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EXERCISE OF EXPLANATION TEXT (SIMPLE PRESEN TENSE “VERBAL SENTENCES”)

Fill in the blanks with correct answers by picking the verbs provided!

Note: The trick of answering the questions bellow is


“VERB AGREEMENT”. (Perhatikan penggunaan
verb dan subject yang mendahuluinya)

Flooding is a disaster which commonly …………. ( happens / happen ) in large and densely populated cities. In
Indonesia, the floods ………….. ( hit / hits ) Jakarta very often and …………. ( cause / causes ) many victims. Then, do
you know the process of how flood …………. ( happens / happen) ? Pay attention to the following explanation.

The process of natural flooding is preceded by rain which …………. ( falls / fall ) to the surface of the earth. Then the
rain water is absorbed by the ground surface and …………. ( flows / flow ) to the lower place. Once that condition
…………. (happens / happen) , evaporation and the water …………. ( appear / appears ) to the surface of the land.
Flooding can be disastrous for humans when floods …………. ( happen / happens ) in an area that people live because
the water …………. ( carries / carry ) along objects like houses, bridges, cars, furniture and even people.

On the other hand, the process of non natural flooding is usually caused by bad habits of humans who do not care about
the environment, such as littering that can make water flow clogged. This …………. ( makes / make ) the water
deposited in landfills which gradually …………. (becomes / become ) more common. When water reservoirs can no
longer hold water discharge, the water then …………. ( overflows / overflow) out theland and cause flooding.

Read carefully the text above and choose the best answer by clicking the option.

1. What is the text mainly talked about?


A. The definition of flood
B. The division of flood
C. The flood as natural disaster
D. The flood as non-natural disaster
E. The process of flood
2. What is the difference between natural and non-natural flood?
A. The size of flood
B. The process of the flood
C. The cause of the flood
D. The place where the flood is happened
E. The government called the flood
3. “Then the rain water is absorbed by the ground surface…”.
The underlined word has the same meaning with ….
A. take in
B. flow
C. reach
D. move
E. gone
4. “This makes the water deposited …”. (P.3)
The word this refers to ….
A. human bad habit
B. non-natural flooding
C. the process of flood
D. flood
E. natural flooding

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