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Descriptive Text of Historical Place and Tourism Object

Venice is a city in northern Italy. It has been known as the “Queen of the Adriatic”, “City of Bridges”, and “The City of Light”. The city stretches across 117 small islands in the marshy Venetian Lagoon along the Adriatic Sea in northeast Italy.

Venice is world famous for its canals. It is built on an archipelago of 117 islands formed by about 150 canals in a shallow lagoon. The islands on which the city is built are connected by about 400 bridges. In the old centre, the canals serve the function of roads, and every form of transport is on water or on foot.

You can ride gondola therE. It is the classical Venetian boat which nowadays is mostly used for tourists, or weddings, funerals, or other ceremonies. Now, most Venetians travel by motorised waterbuses which ply regular routes along the major canals and between the city’s islands. The city has many private boats. The only gondolas still in common use by Venetians are the Traghetti, foot passenger ferries crossing the Grand Canal at certain points without bridges.

Question : What does the text tell you about?

• Gondola.

• Traghetti.

• Venice

• Italy.

Descriptive Text of Historical Place and Tourism Object

Venice is a city in northern Italy. It has been known as the “Queen of the Adriatic”, “City of Bridges”, and “The City of Light”. The city stretches across 117 small islands in the marshy Venetian Lagoon along the Adriatic Sea in northeast Italy.

Venice is world famous for its canals. It is built on an archipelago of 117 islands formed by about 150 canals in a shallow lagoon. The islands on which the city is built are connected by about 400 bridges. In the old centre, the canals serve the function of roads, and every form of transport is on water or on foot.

You can ride gondola therE. It is the classical Venetian boat which nowadays is mostly used for tourists, or weddings, funerals, or other ceremonies. Now, most Venetians travel by motorised waterbuses which ply regular routes along the major canals and between the city’s islands. The city has many private boats. The only gondolas still in common use by Venetians are the Traghetti, foot passenger ferries crossing the Grand Canal at certain points without bridges.

Question : What transport crosses the Grand Canal for foot passengers at certain points without bridges?

• Gondolas.

• Traghetti.

• Waterbuses.

• Lagoon.

Descriptive Text of Historical Place and Tourism Object

Kediri is a name of a town. It is situated in a valley between the Kelud and Willis mountains and inhabited by about 1.3 million peoplE. In the centre of the town there is a large hill which is called the Dathok Mountain. Because of the topography of the region, Kediri is called a chilly town by the locals. There is a big river called Brantas cutting off the centre of the town.

Beside the temples, Kediri is also famous for its products like cigarettes and a special kind of tofu or bean curD. This highly nutritious food is delicacy of Kediri and has a distinctive tastE. The cigarettes factory dominates the town economy and employs the majority of the women labor forcE. Kediri and the cigarettes factory are inseparable and it is considered the biggest cigarette factory in IndonesiA. Most of the local people work in this factory. Those who do not work here are farmers or traders.

question : What does the above text tell about?

• The history of Kediri

• The famous products of Kediri

• The description of Kediri

• The people

Descriptive Text of Historical Place and Tourism Object

Kediri is a name of a town. It is situated in a valley between the Kelud and Willis mountains and inhabited by about 1.3 million peoplE. In the centre of the town there is a large hill which is called the Dathok Mountain. Because of the topography of the region, Kediri is called a chilly town by the locals. There is a big river called Brantas cutting off the centre of the town.

Beside the temples, Kediri is also famous for its products like cigarettes and a special kind of tofu or bean curd. This highly nutritious food is delicacy of Kediri and has a distinctive taste. The cigarettes factory dominates the town economy and employs the majority of the women labor force. Kediri and the cigarettes factory are inseparable and it is considered the biggest cigarette factory in Indonesia. Most of the local people work in this factory. Those who do not work here are farmers or traders.

question : Which one has a distinctive taste?

• The cigarette

• The special food

• The bean curd

• The highly nutritious food

Complete the text.

I have a best friend. He__ (1) Fransiskus. We __ (2) football player. We often play together,

• is - are

• are - is

• is - is

• are - are

Complete the text.

I have a big sister. She is a basketball player. She often ___ (1) basketball with her friends. She always ___ (2) healthy food. She never ___ (3) her training activity.

• plays - eats - skips

• plays - eats - skip

• plays - eat - skips

• play - eats - skips

Our funny teacher.

We have many teachers in our school. Some of them are funny. But, we have a funniest teacher. He likes to tell some jokes. He often listens our story. He is not fat. His body is not slim too. He usually uses our story to be some examples or question when we are studying. He likes to fun activity. He usually gives us a lot of exercises. but, there are not really dificult to do. He always motivate us to study hard and help each other. Sometimes, he plays futsal and basket with us. Maybe, you know who is the funny teacher that I mean here. If you know that we are the same circle.

What is the main idea from the text?

• Our funny teacher

• My favorite teacher

• funny teachers

• My funny teacher

Our funny teacher.

We have many teachers in our school. Some of them are funny. But, we have a funniest teacher. He likes to tell some jokes. He often listens our story. He is not fat. His body is not slim too. He usually uses our story to be some examples or question when we are studying. He likes to fun activity. He usually gives us a lot of exercises. but, there are not really dificult to do. He always motivate us to study hard and help each other. Sometimes, he plays futsal and basket with us. Maybe, you know who is the funny teacher that I mean here. If you know that we are the same circle.

From the text we can conclude that . . . .

• Students like their teacher

• Students likes their teacher

• Student like their teacher

• Students like they teacher

I love dogs very much. I keep some dogs in my house. They are Casper, Midas, Brwonie and Dottie. Casper is a dachshund. He’s short with long body and four strong legs. Brwonie is a collie. She has long and thick fur. What color is her fur? Brown, of course that’s why I call her Brownie. Dottie is a Dalmatian. She has a slim body and four long legs. She has thin fur and dots all over her body. The last is Midas. He is a bulldog. He has a large head, a short neck and thick short legs. He’s very strong.  I always take care of my dogs everyday.

What kind of text is the text above?

• recount

• descriptive

• narrative

• procedure

I love dogs very much. I keep some dogs in my house. They are Casper, Midas, Brwonie and Dottie. Casper is a dachshund. He’s short with long body and four strong legs. Brwonie is a collie. She has long and thick fur. What color is her fur? Brown, of course that’s why I call her Brownie. Dottie is a Dalmatian. She has a slim body and four long legs. She has thin fur and dots all over her body. The last is Midas. He is a bulldog. He has a large head, a short neck and thick short legs. He’s very strong.  I always take care of my dogs everyday.

"They are casper, Midas, Brwonie and Dottie . . ." That sentence is part of . . . .

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• identication

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