?

Come to join me?

Donny :

Answer the following questions.

1. What kind of movie do you like?

2. Have you ever watched a movie at the cinema?

3. Have you ever had a scary experience?

Practice

5

After the movie was over, I left the cinema quickly.

My watch showed 11.30 p.m. as I got on to my bicycle.

I pedalled hard on my bicycle and was soon speeding

home. My thought went back to the movie I had just

seen. It was a scary story. I could remember clearly

a woman screaming as she was being attacked by a

monster. Somehow that frightful scene stayed in my

mind and I could not forget it.

The road was dark and quiet. I had to pass a

graveyard on the way home. As I approached the

graveyard, I heard some sounds behind me. I was

frightened and began to cycle faster. The sound came

nearer and nearer. Then I heard a familiar voice calling

me. I looked back and saw Hadi, my classmate. He had

also seen the movie and was frightened too. He had

cycled after me so that he would not be alone. Both of

us laughed out loud over our behavior.

Read the following text carefully. Make notes to

some main sentences then try to retell it.

Practice

6

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Work with your partner to answer the following

questions.

1. What time did the writer watch the movie?

2. What kind of movie did the writer watch?

3. Why did the writer begin to cycle faster?

4. Why did Hadi cycle after the writer?

Practice

7

Drama Club

The Drama Club will put on a play called “The Magic

Carpet”. All teachers and students are invited to watch

the play. Parents will also be invited.

Date : December 21

st

Time : 10.00 a.m.

Place : School hall

Students who are interested in taking part in this play

may register their names with Mr Rudi.

An audition will be held on November 9

th

to choose

actors and actresses for the following parts:

1. The Princess

5. Eight soldiers

2. The Prince

6. The wise man

3. The Cruel Stepfather

7. The old lady

4. The Hunter 8. Five villagers

Students who are chosen must come for practice on

the following dates at 2.00 p.m. in the school hall.

First Practice

: November 16

th

Second Practice

: November 23

th

Third Practice

: November 30

th

Fourth Practice

: December 7

th

Last Practice

: December 14

th

The play will be directed by Mrs Tari.

Horizon

New

Drama is the speci

À

c

mode of

À

ction

represented in

performance. Dramas

are performed in various

media: theatre, radio,

À

lm and television.

Drama is often combined

with music and dance.

Source:

www.wikipedia.com

Write a scary story based on your own experience.

Then, retell it in front of the class.

Practice

8

Say aloud the announcement below.

Practice

9

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Answer the following questions orally.

1. What is the name of the play?

2. How many practices are there?

3. Who will direct the play?

4. If you auditioned, which character would interest

you to be? Explain your reason!

Practice

10

Mayang

saw

an accident yesterday

.

Mayang

saw

Omy

in the accident

.

1. What happened yesterday?

happened

yesterday.

2. Who saw an accident yesterday?

saw an accident yesterday.

3. When did Mayang see the accident?

Mayang saw an accident

.

4. Whom did Mayang see in the accident?

Mayang saw

in the accident.

5. Where did Mayang see Omy yesterday?

Mayang saw Omy

.

Study to the following sentences and

À

ll in the

blanks.

Practice

11

You can use WH- to build a question.

Who is used for subjects.

Whom is used for objects.

Who and Whom are used if the subject and object of the sentence

are living things.

What is used to ask the subject or object of a question.

What is used if the subject or object is not a living thing.

When is used to ask about time.

Where is used to ask about place.

WH-Questions

Study the following examples.

Who

ate the apple?

Whom

did you meet at the post of

À

ce this morning?

What

made you cry?

When

did you see him?

Where

did you buy the dress?

Grammar

Stage

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Source

:

nilna.

À

les.wordpress.com

Answer these questions before you read the text.

Practice

1

1. What do you know about adolescence?

2. From what age did you start to have adolescence?

3. What physical changes occur during adolescence?

4. What was the most unforgetable experience during

your adolescence?

5. Did your friends get through their adolescence

almost the same as you’re?

6. What did your parents do during your adolescence?

7. Did they help you? How?

8. What about your sister or your brother? Did they

support you to get through your adolescence?

