Soal Latihan Descriptive Text

Read carefully and answer the questions below based on the text.

Text 1

Natural Bridge National Park

Natural Bridge National Park is luscious tropical rainforest.

It is located 110 kilometers from south of Brisbane and is reached by following the Pacific
Highway to Nerang and then by travelling through the Numinbah Valley. This scenic
roadway lies in the shadow of Lamington National Park.

The phenomenon of the rock formed into a natural ‘arch’ and the cave through which a
waterfall cascades is a short one-kilometer walk below a dense rainforest canopy from the
main picnic area. Swimming is permitted in the rock pools. Night-time visitors to the cave
will discover the unique feature of the glow worms. Picnic areas offers toilets, barbeque,
shelter sheds, water and fireplaces; however, overnight camping is not permitted.

1. What is the function of paragraph 1?

a. as an identification
b. as an orientation
c. as a thesis
d. as a classification
e. as an abstract

Jawaban: A

2. The text above is in form of………….

a. report
b. hortatory exposition
c. description
d. narrative
e. explanation

Jawaban : C

3. What is the communicative purpose of the text?

a. to present two points of views about natural bridge national park
b. to explain the bridge national park
c. to describe the bridge national park
d. to retell the bridge national park
e. to persuade readers to treat preserve the bridge nationl park

Jawaban: C

4. Where is the natural bridge national park located?

a. 110 kilometers from South of Brisbane
b. 110 kilometers from Pacific Highway
c. 110 kilometers from Numinbah Valley
d. 110 kilometers from Lamington National Park
e. 110 kilometers from Nerang

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Jawaban: A

5. What the visitors will see in the night?

a. common glow worm
b. the unique feature of the glow worms
c. a great dark cave
d. the unique rocks
e. the fantastic bridge

Jawaban A

6. The word ‘luscious’ in the text means………..

a. Succulent
b. Dense
c. Dull
d. Dry
e. Arid

Jawaban: A

Read the text carefully and answer the questions below

Peter

Peter is the youngest in our family. He is fourteen years old and four years younger than me.
He has long, straight hair, bright eyes and a friendly smile. Sometimes he is rather naughty at
home, but he usually does what he is asked to do.

Peter is interested in sports very much, and at school, he plays football and tennis. He is the
best badminton player in our family.

7. How old is Peter? He is … years old.

a. Four
b. Fourteen
c. Forty
d. Ten
e. eleven

Jawaban B

8. The writer is … years old.

a. Fourteen
b. Sixteen
c. Eighteen
d. Nineteen
e. Eleven

Jawaban C

9. Which of the following statement is not true about Peter?

a. He has long and straight hair.

b. He has bright eyes.
c. He is interested in sports.

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 d. He plays football and tennis.
e. He love to swim

Jawaban C

10. According to the passage, we know that Peter is ….

a. The writer’s youngest brother

b. The writer’s elder brother
c. A naughty boy
d. A friendly boy
e. The cute boy

Jawaban A

11. It is implied in the passage that ….

a. Peter is naughty.
b. Peter is lazy.
c. Peter is unfriendly.
d. Peter is diligent.
e. Peter is sleepy.

Jawaban D

12. From the text, we may conclude that….

a. Many people do not like Peter.

b. People is older that the writer.
c. Peter is a welcoming person.
d. Peter is not diligent at all.
e. Peter is very kind

Jawaban C

13. What is the text mostly about?

a. Peter
b. Peter’s hobby
c. Peter’s family
d. peters’ elder brother
e. peter’s sister

Jawaban A

14. ”He is fourteen years old and four years younger Than me.”

The underlined word refers to ….

a. Peter
b. The writer
c. The writer’s brother
d. the writer’s family
e. The writer’s sister

Jawaban: B

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15.“Peter is interested in sports very much, and at school he plays football and tennis.” The
underlined phrase can be replaced by ….

a. Dislike sport
b. Really likes sport
c. Hates sport very much
d. Finds sport not really entertaining
e. Sports is lame

Jawaban B

16. “But he usually does what he is asked to do”

The underlined phrase means …

a. He does anything he wants.

b. He always asks.
c. He is lazy.
d. He is diligent.
e. He is crazy

Jawaban D

 peaceful green (opinion – color)

 tall old (size – age)

 lovely white (opinion – color)

 pretty blue (opinion – color)

 old wooden (Age – material)

 beautiful glass (opinion – material)

 long soft silk (size – physical quality - material)

 large round dining (size – shape – purpose)

 delicious tender (opinion – physical quality)

Soal Latihan Descriptive Text

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Read carefully and answer the questions below based on the text.

Text 1

Natural Bridge National Park

Natural Bridge National Park is luscious tropical rainforest.

