RECOUNT TEXT

RECOUNT TEXT

Task 1 Read the text carefully!

My Day

I had a terrible day yesterday. First, I woke up an hour late because my alarm clock didn’t go off. Then, I was such an hurry that I burned my hand when I was making breakfast. After breakfast, I got dressed so quickly that I forgot to wear socks.
Next, I ran out of the house trying to get the 9:30 bus, but of course I missed it. I wanted to take a taxi, but I didn’t have enough money.
Finally, I walked the three miles to my school only to discover that it was Sunday! I hope I never have a day as the one I had yesterday.
Task 2 Answer the following questions orally!

1. What happened to the writer yesterday?
2. Why did he wake up an hour late?
3. What did he do after having breakfast?
4. How far did the writer walk?
5. What does the writer hope?

Task 3 Complete the text with available words!
My first …………..(1) started when I was about four years old. I lived in a …………..(2) of Sydney, called Chatswood. I had a happy …………..(3). I remember when I was playing in a big garden. I fell from a big tree and …………..(4) my hand.
I had a …………..(5) friend. I don’t remember his name but I usually called him “Giant” because he was very …………..(6). He liked hitting and pulling my head. One day, I hit him on head with my bag. Consequently, his parents were …………..(7) with me.
I had a …………..(8) school time. I started my school at four. My …………..(9) teacher was Ms. Jude. She always asked me to …………..(10) a song every day. She was a good woman. She was just like my mom. I felt comfortable to be with her.

Sing Suburb Fat Wonderful Memory Broke Childhood angry naughty favorite

GRAMMAR SPOT: SIMPLE PAST TENSE

Task 4 Read and study the following dialog!
Tasya   : Hi! How was your weekend?
Rendy   : Great! I made a beautiful painting!
Tasya   : Wow! Where did you make the painting?
Rendy   : Well, I went to the park and I found a wonderful view
Tasya   : Then?
Rendy   : I went home and took my paints, canvas, and brushes
Tasya   : Did you spend the whole day for painting?
Rendy   : Yes, I finished at about three p.m.
Tasya   : What did you do then?
Rendy   : I went home and showed my painting to my mom
Tasya   : Did she like it?
Rendy   : Yes,she loves flowers very much. I painted colorful flowers in the park and she loved it!

Task 5 Answer the following questions!

1. What did Rendy do last weekend?
2. Where did Rendy make the painting?
3. What did Rendy need to make the painting?
4. What did he do after the painting finished?
5. Did his mother like his painting?

In the dialog above, we can find the use of Past Tense. Past Tense is used for:

• Explain past activities.
• Describe an event that began and ended before the present time.
• Describe an action that completed before now.

Past Tense takes the pattern of the following form:

Affirmative	S + Verb 2 + O + Adverb of time
Negative	S + did not + Verb 1 + O + Adverb of time
Interrogative	Did + S + Verb 1 + O + Adverb of time

The time indicators in Past Tense are as follows:
ü Yesterday
ü Just now
ü Last night, last week, last month, last year
ü Two days ago, a month ago, two weeks ago
Study the following example:

1. (+) She woke up late this morning.

(-) She didn’t wake up late this morning.
(?) Did she wake up late this morning.

1. (+) They wrote a letter yesterday.

(-) They didn’t write a letter yesterday.
(?)Did they write a letter yesterday.
Task 6 Rewrite the sentences by changing the verbs in the brackets in the correct form!

1. Sandra (meet) her favorite singer last night.

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1. This morning before school, I (sweep) the front yard.

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1. Jack (not – study) well last semester.

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1. Ellya (? – read) a new novel lately?

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1. Sofyan (run after) the thief yesterday.

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Task 7 Rewrite the following text in the past form!
Sania is a talented girl. When she is five years old, she wins the song festival for children in her local town. At the age of ten, she makes her first album on children song. She has a show every weekend. She is famous and rich.
Entering her teenage time, Sania sings more seriously. She has singing course every other day. Her second album is released when she is thirteen years old. At the age of seventeen Sania records her third album. It is a love song album. She becomes a great diva at her age of twentieth.
Answer:
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Task 8 Read the text and answer the questions!

Orientation	Recently I visited Sidney with my parents. We visited manyinteresting places. The one I enjoyed best was the Wildlife Park.
Events	The Wildlife park has a lot of different Australian animals and birds.First, we walked along the kangaroos and wallabies. We were allowed to touch them and feed them. I was very exciting to be so close to them.Then we saw koala bears. They looked very cuddly. I got my photograph taken with one of them. It is a wonderful souvenir of my holiday in Sidney. Next, we saw the crocodiles. I did not get so close with them because they had very big mouth and teeth. We also visited the aviary. There were some colorful birds there. I loved an old parrot which could talk.
Reorientation	I wish I could spend more time in the Wildlife Park. There was so much to see.

Questions:

1. What does the text tell about?
2. Where did the writer go recently?
3. What did the writer see first in Wildlife Park?
4. Why didn’t the writer get close to the crocodiles?
5. What did the writer wish?

Study the following explanation!
The text above is a Recount text. Recount text is a text that is used to retell past events. The text consists of the following parts:

1. Orientation

It is the beginning of the text. In orientation we can get information about the setting and the participants in the events.

1. Events

Events are the part of the story where we can get information about what was going on in the chronological order.

1. Reorientation

It is an optional closing of the events. Sometimes it doesn’t exist in recount text.
Language features in a recount text:
ü  Proper Nouns to identify those who involved in the text.
ü  Descriptive words to inform detail about who, what, when, where, and how.
ü  The use of Past Tense to retell past events.
ü  Words that show the order of events.
Significant grammatical features:
ü  Focus on specific participant
ü  Use of material processes
ü  Circumstances of time and place
ü  Use of past Tense
ü  Use of temporal sequence