recount text : My Holiday Unpredictable but Fun

It was Sunday, the end of my holiday indeed, when friends of mine suddenly came to my home and picked me up. They told me that we were going to go out of town. That was unpredictable and really surprised me because there was no any confirmation before.

At 9 o’clock in the morning, we departed from my home and realized that the road was very crowded. Then, we decided to take freeway to save the time. For about thirty minutes later, we were out. But not arrived yet. We tried to find a store to buy some food and drink as our provisions. After we got them, we continued our trip to Boyolali. Well, it took approximately two hours to get there.

In the afternoon, we arrived and came in to one of my friend’s house first. There, we could take some rest and had lunch together. After that, according to the plan, we had to continue our trip to go to Tlatar. But, my friend’s mother asked us to take some fruit as gift. The fruit such as mangoes, rambutans and guava. It was out of our meant, but we accepted it. Of course, moreover, they could complete our provisions, right?.

After we got a lot of gift, we went to Tlatar, a special nature park and pond in Boyolali. The way to get there was really nice, we could see the fields and woods around us with the beautiful mountain behind them. Furthermore, we could feel the fresh air which was difficult to be found in Semarang. In Tlatar, we could swim and fishing. While some of us were swimming, the others were fishing or just enjoyed the view. We also ordered some food and drink.

The other and the last place we visited was Badhe Dam. It was big dam in Boyolali. We got there when it was getting afternoon around at five o’clock. Well, the situation there was really amazing. It was the right place to calm our self and mind. The beautiful dam with the blue sky were really a wonderful mixture of nature. We relaxed and felt calm. And did not forget to take pictures together.

At six, we realized that it was getting to dark, we had to back to Semarang. So, we decided to departed right away. We were very glad and enjoyed our trip together. We would never forget it.

Recount text : Study Tour To Bogor and Bandung

I went to bogor with my teachers and my friends. It was a study tour actually. Study tour was held when I was junior high school. That was my first time I went to Puncak, Bogor. My teacher, my class friends, and I were in the same bus. We left our school at 10 p.m. trip to Puncak from Cirebon was about 7 hous.

After 7 hours on the way, finally we arrived in Bogor. It was about 5.00 Am. We stopped in a mosque to pray first. Some of my friends took a bath in the mosque. But, I just brushed my teeth and washed my face because there was was so cold. It made me lazy to touch the water.After that, we went to a restaurant to have a breakfast. I was so hungry. Then, we went to Taman safari Bogor. We saw animal collection there. The animal collection was very complete. In taman safari, every Sunday there was an animal circus and fortunately we visited Taman safari on Sunday. So, we could watch the animal circus there. The animal circus was very funny and made us entertained. After watched the animal circus we went back to the bus and we we went to the villa to take a rest. In villa I and my friends swam together.



In the next day, we left bogor to visit Bandung. The journey from Bogor to Bandung was abut 3 hours. Actually, it was a funny journey because I spent all of my time with my friends, like playing games, laughing, and kidding. But I felt that all of my tiredness gone all of sudden when we arrived at bandung. In Bandung, we visited Cihampelas. Cihampelas was a very busy street. There were so many factory outlet there. We used that moment to buy some clothes and souvenirs there. After From Cihampelas. We went home to our city. Study tour made me very tired, but I was very happy because I could spend many time with my friends.

recount text: Holiday In Malaysia

Last holiday, My family was on vacation. we went to Malaysia. We used travel agent to manage our holiday . We had booked two days tour in Malaysia. We went malaysia by plane. The travel agent had booked ticket for us. The flight was only one hour from Jakarta. On the plane the cabin crews were very friendly and they were very handsome and beautiful. They gave us some directions before the flight. Our plane, garuda Indonesia had very complete fasilities to accompany passanger during the journey, such as movies player, music player, newspaper, magazine, etc. We had a very pleasant flight.