It is located 110 kilometers from south of Brisbane and is reached by following the Pacific
Highway to Nerang and then by travelling through the Numinbah Valley. This scenic
roadway lies in the shadow of Lamington National Park.

The phenomenon of the rock formed into a natural ‘arch’ and the cave through which a
waterfall cascades is a short one-kilometer walk below a dense rainforest canopy from the
main picnic area. Swimming is permitted in the rock pools. Night-time visitors to the cave
will discover the unique feature of the glow worms. Picnic areas offers toilets, barbeque,
shelter sheds, water and fireplaces; however, overnight camping is not permitted.

1. What is the function of paragraph 1?

a. as an identification
b. as an orientation
c. as a thesis
d. as a classification
e. as an abstract
2. The text above is in form of………….
a. report
b. hortatory exposition
c. description
d. narrative
e. explanation
3. What is the communicative purpose of the text?
a. to present two points of views about natural bridge national park
b. to explain the bridge national park
c. to describe the bridge national park
d. to retell the bridge national park
e. to persuade readers to treat preserve the bridge nationl park
4. Where is the natural bridge national park located?
a. 110 kilometers from South of Brisbane
b. 110 kilometers from Pacific Highway
c. 110 kilometers from Numinbah Valley
d. 110 kilometers from Lamington National Park
e. 110 kilometers from Nerang
5. What the visitors will see in the night?
a. common glow worm
b. the unique feature of the glow worms
c. a great dark cave
d. the unique rocks
e. the fantastic bridge
6. The word ‘luscious’ in the text means………..
a. Succulent
b. Dense
c. Dull

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 d. Dry
e. Arid

Read the text carefully and answer the questions below

Peter

Peter is the youngest in our family. He is fourteen years old and four years younger than me.
He has long, straight hair, bright eyes and a friendly smile. Sometimes he is rather naughty at
home, but he usually does what he is asked to do.

Peter is interested in sports very much, and at school, he plays football and tennis. He is the
best badminton player in our family.
7. How old is Peter? He is … years old.
a. Four
b. Fourteen
c. Forty
d. Ten
e. eleven
8. The writer is … years old.
a. Fourteen
b. Sixteen
c. Eighteen
d. Nineteen
e. Eleven
9. Which of the following statement is not true about Peter?
a. He has long and straight hair.
b. He has bright eyes.
c. He is interested in sports.
d. He plays football and tennis.
e. He love to swim
10. According to the passage, we know that Peter is ….
a. The writer’s youngest brother
b. The writer’s elder brother
c. A naughty boy
d. A friendly boy
e. The cute boy
11. It is implied in the passage that ….
a. Peter is naughty.
b. Peter is lazy.
c. Peter is unfriendly.
d. Peter is diligent.
e. Peter is sleepy.
12. From the text, we may conclude that….
a. Many people do not like Peter.
b. People is older that the writer.
c. Peter is a welcoming person.
d. Peter is not diligent at all.
e. Peter is very kind
13. What is the text mostly about?
a. Peter

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 b. Peter’s hobby
c. Peter’s family
d. peters’ elder brother
e. peter’s sister
14. ”He is fourteen years old and four years younger Than me.”
The underlined word refers to ….
a. Peter
b. The writer
c. The writer’s brother
d. the writer’s family
e. The writer’s sister
15.“Peter is interested in sports very much, and at school he plays football and tennis.” The
underlined phrase can be replaced by ….
a. Dislike sport
b. Really likes sport
c. Hates sport very much
d. Finds sport not really entertaining
e. Sports is lame
16. “But he usually does what he is asked to do”
The underlined phrase means …
a. He does anything he wants.
b. He always asks.
c. He is lazy.
d. He is diligent.
e. He is crazy

Sesuaikan dan urutkan kata sifat berikut dengan benar!

1. Do you want me to tell you about my home? Ok, I’ll explain it. So, I love my home so
much because it is neat and “homey”. It is a green peaceful colour(1), is full of old tall
(2) trees and there are lots of white lovely (3) puppies and kittens. It makes me
comfortable staying at home all day!

2. My daughter has blue pretty (4) eyes! She stays with her uncle who likes to collect
wooden old (5) furniture, such as tables and chairs. His wife is addicted to glass beautiful
(6) goods. They are such a cute couple!

3. When I visited Yogyakarta last year, a seller offered me a soft long silk (7) fabric with
amazing prints and he said that the pattern is typical Javanese. Without any hesitation, I
bought three as souvenirs for my family.

4. February 14th is Valentine’s Day! My husband took me to a romantic dinner, and I was
overwhelmed by the décor. The round large dining table (8) with white candles and
beautiful white roses. It was fully white, which is my favourite colour. The food was
amazing. It was tender delicious (9) beef with various fresh vegetables. Also, the drink
was perfect!

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