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

Where was the letter sent from?

Complete the following sentence!

If today is your birthday, I ____ (give) you present.

Which one of these first conditional sentence is incorrect?

The folllowing text tells us about the attitudes of a certain community in Yogyakarta towards pollution and global warming. Read it and then answer the questions.

Yogyakarta Promotes Commuting by Bike

    The Jakarta Post, Jakarta - More than 2,000 people participated in bike-to-work and bike-to-school promotional event staged on Yogyakarta's Alun-Alun Utara Square a Monday morning.

    The participants who include civil servants, private-sector employees, students, police, and soldiers represented 30 different bicycle clubs.

    "We have to support this program to help Yogyakarta be an environmentally friendly city," Yogyakarta Governor Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono X said.

    Yogyakarta Mayor Herry Zudianto said the program would benefit the city by reducing pollution levels and global warming contributions. "It's also good fo our health," he added.

    Harry said the city administration would allocate funds to construct designated cycle routes if their numbers increased significantly.

Who were the participants?

Choose the correct answer for the question below!

My children ____ football when I arrived at home.

The following text is for questions 17 to 20.

Thailand Bans Smoking, Littering at Popular Tourist Beaches

    Thailand banned smoking and littering at 24 beachside locations that are popular with tourists over environmental concerns on Thursday, January 31, the ministry of natural resources and environment said.

    The Southeast Asian country has been a tourist magnet for decades, from its backpacker heyday in the early 1990s to its current popularity with tourists from mainland China.

    Environmental 'rights groups have urged successive governments to protect Thailand's palm-fringed beaches, which are frequently voted among the world's most beautiful, from unregulated development and littering, among other things.

    A law that came into force on Thursday is aimed at tackling this problem, said Bannaruk Sermthong, a director at the Office of Marine and Coastal Resources Management.

    "Starting today, smoking and cigarette littering are prohibited on beach areas," Bannaruk told Reuters.

    "Anyone who wants to smoke must do so in designated smoking areas, not on the beaches."

    The law protects 24 beaches in 15 provinces located along the Andaman coast and the Gulf of Thailand. Anyone who violates the law will be taken to a criminal court and could face up to one year in jail, or a fine of up to 100,000 baht ($3,190), or both.

(Adopted from: https://en.tempo.co/read/news/2018102/01/308915370/Thailand-Bans-Smoking-Uttering-at-Beaches (April 14, 2019))

Why does Thailand apply the regulation? 

Read the following text. Answer  the questions that follow.

Retail Sector Projected to Grow 5 to 10 Percent

    The Indonesian Shopping Center Tenants Association (Hippindo) has projected that the retail sector will grow 5 to 10 percent this year, after having to experience a slowdown in the last three years.

    "The retail players are optimistic this year. This year, after the elections, the growth will automatically move in a positive direction," Hippindo executive Fetty Kwartati said in Jakarta on Monday as quoted by kompas.com.

    She said there had been signs of improvements in growth since the previous year, with retail industry growth expected to be higher regardless of who won the presidential election.

    Fetty said retailers had also taken the opportunity to boost sales during the voting day because the government made voting day a holiday.

    She explained that 250 local brands offered discounts on voting day. "There will be more transactions because it is a holiday. After casting their votes, groups of people will go to shops to get deals," she added.

    Despite potential political and macroeconomic challenges, she said the business climate would be improved, especially if the winning candidates offered programs that dealt with any issues.

    Fetty, the PT Mitra Adiperkasa head of corporate coffimunications, said the company targeted 15 percent growth that year, as the firm's expansion started in the first quarter of 2019, with several new outlets opened.

    Growth in the second half, she said, would be even better than growth in the first half. (bbn)

Adopted from: https://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2019/04/1 6/retail-sector-projected-to-grow-5-to-10-percent.html (April 15, 2019)

What is the text about? 

The following text is for the question.

What will probably happen if pleasure has controlled us?

The following dialog is for questions 17 to 20.

Ivan: You look very tired, Mom. You must have worked hard at home all day long.

Mrs. Ella: Yes. Our maid returns home as her mother is sick.

Ivan: How long will she stay there?

Mrs. Ella: She told me that she will be staying there for at least three days.

Ivan: I see. What can I do for you, Mom?

Mrs. Ella: Please wash the dishes, dear. I am going to iron these clothes.

Ivan: O.K., Mom. Anyway, why don't you go to the laundry for ironing?

Mrs. Ella: No. I will do it myself. Occasionally we need to do housework by ourselves.

Ivan: You're right, Mom.

Why is Ivan's housemaid off? 

The following dialog is for questions 17 to 20.

Ivan: You look very tired, Mom. You must have worked hard at home all day long.

Mrs. Ella: Yes. Our maid returns home as her mother is sick.

Ivan: How long will she stay there?

Mrs. Ella: She told me that she will be staying there for at least three days.

Ivan: I see. What can I do for you, Mom?

Mrs. Ella: Please wash the dishes, dear. I am going to iron these clothes.

Ivan: O.K., Mom. Anyway, why don't you go to the laundry for ironing?

Mrs. Ella: No. I will do it myself. Occasionally we need to do housework by ourselves.

Ivan: You're right, Mom.

What will Ivan do?