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Modern Games
Nowadays, there are a lot of modern games. Some of them are bridge, scrabble and computerized chess.
Scrabble is very interesting. We can enlarge our English vocabularies. We have to arrange into words in English to win the game.
Chess is a very challenging game. Each player needs a very good strategy and skill to win the game.
A. Translate the text above into Indonesia
B. Answer the following question according to the text.
1. Why is it interesting to play scrabble?
2. How do you play scrabble?
3. Why is chess in groups or individually?
4. Can we play chess in group or individually?
5. What main idea of paragraph two?
C.
Arrange these words into good order.
1. played-children- games- the- yesterday
2. I- to Semarang- went- last week
3. didn‟t- they- school- go- to
4. holiday- was- it- a
5. Mr. Abdan- did- buy- car- the-?
6. interesting-is- very- scrabble
7. chess- very- games- is- a- challenging
8. I- go- my father- and- swimming
9. watched- I- football- on- TV- last night
Apendix 7
Scrabble
Scrabble is a modern game. It is very interesting. The game is for four players. The aim is to create the words.
The players circle a board. The shape is square. Letters are on the board. Numbers are also on it. Each player takes eight buttons. They are in the box. A letter
is on every button. They look at their buttons. One player begins to play. He builds a word. He
puts it on the board. He takes some button again. Another player tries to arrange his word. He can not find it. He say
s, “pass”. He loses the game.
A. Translate the text above into Indonesia
B. Answer the following question according to the text
1. based on the text, what is scrabble game?
2. how many players that can play scrabble game?
3. how is the shape of scrabble game?
4. how many buttons that player can take?
5. how many persons that can play scrabble game?
C. Translate the words below into Indonesia
1. game
2. player
3. shape
4. box
5. button
6. letter
7. board
8. build
9. create
10. circle
Apendix 8
Gobak Sodor
Gobak Sodor is a traditional game. It is only for fun. Boys and girls do it. They perform it in the garden. They draw a court. Its shape is rectangular.
Two groups practice the game. The firsts are the players, the second are the guards. The guards watch the lines.
A player teases a guard. The guard tries to hit him. Another players run across the line. Another guard catches him. He holds his arm. The player jumps, but
he is late. The guard group wins the game. The other group loses. The game is over.
A. Translate the text above into Indonesia