On arrival at Kuala Lumpur, we had to go to Customs and Immigration. The officers were pleasant. They checked the document carefully but their manners were very polite. After that, the travel agent brought us to Petronas Tower and took some photos there.In the afternoon, we went to hotel to take a rest. The hotel was a well-known five-star hotel. The room had perfect view of city. On the third floor, there was a restaurant serving American, african, Asian European food. They had variety of food.In the next day, we went to Sepang circuit to watch MotoGp race. I wanted to watch directly my idol Valentino Rossi and took photos with him. During the race, I was surprised because that was my first time I saw motorcycles ran fast up to 300 km/hour in front of my eyes.

In the ending of the race, Rossi was the first rider who touched the finish line. I was so happy because he won.The two days in Malaysia went by fast. At the end of the second day, we were quite tired but we felt very happy.

Recount text : My experience met with taufik hidayat

Orientation:
 Last sunday, there was Thomas cup badminton championship between Indonesa and China. It was held on Istora Gelora Bung Karno. I went to Istora Gelora Bung Karno with my Brother, Andi. 

Events: Before entering Istora Gelora Bung Karno, we looked the bus that took Indonesian badminton team players. I saw taufik Hidayat, Muhammad Ahsan, Hendra Setiawan, Hayom Rumbaka, Angga Pratama, Rian Agung, Simon Santoso, Sony Dwi Kuncoro and the other Indonesian badminton players in that bus. They were very handsome. Then, we followed that bus to main-entrance. I found that Taufik Hidayat left from the bus. When we wanted to get close to Taufik Hidayat, a security guard held me back. But, I thought that security guard was familiar because He was my old friend when I was senior high school, he was Andre. After that, he let me in, finally i could meet Taufik Hidayat and got his signature.

 Reorientation: Then, I went back to my seat at the Istora stadium to support Indonesian team. The supporter was very crowded. They shouted “IN-DO-NE-SI-A” during the match.

Holidays at Bali 2017 (recount text)

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Holidays in Bali 2017

On January 13th 2017, all the 8th grade student of SMP 3 Pati went to Bali. We went there for study program. We went there by bus. There were 5 bus. I was in the Bus A. We gathered at school at 7 a.m. Before starting to go, we prayed together on the bus. We left for Bali at 8 a.m. On the bus we got some snack from the tour leader. Along the trip we saw many beautiful views.

At 11 a.m. we arrived at “Wahyu Utomo” restaurant in Tuban. We had lunch there. We were there at about 2 hours. Then we countinued our trip. It was almost 7 p.m. when we arrived at Probolinggo. We had dinner there. At about 12 p.m. we arrived in Ketapang Harbour. We crossed the Bali Strait at about an hour. We arrived at Gilimanuk Port at 2 a.m. We went to Tanah Lot. We arrived there at 6 a.m. We had breakfast in Agung Bali Restaurant. We stayed in Tanah Lot for about 2 hours. We also play water and took some pictures there. We continued our trip to Tanjung Benoa for playing water and riding Flying Fish. We also come to Turtle Island. We took a pray in Puja Mandala. It was a worship. After that, we left for Kuta Beach by Public Transportation. I played football with my friends, and took some pictures with tourist. But I bought nothing. We had dinner again in restaurant. Then we checked in the Batukaru Hotel.

In the next morning at 6 a.m. we had breakfast in the hotel. We started our trip in the second day in Istana Tampak Siring. We were our completed school uniform. Then we got dressed and went to BCC (Bali Culture Center). We watched the Mask Dance. We had lunch in “Cening Bagus” and went to Bajra Shandi Museum. We also had dinner in the hotel at 10 p.m. I and my friends call a KFC food delivery for a dinner. We held a Friendly Night for about 2 hours. We slept soundly at 1 a.m.
On the third day, we started our trip to Joger. We arrived there at 9 a.m. We shopped at about 3 hours there. I bought 2 shrts and a sandal. After that we directly went to Bedugul Lake and lunch there. We can fishing in the lake, or driving by speedboat arround lake. We also took some pictures and went home to Pati. We arrived at Pati at 9 a.m.

Re-orientation: I felt very tired, but it was really exciting experience.

Recount text - Holiday at Bandung City

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Recount text - Holiday at Bandung City

Last Month, My friends and I had a wonderful trip to Bandung. We were there for three days. We went to Bandung on Friday Afternoon and it only took about three and half an hour by car from Bogor. We started at 2 P.M and arrived in Bandung around 5.30 P.M.

