RECOUNT

Communicative purpose: To retell an experience in the past (menceritakan kembali suatu pengalaman di waktu lalu)

Subject : Experience (pengalaman)

Generic structure: 
1. Orientation : pengenalan cerita (tempat, waktu, peristiwa awal)

2. Event : Peristiwa-peritiwa yg dilalui (Event 1, Event 2 dsb)
3. Re-orientation: kesimpulan akibat perjalanan peristiwa   

Contoh Soal Recount

Choose the best answer by crossing a, b, c, d, or e!

Text 1  is for number 1 to 4

Mr. Richard’s family was on vacation. They were Mr. and Mrs. Richard with two sons. They went to London. They saw their travel agent and booked their tickets. They went to the British Embassy to get visas to enter Britain. They had booked fourteen days tour. This included travel and accommodation. They also included tours around London.

They boarded a large Boeing flight. The flight was nearly fourteen hours. On the plane the cabin crews were very friendly. They gave them news paper and magazine to read. They gave them food and drink. There was a film for their entertainment. They had a very pleasant flight. They slept part of the way.

On arrival at Heathrow Airport, they had to go to Customs and Immigration. The officers were pleasant. They checked the document carefully but their manners were very polite. Mr. Richard and his family collected their bags and went to London Welcome Desk. They arranged the transfer to a hotel.

The hotel was a well-known four-star hotel. The room had perfect view of the park. The room had its own bathroom and toilet. Instead of keys for the room, they inserted a key-card to open the door. On the third floor, there was a restaurant serving Asian and European food. They had variety of food.

The two-week vacation in London went by fast. At the end of the 14th-day, they were quite tired but they felt very happy.

1. What does the text tell us about? 
A. Holiday to London
B. Visit to British Embassy
C.  Travel to Heathrow Airport
D.  Experience at four- star hotel
E.  Days at Asian and Europian restaurant

2. The following facts are about the hotel, Except:
A. The room had perfect view of the park
B. The room had its own  bathroom and toilet 
C. The room  needed a key-card to open its door
D. There was a restaurant serving Asian food in each room
E. The restaurant served various kinds of European food

3. Why did Mr. Richard’s family go to the British Embassy?
A. To obtain their visas
B. To meet the officers
C. To see the travel agent
D. To book their tickets
E. To get their vacation's schedule

4. On the plane, they got.......except
A. magazine
B. food
C. drink
D. newspaper
E. key-card 
    
5.  The hotel was a well-known four-star hotel. (Paragraph 4)
     The underlined word can be replaced by the words below, except:....
A. Popular
B. Famous
C. Outstanding
D. Familiar
E. Contaminated