LATIHAN XII : Jumbled Sentence

Mata Pelajaran            : BAHASA INGGRIS                       Hari/Tanggal   : …........…./…...........…

Kelas/Program             : XII / UMUM                                    Pukul               : …………… WIB

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Choose the right answer!

1.   Arrange the following sentences into a good story

a.       Shaking hands, both the students and the hosts couldn’t bear to cry

b.       Just reaching about five meters, he trembled

c.        After a little talking, we were each taken to our respective host

d.       Arriving there, we were friendly welcomed

e.       Stepping on the ground, he said, “I won’t do such a foolish thing again”

f.         Living there, all of us helped the homesteaders (transmigrants) work at home and on the farm as well

g.       We made a living in this area

h.       Our courageous friend climbed up a coconut tree

i.         Looking down, his face grew pale and he said nothing

j.         We left Jakarta midnight and our trip was about six hours

The best arrangement is …

A.       g-j-d-c-f-h-b-i-e-a

B.       g-j-d-f-h-c-b-i-e-a

C.      g-j-d-f-c-h-b-i-e-a

D.      g-d-j-c-f-h-b-i-e-a

E.       g-d-j-f-h-c-b-i-e-a

2.   Arrange the following sentences.

1.       Yes, we were talking to a friend at the Hilton Hotel

2.       And can you remember where you were at one o’clock?

3.       No, we didn’t. we went to the other side of town

4.       Were you in the city yesterday?

5.       Did you go to King’s road?

6.       Yes, I was

7.       Well, let me see…we had lunch in Tokyo restaurant with a friend

8.       Can you tell me what did you in town?

The best arrangement is …

A.       4-6-8-7-2-1-5-3

B.       6-8-1-2-3-5-4-7

C.      7-8-1-2-4-3-5-6

D.      1-2-4-5-3-6-7-8

E.       2-4-5-6-7-1-3-8

3.    Arrange the following sentences

1.       So, I crept up behind her and I just tugged her hair, gave her hair a little pull

2.       And I thought ir would be rather funny if I gave her a surprise

3.       She had her back to me, and she was rat her short and she had long blonde hair

4.       And I was doing some shopping there, and I suddenly saw a young person, or I thought I saw a young person that I knew

5.       It was some years ago and it was in a supermarket

The correct arrangement is ….

A.       1-2-3-4-5-

B.       2-3-4-5-1

C.      5-4-3-2-1

D.      3-4-5-2-1

E.       5-4-3-1-2

4.   Arrange the following sentences

1.       Nothing much

2.       Perhaps we could go somewhere together …why don’t we have day out?

3.       What are you doing on Sunday, anything interesting?

4.       I’d like to go to Lyme Regis – everyone says it’s lovely … We will see a beautiful old beaches and lovely walks, either by the sea, or in the country nearby

5.       Yeah but where?

6.       Sound great. So what time should I pick you up?

7.       Yeah perfect

The right arrangement is …

A.       6-1-7-2-3-4-5

B.       3-2-5-1-6-7-4

C.      4-7-5-6-3-1-2

D.      3-1-3-5-4-6-7

E.       7-6-4-5-2-1-3

5.   Arrange the sentences

1.       At the weekend he always gets up late

2.       And sometimes he goes to a friend’s house

3.       On Friday evenings he usually has dinner in a restaurant

4.       On Monday evenings he has a violin lesson

5.       Jacopo Barigazzi lives in Milan, in Italy

6.       On Thursday evenings he plays tennis with his brother

7.       He is 28 and he’s a computer engineer

The best arrangement is …

A.       7-4-5-3-2-6-1

B.       5-7-4-6-3-1-2

C.      6-4-7-1-2-5-3

D.      1-6-5-7-3-2-4

E.       4-2-3-5-7-1-6

6.   Arrange the sentences

1.       Yes, I’m quite sure it will

2.       Do you have any plans to do today?

3.       How about going to the landmark building? There’s an agricultural machinery exhibition there

4.       That’s a good idea. I agree with you, but are you sure, it will be interesting for us?

5.       If so, let’s go now

6.       No, why?

The right arrangement is …

A.       1-6-3-4-2-5

B.       3-4-5-6-1-2

C.      6-5-3-2-1-4

D.      4-3-2-6-3-1

E.       2-6-3-4-1-5

7.   Arrange the sentences

1.       I decide to apply for the job

2.       I saw an interesting job advertised in the paper last week

3.       Then I went to the address in the advertisement

4.       I telephoned the company to see the job was still vacant

5.       The next morning I put on my best set of clothes

6.       They told me to come to the office the next day for an interview

7.       After asking me a lot of questions the manager offered me the job

8.       I was asked to go into the manager’s office

The best arrangement is …

A.       1-2-4-6-5-3-7-8

B.       2-1-4-6-5-3-8-7

C.      2-3-1-4-5-6-8-7

D.      1-2-3-4-8-5-6-7

E.       1-2-4-5-8-6-7-3

8.   Arrange the sentences

1.       Luciano also enrolled in a teachers college

2.       He made him work very hard to develop his voice

3.       When Luciano Pavarotti was a boy, his father introduced him the wonder of songs

4.       His father advertised him “if you try to sit on the chairs, you will fall between them. For life, you must choose one chair.”