When we arrived in Bandung, we took a rest in a Hotel Padma. After taking a rest dan a shower, we had dinner and prepared for a night tour in Bandung. Around 7.30 P.M, we drove to Ciampelas to buy some t-shirts and accessories. After 2 hours shopping there, we dropped at Ciwalk for half an hour to relax and enjoy the beauty of Ciwalk.

Our next destination was Ciwidey and Cimangu. It took about one and half an hour to be in Ciwidey and Cimangu. Unfortunatelly, we couldn't visit Ciwidey because of the bad weather and continued to Cimangu, around one kilometer from it. In Ciwidey, we had a warm water bathing. All of us jumped into the warn water and enjoyed it a lot. Our body soaked in a big warm swimming pool for about an hour before we stopped. At 2 A.M on Saturday, we took a rest in of villager's house there near Ciwidey.

On Saturday we had a great activity because we did many things. First we went to Ciwidey. We enjoyed the nature of Ciwidey's View. We stayed there for about one hour. Around 10 o'clock, we went to strawberry park located in Ciwidey, too. We learn how to plant the strawberry and of course ate some products made of strawberry, such as cake and juice. On Saturday afternoon around 2 P.M, we came back to hotel. After 2 hours in hotel, we went to Cibaduyut for shoes shopping.

At around 7 P.M, we went to Dago Street to enjoy saturday night there. Finally on Sunday Morning, we packed up and went back to Bogor.

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MY HOLIDAY AT SABUR BEACH, BALI

My holiday at Sanur Beach Last year, My Family and I went to Sanur Beach, Bali. I wanted to enjoy the vacation and made my self happy. I was so excited to go there.I went there at Sunday and came back home at Monday

 On Sunday, in the morning My Family and I had small breakfast together with a glass of tea, and some bread. Next, we went to the market to buy some food and drink. After that, we were ready to go to Sanur Beach. To go to that place, we needed 2 hours and took twenty kilometers from where I lived. We went there by a car. When we arrived at Sanur Beach, I was surprised to see a lot of people that were there. Because the day we went was holiday. I was very enjoying the scene. I was very happy that I could play with my brother. We were playing sand, and water and volleyball. After playing, we took photo together. Next, we decided to have lunch at McD which not too far from Sanur Beach. Then we went back Sanur Beach. We just looked around the beach and also bought some souvenirs like necklace, ring, traditional bag, some dresses and soon. I couldn't be wait to see the sunset there. How beautiful was it.

Because, I felt so tired and so did My Family. We went to My Grandma’s house at Denpasar. We stayed there for a half day. On Monday morning, My Family and I went back home. We enjoyed our holiday at this time.

Recount text : Vacation in london

Spending time for vacation can be the best example of recount text. What is recount? Clearly it is about retelling series of event which some people got experiences. A recount text in English is commonly found in the form of a personal experience note, short biography, report of events, or curriculum vitae in brief. The following sample show it clearly.

Mr. Richard’s family was on vacation. They are Mr. and Mrs. Richard with two sons. They went to London. They saw their travel agent and booked their tickets. They went to the British Embassy to get visas to enter Britain. They had booked fourteen days tour. This includes travel and accommodation. They also included tours around London They boarded a large Boeing flight. The flight was nearly fourteen hours. On the plane the cabin crews were very friendly. They gave them news paper and magazine to read. They gave them food and drink. There was a film for their entertainment. They had a very pleasant flight. They slept part of the way.

On arrival at Heathrow Airport, they had to go to Customs and Immigration. The officers were pleasant. They checked the document carefully but their manners were very polite. Mr. Richard and his family collected their bags and went to London Welcome Desk. They arranged the transfer to a hotel.

The hotel was a well-known four-star hotel. The room had perfect view of the park. The room had its own bathroom and toilet. Instead of keys for the room, they inserted a key-card to open the door. On the third floor, there was a restaurant serving Asian and European food. They had variety of food.