In this section, you will learn how to:

• know the structure of a descriptive text;

• read a short functional text in the form of school’ regulation.

After learning the lesson in this section, you are expected to be able to:

• identify the structure of a descriptive text;

• get meanings of a short functional text in the form of school’ regulation.

Reading

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Read the text carefully.

Adolescence

Source

:

nilna.

À

les.wordpress.com

Source

:

i151.photobucket.com

Source

:

indra1082.

À

les.wordpress.com

Source

:

i13.photobucket.com

Last night, I read an article about adolescence in a

magazine. I learned that it was a time of change between

childhood and adulthood.

After I finished reading the article from the

magazine, I remembered my own adolescence. I

was fourteen at that time. I felt very emotional about

everything. But I tried to learn more about myself.

I tried to discover what I wanted to do, and what kind

of people I wanted to be.

To divert my emotions, I took many extra

curricular activities. I took piano lessons on Mondays.

On Tuesdays, I joined an English course. Then on

Wednesdays and Thursdays, I had extra science and

math lessons. Fridays, it was my time to play basketball

with my friends. Finally, I spent most of my weekends

with my family.

I was able to control my emotions and to have a

place where I could express my creativity in positive

ways.

Practice

2

orientation

reorientation

event 1

event 2

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Answer the following questions based on the text

in Practice 2.

1. Where did the writer

À

nd out about adolescence?

2. What is adolescence?

3. Is adolescence a period of physical growth only?

4. How old was the writer when he experienced

adolescence?

5. How did it make him feel?

6. What did the writer do to divert his emotions?

7. When did the writer spend the days with his

family?

8. Did the writer bene

À

t from the activities?

Practice

3

If you want to discuss

about teen health and

problems, check this web

site:

www.teenhealthtalk.org

Log On

Characteristics of Recount Text

A recount text

is a text that telling the reader about one

story, action or activity. Its goal is to entertaining or

informing the reader.

Orientation

tells who was involved, what happened,

where the events took place, and when it happened.

Example :

Last night, I read an article about adolescence in

a magazine.

Events (event 1 and 2)

tell what happened and in what

sequence.

Example :

After I

À

nished reading the article, I remembered

my own adolescence

;

To divert my emotions, I took many extra

curricular activities.

• Reorientation

consists of optional-closure of events/

ending.

Example :

I was able to control my emotions and to have a

place where I could express my creativity in positive ways

.

The features are including Who? Where? When? Why?,

noun or pronoun, and past tense.

Examples :

I, at home, last night, a magazine, I took

....

Note

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for Grade VIII

Read the following text carefully. Then identify

its characteristic.

Practice

4

Work in pairs. Identify the characteristics of the

text in Practice 4. The following questions will

guide you.

Practice

5

Last Saturday I woke up early, but I didn’t get up

because there was no school. Suddenly, my telephone

was rung. It was my friend Fanny, she asked me to go

out at 10.00 o clock. She wanted to buy something in

traditional market.

Finally, we were out. In the street, I saw a piece of

pink coupon. Interested with its colour, I took it, then

Fanny and I read this out. We were fully shocked, it

was a receipt of a four nights tour to Lombok !! The

expired date was that day. To our surprised, the name

was Fanny Fenita and the birth date was exactly the

same like Fanny my friend, and it was also valid for

two persons. My God!! We were thinking that maybe

the coupon just fell from the sky and it was there for

us.

We were in hurried to the address of the tour

agency that issued the coupon. The tour agency took

care of everything. We went home and still could not

believe what was going on. Two days later we were on

the Senggigi Beach, lied in the warmth sun. Moreover,

we had long public holiday, so we could enjoy the

“gift” happily. We also bought some presents for our

family and friends.

1. What is the name of the text?

2. Can you tell who was involved, what happened,

and what sequence in the text?

3. Can you describe the events that happened in the

text?

4. What about the closure? Please explain.

Note

Don’t forget to supply each of the characteristics

with examples from the text.

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Draw squares like the following examples in

your workbook. Then put the verbs in the text

in Practice 4 that you can

À

nd. Switch with your

friend’s. See if there any verbs that you have

missed to record.

Practice

6

Arrange the following paragraph into a correct

order.

