Good Man

My father is a good man. He loves his family. He does not get angry easily. He talks to us, his children, about many things. He and my mum often go out together to enjoy the evening.
He is friendly to the neighbours.
These students are saying good things about their objects because they are proud of them or love them.
My father is friendly, too. He knows almost everybody in the neighbourhood. He always goes to the neighbourhood meetings. He is never absent from the Cleaning Day. He is a good volleyball player. He plays volleyball with our neighbours in the community centre every Saturday.
I love my mum very much. She is an Elementary School teacher. She is very patient. She is never angry. She always smiles and never complains. My mum is my best friend. I can talk to her about everything. Oh ya, she can sing! She has a beautiful voice.
144 KELAS VIII SMP/ MTs
I’m proud of my English teacher. She is smart and very friendly. Her English is very good and very clear. She speaks English to us, and we speak English to her too. She often reads us good stories from different parts of Indonesia. She knows many stories from other countries too.
Aunt Dina is very healthy. She is rarely sick. She is married and has two children. She is more than 40 years old, but her skin is smooth and her face always looks young and beautiful. Oh ya, she exercises almost everyday. She works at a bank. It is almost 2 kms from her home. She has a motorcycle, but she goes to work on foot.
I love my cat, Manis. She makes me happy. When I tickle her, she rolls around and taps her paws on my hand. I like the feeling. She has three colors, white, yellow, and black. She often lies on my feet when I study or watch TV. Sometimes she sleeps in my bed with me, on my feet. It feels warm.

My brother is very smart. He is also a good football player. He is generous. He is funny, too. I love him very much. But I don’t like some things about him. His room is always messy. He puts his things everywhere. Sometimes he is smelly because he is very sweaty after he plays football and he does not take to bath straight away. He drinkstoo much soft drinks. He does not like fresh water. I’m often worried about his health.
I like my hometown. It is cool and green. There are many new buildings. The streets and the markets are clean. There are many plants on the sides of the roads. But I don’t like some things about my town. The traffic is rather dangerous. Some people drive too fast. Many young people ride carelessly. They stop in wrong places and often block the ways. You have to be very careful when you cross the road.
There is a lake near my hometown. It’s very large and panoramic. The forest around the lake is very green and cool. But, I want to say some sad things about it. It is very dirty and the foods and drinks are very expensive. People litter everywhere because there are not many garbage bins there. The vendors leave their waste everywhere. Some wooden benches are broken, so we cannot sit on them.

Sumber : buku bahasa Inggris kelas VIII Kur 2013