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Written By: NUrul Qomariyah, S.Pd.I

Lembar Kerja Peserta

Didik (LKPD)

SMKS Islam Empu Gennah

Understanding
a Descriptive
Text

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 Kompetensi Dasar

3.4 Menganalisis fungsi sosial, struktur teks, dan unsur kebahasaan

beberapa teks deskriptif lisan dan tulis dengan memberi dan meminta
informasi pendek dan sederhana terkait orang, benda dan tempat sesuai
dengan konteks penggunaannya.
4.4 Menyusun teks deskriptif lisan dan tulis, pendek dan sederhana, terkait
orang, benda dan tempat, dengan memperhatikan fungsi sosial, struktur
teks, dan unsur kebahasaan, secara benar dan sesuai konteks
penggunaannya.

Tujuan Pembelajaran

Mengidentifikasi fungsi sosial teks deskripsi lisan dan tulis terkait orang,
benda, dan tempat sesuai dengan konteks penggunaanya.
Menentukan generic structure dari teks deskriptif yang dipelajari
dengan tepat.
Mengidentifikasi fungsi dan struktur dari noun and adjective (words
order) dengan tepat.
Mengidentifikasi fungsi dan struktur dari present tense dan passive
voice.

Menangkap makna teks deskriptif lisan dan tulis, pendek dan

sederhana, terkait orang, benda dan tempat, dengan
memperhatikan fungsi sosial, struktur teks, dan unsur kebahasaan,
secara benar dan sesuai konteks.
Mengurutkan kata sifat membentuk noun phrase untuk
mendeskripsikan orang, benda dan tepat.
Mengubah kalimat dalam bentuk present tense kedalam passive
voice.
Menyusun teks deskripsi lisan dan tulis pendek dan sederhana terkait
orang, benda, dan tempat dengan memperhatikan fungsi sosial,
struktur teks, dan unsur kebahasaan, secara benar dan sesuai konteks.
 Learning Objective 1

Reading After reading the text, the students are expected to be able
to analyze the social function, identify the structure and
Comprehension lexicogrammatical features of Descriptive text, find out the
main idea and supporting detail of each paragraph,
understand the meaning of the text by answering the
question.

ACTIVITY 1

Read the Following Text

with good pronounciation

Taj Mahal

Taj Mahal, an epitome of love, is actually a mausoleum. Standing majestically on the

banks of River Yamuna, the Taj Mahal is synonymous to love and romance. Taj Mahal
was constructed by Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan in the memory of his beloved wife
and queen. The name “Taj Mahal” was derived from the name of Shah Jahan’s wife,
Mumtaz Mahal, which means crown of palaces.
Taj Mahal represents the finest architectural and artistic achievement. The
mausoleum was constructed of pure white marble. The white marble is inlaid with
semiprecious stones (including jade, crystal, lapis lazuli, amethyst and turquoise) that
form the intricate designs. Its central dome reaches a height of 240 feet (73 meters).
The dome is surrounded by four smaller domes. Four slender towers, or minarets,
stand at the corners. Inside the mausoleum, an octagonal marble chamber adorned
with carvings and semiprecious stones house the false tomb of Mumtaz Mahal. Her
actual remains lie below, at garden level.
Taj Mahal shows shades of magnificent beauty at different time during the day. At
dawn when the first rays of the sun hits the dome of this epic monument, it radiates
like a heavenly pinkish palace. At daytime, when the sky is bright and clear, the Taj
looks milky white. At a moonlit night when the full moon rays fall on the glistening
white marble, the cool moon rays reflect back from the white marble and give the Taj
Mahal a tinge of blue color. It’s simply breathtaking! With such beauty, no wonder
that Taj Mahal becomes one of the the Seven Wonders of the World.
 Instruction:

ACTIVITY 2 Make a group at least 4 students, discuss and

Discus the following answer the following questions.
questions
Don’t forget to present it in front of your friends

1. What is the social function of the text?

2. Identify the structure of the text!
3. Analyze the lexicogrammatical features of the text

ACTIVITY 3
Answer the Following
Comprehension Questions!