Practice

7

Work in pairs. Identify the characteristics of the

text in Practice 7, don’t forget to supply examples

of characteristics from the text.

Practice

8

woke up

asked

a. My uncle and my aunt were very nice. We visited

Batam Centre, Waterfront City and Nongsa Beach.

The weather was hot all day long.

b. When we went to a place called Barelang, Seno didn’t

want to go to the ex Vietnam camp, he wanted to

go

À

shing on the Melur beach. So I went to the ex

Vietnam camp on my own, but I didn’t enjoy it.

c. Unfortunately, Seno and I disagreed on most things.

He played loud music when I wanted to sleep.

When his bestfriend came to stay, I had to sleep on

the

Á

oor.

d. I went to my uncle’s house in Batam last month on

the long holiday. I stayed with Uncle Antasena and

Aunt Firda and their son which is my cousin Seno.

They live in a small house in the centre of the city

called Nagoya. I liked the house but I didn’t like the

area much because it was very noisy.

e. I can’t say I would like to go back to my uncle house.

It wasn’t a very good holiday.

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School Library

Rules and Regulation

Student using the library must obey these rules:

1. Students are not allowed to bring their school

bags, textbooks or any other books into the library.

Leave all bags with the librarian for safekeeping.

2. If you need to bring certain books into the library,

get the librarian’s permission

À

rst.

3. Do not talk in the library unless it is very important.

If you need to talk, please whisper.

4. After reading the books, newspaper and magazine,

return them to their proper shelves.

5. Each student is given two library cards when he

or she becomes a library member. These cards are

to be used for borrowing books.

6. Students are allowed to borrow one book with

each card.

7. Students are allowed to keep the book for no more

than two weeks.

8. If the book is not returned on time, the student will

have to pay a

À

ne of Rp. 500 for each day late.

9. If a student loses a library book, he or she will

have to pay for the cost of the book.

10. Keep the library always clean. Do not leave used

paper and other rubbish behind.

Answer these questions.

1. Why do you think students are not allowed to bring

their bags into the library?

2. What does the word

them

in rule number 4 refer to?

3. Can students bring certain books into the library?

4. What does the phrase

not more than

in rule number 7

mean?

Read the notice below carefully.

Practice

9

Practice

10

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In this section, you will learn how to:

• follow the stages to write a recount text;

• write a short functional text in the form of time table.

After learning the lesson in this section, you are expected to be able to:

• write a recount text;

• understand and write a short functional text in the form of time table.

Writing

A

B

1. adolescence

a. obtained; memorised

2. behaviour

b. to think hard

3. adolescent

c. teenager

4. reliable

d. distract; disturb

5. capable

e. teens

6. concentrate

f. skillful; quali

À

ed

7. learned

g. obligation to do

something

8. interest

h. trustworthy

9. divert

i. conduct; manner

10. responsibility

j. attraction; concern

Match the words in column A with their meanings

in column B.

Practice

1

Fill in the blanks with the words in column A in

Practice 1. Mind the tense.

1. My parents gave me a

to clean my room

every day.

2.

is the hardest time for me, because I always

feel clumsy and awkward.

3. She is an

now. Therefore she has to learn to

be a grown up.

4. I joined a football club to

my emotions during

teenage time.

5. He is not a cheerful person. He doesn’t have any

towards anything.

Practice

2

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6. People consider him a

person. He is very

trustworthy.

7. At school, I

about knowledge and also how

to socialize.

8. When interacting with an older person, we have to

watch our

.

9. I’m not

of handling my physical changes

during adolescence.

10. Becoming a grown up means we have to learn how

to

more.

I had my adolescence when I was thirteen.

It started with acne that showed up on my face.

It was very annoying. It lowered my self-esteem and

I was embarrassed to come out of my house and play

with friends.

Fortunately, my Mum gave me a good medicine.

In three weeks, the acnes started to vanish although

those showed some black spots in my face.

That was my bad experience with adolescence,

though there were still lots of good experience too.

Read and study the short story below carefully.

Practice

3

Write a recount text, use the following questions

to guide you.

1. What happened during your adolescence period?

2. Did you have a memorable experience?

3. Do you like the changes during adolescence? Why

or why not?

