Recount Text: Flood in Purwodadi and Having Stomachache

Level: English for Junior High School
24-hours online learning

Example of Recount Text 1

Flood in Purwodadi

It was still raining when I was home. The rain did not stop and became bigger when the night had come. People were standing in front of their house, hoping that the flood would not come. In the middle of the night, I got news that south Purwodadi had been drowned.

The next day, Purwodadi had become a flood area. All activities were paralyzed. No one went for work or school because the land had been covered by flood. However, I thanked God for not allowing the flood enter my house. Even my house had been changed into an emergency kitchen. It was so crowded there. My father and I took a walk around the center market and central Purwodadi. All that we could see was water and water. At night, the flood looked like a beautiful ocean with moonlight on it. I felt as if I was one of the passenger of Titanic who was sailing on the sea.

Finally, the flood was starting to decrease in the next morning. My family and I cleaned our front yard together. That was the greatest flood that I had ever experienced in my hometown.

Example of Recount Text 2

Having Stomachache

I had a really bad experience last Tuesday. That evening, I saw some mangoes on the table. I was happy because I really like the fruit. I peeled one and ate greedily. I peeled another two. My mother had advised me not to do so, but I said that I would be just fine.

The next morning, I went to school. The first class was Math and I had a test. During the test, I suddenly felt my stomachache. I tried to control it and finish my test. However, I could not. I had to go to the toilet. I went there three times. Because of my awkward behavior, my teacher thought that I had been cheating. I explained what happened. He understood.

However, the test time was almost over and certainly I could not finish it. Luckily, the teacher understood and gave me a chance to do a remedial test the following day. Oh, what a pity! I felt regretful, not listening to my mother's advice.

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Movie: Snowtime (2015)

Snowtime (2015)

Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family
Director: Francois Brisson, Jean-Francois Pouliot
Actors: Angela Galuppo, Lucinda Davis, Mariloup Wolfe, Nicholas Savard-L'Herbier
Quality: BluRay 720p
Source: 720p BluRay x264-RUSTED
Country: Canada
Subtitle: Indonesia, English
Synopsis: When winter break arrives, a boy and his friends are joined by the new girl in town for a prolonged snowball fight.

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The Magic Candle

Level: English for Junior and Senior High School
24-hours online learning

The Magic Candle

One day, a young wanderer got lost in the wood. Suddenly, he saw a light from an old hut. He knocked on the door, and an old woman opened it. She was crying. She said that a devil had stolen her magic candle. The candle could grant anything she asked. The wanderer asked her where the devil lived. "In a castle not far from here," said the old woman.

The wanderer went to the castle. There he found the devil but he was old and weak. Therefore, when the wanderer grabbed the magic candle from the devil's table and ran away, he couldn't chase him.

However, the wanderer was not a kind man. He didn't return the candle to the old woman, but kept it for himself. He lit the candle and made a wish, "I want to go far from here."

Suddenly, a genie appeared and took him to a beautiful palace. There was a party in the palace. The wanderer wanted to make some money. So, he lit the candle again and wished for some jewelry. He sold them to the guests and was soon making a lot of money. Then, a princess came to buy some jewelry, but there was nothing left. The wanderer fell in love with her, and asked her to marry him. The kind princess said "yes", and they got married the next day.

In his happiness, the wanderer told the princess about his adventure and the magic candle. Hearing that, the princess got very angry. At night, she lit the candle and wished the wanderer disappeared.

In the morning, the wanderer awoke and found himself back in his ugly house in the village.

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Recount Text: Going to a Department Store & My Trip in Greece

Level: English for Junior Junior High School
Grade 8 Semester 2
24-hours online learning

In this part of the test, the students are trained to understand recount text. There are two recount texts in this part, the first entitled Going to a Department Store and another one is My Trip in Greece. There are ten questions about those passages which are in the form of multiple choices. The students have to get at least 80 to pass.

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