1) What is Taj Mahal actually?

2) What impression do you get when you read the word majestically?
3) Why did the king construct Taj Mahal?
4) What does the phrase ‘the crown of the palace’ imply?
5) Read the third line of paragraph two. What impression did you
get after reading the description?
6) How are the materials and architectural design of Taj Mahal?
7) What do all the materials and the architecture indicate?
8) Where was the queen actually buried?
9) When do you think is the best time to see Taj Mahal. Why do
think so?
10) What do you think about the inclusion of Taj Mahal as one of
the Seven Wonders of the World?
11) What is the writer’s purpose in writing the essay?
12) How does the writer organize his idea?
 ACTIVITY 4
Fill in the following
table

Fill in the blanks with the right word from the list
ACTIVITY 5 below.
Vocabularies
Excercises

1) The very intricate designs of the white marble palace shows an _________ of the
professional work and expertise of a dedicated architect to his /her work.
2) The walls of the building are _______ with beautiful carving and precious stones.
3) That the towers are ________ and not big makes them the right decoration that _________
the domes, and the combination of which makes the complex look amazingly beautiful.
4) The white marble palace, bathed in the moon rays, reflects back the rays that give the
________ of bluish color.
5) The different appearance of the Taj in the morning, during daytime and evening is just
_____________. Words cannot describe the beauty sufficiently.
6) The room which has 8 sides is called __________ chamber. This is the room that
_____________the remains of the queen.
7) However, the ________ in the chamber is a _______ one because the remains of the queen
was buried below at the garden level.
8) What is your opinion if a millionaire in this country builds a luxurious ______________ to
house the remains of his dead family?
9) The four minarets at the four corner surround the palace ___________, making the palace
look symmetrically beautiful.
 Learning Objective 2

Grammar After reading the text, the students are expected to be able
to identify the noun phrase used in the text, identify the
Review noun and modifier in some noun phrases, and arrange
some jumbled words into good noun phrases.

ACTIVITY 1 After reading the text (Taj Mahal), try to find

noun phrases of the text (Taj Mahal), write down on your
notes and discuss the meaning of the phrases with your
friends!

Now, Read the phrases below. Identify the modifiers.

See number 1 as an example.
1) large black stones → size color noun
2) a shallow small lake → _____ _____ _____
3) cold tiny droplets → _____ _____ _____
4) sweet yellow corns → _____ _____ _____ ACTIVITY 2
5) powerful small ants → _____ _____ _____
6) beautiful white palace → _____ _____ _____
7) a unique golden monkey → _____ _____ _____
8) favorite slender minarets → _____ _____ _____
9) an enormous reddish snout → _____ _____ _____
10) misty grey morning → _____ _____ _____
11) an octagonal marble chamber → _____ _____
_____ _____
12) four smaller domes → _____ _____ _____ _____
 Arrange the adjectives in the correct order.
1. belt- green- beautiful-leather-a.
2. hood-dry-his-warm.
ACTIVITY 3
3. actors-old-two-shakespearian-famous.
4. beads-glass-round-blue-tiny.
5. baby- lively-her- six-month-old.
6. dress-satin-a- white-long.
7. steps- narrow- cement-ten.
8. basement- cool-damp-the.
9. wolfhounds- Russian-two-grey-huge.
10. carvings- delicate-sandalwood-three.

Learning Objective 3

After reading the text, the students are expected to be able to

identify the verb used in the text and forming the passive.

Instruction:
ACTIVITY 1
Discuss with your group then find out the verbs used in the text, and
differentiate among of them.

Don’t forget to mark on your work sheet!

Change the following active sentences into passive voice!

