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

                The king of the mice lived inside a banyan tree in a forest. One day, a poor man was cutting down some trees. As he started to cut down the banyan tree, the king of the mice grew frightened “Please, leave the tree standing” he said to the woodcutter, “and I’ll give you a piece of gold every day.”

                The woodcutter agreed. So, every evening the king of the mice took out a piece of gold from under the roots of the tree and gave it to the woodcutter. The woodcutter took the pieces of gold home and showed them to his wife.

                After a few days, his wife asked him, “Where dose the gold come from?”

                “Don’t worry about that,” he said, “just keep it,”

                A few days later she asked him again, but he did not tell her. “If you don’t tell me.”she said, “I’ll go and tell the government or even the king that you’re a robber.”

The woodcutter was frightened of his wife when she was angry. So he said, “Every evening the king of the mice gives me a piece of gold from under the roots of the tree.”

                “Oh, you are stupid!” his wife said. “You’ve been tricked by a mouse. He gives you one piece of gold every evening but the rest of the gold is under the tree all the time! Why don’t you cut the tree and take it all away?”

                The woodcutter did as he was told. He cut down the tree. But when he looked under the roots, the gold was not there. The king of the mice had run away too.

                That night, the king of the mice crept up to the woodcutter’s house and took back all the gold. So the woodcutter was as poor as before.

What is the purpose of the text?

To : Leo

Remember, you have an appointments to pick me up from school. I’ll be waiting for you in front of school.

Be on time.
Maya

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There was a little boy who had a bad temper. His father gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he loses his temper, he must a nail into the fence.

The first day the boy had driven 37 nails into the fence. Over the next few weeks as he learned to control his anger, the number of nails hammered daily, gradually dwindled down. He discovered it was easier to hold his temper than to drive those nails into the fence. Finally the day came when the boy didn’t lose his temper at all. He told his father about it and the father suggested that the boy should pull out one nail for each day the he was able to hold his temper

The days passed and the young boy was finally able to tell his father that tall the nails were gone. The father took his son by the hand and led him to the fence. He said “ You have done well. my son, but look at the holes in the fence, The fence will never be the same. When you say thing in anger, they  leave a scar just like this one.”

You can put knife in a man and draw it out. It won’t matter how many times you say I’m sorry, the wound is still there.

 

What can we learn from the story?

 

Last month I went to Kupang with my brother to visit our aunt. On the first day, our cousin took us to Rote. From Kupang, it took us 1 ½ hours on the fast ferry. The waves there were very strong. We visited a fishing village there. After that, we went on a small boat to see a seaweed farming project. Finally, we came back home in the evening. That was one of our great holidays in Kupang and we were so happy.

"That was one of our great holidays in Kupang and ..."

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                The king of the mice lived inside a banyan tree in a forest. One day, a poor man was cutting down some trees. As he started to cut down the banyan tree, the king of the mice grew frightened “Please, leave the tree standing” he said to the woodcutter, “and I’ll give you a piece of gold every day.”

                The woodcutter agreed. So, every evening the king of the mice took out a piece of gold from under the roots of the tree and gave it to the woodcutter. The woodcutter took the pieces of gold home and showed them to his wife.

                After a few days, his wife asked him, “Where dose the gold come from?”

                “Don’t worry about that,” he said, “just keep it,”

                A few days later she asked him again, but he did not tell her. “If you don’t tell me.”she said, “I’ll go and tell the government or even the king that you’re a robber.”

The woodcutter was frightened of his wife when she was angry. So he said, “Every evening the king of the mice gives me a piece of gold from under the roots of the tree.”

                “Oh, you are stupid!” his wife said. “You’ve been tricked by a mouse. He gives you one piece of gold every evening but the rest of the gold is under the tree all the time! Why don’t you cut the tree and take it all away?”

                The woodcutter did as he was told. He cut down the tree. But when he looked under the roots, the gold was not there. Yhe king of the mice had run away too.

                That night, the king of the mice crept up to the woodcutter’s house and took back all the gold. So the woodcutter was as poor as before.

What is the purpose of the next?

To : Pre School & Primary School parents

Students may wear their old black shoes and school uniforms while the school shoes are not yet available.
kindly remind your children to wear their IDs for the meantime.
Thank you.

Glyness Jean

Headmaster for Student Affairs

What is the text mainly about?

Dear Ramdan,

I’m sorry for cancelling our plan to visit grandma on Lebaran day. I hope you are not upset. I promise we will do it next year.

Dad

What is the writer's purpose to write the text?

Dear Yudhistiro,

Finally, you did it!

You have finished your study with flying color

You achievement proves you’re the best!

You really deserve it, buddy

CONGRATULATIONS!

 

Love,

Mon and Dad

 

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 Grasshoppers belong to insect. They are typically ground-dweling insects with powerful hind legs which enable them to escape from threats by leaping vigorously. At high population densities and under certain environmental conditions, some grasshopper species can change colour and behavior and form swarms. Under these circumstances they are known as locusts.

Grasshoppers are plant-eaters, sometimes becoming serious pests of cereals, vegetables and pasture, especially when they swarm in their millions as locuts and destroy crops over wide areas. They protect themselves from predators by camouflage; when detected, many species attempt to startle the predator with a brilliantly-coloured wing-flash while jumping and (if adult) lauching themselves intothe air, usually flying for only a short distance. Other species such as the rainbow grasshopper have warning coloration which deters predators. Grasshoppers are affected by parasites and various diseases, and many predatory creatures feed on both nymphs and adults. The eggs are the subject of attack by parasitoids and predators.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grasshopper,02/08/2016, 22:00

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 Grasshoppers belong to insect. They are typically ground-dweling insects with powerful hind legs which enable them to escape from threats by leaping vigorously. At high population densities and under certain environmental conditions, some grasshopper species can change colour and behavior and form swarms. Under these circumstances they are known as locusts.

Grasshoppers are plant-eaters, sometimes becoming serious pests of cereals, vegetables and pasture, especially when they swarm in their millions as locuts and destroy crops over wide areas. They protect themselves from predators by camouflage; when detected, many species attempt to startle the predator with a brilliantly-coloured wing-flash while jumping and (if adult) lauching themselves intothe air, usually flying for only a short distance. Other species such as the rainbow grasshopper have warning coloration which deters predators. Grasshoppers are affected by parasites and various diseases, and many predatory creatures feed on both nymphs and adults. The eggs are the subject of attack by parasitoids and predators.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grasshopper,02/08/2016, 22:00

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