5.       On graduating he was doubtful whether he would be a teacher or a singer

6.       Then Arrigo Pola, a professional singer took him as a student

The best arrangement is …

A.       3-5-6-2-1-4

B.       3-2-6-1-5-4

C.      3-1-2-6-5-4

D.      3-1-6-2-5-4

E.       3-4-5-6-2-1

9.   Arrange the sentences

1.       Rain always comes from the clouds

2.       The drops of water are rain

3.       And we see drops of water

4.       Then the clouds meet cold are in the sky

5.       The wind carries the clouds for hundreds of kilometers

6.       Some of these water goes up into the sky and makes clouds

7.       The water in the oceans is warm when the sun shines on it

8.       So water is always moving from oceans to clouds to rain to rivers to oceans

The best arrangement is ….

A.       1-7-6-5-4-3-2-8

B.       1-5-4-3-2-7-6-8

C.      1-4-3-2-7-6-5-8

D.      1-3-2-4-7-6-5-8

E.       1-3-2-7-6-5-4-8

10.    Arrange the sentences

1.       Before we have lunch, we fed some bird in the park

2.       But we were happy because we had so much fun

3.       Yesterday my family went to the zoo

4.       When we returned home, we were very tired

5.       In the afternoon, we saw the animals being fed

6.       We bought some food to give to the animals

The best arrangement is …

A.       5-4-6-3-2-1

B.       3-6-1-5-4-2

C.      5-1-3-6-2-4

D.      3-1-5-4-2-6

E.       3-5-4-1-6-2

11.    Arrange the sentences

1.       It hops with its back legs

2.       But the front legs are shorter than the back ones

3.       It has a pocket on its belly and it put its babies in it

4.       This animal has four legs

The best arrangement is …

A.       4-3-2-1

B.       1-2-3-4

C.      3-2-4-1

D.      4-2-1-3

E.       2-1-4-3

12.    Arrange the sentences

1.       First we prepare the food

2.       While we were preparing the food, father was checking the car

3.       We went on a picnic on the beach last Saturday

4.       We had to take food and drink

5.       Next came the drink

6.       We started the trip when we had put everything in the car

The best arrangement is …

A.       3-4-1-5-2-6

B.       1-5-2-3-4-6

C.      6-4-3-1-5-2

D.      3-6-4-1-5-2

E.       3-4-1-5-6-2

13.  Below is the recipe to make sweet sour shrimp. Arrange the jumbled sentence into a good recipe.

             1.       Finally put the shrimps on a plate, and pour tomato sauce over them.

         2.       To make the tomato sauce, heat the tomato sauce, and add the sugar and lime juice in it.

             3.       After that, make a mix of the flour and egg with enough water, salt and pepper.

             4.       Second, clean the garlic and slice it thinly and then sprinkle over the shrimps

         5.       First, clean the shrimps, remove the heads and keep the tails.

        6.       Sweet and sour shrimps are ready to serve.

              7.       Then, one by one, put the shrimps into the pan by first dipping it in the mix above.

        8.       Fourth’ heat oil on a pan.

        

A.       7-2-1-6-5-4-3-8                   

B.       5-4-3-8-7-2-1-6   

C.      5-4-2-1-8-7-3-6   

D.      2-1-6-7-4-3-8-5

E.       5-4-8-1-2-3-6-7

14.    Printing a File

 

1. Select the number of copies that you want to print by clicking on the arrows beside it.
2. Open the file that you want to print.
3. Turn the printer on.
4. Check if the printer’s name is the same as the one you are going to use. If it is not the same, then search for the name of the printer that you are going to use by clicking on the small triangle or arrow beside it.
5. Click “OK” or “Print”.
6. Click “pages” and then type the pages that you want to print.
7. Click “File”. And then click “print”.

A.         3-4-7-2-1-6-5    

B.         3-2-7-4-6-1-5    

C.         2-4-3-5-7-1-6    

D.         2-7-4-1-5-3-6

E.         3-2-4-7-6-1-5

15.    Study these jumbled sentences carefully!

1)       Finally, turn it on and enjoy the program.

2)       The following, plug it into an electrical outlet.

3)       Next, put it in a suitable place. Try not to expose it to direct sunlight.

4)       Then take the TV set out of the box. Don’t forget to remove the plastic bags.

5)       First of all, make sure to open the box carefully. Don’t drop it. It’s fragile.

6)       After that, remember to attach the wires from the speakers to the main unit.

The correct arrangement of the sentences above is …..

A. 5-4-3-6-2-1

B. 5-4-2-3-6-1

C. 5-4-6-2-3-1

D. 5-4-1-2-3-6

E. 5-4-3-2-6-1