RECOUNT TEXT

Pengertian Recount Text  

by:Miss Wulan

 A. Ringkasan Materi 
1. Purpose                 : To retell the past event / experience.

2. Generic Structure  :

    a. Orientation: • Introducing who/what/when/where
        • (berisi pendahuluan tentang peristiwa yang terjadi, tokoh yang terlibat dalam peristiwa tersebut,  tempat, serta waktu peristiwa itu terjadi.)
     b. Events
        • (berisi jalinan peristiwa/kejadian yang ada dalam cerita pengalaman tersebut. Bagian ini biasanya    terdiri atas beberapa peristiwa.)
     c. Reorientation:
         • personal comment
         • (berisi tentang rangkuman/penutup cerita)
3. Language Features:
        • Past tense
        • Past continuous tense
        • Etc (dealing with the past events)

 B. The First Exercise Of Recount Text! 

         It was my grandpa’s birthday last Sunday. On Friday, my sister and I went shopping. We found a nice Batik shirt. We bought it and wrapped it in a blue paper. Blue is my grandpa’s favourite color.
         On Saturday morning, my brother and I helped our sister in the kitchen. We made a birthday cake. It was a big and beautiful cake. I wrote Happy Birthday on it. We put some chocolate and a big candle on top of it.
        On Sunday evening, we had a party. My uncle and my aunt came to my house. They brought some coke and flowers for my grandpa. We sat together in our living room. My dad said a beautiful prayer. Then, we sang “Happy Birthday” and my grandpa blew out the candle. He cut the cake and gave it to everybody in that room. He opened his present and he was very happy with the shirt. Finally, my grandpa told us some stories.

Source: EOS Erlangga 

1. Where did the writer and his family celebrate their grandpa’s birthday?
     a. In the living room
     b. In the kitchen
     c. In the shopping
     d. In the writer’s uncle’s house
2. The correct sentence based on the text is ...
     a. The nice batik shirt bought by the writer is blue
     b. The writer bought a birthday cake for his grand father
     c. The writer’s uncle and aunt came on Sunday
     d. The family didn’t get a birthday cake
3. The text is a / an ... text.
     a. Descriptive
     b. Report
     c. Narrative
     d. Recount
4. What is the purpose of the text?
    a. To present a point of view
    b. To inform past events
    c. To describe something
    d. To persuade the readers
5. Which idea can you find in the 2nd paragraph?
    a. The writer bought a nice shirt for his grandpa.
    b. The writer and family celebrated their grandpa’s birthday
    c. The writer’s uncle came to his house to celebrate his grandpa’s birthday
    d. The writer and his family prepared their grandpa’s birthday
6. Candle means...
    a. A lamp to give a light
    b. A kind of match which is burnt to give fire
    c. Round stick of wax which is lit to burn with a light – giving flame
    d. An electronic lamp which can be switched on to produce the flame
7. We put some chocolate and a big candle on top of it. The underlined word refers to...
    a. a candle is on the cake
    b. some chocolate is on the candle
    c. a candle is above the cake d. the cake
8. The synonym of “present” in the text is...
    a. existence
    b. right now
    c. feast
   d. gift
9. A living room is one of the parts of house. Which is used to ...
   a. receive the family
   b. prepare the meal
   c. gather the family member
   d. hold a party
10. We bought it and wrapped it in blue paper (paragraph 1). The word “wrapped” has the same meaning as ...
    a. decorated
    b. packed
    c. took
    d. covered
The Key: 
1. A              6. C
2. C              7.D
3. D              8.D
4. B              9.A
5. D             10.D