4. How do you cope with your adolescence period?

5. If you have second chance, what will you do in your

adolescence period?

Practice

4

events

Reorientation

orientation

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Growing Up

Observe the timetable below carefully.

Study Surya’s timetable below.

Practice

6

Practice

5

Rani’s Personal Timetable

Monday–Saturday

Sunday

5.30 a.m. – Wake up

6.00 a.m. – Wake up

5.45

– Take a bath

6.30

– Breakfast

6.00

– Breakfast

6.45

– Help Mother

(housework)

6.15

– Go to school

9.30

– Visit friend or

watch TV

1.00 p.m. – Go home

12.30

– Lunch

2.00

– Do homework

or go to library

12.45

– Read

newspaper

4.00

– Games or

swimming

practice

1.30 p.m. – Nap time

6.00

– Television hour

6.00

– Television hour

7.30

– Dinner

7.30

– Dinner

8.00

– Family hour

(television,

reading, or

chatting)

8.00

– Studying

9.00

– Bedtime

9.00

– Bedtime

Surya’s Personal Timetable

Monday–Saturday

Sunday

5.00 a.m. – Wake up

6.00 a.m. – Wake up

5.35

– Take a bath

6.30

– Breakfast

6.00

– Breakfast

6.45

– Help Mother

(housework)

6.30

– Go to school

9.30

– Visit friend or

watch TV

2.00 p.m. – Go home

12.30

– Lunch

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Search for the following words. They appear

horizontally, vertically and diagonally.

Practice

8

voice

reliable

adolescence

interest

childhood

divert

learned

manhood

behaviour

unable

capable

change

trustworthy

skillful

cheerful

L E A R N E D S R T I V O I C E

A D F U L D I N T E R E S T X E

D C H C H E E R F U L A B S L E

O H O H I C E V O R D I V E R T

L I K A T O O D E C Y W A B L E

E L P N S B V L N A A M O B D I

S D L G H N B D L P K M O P L S

C H B E H A V I O U R A D S T E

E O B C N P D M O U V I N I H T

N O E U O M A N H O O D S A Y S

C D N K T T R U S T W O R T H Y

E S E R T I C A P A B L E B E N

Write your own timetable of what you usually do

every day.

Practice

7

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Growing Up

Read the excerpt from a diary below.

Enrich Your

Knowledge

This is a diary in the form of recount. It is almost similar to a narrative

text. But recount is usually shorter. Now write your own diary excerpt

about an event that you never forget. It could be a sad story, funny

story, or an amazing experience. Use these following questions to

help you.

1. When did the event happen?

2. Describe the event from the beginning to the end:

How did the event happen?

How did you feel?

How did you cope with that?

3. What consequences of the event did you feel after it

happened?

Bandung, May 3, 2008

Dear Diary,

I had a bad experience this morning. I had just celebrated my 15

th

birthday

yesterday. The party was very good. When I woke up this morning, I felt very

happy about the party.

I got on with my usual morning activities and went to school. When I arrived

at school and entered my classroom, everybody was looking at me. I wondered,

“why are they looking at me?”

I didn’t think about it much, so I sat in my usual chair. Suddenly, all of my

friends were laughing. They were pointing at my face. I felt very embarrassed so I

ran to the rest room. There was a mirror there. I looked to the mirror to fi nd out

why. I was surprised to see a big red pimple on my forehead. My classmates were

laughing at me because I looked like an Indian actress. I had never had pimple

before, so the whole day I had to cover my forehead with a head band.

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• Language Function

ʇ

Asking for approval

-

Is that all right?

-

Do you think ... ?

ʇ

Refusing and giving permission

- Yes, certainly

-

I'm afraid I can't let you stay until night

ʇ

Expressions to invite others

-

Would you like to ... ?

-

Shall we ... ?

Genre of text: Recount

ʇ

Social function :

-

to give the audience a description of what occurred and when it

occurred

-

to retell events for the purpose of informing or entertaining

ʇ

Generic structure:

-

orientation: the setting and introduce participants

-

events in time order: tell what happened, in what sequence

-

reorientation: optional-closure of events/ending

Two days ago, I was walking in the park by myself. Suddenly I heard

a noise behind some bushes....

