Test Descriptive Text

TEST OF DESCRIPTIVE TEXT
School
: SMP N 2 Welahan
Lesson/Subject
: English
Class
: VIII
Semester
: 2 (second semester )
Lesson Year
: 2013/2014
Time/Duration
: 40 minutes
A. Choose one of the answer by choosing a, b, c, d!

Read the text to answer the question 1-5
I have pets. they are four dogs. I call them Gambul, Timbul,
Boni, Abu. They are very nice. I often play with them. Sometimes they
sleep in the same bed with me.
Gambul is a dachshund. He is short with long body and four strong
legs. Timbul is a collie. She has long thick fur. Its fur is brown. Boni
is a
dalmatian. She has a slim body and four long legs. She has thin fur
and dots all over her body.
The last is Abu. He is a bulldog. He has a large head, short neck and
thick short legs. He is very strong.
1. How many dogs in the text above?
a. Three
b. Four
c. Five
d. six
2. He is short with long body and four strong legs.

He refers to.
a. Dachshund
b. Gambul c. Collie
d. Abu
3. How is the name of dogs which has a large head, short neck, and thick
short legs?
a. Gambul
b. Dalmatian c. Abu d. Bulldog
4. In the text there are four dogs, except.
a. Bona
b. Timbul c. Gambul d. Abu
5. Based on the the text, the writer mostly uses.
a. Passive Voice
b. Simple Present Tense
c. Simple Past Tense
d. Present Perfect Tense
Our New House
This is our new house. It has a two storey house. It is
small but has a large yard and a garden. It has three bedrooms, a
living room, a dining room, a bathroom, a kitchen, and a small garage.
The bedrooms and the bathroom are upstairs. The other one
are downstairs. We like living here because it is very nice. The house is
lcated on Jalan Kuningan Bandung. It is on the second turning road
of the street which is surrounded by long fence and two wide gates to
enter the house yard.
In the house yard, there is a mango tree and various kinds of plants
such as firs, palms, flowers, etc. In the garden, there are a lot of trees
such as mango trees, rambutan, papaya, dukus, kelengkeng, orange
and banana trees. Having a lot of
plants and trees makes the air in and around the house feel cool and
fresh.
6. The communicative purpose of the text is.
a. to describe a particular place
b. to share an amusing incident with others
c. to present two points of view about an issue
d. to retell events for the purpose of informing
7. How does the writer organize the text ?
a. Orientation even- Reorientation
b. Identification- Description
c. Orientation- Complication-Reorientation
d. Aim- material- steps- resolution
8. What are the fuctions of paragraph 2,3, and 4 ?
a. as events
b. as thesis
c. as description
d. as identification
9. What is the main idea of the paragraph 3 ?
a. It is on the second turning road of the street
b. It is surrounded by long fence
c. It is surrounded by two wide gates
d. The house is located on Jalan Kuningan Bandung
10. Which statement is TRUE according to the text?
a. The our new house is very bad
b. The our new house is very nice
c. The our new house is not cool and fresh
d. The our new house is not large
11. How many the bedrooms are in the new house?
a. One
b. Two
c. Three
d. Four
12. What tenses are mostly used in the descriptive text?
a. Simple Present Tense
b. Simple Past Tense
c. Present Perfect Tense
d. Present Continuous Tense

The Bogor Botanical Garden
The famous public garden is the Bogor Botanical Gardens. It is
located in 60 kilometers south of Jakarta. It was built at the order of
the British Governor, Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles. But the Dutch
Governor-General, Van Der Cappeler opened it in 1817.
The large park convers an area of 87 hectares and has more
than 15.000 kinds of trees and plants.There are 400 different types
of Palm, mre than 5000 kinds of orchids ftom Indonesia and abroad, and
the giant Rafflesia which bloom only once a year. During the 19th century
this garden was famous for the study of tea, cassava, tobacco, cinchona,
and other plants. It opens daily from 09.00-17.00 for visitors. There is
also a botanical library where students can find a lot of books on botany.
Three branches of the Bogor Botanical gardens are the Cibodas
Botanical Gardens, the Purwodadi Botanical Gardens, and the Eka
Karya Botanical Gardens. The Cibodas Botanical Gardens was built
for study of the flora and fauna on mountain. The Purwodadi Botanical
Gardens was built for study plants of dry area. The Eka Karya Botanical
Gardens was built for the study of the flora on the mountain in west Nusa
Tenggara.
13. The text above describe about?
a. Bogor
c. Garden
b. The Bogor Botanical Garden d. Place
14. When did the Bogor Botanical Garden opened?
a. 19th century
c. in 1817
b. 20th century
d. in 1818
15. Which is TRUE according to the text?
a. The Bogor Botanical Garden is 1817 years old
b. We can see the flower of Rafflesia once a year
c. There are two branches of the Bogor Botanical Garden
d. The Bogor Botanical Garden is located in east java
16. It opens daily from 09.00-17.00.
It refers to.
a. Other plants
b. Flower of Rafflesia
c. Botanical library
d. The Bogor Botanical Garden
17. How many branches of the Bogor Botanical Gardens?
a. Two
c. Four
b. Three
d. Five
18. What is the name of garden which was built for study of the flora and
fauna on mountain?
a.
b.
c.
d.
The Bogor Botanical Garden

The Purwodadi Botanical Garden
The Cibodas Botanical Garden
The Eka Karya Botanical Garden
19. The last paragraph is about?

a. Located of the Bogor Botanical Garden
b. The flower of Rafflesia
c. The Botanical library
d. Branches of the Bogor Botanical Garden
20. What is the type of the text above?
a. Descriptive
c. Recount
b. Narrative
d. Report
I have a garden at the back yard. It is big and clean. My family and I
love gardening. In my garden you can find some flowers, vegetables and
fruit trees. My plants some flowers such as roses, jasmines, and
sunflowers. When they are blossoming, my garden looks so nice and
colorful. It also smells fragrant which attracts many insect to perch on the
flowers. My mother plants some vegetables such as chilies, spinach and
eggplants.
Beside, every corner, my father plants a fruit tree. We have some
fruit trees such as bananas, mangoes, and rambutans.
Let me tell you. The garden becomes one of my familys favorite
places. We like to sit on the benches under the trees. We like to do it
because we can relax and get the fresh air. We often have a chat or a
small discussion there. Furthermore, when the fruits are ripe, we can enjoy
them together. We always keep the garden clean. We always sweep fallen
leaves and water the trees in truns.We also give the trees and plants
fertilizer so they grow well.
21. Paragraph 1 is the ... of the text.
a. Description
b. Identification
c. Reorientation
d. Orientation
22. Paragraph 3 is the ... of the text

a. Description
b. Identification
c. Reorientation
d. Orientation
23. What is the purpose of the text?

a. To tell about fruit trees
b. To amuse readers with the characteristic of garden
c. To describe particular place of my garden
d. To describe garden in general.
24. What is the generic structure of the text above?

a. orientation series of events reorientation
b. orientation series of events twist
c. generic classification description
d. identification description
25. Where is the location of the garden?
a. In the house
b. In the front of house
c. Behind the house
d. Beside the house

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TEST OF DESCRIPTIVE TEXT

A. Choose one of the answer by choosing a, b, c, d!

2. He is short with long body and four strong legs.

d. Present Continuous Tense

The Bogor Botanical Garden

19. The last paragraph is about?

22. Paragraph 3 is the ... of the text

23. What is the purpose of the text?

24. What is the generic structure of the text above?

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