The aimed of this research is to know the ability level of the second year students of SMPN 1 Pusako in recount text. The population of this research is the second year students of SMPN 1 Pusako that Consistedof 2 classes; they are VIII 1 (27 students) and VIII 2 (27 students). In this research, the research used purposive sample technique to get the data. All of population is taken as the samp…