SMA Bahasa Inggris: Pertanyaan, Jawaban, Latihan Soal & Pembahasan

Complete the following dialogues with correct words, phrases, and expressions in the box. Situation 1: Denias and his sister are going to watch a circus.

Denias: Tomorrow my sister and I are going to watch the ____ (1) at the town square.

Arnys: How exciting! I went there two days ago with my parents. You have to see the elephant show.

Denias: Well, I didn’t know if they have that kind of show.

Arnys: They have the greatest ____ (2) I have ever seen. They are very ____ (3). Elephants are really good at remembering things.

Denias: ____ (4) By the way, would you join us tomorrow?

Arnys: I’d love to.

Task 3

From the previous task, you have reviewed noun phrase made by combining adjectives and nouns, such as pristine jungle, beautiful garden, precious stones, expensive marbel, etc. Those kinds of adjectives are called opinion adjective because the adjective tell about our opinion about something. If we want to give more information, we can add more modifiers to the thing (noun) we describe. For instance, in addition to the opinion adjectives, we can also inform people about the size, and the color, the age, and nationality of the thing (noun). Look at the following examples. Pay attention to the order of the modifiers. Where is the position of the opinion adjectives?

Example:
a beautiful old tree = opinion age noun

Now, read the phrases below. Identify the modifiers. See number 1 as an example.

a unique golden monkey = ____ ____ ____

Complete the following text with the words in the box. You may use your dictionary. Look at the example.

Roy Marten’s Arrest
Thursday, November 22, 2007

    Roy Marten’s arrest for narcotic possession has received a different 1) response from the  infotainment industry. Nearly all the 2) ____ broadcast by private TV stations has tried to offset Roy’s alleged crime by presenting the humanitarian 3) ____ of “a wife’s fortitude”.

    At least Roy has been seized twice in the drug 4) ____, the latest taking place after his testimony on the great 5) ____ of narcotics to his life. It means that Roy also deceived the public and trivialized law enforcers’ anti-narcotic 6) ____.

    Therefore, Roy’s behavior does not deserve the continuous defense of TV infotainment programs, even by his 7) ____, Alex Asmasoebrata. Such developments make the 8) ____ wonder whether the shows have been financed by narcotic syndicates.

    The fact that Roy had just received about an ounce of shabu when he was captured indicates  that he may have been an active 9) ____ as well as a drug trafficker.

    His case is thus more serious than the previous arrests of fellow 10) ____ Gogon, Derry, Polo 
and Doyok. Why do infotainment circles so aggressively defend Roy?

(Adapted from: http://www.thejakartapost.com)

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