The two week in London went by fast. At the end of the 14-day, they were quite tired but they felt very happy.
Generic Structure of Recount text about Vacation
1. Orientation : Clearly from the text above. the participant is Mr. Richard’s family
2. Series of events: Mr. Richard’s family went to travel agent then they were waiting for boarding on plane. The text continued how he arrive in Heathrow airport. After that we can see that Mr. Richard’s family stayed in a four-star hotel
3. Reorientation: A note from the participant. Mr. Richard’s family were happy while spending vacation in London That’s all about the best example of recount text about vacation to London. Hopefully it helps to understand what recount text is. Happy learning.

Recount text: My trip to Borobudur Temple

Last week, I spent my vacation in Jogjakarta, the city is famous in Indonesia. I went to the temple of Borobudur. My family and I went there in the morning we went to Borobudur temple by private car family. I had prepared everything before we went to Jogja. While we were driving, we get to see some beautiful scenery mountains, forests, and waterfalls as well as cars pass by.

My family and I arrived at the Borobudur Temple at 4:30 pm. There, I saw a lot of tourists. Borobudur temple is crowded on a holiday vacation. I can learn and practice speaking English with a foreign tourist different language to me.

Dovi his name. He is very friendly. This is the first time I spoke English with foreign tourists. We returned at 22:30 at night. It was a very interesting holiday for me and my family was happy.

Recount text: MY VACATION WITH MY BELOVED PERSONS

One day, my sister said to me that she really wanted to go to the beach. So I promised her that the next day we would go to Maron beach in Semarang.

The next day, we prepared many things in the morning. We brought some foods and beverages, such as fried rice, chocolate wafers, potato chips, water and orange juice. Before going to the beach, I ask my boyfriend, Kiki, to join us going to the beach. He agreed to join and he came to my house. After that, we went to the beach. We went there by motorbike. It took 25 minutes to arrive there. Then, we bought tickets in the entrance gate. Before swimming, we changed our clothes first. We swam there for more than one hour. We felt so tired that we decided to eat the foods that we had brought. Next, my boyfriend and I created a very big sand castle, while my sister continued swimming. After that, we decided to go home because it was getting dark.

On the way home, we still felt hungry. So we stopped at a Javanese restaurant to eat something. I ordered gudeg, while my boyfriend and my sister ordered rames rice. After finished eating, we paid our bills. Then, we went home. We arrived at home at 6 o’clock and we were absolutely exhausted.

That was a very exhausting day, but I felt so happy that I could have a vacation with my sister and my boyfriend.

recount text : My Holiday in Bali

When I was 2^nd grade of senior high school, my friends and I went to Bali. We were there for three days. I had many impressive experiences during the vacation.

First day, we visited Sanur Beach in the morning. We saw the beautiful sunrise together. It was a great scenery. Then, we checked in to the hotel. After prepared our selves, we went to Tanah Lot. We met so many other tourists there. They were not only domestic but also foreign tourists.

Second day, we enjoyed the day on Tanjung Benoa beach. We played so many water sports such as banana boat, jetsky, speedboat etc. We also went to Penyu island to see many unique animals. They were turtles, snakes, and sea birds. We were very happy. In the afternoon, we went to Kuta Beach to see the amazing sunset and enjoyed the beautiful wave.

The last day, we spent our time in Sangeh. We could enjoy the green and shady forest. There were so many monkies. They were so tame but sometimes they could be naughty. We could make a close interaction with them. After that, we went to Sukowati market for shopping. That was my lovely time. I bought some Bali T-Shirt and souvenirs.

In the evening, we had to check out from the hotel. We went back home bringing so many amazing memories of Bali.

