UTS B.INGGRIS KELAS 8

I. Choose the correct answer by crossing a, b, c, or d !

1. Tanto : Will you come to my birthday party ?

     Ratih  : Of course, I will.

     The utterance in italics expresses……..

A.     accepting an invitation                                               

B.     inviting someone                                                        

C.     offering help

D.     asking someone to do something

2.  Deny : “Hi, Sisca. Can I help you ?”.       

     Sisca : “Yes, bring me this suitcase, please”

     The utterance in italics expresses……..

A.     accepting an invitation                                               

B.     inviting someone                                                        

C.     offering help

D.     asking someone to do something

3.  Seller : “Can I help you, Madam ?”.          

Buyer: “Yes, please. I’d like to buy some oranges”

The utterance in italics expresses……..

A.     accepting a help                                                         

B.     refusing a hep                                                            

C.     offering help

D.     asking for a help

4.  Tiny : “Can you take me a glass of water in the kitchen, Tom ?”

Tom : “O.K, Tiny”

The utterance in italics expresses……..

A.     accepting a help                                                         

B.     refusing a hep                                                            

C.     offering help

D.     asking for a help

5.  Ranty: “Hi, Susan”

     Susan: “Hi, Ranty.”     “Hey…, How beautiful your shoes !”

The utterance in italics expresses……..

A.     giving agreement                                                       

B.     introducing                                                                  

C.     complimenting

D.     offering a help

6.  Diandra : “ What do you think about Agatha Christy novel, Clara ?”

     Clara     : “ I think the story is very interesting”

A.     expression about like

B.     asking for agreement                                                 

C.     giving opinion

D.     asking for opinion

7.  Zulfa : “ What’s your opinion Face Book, Azzam ?”

     Azzam : “ In my opinion Face Book is very useful and interesting.”

The utterance in italics expresses……..

A.                                               expression about like

B.     asking for agreement                                                 

C.     giving opinion

D.     asking for opinion

The question 8 to 10 are based on the following the dialogue !

            The Chairman is asking for the member’s agreement to plan.

     The Chairman : “ Well, everyone, do we all agree with the journey to Bromo Mount ?”

     Wildan            : “I think so”

     Wely               : “I agree”

     The Chairman : “How about you Rheina ?”

     Rheina            : “I’m sorry, but I can’t go along with you on that”

8.  The utterance in italics expresses……..

A.     expression about like

B.     asking for agreement                                                 

C.     giving opinion

D.     asking for opinion

9.  What does Rheina’s utterance mean ?

A.     expression about disagreement

B.     expression of asking for agreement                                                                 

C.     expression of giving opinion

D.     expression of asking for opinion

10.  What do Wildan and Wily’s utterance mean ?

A.     expression of giving opinion

B.     expression of asking for agreement                                                                 

C.     expression of giving agreement

D.     expression of asking for opinion

11.  Febry: “ What do you know about John Lenon ?”

       Erica : “Every body said that He was a singer.”

       The utterance in italics expresses……..

A.     asking for opinion

B.     giving for information                                                 

C.     asking for agreement

D.     expression denial

Elephants

Elephants are the largest mammals in the world. Although they  have huge bodies and great power, their movement are smooth and gentle.

Newly born elephants usually have thick hair all over their body. When they grow up the hair become sparser. Adult elephants have almost no hair.

A female elephants carries her unborn young for about 20 to 22 months. Within  a hour of birth, the baby elephant can stand on its own feet. The baby elephant is usually about one meter high and weigh about one hundred kilograms.

The question 12 to 15 are based on the following text

12.  What type of text is it ? It is a …. text.

A.    descriptive                     

B.    recount                           

C.narrative                           

D.procedure

13.     What tense mostly used in this text ?

A.    present continous tense                                           

B.    simple present tense                                                

C.present future tense

D.simple past tense

14.     The whole text tells us about…..

A.    elephant                         

B.    baby elephant                

C.adult elephant                   

D.body elephant

15.     What is the purpose of thes text ?

A.    to entertain the readers                                            

B.    to inform something

C.to retell about past events

D.to describe a particular thing

16.     Elephant is a “big” animal” The synonym of the bold word is ……..

              A small                                 

              B. giant                                 

              C lazy                                   

              D clever

17.     A buffalo is ………. Than a goat

               A taller                                 

               B bigger                               

               C smaller                             

               D shorter

18.     Sinta : What do you……… about Magelang ?

          Irma  : According to me, it is peaceful, quite, cool and beautiful.

                A know                                

                B describe                           

                C think                                 

                D tell

19.     Adi    : May I use your bird cage, please ?

          Irma  : ………...    I will use it for my new Cocak Rowo 

A.    sure                                

B.    certaintly                        

C.sorry                                 

D.why not ?

20.     Tomy   :Rendy, did you borrow my ballpoint ?

          Rendy  : ……..

          Tomy   : Sorry, Maybe Edo borrowed it.

              A  yes, I did that                                                              

              B   that’s right

              C no, I didn’t do that

              D  that’s my mistake

III. Answer these questions correctly !

Dear Benny,

I’ve read your writing composition. It’s lovely. But there are some I’d like you to notice about :

1.    Be careful with the spelling

2.   Use the proper pronoun

3.   Pay attention to the word choice by consulting your dictionary

I can’t wait to read your next  writing. See you in my class then.

1.    Who is Ms. Sari ?

2.    What is the message about ?

3.    What should Benny do in choosing appropriate words ?

4.    How many advises does Ms. Sari give to Benny to make his composition more nicely ?

5.    “It’s lovely”. What does the word “it” refer to ?

         Make the sentence of the comparison degree based on the description provided !

6         6  “ A giraffe has big brown eyes and a rhinoceros has small eyes".

7         7 “Reza’s bicycle is 165.000 rupiahs and  Yunita’s bicycle is 155.000 rupiahs.

         Arrange these words into a good sentence !

8         8 world – the – mammals – largest – in – elephants – are – the

Change into the Simple Past Tense form of the verb in brackets !

9.  Miss. Alice (teach) English yesterday

10.  Arrange these sentences into a good paragraph !

a. The giraffe has big brown eyes.

b. It is male and it is about six meters tall.

c. One the most interesting animals in the zoo is the giraffe.

d. They are protected by very thick lashes.

e. This is the giraffe we saw at the zoo.