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Table 4.1 The Distribution of the Essay Reading Exercises Ch. Theme The Exercises in Every Chapter The Reading Exercises The Essay Reading Exercise 1 You should keep your environment clean 21 Exercises 5 Exercises 3 Exercises Exercise 16, 17, 18 2 As far as I concern 22 Exercises 2 Exercises 2 Exercises Exercises 8,14 3 I wish you all the best 26 Exercises 4 Exercises 4 Exercises Exercise 4, 9, 12, 16 4 We cordially invite you 23 Exercises 7 Exercises 3 Exercises Exercise 6, 14, 15 5 Dear my beloved mother 28 Exercises 6 Exercises 4 Exercises Exercise 1, 3, 11, 12 6 Do the following instruction 25 Exercises 3 Exercises 1 Exercise Exercise 5 7 It’s found near a pond 24 Exercises 4 Exercises 1 Exercise Exercise 1 8 If I have a lot of money… 24 Exercises 2 Exercises 2 Exercises Exercise 3 and 6 9 Is it a mammal? 19 Exercises 6 Exercises 2 Exercises Exercise 6 and 14 10 Why is it a good habit to have? 27 Exercises 10 Exercises 7 Exercises Exercise 6, 9, 10, 11, 14, 18, 22 11 He was a hard- working man 29 Exercises 4 Exercises 2 Exercises Exercise 8 and 13 12 I would like to teach the world to sing 16 Exercises 3 Exercises 2 Exercises Exercise 10 and 11 Total 284 Exercises 56 Exercises 33 Exercises The table above shows that there are 284 exercises that practice all the four basic language skills and the language components in the textbook while 56 exercises practice the reading skill. However, 33 reading exercises out of 56 reading exercises in the textbook are the essay exercises while the rests of them are the exercises like short answer question, true or false question, fill in the blank, and completing the column exercise. It can be said that the distribution of the essay exercises in the Pathway to English textbook is the highest if it is compared to the others test types of exercises in the textbook. In addition, to explain more about the distribution of the test types in the reading exercises like short answer question, true or false question, fill in the blank, fill the column, and essay question in the textbook, the following table explains the distribution of those kinds of reading exercise. Table 4.2 The Test Types of Reading Exercise No. Reading Exercise Chapter Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 Essay Ex. 16, 17, 18 Ex. 7,14 Ex. 4,8 ,12 ,16 Ex. 6, 14, 15 Ex. 1,3 ,11 ,12 Ex. 5 Ex. 2 Ex. 3,6 Ex. 7, 14 Ex.6,9 ,10,11 ,14,18 ,22 Ex.8 ,13 Ex. 10, 11 33 Ex. 2 True or False - - - Ex. 20 - Ex. 6 Ex. 18 - - Ex.7 - - 4 Ex. 3 Matching Ex. 19 - - - Ex. 4 - - - - - - - 2 Ex.