UN SMP 2019 Bahasa Inggris
Soal-Prediksi UN SMP 2019 - Bahasa Inggris
To every student of SMPN 1
Pekanbaru, please be advised that
the new rule regarding the
restricting the use of smartphone on
school premise will be enforced by
Monday, January 20th 2019. For
those who fail to comply will result
to school sending the parents letter
regarding the disciplinary violation.
1. What does the text above talk
about?
(A) student may bring smartphone
to school
(B) smartphone usage will be
limited in school
(C) school will punish the student
for having smartphone
(D) school is against technology
Ruby : “Hey, Kale! What are you
doing in the back of the
school?”
Kale : “Nothing much Ruby, I am
about to
throw this garbage away!”
Ruby : “Oh Kale, you really should
not throw
the plastic garbage over
here.”
Kale : “Why would that be Ruby?”
Ruby : “It is because the plastic will
not be
decomposed naturally, why
don’t we sort the plastic
away and send it to
recycling facility?”
Kale : “That’s a fantastic idea.
Thanks Ruby for the
information!”
2. What did Ruby do to Kale?
(A) Ruby was mad about Kale
(B) Ruby invited Kale to throw the
plastic together
(C) Ruby invited Kale to recycle
the plastic
(D) Ruby was giving order to Kale
Tono : Ardi, did you see any dogs
running by?
Ardi : Yes I did Tono, there ____
three dogs
just hiding behind that wall.
3. What is the most appropriate
word to fill in the blank?
(A) is
(B) were
(C) was
(D) Are
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We would like to announce the most
anticipated event of National School
Debating Championship 2019 which
will be held at Nusa Hotel Bali on
November 30th to December 3rd.
Every high school student from grade
10 to 12 is eligible for the selection
process. The selection process will be
held in multiple stages with following
schedule:
Selection
Level Date
School Level August 1st 2019
City or September 1st
Residence 2019
Level
Provincial October 1st
Level 2019
For the top 3 speakers in the selection
tournament will be granted a slot for
joining the National School Debating
Championship 2019 with all the
accommodations taken care of by the
Ministry of Education.
4. What is the reason behind why the
school published this according to
the text above?
(A) To describe the upcoming event
(B) To inform the upcoming
competition
(C) To compare benefit of
competitions
(D) To invite students to learn debate
5. Which one of these options is
allowed to replace the underlined
date on the text?
(A) September the 1th 2019
(B) 2019/11/11
(C) September 2019
(D) September 1, 2019
There is an amazing thing happening
every time we digest our food. The food
that we eat will be extracted for the
nutrition along the intestines. However,
after all the nutrition is extracted by
our body the food will still reside inside
our colon. These leftovers can be a
source of food for bad bacteria. Luckily
we have our friendly bacteria
Escherichia Coli that colonize our big
colon and prevent bad bacteria from
invading our digestive system.
6. What can be said about the role of
E. Coli bacteria inside human body?
(A) E. Coli predates on our food
(B) E. Coli gives symbiosis with
human body
(C) E. Coli are parasites inside (D) E. Coli bacteria do not give any
human body benefit to human
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Dear Tini, Besides having rotation, Earth also

experiences revolution. Revolution is
CONGRATULATIONS! when earth goes around the Sun. When
Earth goes around the sun, it moves in
For your proud achievement as the a tilted position. The deviation is about
most-outstanding student of SMP 1 23,5 degree. This deviation causes
Wonogiri academic year 2018/2019! several areas on earth to reveive more
sunlight compared to other area. It
From Your Best Friend, means some areas are hotter and some
Siti areas are colder. This causes variation
in temperature and causes several
7. What is the purpose of the above areas on Earth to have more than 1
text? season.
(A) to show that Siti is jealous of 10.From the text above, which one of
Tini’s achievement these phenomena is caused by a
(B) to express appreciation of tilted Earth when it goes around the
Siti’s achievement sun?
(C) to express appreciation of (A) day and light
Tini’s achievement zeni (B) revolution
(D) to inform Tini of her (C) rotation
achievement (D) four seasons
Look at the following table carefully!
Final Exam Result - Class VIIIB
Math Biology
No Name Score Score
1 Ali 85 75
2 Siti 90 85
3 Joni 60 70
4 Alan 75 65
Average
Score 77.5 73.75

8. From the information above,

which one of these sentences is
correct?
(A) Ali performed better than Siti in
science
(B) Joni has the best score in
science
(C) Alan has the worst grade in
math
(D) Siti performed best in math

The Earth is rotating on its axis and

also revolving around the Sun. The
Earth’s rotation is counter-clockwise
and causes the perception that the
Sun ___ in the east and ___ in the
west.

9. What is the most appropriate

form of words that best fill the
blank on the above paragraph?
(A) rose, set
(B) sets, rose
(C) rise, set
(D) rises, sets
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class ends so that we will have
clean chalkboard before each
To : Rizky
class.
From : Andi
Dear Rizky,
How have you been? It’s been a
while since our last meeting. I hope
you and your family is doing fine.
Since my family moved to Bandung 3
months ago, I now have transferred
to SMP 129 Bandung. I am
beginning to make some new friends
here but I still miss the friends back
in Palembang a lot. Are you doing
well at school? I still remember our
promise to reunite in Bandung. I
hope you still want to attend senior
high school here in Bandung. We can
go to the Mall together and hang out
like we used to.

