Kunci Jawaban Bahasa Inggris Kelas 8 Kurikulum Merdeka Halaman 125 dan 126: Timun Emas

1. What is the best possible title for the story? Why?

Jawaban: Possible answer: a. ‘The Greedy Man’ because the man is greedy as he knew that the boat started sinking because of the weight of the gold chain but he kept pulling the chain, or ‘The Man and the Gold chain’ because the focus of the story is on the man and the gold chain.

2. What was the man’s occupation?

Jawaban: A fisherman

3. Why did the man curse when something was entangled in his net?

Jawaban: He got upset and angry as he felt that he had to deal with a problem

4. What kind of man do you think the man is? Tell the reason/s.

Jawaban: A grumpy or cranky or emotional person as he got angry and cursed easily

5. What made the boat capsize?

Jawaban: The weight of the chain was too heavy and was put equally on the boat

6. Which moral lesson can you take from the story?

Jawaban: Possible answers: ‘don’t be greedy or ‘measure your competence and be grateful for that’

7. If you were the man, what would you do?

Jawaban: Possible Answers: ‘I would not keep pulling as it endangered myself’ or ‘I would leave the gold chain, marked the areas, and came back later with better equipment to pull the chain’

Arrange the paragraphs into a proper story.