Soal Latihan Recount Text

Soal Latihan Recount Text (Kelas 9)

1. What is the main purpose of a Recount Text?

A. To describe people and things

B. To tell how to do something

C. To inform or entertain by retelling past events

D. To argue about a social issue

✅ Answer: C

📘Reason: The social function is to inform or entertain by retelling past experiences.

2. What question does the Orientation part usually answer?

A. How and Why

B. Who, Where, and When

C. What and How

D. How much and How many

✅ Answer: B

📘Reason: Orientation introduces participants, place, and time of the event.

3. Which part of the text tells the sequence of events?

A. Orientation

B. Events

C. Re-orientation

D. Identification

✅ Answer: B

📘Reason: The Events section explains what happened in chronological order.

4. What does the Re-orientation usually contain?

A. The introduction of the story

B. The writer’s feelings or conclusion about the event

C. The main problem

D. The list of participants

✅ Answer: B

📘Reason: Re-orientation gives a conclusion or personal comment about the story.

5. Which of the following is NOT a type of Recount Text?

A. Personal Recount

B. Imaginative Recount

C. Historical Recount

D. Descriptive Recount

✅ Answer: D

📘Reason: “Descriptive Recount” does not exist; descriptive is a different text type.

6. What is a Personal Recount?

A. A report about a crime or an accident

B. A story about someone’s imagination

C. A retelling of personal experiences

D. A description of a person’s characteristics

✅ Answer: C

📘Reason: Personal recount tells personal experiences of the writer.

7. What is the main characteristic of a Recount Text in terms of grammar?

A. Using simple future tense

B. Using simple past tense

C. Using simple present tense

D. Using passive voice

✅ Answer: B

📘Reason: Recount text retells past events, so it uses past tense verbs.

8. Which connective is commonly used in the Events section?

A. Because

B. Therefore

C. Then, after that, finally

D. However

✅ Answer: C

📘Reason: Time connectives show chronological order (sequence of events).

9. What is an example of a Factual Recount?

A. My Holiday in Bali

B. The Story of Cinderella

C. A Report about a Car Accident

D. My Dream House

✅ Answer: C

📘Reason: Factual recount reports real past events such as news or reports.

10. Which type of Recount Text tells about events from history?

A. Historical Recount

B. Imaginative Recount

C. Personal Recount

D. Factual Recount

✅ Answer: A

📘Reason: Historical recount retells real historical events that happened in the past.