Sincerely yours,
Andi.

12. According to the passage

above, what is the overall tone in
which Andi is trying to infer to his
friend?
(A) resenful
(B) vengeful
(C) grateful
(D) longing

Class IX-B would like to congratulate

our dearest Kevin from class VIII-A
for winning the election and to be
appointed as our new student leader.
We hope that your leadership period
will be a good avenue for you to
improve your personal skills.
We also would like to express our
sorry to Pandu who lost the election
from class VIII-C. Your candidacy has
provided strong competition to
Kevin. You are still a winner because
your total vote was 2nd best in the
election.
13. What can be said from the text
about Pandu?
(A) Pandu has cheated in the
election
(B) Pandu was a runner up on the
election
(C) Pandu was regretful about
participating
(D) Pandu was not trying hard

Attention to all students of class VII.

According to the meeting on
Monday, 17th November 2019 during
break time, we will start chore duty
for each student-group. The list of
agreed chores to be completed by
on-duty students are:
1. On-duty students ___ help
clean classroom before the
school start at 7.30 AM.
2. On-duty students ___ help
clean the chalkboard after the
14. What is the most appropriate
word-meaning pair to fill the
blank section on the above text?
(A) could are advised to
(B) may have duties to Ujung Kulon National Park is an
are obligated isolated wilderness on the ____ end of
(C) must to Java Island. It is the natural the
habitat where the threatened
(D) can are able to Javanese Rhinoceros lives.
15. What is the location that is the
The starred location on image is most suitable to fill the blank on
the location of Ujung Kulon the text above? ....
National Park (A) Northernmost
(B) Mid-western
(C) South-westernmost
(D) North-easternmost
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18. What is the unique characteristic

of a natural pH indicator?
Among the many animals that dwell
in the Ujung Kulon National Park (A) they are found naturally on the
area are: leopards, wild dog, environment
leopard cat, fishing cat, etc. Over (B) they can change a substance
270 species of birds have been into acids
recorded. Most notably, the area is (C) they can change a substance
supporting the critically into bases
endangered, endemic (only found in (D) they changes colors according
the area), single-horned Rhinoceros to acidity level of the
(Rhinoceros Javan sondaicus) with environment
an estimated population in mere
thousands.
16. What is going to happen if the
endemic Javan Rhinoceros is
extinct?
(A) they can still be found
naturally outside Ujung Kulon
(B) the likelihood of extinction is
extremely low
(C) they are going to migrate
elsewhere
(D) they are going to be lost from
the earth

One of the most popular ways to

reach the park is by boat. It took
about 3 hours to sail to the
beautiful island of Peucang in which
beautiful white beach met the
pristine tropical forest. Usually
tourists will reside in Peucang
Island in which the simple resort is
located or they also can move to
other islands such as Panaitan,
Handeuleum, and Semenanjung
islands. Alternatively, they can go to
Ujung Kulon peninsula in which
Javanese Rhino resides.
Adapted from:
http://www.indonesia-
t@urism.com/banten/ujungkulon.h
tml and
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/608/
17. From the text, which of these
alternatives is the likeliest for
ordinary tourists to be the place
to stay overnight?
(A) Panaitan
(B) Ujung Kulon peninsula
(C) Peucang
(D) Handeuleum
Many chemicals reactions are
affected by the level of acidity of
their environment. To know how
acid the environment is the
scientists create pH scale which
ranges from 1 to 14. However, we
also can create natural substance
that can tell whether something is
an acid or a base according to the
colors. Such substances is called
natural pH indicator because the
color vary according to acid
presence in their surroundings. The
example of natural pH indicators
are red cabbage, rose’s petal
flowers, and blueberries.

To make pH indicator from red
cabbage follow these steps:
Step 1 to 3
1. Prepare 2 cups of red cabbage,
hot water, blender, vinegar, and
detergent solution.
2. Prepare transparent cups,
strainer, spoons, and bowls
3. Put 2 cups of red cabbage into
the blender and carefully pour
hot water into it as well
4. Turn on the blender and mix
them well
5. Filter the fibers from the water
with strainer
6. Put the solid away and pour it
into a transparent cup
7. Pour vinegar into a cup and also
detergent into a cup. pH
indicator from red cabbage will
turn red by acid and blue from
bases
8. To see how pH indicator works,
put some red cabbage water
into a bowl using spoon then
add some vinegar and see how
it turns color
9. Also try to put some detergent
water using spoon into the bowl
of red cabbage water till it turns
color
19. What is the purpose of the text
above?
(A) to educate about healthy
lifestyle
(B) to argue about the correct way
of making pH meter
(C) to inform about application of
red cabbage
(D) to explain on how to make
natural pH meter from red
cabbage
20. What does the “it” from step 6
refer to?
(A) blender
(B) strainer
(C) red cabbage water
(D) red cabbage fiber
21. What can be said if vinegar
turns the pH water into red?
(A) pH of vinegar is 4,5 on pH scale
(B) pH of vinegar is on acidic level
(C) pH of vinegar is on basic level
(D) pH of vinegar is on neutral level
22. The text on above sign means
that ....
(A) people must not throw away the
garbage in the area
(B) people must take home the
garbage in the park
(C) people should take home the
garbage in the area
(D) people have to throw away the
garbage in the area
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Read the conversation below
Anna : “Hey Cole, ____ do you
brush your teeth?”
Cole : “I brush my teeth every
morning and every night”
23. What is the most suitable
option to fill the blank?
(A) why
(B) how often
(C) where
(D) how much

