Here are the answers to the questions: 1. The writer went to a "Banjar Book Store". 2. The book store was located in Banjarharjo. 3. The writer left his house at 4 pm. 4. The book looked by the writer was entitled "English is Fun". 5. Yes, there were many interesting books in the book store according to the passage. It said "I saw many interesting book there".

2. What is recount text?
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 Is a text used to retell the past experience
 When we talk /write about past events we are giving
a recount.
 Recount is used to write our daily experience.
 We use recount in : Diary book, letter or E-mail,
biography, history etc.
 The purpose/social function is to inform or entertain
the reader

3. Generic Structure
text.
There are three parts of a recount
 1. Orientation
explains setting (when, where) and the
participants/character (who) happening in the passage at
the beginning
 2. Events
Event explains a series of happenings in temporal
sequence (from the beginning until the end)
 3. Reorientation
Describes what happens in the end of the story or
conclusion of the story

4. Features of A RECOUNT
Grammatical features of a recount
Recounts usually include the following grammatical features:
 Descriptive words to give details about who, what, when, where and
how
 The use of the past tense to retell the events
 Words that show the order (conjunction) of the events (for example,
first, next, then, finally, after that (sequences).

5. Time Connectors to show
order (sequences)
 After
 Before
 As
 Until/till
 Finally
 After that
 As soon as
 At first
 First, second…
 Suddenly
 When while
 Then at that moment
 At the time

6. o Yesterday
o The day before yesterday
o Just now
o Last night, last Sunday,last….
o Two days ago, three days ago,…..ago

7. GOING TO A BOOK STORE
Last week I went to a book store with my brother. We wanted to buy
some books and comics. We went there by a motorcycle. First we left home
Orientation at 4 P.M. The traffic to the book store was not crowded. The book store
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was not so far from our house. After 25 minutes, we arrived at the book
store.
There were many people at the book store. I saw there were some
people choosing kinds of books, magazines, comics, etc. There were many
kinds of books at the book store. They were arranged on book shelves.
Events Some people read in front of the shelves. We chose some books and
comics we needed and went to cashier. After that we went to a restaurant
for having meal. I ordered meat-balls and a soft drink. My brother ordered
fried noodle and a soft drink too.
Finally we went home in the evening. We arrived home at 7.15 P.M.
Reorientation
We left very tired but we were happy.

8. From the text above identify:
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Past verbs and its base verbs
sequences

10. Arrange these paragraphs into a
good text !
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 Finally I found the book after looking for about one hour. After
that, I went to cashier to pay the book. The price was not too
expensive. It was just twenty thousand rupiah.
 After I arrived there, I looked for my favorite books, English
book!. I saw many interesting book there but I was looking for
book entitled “English is Fun”.
 Yesterday, I went to a “Banjar Book Store”. It was a famous
book store in banjarharjo. We can find many good books there.
I went there by bike because it was not too far from my house. I
departed from my house at 4 pm.
 I arrived at home at 6pm. I couldn't wait no longer to read the
book I just bought. I thought that hunting a book is very
interesting. Did you think the same?

11. Answer the questions based on the passage
1. Where did the writer go?
2. Where was the book store located?
3. When did the writer leave his house?
4. What was the book looked by the writer?
5. Were there many interesting book in the book
store?