• Grammar: WH-Questions

Example:

-

Who

ate the apple?

-

Whom

did you meet at the post of

À

ce this morning?.

-

What

made you cry?

-

When

did you see him?

-

Where

did you buy the dress?

L

earning Review

After studying all subjects in this chapter, answer the

following questions.

1. What have you learnt in this chapter?

2. What will you say to invite your friend to come to your

birthday party?

3. What do you say if someone invites you and you want

to accept the invitation?

4.

What do you say if someone invites you but you cannot

accept the invitation?

5.

What will you say if you want to congratulate someone?

6. What

will you say if you want to compliment someone?

If you

À

nd some dif

À

culties while answering the questions,

you can learn the subjects once more or you may consult

your teache

r.

Learning Essential

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Exercise of Chapters 1–3

A. Choose either a, b, c, or d for the

correct answer. Questions 1 to 8

are based on Text 1.

Te x t 1

1. Which group of sea creatures belongs

to the same family

.

a.

À

sh, octopus and crab

b. squid, crab and octopus

c.

crab, cuttle

À

sh and squid

d. cuttle

À

sh, octopus and squid

Octopus

The Octopus is a sea animal with

eight powerful feet which it uses as

hands. These are called tentacles. The

word “Octopus” comes from two greet

words that mean “eight feet”.

The octopus, the squid and the

cuttle

À

sh belong to the same family that

has no outside shells. Their bodies are

covered entirely with skin. Therefore the

body of an octopus is soft. It looks like

a big balloon. A fully-grown octopus can

be as large as 8,5 metres from the tip of

one tentacles to the tip of another. It can

weigh as much as 45 kilograms.

Besides using its tentacles to catch

small

À

sh, sea plants, crab and lobsters,

the octopus also uses them against its

enemies. The octopus wraps its tentacles

around the victim and squeezes it before

eating it.

The octopus escapes from its enemies

by giving out a thick dark

Á

uid to darken

the water. It can also change the colour

of its body to match its surroundings. It

hides from its enemies by doing this.

Adapted From

:

Target UPSR Citra Pintar Bahasa Inggris

2. How much a fully-grown octopus can

weigh?

a. 35 kilograms.

b. 40 kilograms.

c.

45 kilograms.

d. 55 kilograms.

3. How does the octopus hunt for food?

a. It uses colours.

b. It uses its teeth.

c.

It uses magic colour.

d. It uses its tentacles.

4. Before the octopus eats its victim it

.

a.

changes the colour of its body

b. realises a thick dark

Á

uid

c.

plays with

d. squeezes it

5. How large a fully-grown octopus can

be from the tip of one tentacle to the tip

of another?

a.

6,5 m etres.

b.

7,5 m etres.

c.

8,5 metres.

d. 9,5 metres.

6. What does the word “octopus” mean in

Greek?

a.

Monster.

c.

Dark w ater.

b. Fish.

d. Eight feet.

7. The word

them

in paragraph 3 refers to

the octopus’s

.

a. teeth c. tentacles

b. enemies d. lobsters

8. What does the octopus do to escape

from its enemy?

a. It runs.

b. It gives out a thick dark

Á

uid to

darken the water.

c.

It swims.

d. It stings the enemies.

9. Mira

a book.

a. read c. is read

b. reads d. was read

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10. The birds

into the sky.

a.

Á

y c. is

Á

y

b.

Á

ies d. was read

11. I

a mango tree in my yard.

a. has c. are having

b. have d. is having

12. She

at me.

a. smile c. is smile

b. smiles d. is smiles

13. The cat

all the plates on the

table.

a. break c. is break

b. breaks d. are break

14. Andi does not

to sing.

a. like c. to like

b. likes d. is like

15. They are Japanese. They

speak

Spanish well.

a. do c. do not

b. does d. does not

Questions 16 to 23 are based on the

following Text 2.

Te x t 2

Botanical Garden

I went to a botanical garden. It was

large, landscaped parks where plants

were grown for scienti

À

c purposes and for

public display. People could stroll down

Á

owers bordered paths or sat on benches

and admired the beautiful plants. Most

of the plants were labelled with their

popular as well as their scienti

À

c names.