Read the conversation below

Donna : “I heard you have a
plan for the weekend,
what is your plan?”
Grace : “Yes, I ____ go to
Bandung this weekend”
24. What is the most appropriate
word to fill in the blank?
(A) will
(B) am going to
(C) have to
(D) must

Source: noaanews.com
Ban the use of plastic on the
ocean to save the ocean
ecosystem!
25. Whas is the purpose of the text
above?
(A) to inform about ocean
pollution
(B) to give entertainment about
ocean life
(C) to promote clean ocean
environment
(D) to promote the use of plastic

Source :https://tdma.info/using-
sunlight-to-clean-water/
Fill the blank with the most
appropriate option!
26. The image above is showing
that the water
____ the girl.
(A) is being drank by
(B) is drinking
(C) is being drinking by
(D) is being drunk by

Anthony was a sailor for 40 years.
Now at age of 65, he is retired and
lived happily in his home in Adams,
Minnesota along with his wife and
his two dogs. He ____ be the captain
of the ultra large container ship
which is more than 360 meters
long.
27.What is the best word to fill in the
blank?
(A) will always
(B) wants to
(C) used to
(D) was used to
(E) is going to
One day when he was sailing, he
realized that his ship was going into
the storm. The sky was pitch-dark
and thunders roared everywhere.
He had faced many extreme
weathers before, but this storm was
something different.
28. What is the word “roared”
has the closest meaning to?
(A) whistled
(B) whispered
(C) boomed
(D) cried
Afterwards, he witnessed a giant
tunnel of wind soared into the sky.
He was shocked to see that he was
running into the most destructive
category-5 hurricane. If he was drawn
into the storm the ship would be ____
destroyed. Out of desperation he then
prayed and tried to maneuver his
massive ship outside the storm onto
safety. His chance of success is very
small.
29. What is the most suitable word to
fill the blank?
(A) partially
(B) entirely
(C) superficially
(D) happily
While he tried to move the ship out of
the storm’s pathway, one giant wave
struck the ship and almost toppled it
down. Luckily, a few moments after
the noise outside got weakened.
Anthony peeked outside the window
and sighed with relief. It had
miraculously moved away from the
ship. Ever since that day, Anthony
never fails to check the weather
forecast before sailing into the sea.
30. What does the word “it” on line 6
refers to?
(A) the ship
(B) the thunder
(C) the hurricane
(D) the wind
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Social media is one favorite generate negative feelings for

communication platform for teenagers. teenagers because they feel that their
Although social media possesses many life is not as exciting and great.
advantages, it also comes with many 32. What is the best counter-
costs. The excessive display of wealth argument to tackle the sentence
and glamorous image on social media above?
can generate negative feelings for
(A) teenager’s life are all amazing
teenagers because they feel that their
and are not affected by what
life is not as exciting and great.
happens on social media
Teenagers who feel so must know that
platforms
internet image and reality may be
(B) all teenagers are having
different because people put filters on
depression so the social media do
their social media feeds. Therefore,
not give any impacts to teenagers
teenagers should be wise when reacting
about what they see on social media (C) the full display of wealth or
platforms. glamorous image on social media
do not result to negative feelings
31. From the text above, we know that
(D) teenagers do not use social media
the writer’s feeling about social
that frequently in reality
media is ....
(A) optimistic
(B) encouraging
(C) worried
(D) suspicious

The excessive display of wealth and

glamorous image on social media can
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Social media has become one of the most- frequently used platforms of
communication among teenagers. Althoughsocial media possesses many advantages, it
also comes with many costs. The excessive display of wealth and glamorous image
on social media can generate negative feelings for teenagers because
they feel that their life is not as exciting and great. Teenagers who feel
so must know that internet image and reality may be different because people put
filters on their social media feeds. Therefore, teenagers should be wise when reacting
about what they see on social media platforms.
33. What is the purpose of the above text?
(A) to ban the use of social media
(B) to blame teenager for using social
media
(C) to argue the negative effect of
social media for teenager
(D) to argue positive effect of social
media for teenager

Dear Wina,
I would like to offer my deepest condolences for the passing of your beloved
grandmother. I wish to extend my thoughts and prayers for you and your family in this
hard time.
34.From the text above, what does the word
“hard time” have the closest meaning to?
(A) easy period
(B) practice period
(C) entertaining period
(D) difficult period

35.What is the purpose of the above text?

(A) to provide support to the grieving
family
(B) to mock at the grieving family
(C) to entertain the grieving family
(D) to inform about the death of family