RESPONSI BAHASA INGGRIS KELAS XI
25 MARET 2016
Activity 1
Read the text and
pay attention to the generic structure!
Title
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Aren't
you his Mother?
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Language Features
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Orientation
(who,
when, where)
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  A
young boy was playing with a ball in the street. He kicked it too hard, and it broke the window of a house and fell
inside. A lady came to the window
with the ball and shouted at the young boy, so he ran away, but he still
wanted his ball back. |
Adverb of Time
(in bold)
Action Verbs
(in italic)
Saying
Verbs
(in
italic)
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Event 1
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A few minutes
later he
returned and knocked at the door of
the house. When the lady answered it, he said, "My father's going
to come and fix your window very soon."
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Event 2
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After a few more
minutes a man came to the door with the tools in his
hand, so the lady let the boy take his ball away.
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Event 3
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When the man finished fixing the window, he said
to the lady, "That will cost you exactly ten dollars.
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Twist
(the
funny part)
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"But aren't you the father of that young
boy?" the woman asked, looking surprised, "No." he answered,
equally surprised. "Aren't you his mother?"
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Activity 10
Answer the questions according to the text
above!
1. Who were the participants in the story?
Answer:......................................................................................................................................
2. Where do you think the story happened?
Answer:......................................................................................................................................
3. When did the story happen?
Answer:......................................................................................................................................
4. What tense is mostly used in the story?
Answer:......................................................................................................................................
5. Which part of the story is funny?
Answer:......................................................................................................................................
6. How many events are there in the story?
Answer:......................................................................................................................................
7. Why do you think the story is funny?
Answer:......................................................................................................................................
8. What is the purpose of the writer telling the
story?
Answer:......................................................................................................................................
Activity
11
State true (T) or False (F) the sentences
below according to the story above!
1. A young boy broke the window consciously. ( … )
2. A young boy came back to the lady’s house to
take his ball. ( … )
3. His father came to the lady’s house and fixed
the window. ( … )
4. The man fixed the window costless. ( … )
5. The man thought that the lady was the young
boy’s mother. ( … )
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