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recount text : Tablet PC

Blue Nova Android Tablet Pc

it was a summer day, I was very bored with my activity. my mobile phone can't help my problem. I saw an adverticement about new Blue Nova Android tablet PC. It was very good and simple. but, it was impossible to get tablet PC.
few day's letter, my father and I come to an electronic shop and I saw An AndroidTablet PC. I stay for few minutes to saw it. wow, the color of Android tablet PC, very amazing. But suddenly my father wasn't in my side again. I looked for my father but I can't saw he again. after the day become dark, I decided to went to home. I surprised when I saw my father was enjoy an television show at home.
my father asked me "Dani, where you go when I go back to the car?"
I replied "I saw an  tablet PC, why You don't wait me?"
my father replied "I'm sorry my son, but I must went to my friend home quickly, and you too slow"
I very disappointed "Oh, OK"
"oh, an tablet PC. I think Tablet PC was interesting for you"
"yes, father. Tablet PC was my dream"
September 2, I was very surprised when my family sang a happy birth day song to me and suddenly my father come to me and give me a box. I opened it, and saw a new Blue Nova Android tablet PC.
I was very happy. I can have a tablet PC.

recount text : go to hot spring

last holiday, when I was fasting in ramadhan month, my friend and I walked in the morning after I prayed in the mosque. We went to other village. It was so far. But I don't very tired because I enjoyed my chat with my friend.
When we arrived at the place, I saw a big building with a blue color. it was very crowded and noisy. after we sat for some time in the front of the building, we went to the top of the building. we saw a iron cap. we opened it and saw a hot water. I was very surprised saw that the water was boiling.
We went to home with a same road and same pleasure.

different of recount text and descriptive text

RECOUNT TEXT

Social function :  to retell past event (true story/fact story)

Generic structures : orientation, event(s), re-orientation

Lexico grammatical :  simple past tense

example :

The Worst Holiday in My Life

Example of short recount text( hard incident)

Hard incident

Last month, I must go home in afternoon because I tasked with my friend in his home. But, I think it will be rain, so I  ride my motorcycle with a high speed. In the route, I overtake the other motorcycle. the rider was very stocky. he used a black jacket, jeans, a big black shoes, and a good helmet. His wife and son in the behind of motorcycle.
Suddenly, when I besides of his motorcycle, he turned right and hit my motorcycle. So, He and I crashed. It was my wrong, I do not see his motorcycle send his turn light. after a minute, he picked up me and wanted to hit my head. I responded to raise my hand. he realized that many people see the incident, so he canceled his hit and let me go.
After that, the day become rained and I go home with many wound.

recount text : Visiting Bali

There were so many places to see in Bali that my friend decided to join the tours to see as much as possible. My friend stayed in Kuta on arrival. He spent the first three days swimming and surfing on Kuta beach. He visited some tour agents and selected two tours. The first one was to Singaraja, the second was to Ubud.

On the day of the tour, he was ready. My friend and his group drove on through mountains. Singaraja is a city of about 90 thousands people. It is a busy but quiet town. The street are lined with trees and there are many old Dutch houses. Then they returned very late in the evening to Kuta.

Recount Text : holiday in the Jakarta city

   last holiday, I went to my brother's home in Jakarta city. I went to Jakarta with my father. We went to Jakarta by the train.  Jakarta was very interesting, but the atmosphere was too hot for me.
   a few day later, my brother and I went to the zoo in the Jakarta. we went to the zoo by taxi.The zoo was very crowded. There were many traders. after bought the ticket, we went to see the animal in the zoo.

Recount text : The Day When Everything Went Wrong

I am so glad that today is over. So many things have gone wrong!
For some reason I did not sleep a wink last night. I was very tired when Mum called me this morning. I fell asleep again until Mum called me again. That snooze made me late.
I did not have time for breakfast. I was starving as I ran to catch the school bus. I just missed it. Mum had to drive me to school. She was late for an important meeting and she was furious with me. She scolded me for being late.

recount text : an unlucky day

example of recount text

An unlucky Day

One morning I got up with the feeling that the day was going to be an unlucky one for me. How right it was! Found that it was already 06:15 a.m. I rushed into the bathroom. I did not see a piece of soap lying on the floor. I stepped on it and slipped, almost breaking my back in the process.

Example of recount text : Bus was Flowing Right Behind Me

Bus was Flowing Right Behind Me

    I stayed a night at Sakhuwa of Gati VDC because a landslide near Baseri had blocked the road, The next morning, I hopped onto the bus with registration number Ba 2 Kha 4013 that was on the way to Barhabise from Tatopani.

   I took a seat by the doorside and remember that there were around 35 passengers, including me. The driver started the bus. A kilometer into the journey, I noticed a ditch on the road.