Reading 1 4. Do they have the same hobbies?
5. What does Reka like?
Sari 6. What does her sister like doing?
There is a girl her name is Kusuma Purnama 7. What do they often read?
Sari. Just call her sari. She is very kind. She is a 8. Who usually stays at home with her
charming girl. Everyone likes her. She is still sister?
young. Her age is 14 years old. She is 15 cms 9. Why are they going to bookstores?
tall. Her weight is 43 kgs. She is not fat but 10. Who often reads children’s story
ideal. Sari has good hair. Her hair is black and books?
long. She also has beautiful eyes. Reading 3
Answer the following questions based on the Anida’s Hobbies
text.
There is a girl. Her name is Anida. She does not
1. What is her call name? go to school on Sundays. She does many
2. How tall is she? activities at home. She reads some books,
3. What is black and long? newspapers, and magazines. She often buys
4. Does everybody hate her? newspapers. She also buys some magazines.
5. Is she still young? There are many newspapers and magazines at
6. What is her full name? her house. Her hobby is clipping newspapers
7. Is she very kind? and magazines. She likes collecting stamps, too.
8. How heavy is she?
9. How are her eyes? True or False?
10. How is her hair?
1. Anida goes to school on Sunday.
Reading 2 2. Anida does many activities at home.
3. She reads children’s story books
Reading Story Books everyday.
It is Sunday. Reka does not go to school. She 4. She likes reading newspapers.
usually stays at home with her sister. But today 5. She does not like reading magazines.
they go to a bookstore to buy books. They have 6. She only buys magazines.
different hobbies. Reka likes cooking and 7. There are only newspapers at her
reading books. Her sister likes reading a house.
magazine. Both of them often read storybooks. 8. Collecting newspaper is her hobby.
They enjoy it very much. 9. Clipping magazines is her bobby too.
10. She also collects some stamps.
Answer the following questions based on the
text. Reading 4
1. Does Reka go to school on Sunday? Playing Kites
2. Does she usually stay at home with her The weather is nice today. It is windy outside
sister? and the sun is shining. It is a good time to play
3. Where are they going to day?
kites. So, Affan takes his kite out of the house. 3. What does Nico want to do there?
His kite is beautiful. It is a butterfly kite. There
are already many kites flying in the sky. Affan 4. What does his mother want to do?
asks his brother to hold the kite. Then Affan 5. Does Nico go to the video games area?
holds the ball of strings and runs. After a while,
the kite is already flying in the sky. The children 6. Where does his mother go?
are very happy. They really have a good time
7. What does Nico insert to play the games?
together.
8. Where do the pictures appear?
True or False?
9. What is the game that he likes?
1. It is raining outside.
2. When it is windy, it’s good to play kites. 10. Do they go home together?
3. Affan plays the kites in the house.
4. His kite is like a snake. Reading 6
5. Affan’s friends already play kites
Classroom Activities
outside.
6. Affan plays the kite alone. Siska is in the sixth grade now. She must study
7. To fly the kite, Affan has to run first. hard to pass the final exam. Right now it’s nine
8. Affan’s kte finally can fly in the sky. o’clock in the morning. Siska and her
9. Affan and his brother are sad. classmates are studying English now. Mrs.
10. They don’t like playing kites together. Janah, the teacher, is reading a story, while the
students are listening quietly.
Reading 5
The teacher asks,” Do you know the story of
Modern Games
kancil and crocodile?”
Nico and his brother want to go to Tunjungan
The students answer,” No, Mom!”
Plaza on Sunday morning. Nico wants to play
games there. His mother wants to do shopping Then the teacher says,” All right, let me begin
in the department store. Nico goes to the the story……..”
games area. Nico inserts coins to play the
games. The pictures appear on the screen after The story is very funny. They all laugh and they
he inserts coins. The game he likes is car racing. really like the story. They don’t realize that the
After his mother finishes shopping they go bell is ringing now.
home.
To end the class the teacher says, “Well,
students, that’s all for today. I’ll see you next
week. Good morning.”
Answer the following questions based on the
text. The students say,” Good morning, Mom.”
1. Who wants to go to Tunjungan Plaza? Answer the following questions based on the
text.