In greenhouses, long, low buildings

made of glass and arti

À

cially heated; the

more delicate plants were cultivated.

One of the greatest botanical gardens

in the world today is the Royal Botanic

Garden at Kew, England. It is commonly

known as Kew Gardens. One of the largest

botanical gardens in the United States is

the New York Botanical Gardens, Bronx,

New York, which contains 13,000 species

varieties of plants.

16. What are botanical gardens? They are

large, landscaped parks where

are grown.

a. trees c. plants

b. shrubs d. vegetables

17. What are botanical gardens used for?

All the answers are correct, except

.

a. for camping

b. for scienti

À

c researches

c.

for scienti

À

c purposes

d. for public display

18. What are most of the plants labelled

with? All the answers are correct,

except

.

a. with their scienti

À

c names

b. with their popular names

c.

with their unfamiliar names

d. with their familiar names

19. What is a bench? It is a/an

made

of wood or stone.

a. round seat

b. equilateral seat

c.

short seat

d. long seat

20. What is a greenhouse? It is a long, low

building made of

and arti

À

cially

heated.

a. stone c. bricks

b. glass d. wood

21. The delicate plants are cultivated. One

of the following is not the meaning of

delicate

a.

À

ne. c. tender.

b. soft. d. harsh.

22. Where is the Royal Botanic Garden at

Kew?

a. In Europe.

b. In England.

c.

In West Europe.

d. In East Europe.

23. Where is the botanical garden in West

Java?

a. Bandung Botanical Garden.

b. Bogor Botanical Garden.

c.

Sukabumi Botanical Garden.

d. Lembang Botanical Garden.

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Exercise of Chapters 1-3

24. A chimpanzee is an African ape. It is

than a gorilla.

a. taller c. bigger

b. shorter d. smaller

25.

moon is so bright.

a. a c. it

b. an d. the

26. There is

new kid in class. His

name is Edi.

a. a c. the

b. an d. some

27. I do not like that shirt.

model is

old fashioned.

a. The c. That

b. It d. A

28. An octopus

eight foot.

a. have c. had

b. has d. is have

29. A raf

Á

esia

Á

ower

not smell

good.

a. do c. is

b. does d. are

30. Would you like to come to my party

tonight?

a. It does not matter.

b. No, I disagree about that.

c.

Well done.

d. I would love to.

31. Dela

:

our new teacher?

Andi

:

I think she is a very good

teacher. She is very nice and explains

the lessons very well.

a. Have you seen

b. Do you like

c.

May I have

d. What do you think about

32. Leo

: Mum, I have won the chess

competition.

Mother :

.

a. Of course

b. Sure

c. Congratulations

d. I’m sorry

33. Nana :

another cup of tea,

please?

Waitres : Yes, of course.

a. Do you think

b. Would you

c.

Can you

d. May I have

34. The person

you met this morning

was my uncle.

a. who c. that

b. whom d. which

35. Ucok :

do you live, Putra?

Putra : I live at Salon Makmur Sentosa

No. 62.

a. Why c. When

b. Who d. Where

36. Alan :

did you see in that

house last night?

Mike : I saw a shadow there.

a. What c. Whom

b. Who d. Where

37. Donita :

will you come to my

house?

Dikdik : At 7 p.m.

a. Who c. When

b. Why d. Where

38. Elsa :

did eat my apple on

the table?

Keke : I did.

a. Where c. Whom

b. Who d. What

39. Snakes

not have legs.

a. do c. did

b. does d. done

40.

sky is blue.

a. A c. Which

b. An d. The

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C. Change the following statements

into questions asking about the

words printed in italics.

6.

Mother

has taken the magazine.

7.

That

one is better.

8.

Sandy

wants to stay here.

9. I am looking for

my pen

.

10. She likes it

because it tastes nice

.

B. Make questions. Use the words or

phrases in the brackets.

1. The housemaid has dropped two of my

dinner-plates. (How many)

2. The children are clapping their hands.

(What)

3. Benjamin found his book yesterday.

(When)

4. His father became a mayor in 1998. (In

what year)

5. My brother saw Andi at the hospital.

(Where)