1. Nuri pours some salt into the soup

2. A buffalo has pulled the cart for ten miles.
3. A big lion bit a zebra. ACTIVITY 2
4. She reads a fashion magazine in the lobby.
5. Paulina drinks five cups of coffee.
6. We fed three bear cubs at the zoo.
7. The doctor has detected the virus.
8. They had bought a new apartment near the beach.
9. Gina will give the present before midnight.
10. Mrs. Yuki runs the shop every weekend.
Choose the correct active voice form of a sentence for each number below!
1. The room has been cleaned by Frieda just now.
a. Frieda has been cleaned the room just now.
b. Frieda had cleaned the room just now.
c. Frieda has cleaned the room just now.
d. Frieda is cleaning the room just now.
2. My orange juice was drunk by Romeo this morning. ACTIVITY 3
a. Romeo drank my orange juice this morning.
b. Romeo drunk my orange juice this morning.
c. Romeo will drink my orange juice this morning.
d. Romeo drinks my orange juice this morning.
3. The dishes in this restaurant is made by a famous chef.
a. famous chef made the dishes in this restaurant.
b. A famous chef makes the dishes in this restaurant.
c. A famous chef is making the dishes in this restaurant.
d. A famous chef is made the dishes in this restaurant.
4. This comedy action movie was directed by Jimmy Thompson.
a. Jimmy Thompson directed this comedy action movie.
b. Jimmy Thompson directs this comedy action movie.
c. Jimmy Thompson was directed this comedy action movie.
d. Jimmy Thompson is directed this comedy action movie.
Choose the correct passive voice form of a sentence for each number below!
1. Someone knocked the door of her house yesterday.
a. The door was knocked of her house by someone yesterday.
b. The door of her house was knocked by someone yesterday.
c. The door of her house is knocked by someone yesterday.
d. The door has knocked of her house by someone yesterday.
2. Fajar has taken an English test just now.
a. An English test was taken by Fajar just now.
b. An English test had been taken by Fajar just now.
c. An English test had taken by Fajar just now.
d. An English test has been taken by Fajar just now.
3. The children are planting trees in the garden now.
a. Trees are being planted by the children in the garden now.
b. Trees are planted by the children in the garden now.
c. Trees has planted by the children in the garden now.
d. Trees are being planting by the children in the garden now.
4. My father always washes the red car on Sunday.
a. The red car always washed by my father on Sunday.
b. The red car is washing by my father on Sunday.
c. The red car is always washed by my father on Sunday.
d. The red car has been washed by my father on Sunday.
 Learning Objective 4

After reading studying this topic, the students are

Writing & Speaking expected to be able to write their own descriptive
text
Skill

Think of a place you like to visit or a favorite place that you

have visited several times. This can be tourism object or your
favorite part of your house, or school, a park, or a traditional
market in your hometown. Describe what is special about the
ACTIVITY 1
place. Make a word web to help you get and organize ideas.
Using your word web, write an essay about that place.
Include
an introductory paragraph, two body paragraphs that contain
the supporting details, and a concluding paragraph

Identification…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
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Description………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
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Description………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
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After you have finished write your own descriptive text,

Pretend as if you were a guide describing the special
peculiarities of the tourism object or another places.
ACTIVITY 2
Take turn with your friends!
 Answer Key
A. Reading comprehension (learning Objective 1)
Activity 1
Focus on student’s pronunciations and intonations
Activity 2
1. What is the social function of the text?
To describe the particular object by describing its or his/her specific features to help
readers visualize what a person, an animal, a park, or thing is like.
2. Identify the structure of the text!
Paragraph 1is identification
Paragraph2 is description
Paragraph 3 is description
3. Analyze the lexicogrammatical features of the text!
a) Focusing on a specific object : Taj Mahal
b) Generally using Present Tense : remains, is, presents, shows, hits, etc.
c) Using linking verbs and verbs to classify things and describe appearances,
characteristics, parts, and functions : verb be (is )
d) Using adjectives and adverbs to add information to nouns and verbs in the
provision of detailed : semiprecious, magnificent, wonder, etc.
e) Using adverbial phrases of manner, place, or time : in the bank of Yamuna river
f) Using words explaining characteristics or features (size, shape, location,
colour,etc): small, octagonal, white, blue, etc)
g) Using passive Voice : was constructed, is inlaid, is surrounded, etc.