2. When do they go to Tunjungan plaza?
1. What grade is Siska in now? 9. Who serves the students who want to
2. What are the students studying? borrow some books?
3. What is Mrs. Janah doing? 10. Are Herry, Panji, and April lazy
4. What story is the teacher reading now? students?
5. Do the students like the story?
6. Who is Mrs. Janah? Reading 8.
7. Do the students know the story of In the School Garden
kancil and the crocodile?
8. Why must Siska study hard? My school has a garden. It is small. This time,
9. Is Siska in the fifth grade now? my class is free. The students are in the garden.
10. Who is studying English now? They are making a park. We are planting some
small trees and flowers.
Reading 7
Surya, Adin, and I are helping Mr. Pandu, the
In the School Library gardener. We are loosing the soil. Teta, Intan,
There is a library in my school. It is a big and Betty are planting some flowers on it. They
building. It has a large room. There are many are beautiful and colorful.
kinds of books, such as; story books, or fiction Lintang, Vivi, and Fitri are cleaning the garden.
books and science books or nonfiction books. They are making warning on the board “keep
There are also magazines and newspapers. the garden clean.”
Herry, Panji, and April are diligent students. Answer the following questions based on the
They often go to the library to borrow some text.
books. They are in the library now. Herry is
reading a biology book. Panji is reading a 1. Is the garden big?
magazine and April is looking for a novel book. 2. How is the garden?
3. Where are the students now?
Mrs. Rina is the librarian. She is on her table. 4. Why are the students in the garden?
She serves the students who want to borrow 5. What are the students planting?
some books. 6. How many students are helping Mr.
Answer the following questions based on the Pandu?
text. 7. What is Mr. Pandu?
8. What are Lintang, Vivi, and Fitri doing?
1. What is the title of the text? 9. How are the flowers?
2. What books are there in the school 10. How many students are there in the
library? garden?
3. Who are diligent students?
4. What do they go to the library for? Reading 9
5. What is Mrs. Rina? In the School Laboratory
6. What is Herry reading?
7. Who is reading a magazine?
8. What is April doing?
On Tuesday, our class has biology lesson. Mrs. Coca-cola. Sauli is eating fried rice and ordering
Fetty is the teacher. Now, we are in the school a bottle of Fanta.
laboratory.
Answer the following questions based on the
Mrs. Fetty gives instruction before practicing. text.
The boys are preparing the instruments for the
experiment, such as; microscopes, scissors, test 1. Where are Rozaqi and his friends now?
tube, slides, pipettes, knives, etc. 2. How do they feel after having sport
The girls are cleaning the tables and rooms. The lesson?
others are preparing the objects to be observed 3. Do Rozaqi and his friends usually go to
under the microscope. We are going to have café?
experiment with frogs.
4. Who looks very hungry and thirsty?
Answer the following questions based on the
text. 5. Why do they look very hungry and thirsty?
1. When does your class have a biology 6. Is Putri drinking a glass of lemonade?
lesson?
7. Who is eating Soto?
2. Where are you now?
3. What does Mrs. Fetty give before 8. What is Sauli ordering?
practicing?
4. What are the boys preparing for the 9. What is Rozaqi eating?
experiment?
10. What is Putri eating?
5. What are the girls cleaning?
6. What are you going to have experiment Reading 11
with?
7. Who is your biology teacher? Mr. Surya’s Family
8. “The others are preparing the objects”.
Mr. Surya has a family himself. He doesn’t live
What does “the others” refer to?
with his mother and father. He lives with his
9. Mention 6 kinds of instruments needed
family. Mr. Surya’s family consists of Mr. and
for the experiment!
Mrs. Surya and their two children, Meta and
10. Are mice the objects to be observed?
Agil.
Reading 10
Mr. Surya is Mrs. Surya husband. Mrs. Surya is
A Break Time Mr. Surya’s wife. Her name is Aan. They have
two daughters and a son. The oldest is Meta
It is a break time. Rozaqi, Putri, and Sauli and the youngest is Agil. Meta is an SMP
usually go to café. This time, they look very student and Agil is in elementary school. The
hungry and thirsty because they just have sport. family is happy. They love each other.
