Description

•       Description is about sensory experience—how something looks, sounds, tastes. Mostly it is about visual experience, but description also deals with other kinds of perception.

•       But in specially, descriptive text "...... is a text which says what a person or a thing is like. Its purpose is to describe and reveal a particular person, place, or thing."

Using simple present tense and adjective

Generic structure   Identification              : identifies the phenomenon to be described

Description         : describes parts, qualities, and the characteristic of

the person, place, or thing to be describe

My Lovely Home

My house is only five-minutes work from my school

It is not very big, but very cozy and quiet. This is the place where we can relax and find our own space. In our home, we really enjoy our relaxing time from the pressure of school and work. It is home sweet home.

My Favorite Teacher

                There are about fifty eight teachers in my school. Most of them are kind and helpful. But my favorite one is Mr. Hery, my English teacher.

                Mr. Hery is tall and slim enough. He is about forty  years old, and wears glasses. Mr. Hery is always neatly dressed. To school he rarely carries a briefcase.

My Cat

I have a pet, its name is catty.

                It always sleep on my bedroom with me and often scratc………………………..h my badcover. it eats animal food and does not like fish. Catty is my beautiful pet

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The text is for questions 25 to 27
My uncle Martin is my mother’s elder brother. He is my favorite among my mother’s brothers. He is a very interesting man. He lives quite near us with my aunt Angela and my cousins Anne and Bob. I often go to his house.
He is about 45 with grey hair. He is still quite good looking. He is tall and well built. He has blue eyes and a strong face. He wears glasses. He is short sighted. He takes them off when he doesn’t work.
Uncle Martin is a textile engineer. He works for a big firm in the city. He travels widely in his job. He is an expert in solving problems with machines. At present, he is in the United States. He is visiting the firm’s customer there.
He is very fond of sea. He has a boat at the seaside. He goes there every weekend in summer to sail it. I sometimes stay with my cousin at their house on the coast. When Uncle Martin is at home, he usually takes us out in the boat.

1. Who is Uncle Martin?

A. Bob's father.

B. Anne's uncle.

C. My mother's uncle.

D. Aunt Angela's neighbour.

2. Which paragraph talks about the physical description of Uncle Martin?

A. 1

B. 2

C. 3

D. 4

3. How many children does Uncle Martin have?

A.One

B. Two

C. Three

D. Four 

25. Uncle Martin lives in his house together with….
a. his wife, his daughter and son
b. his aunt and two cousins
c. his mother and elder brother
d. his mother’s brother

26. When does he take his glasses on? When ….
a. he doesn’t work
b. he work
c. he is short sighted.
d. he sees an optician.

27. What does paragraph 4 tell us about?
a. Uncle Martin’s job
b. Uncle Martin’s description physically
c. Uncle Martin’s hobby
d. Uncle Martin’s family

My Doll

My favorite toy is a doll. I named my doll Becky. I got in in my12th birthday. My dad bought it for me when he was in England. Becky is 16 cm tall doll with plastic head, arms, and legs and a white cloth stuffed body. Her body is covered with yellow, orange, and green flower bud prints. She has a long auburn-red brush-able hair, green eyes. There are freckles on her cheek. There are also two dimples near her mouth on the left and on the right. They make her more beautiful. I put her at my side when I sleep at night. I like my doll very much. I sometimes ask my friends to come to my house and play with Becky. They like Becky too.

4. What does the text tell us about?

A. My favorite toy.

B. The writer's favorite doll.

C. A birthday party.

D. A doll

5. What are on Becky's face?

A. White cloth.

B. Auburn red hair.

C. Freckles and dimples.

D. Flower bud prints 

6. "They make her more beautiful." The underlined word refers to ...

A. Freckles.

B. Green eyes.

C. The left and bright cheeks.

D. The dimples.

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

8. The writer is … years old.

A. Fourteen

B. Sixteen

C. Eighteen

D. Nineteen

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 not interested in sports.

D. He plays football and tennis.

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

A. The writer’s youngest brother

B. He writer’s elder brother

C. A naughty boy

D. A friendly boy

Singapore is a city state; it is a city but it is a state. It is a republic. Along with Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines and Brunei, it belong to ASEAN, The Association of South Asian Nations.

Like Indonesia, Singapore is a country of “Bhineka Tunggal Eka”. Chinese, Malays, Indians, and Eurasians make up its citizens. Other Asians, including Indonesians, Japanese, Philippines, Koreans, Thai, Arabs, also live on that tiny island. Singapore is sometimes called “ Instant Asia” because you can see varieties of customs, culture and foods of nearly all Asia in Singapore.

6.    The text mainly talks about Singapore as   

       ____________.

        A.  A  nation.

       B.    An island.

       C.    A republic.

       D.   A city states.

       E.    A member of ASEAN.

7.    Singapore’s citizens consist of__________

.     A.Brunei, Indians.                  

       B. Chinese, Thais, and Arab. 

.     C.Chinese, Malays, Indians and Eurasians.    

      D.Eurasians  and Philippines.

      E.Asians and Arabs.

 8.  “……Koreans, Thais, and Arabs live on that tiny island.” (paragraph 2 ) The underlined word may be replaced by “very_______”

      A.        Cute.              

      B.        Huge.

      C.        Small.

      D.        Broad.

TEXT 1

We know, most catslook so cute and clean, so is my cat. It is Bugel. My cat named Bugel because it looks so cute, tail Bugel and makes me always want to hug it and hug her every day. Do you want to know about my cat? Bugel has gray fur and white. It is so soft. And makes me always want to hug her. He has beautiful eyes. Its tail Bugel ..and he also has sharp teeth and of course it makes me scary. The whiskers in his mouth to make the funny. However, although he looks very cute and funny, when it's angry or want to catch prey such as mice, it is very scary for me. Claws are sharp and seem so long. Her voice sounded like a tiger also changed. I never approached her when he was angry. That cat isBugel.

TEXT 2

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.

 (sumber: pegangan guru untuk SMP/MTS olehBachtiarBimaMustriana, 2009, PT IntanPariwara)

Vocabularies: Young: muda, long: panjang, straight: lurus, hair: rambut, bright: cerah, friendly: ramah, rather: agak, naughty: nakal, interested: tertarik, player: pemain.

Text 1

1.      Who is name of writer's cat?

2.       Bugel's tail always make writer's want to…?

3.       Bugel has…

Text 2

1.       What is the text mostly about?

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

3.       The writer is … years old

4.       ”He is fourteen years old . . . Than me.”

5.       The underlined word refers to ….

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

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

8.       The underlined phrase means …

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 not interested in sports.

d.      He plays football and tennis.

Who is peter?? In spoken

In pairs, study the following explanation.

• To describe a person’s physical appearance, you can use the following words.

Physical Appearances

Face round oval square wrinkles pale bearded shaved

Eyes big round blue brown green slanting

Height tall short

Body slim thin plump fat skinny muscular

Age young old teenager in 20s, 30s, 40s

Hair long short bald straight curly wavy black red brown

• To describe a person’s characters (qualities & habitual behaviour), you can use the following

words.

Characters

careful careless

intelligent stupid

confi dent shy

extrovert introvert

generous stingy

diligent lazy

Characters

active

cheerful

determined

energetic

friendly

humble

humorous

sensitive

stubborn