Activity 3
1. It’s mausoleum
2. Beautiful, great
3. He loved his wife very much.
4. Taj Mahal is the best palace compared to other palaces.
5. Taj Mahal is very beautiful.
6. The materials, like the precious stones, are of high quality and expensive and
the design is sophisticated.
7. The king loved his queen so much that he chose the best material and architect
for the mausoleum.
8. It’s not in the octagonal chambel, but it is below that.
9. (Answers can vary depending on the students’ own opinion). Perhaps in full
moon when the Taj is soaked in the golden light of the moon. It will look like
a golden palace.
10. Considering the beauty of the building and the story behind the construction,
Taj mahal deserves to be one of the Seven Wonders of the World.
11. To describe the beauty of the building to attract people to come and visit Taj
Mahal.
 12. In paragraph one, the object to be described is identified (Taj Mahal) and
certain aspect (crown of palaces) about the object is stated. The second and
third paragraphs elaborated the details that support the aspect mentioned in
the first paragraph.

Activity 4
Paragraph 1 : Taj Mahal is the crown of palace.
Paragraph 2 : Taj Mahal represents the finest architectural and artistic
achievement.
Paragraph3 : Taj Mahal shows shades of magnificent beauty at different time
during the day.

Activity 5
1. epitome
2. inlaid
3. slender
4. tinge
5. breathtaking
6. octagonal - house
7. remain – false
8. mausoleum
9. majestically

B. Grammar review
Learning objective 2 (Noun Phrase)
Activity1
Paragraph 1 An epitome of love, a mausoleum, standing majestically, Mughal
emperor, beloved wife, crown of palaces.
Paragraph 2 Artistic achievement, pure whitw marble, semiprecious stones,
intricate design, central domes, slender towers, smaller domes,
octagonal marble,
Paragraph 3 Magnificent beauty, epic monument, pinkish palace, milky white,
white marble, blue color.

Activity2
1. Size – color – noun
2. Opinion – size – noun
3. Opinion – size – noun
4. Opinion – color – noun
5. Opinion – size – noun
6. Opinion – color – noun
7. Opinion - color – noun
8. Opinion – size – noun
9. Opinion – colo – noun
10. Opinion – size – age – material – noun
11. Opinion – material – noun
12. Opinion – size – material – noun

Activity3
1. A beutiful green leather belt
2. His warm dry hood.
3. Two famous old Shakespearian actors.
4. Tiny round blue glass beads.
5. Her lively six-month-old baby.
6. A long white satin dress.
7. Ten narrow cement steps.
8. The damp cool basement.
9. Two huge grey Russian wolfhounds.
10. Three delicate sandalwood carvings.

Learning objective 3 (Passive Voice)

Activity 1
1. Using linking verb, is : Taj Mahal is synonymous to love and romance
2. Using simple present tense: V1 / V1 + s/es : Taj Mahal represents the finest
architectural and artistic achievement.
3. Using passive voice: The name “Taj Mahal” was derived from the name of Shah
Jahan’s wife, Mumtaz Mahal.
Linking verb Present Passive
Paragraph 1 is Means Was constructed
Was derived
Paragraph 2 is Represents Was constructed
Reaches Is surrounded
Stand
remains
Paragraph 3 is Shows
Hits
Radiates
Fall
becomes

Activity 2
Change the active sentence into passive voice
1. Some salt is poured into the soup by Nuri.
2. The cart has been pulled for ten miles by the buffalo.
3. A zebra was bitten by a big lion.
4. A fashion magazine is read in the lobby.
5. Five cups of coffee are drunk by Paulina.
 6. Three bear cubs were fed at the zoo.
7. The virus has been detected by the doctor.
8. A new apartment near the beach had been bought.
9. The present will be given by Gina before midnight.
10. The shop is run by Mrs. Yuki every weekend.

Activity 3
Part 1
1. C
2. A
3. B
4. A
Part 2
1. B
2. D
3. A
4. C
C. Writing and Speaking skill
Writing : Checking the student’s work, pay attention to the idea, structure and
grammatical features of the text, and word choice
Speaking : Focus on the student’s pronunciations, intonations and the way they
deliver the message of the text.