Rozaqi is eating meatballs and drinking a glass
of lemonade. Putri is eating Soto and ordering Answer the following questions based on the
text.
1. Who does Mr. Surya live with? Answer the following questions based o the
text.
2. What does his family consist of?
1. What is Indi?
3. Who is Mrs. Surya?
2. What does she do at 06.00?
4. What is her name?
3. What time does her first time begin?
5. Who is Meta?
4. How many times does she perform her
6. Who is Mr. Surya’s son? prayer?
7. What is Meta? 5. How many times does she have meals?
8. What is Agil? 6. What does she do before having
9. Is the family happy? exercises?
10. Is Agil the oldest child? 7. What does she do to help her parents?
8. Does she go to school at 06.30?
Reading 12 9. What begins at 07.00?
Indi’s Daily Activities 10. Does she always get up at 04.30 in the
morning?
Indi is a student. She usually gets up at 04.30 in
the morning. After performing his morning Reading 13
prayer. She makes her bed tidy and cleans the My New Neighbour
room. Then she helps her parents to sweep the
floor and the garden. I live in the village. I have a new neighbour. It is
Mr. Eko’s family. They stay in front of my
At 05.30 a.m, she takes a bath and then has house. They come from Lampung. Mr. Eko
breakfast. She goes to school at 06.00. She moves to Java to be a director of textile factory
arrives at school at about 06.30. Her first in Solo. His wife, Mrs. Nita will be a teacher in a
period begin at 07.00. She goes home at 01.30 Junior High School.
p.m. Then she has lunch and performs her noon
prayer. She takes a nap for a while and wakes They have two sons, Indra and Ade. Indra is my
up at 03.30 p.m. Before having exercise she classmate in Elementary School and Ade studies
perform her afternoon prayer. in the third year of junior high school. They like
playing together in the yard. I often visit them
About at 06.00 she performs her evening prayer in my spare time. My family loves their family
after taking a bath. Then she has dinner. She very much because they like to help their
usually studies at 07.00 after performing night neighbours. We help each other. We are good
prayer. Then she goes to bed at about 09.30. neighbours.
Answer the following questions based on the 4. What is the cat’s name?
text.
5. How old is his cat?
1. Do you live in the village?
6. What does he like watching I the animal
2. What are your new neighbour’s names? markets?
3. What is Mr. Eko? 7. When does he clean the cage and feed the
birds?
4. Where does Mrs. Nita work?
8. Does he give the birds special bird food?
5. What are Indra and Ade?
9. What does the cat eat?
6. Where do they play?
10. Who likes Manis very much?
7. What grade are they in now?
Reading 15
8. Do they live in Lampung now?
A New Classmate
9. Do they have daughters?
On Monday, we have an English class in the
10. How many sons do they have? second period. This morning, when we were
Reading14 studying. Mr. Baiquni knocked at the door. He
came to the classroom then he said Mrs. Irtha,
Pets my English teacher. “ Mrs. Irtha, this is Ani. She
is a new student in this class. She is from
Mr. Hadi, my neighbour, is a teacher. He loves
Semarang.”
animals very much. He often goes to animal
markets. He likes watching the various animals After the lesson, the girl talked to Ani. She is a
there. At home, he keeps two birds. Everyday beautiful girl. She has long hair and she is a tall
he looks after the birds. He cleans the cages and girl. Her shoes are black. She has a red jacket
feeds the birds every afternoon. He gives them and a brown bag.
special bird food.
He has a cat too. Its name is Manis. It is about
three years old. It eats meat, fish, and rice. It Answer the following questions based on the
catches a mouse which comes into the house. text.
Mr. Hadi likes Manis very much. 1. What is Ani?
Answer the following questions based on the 2. Where is she from?
text.
3. What does the word “he” (paragraph 1)
1. What is Mr. Hadi? refer to?
2. How many birds does he have? 4. What is Ani like?
3. Why does he often go to animal markets? 5. When do they have an English class?
6. What is Mrs. Irtha?
7. Who talked to Ani?
8. What colour are her shoes?
9. Does she have a brown jacket?
10. Is she a tall girl?