Contoh Descriptive Text beserta soal dan jawaban

Descriptive

Contoh soal:

Peter is the youngest in our family. He is fourteen years old and four years younger than me. He has long, straight hair, bright eyes and a friendly smile. Sometimes he is rather naughty at home, but he usually does what he is asked to do.

Peter is interested in sports very much, and at school, he plays football and tennis. He is the best badminton player in our family.

 (sumber: pegangan guru untuk SMP/MTS oleh Bachtiar Bima Mustriana, 2009, PT Intan Pariwara)

Vocabularies: Young: muda, long: panjang, straight: lurus, hair: rambut, bright: cerah, friendly: ramah, rather: agak, naughty: nakal, interested: tertarik, player: pemain.

1.      How old is Peter? He is … years old.

a.       Four

b.      Fourteen

c.       Forty

d.      Ten

Jawaban B

2.      The writer is … years old.

a.       Fourteen

b.      Sixteen

c.       Eighteen

d.      Nineteen

Jawaban C

3.      Which of the following statement is not true about Peter?

a.       He has long and straight hair.

b.      He has bright eyes.

c.       He is interested in sports.

d.      He plays football and tennis.

Jawaban C

4.      According to the passage, we know that Peter is ….

a.       The writer’s youngest brother

b.       The writer’s elder brother

c.       A naughty boy

d.      A friendly boy

Jawaban A

5.      It is implied in the passage that ….

a.       Peter is naughty.

b.      Peter is lazy.

c.       Peter is unfriendly.

d.      Peter is diligent.

Jawaban D

6.      From the text, we may conclude that….

a.       Many people do not like Peter.

b.      People is older that the writer.

c.       Peter is a welcoming person.

d.      Peter is not diligent at all.

Jawaban C

7.      What is the text mostly about?

a.       Peter

b.      Peter’s hobby

c.       Peter’s family

d.      D. peters’ elder brother

Jawaban A

8.      ”He is fourteen years old . . . Than me.”

The underlined word refers to ….

a.       Peter

b.      The writer

c.       The writer’s brother

d.      the writer’s family

Jawaban: B

9.      “Peter is interested in sports very much, and at school he plays football and tennis.” The underlined phrase can be replaced by ….

a.       Dislike sport

b.      Really likes sport

c.       Hates sport very much

d.      Finds sport not really entertaining

Jawaban B

10. “But he usually does what he is asked to do”

 The underlined phrase means …

a.       He does anything he wants.

b.      He always asks.

c.       He is lazy.

d.      He is diligent.

Jawaban D

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Contoh Teks Descriptive beserta soal dan jawaban

Descriptive Text

Losari beach is a beautiful beach and located on the edge city of Makassar. It is located only about 3 km from the center of Makassar (Karebosi Park). The beach used to be the longest café in Asia, because many cafes stand in along the beach, but now the cafes are collected in a special place so it does not spread along the coast. Charm of the beach is mainly seen in the evening when the sunset stands out. This is a major attraction of people’s coming to the Losari beach. Every evening hundreds of people come to witness the panorama of red as the sun will disappear into the ocean, so do not miss the sunset at the Losari beach. If the sky is sunny, the scenery is absolutely perfect. Because of its location in a bay, the water of Losari is even often quiet as usual pool water.

Losari is its waterfront of Makassar. The lengthy of the beach is approximately one kilometer and it is a public space that can be accessed by anyone. On this beach there is a park called the Pelataran Bahari (Marine Park), with semicircular area of nearly one hectare. This place is a plaza with a clean floor for children to play and running around, while parents and teens sit on concrete benches to enjoy the sea breeze. From this place, you are also free to view out to the sea and watch the sunset slowly turns reddish in the line of the horizon. The reflected light also creates sheen on the surface of sea water.

The Pelataran Bahari also serves as the stadium of open water to watch the coastal waters in front of Losari beach. This coastal water is often used as a racecourse jet ski, boat races and traditional boat jolloro katinting, or become a transit point of rely of Sandeq traditional sailboats and yachts.

In Losari there are also a few hotels. Some of them qualified as a tree stars hotel. The hotel is offering panoramic beauty of the sea with luxury service treats. There are Losari Beach Hotel, Losari Beach Inn, Makassar Golden Hotel, and Pantai Gapura Hotel. All of the hotels located in Jalan Penghibur.

(Adapted from indotravelinfo.blogspot.com)

Glossary
Located (adj)	Berlokasi
Charm (n)	Pesona
Disappear (v)	Menghilang
Scenery (n)	Pemandangan
Quiet (adj)	Tenang
Waterfront (n)	Daerah pelabuhan
Approximately (adv)	Diperkirakan
Semicircular (adj)	Berbentuk setengah bulatan
Breeze (n)	Angin sepoi-sepoi
Reddish (adj)	Kemerah-merahan
Reflected (adj)	Terefleksi, tercermin
Offer (v)	Menawarkan

1. Where is Losari beach located? 

Answer key: Losari beach is located on the edge city of Makassar only about 3 km from the center of Makassar (Karebosi Park).

2. What attraction does Losari beach offer?

Answer key: Losari beach offers its charming sunset.

3. Based on the text, how long is Losari beach?

Answer key: (the lengthy of) Losari beach is approximately one kilometer.

4. What is the name of the place where the children can play and run?

Answer key: the place is called the Pelataran Bahari (Marine Park).

5. How many hotels does the writer mention?

Answer key: The author mentions three hotels.

6. According to the text, we may conclude that Losari beach is suitable for whom?

Answer key: Losari beach is suitable for anyone.

7. What is the main idea of the text?

Answer key: Losari beach is a good place to visit.

8. This is a major attraction of people’s coming to the Losari beach. (paragraph 1)

The underlined word refers to….

Answer key: the word ‘this’ refers to ‘charm of the beach.’

9. Every evening hundreds of people come to witness the panorama of red as the sun will disappear into the ocean…. (paragraph 1)

What does the underlined word mean?

Answer key: the word ‘disappear’ means ‘set.’

10. Long of the beach is approximately one kilometer and it is a public space that can be accessed by anyone. (paragraph 2)

The word “approximately” in line 7 is closest in meaning to....

Answer key: the word ‘approximately’ means ‘around.’

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