NARRATIVE
TEXT
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The Rats and The Elephants
Once upon a time there lived a group of mice under a tree in peace. However, a group of elephants crossing the jungle unknowingly destroyed the homes of all the rats.
Manyofthemwereevencrushedtodeath.Then taking of rats decided to approach the elephant's chief and request him to guide his herd through another route. On hearing the sad story, the elephant's king apologized and agreed to take another route. And so the lives of the rats were saved.
One day elephant-hunters came to the jungle and trapped a group of elephants in huge nets. Then the elephant king suddenly remembered the king of the rats. He summoned on of the elephants of his herd, which had not been trapped, to go seek help from the king and told him aboutthetrappedelephants.
The rat's king immediately took his entire group of rats and they cut open the nets which had trapped the elephant's herd. The elephant herd was totally set free. They danced with joy and thank the rats.
1. What type of text is the above text? It is …
A. a narrative text
B. a description text
C. a recount text
D. an anecdote text
E. an expository text
2. What destroyed the homes of all rats?
A. a group of mice did
B. the hunter did
C. elephant-hunter did
D. a group of elephant did
E. elephant's herd
3. What helped the elephant's herd free?
A. the elephant-hunter did
B. the hunters did
C. the trapped elephants did
D. a group of king did
E. entire group of rats did
4. What is generic structure of "once upon a time there lived a group of mice under a tree in peace"?
A. Identification
B. Orientation
C. Complication
D. Resolution
E. Description
5. At the end of the story, how was the elephant's herd?
A. angry
B. sad
C. happy
D. dead
E. Disappointed
The following text is for Questions 1 to 2.
A Poor Boy
A poor boy sold goods from door to door to pay his school fee. One day he had only a little money left and he was very hungry. He decided to ask for some food at the next house he visited. However he was so nervous when a lovely young woman opened the door. He only asked for a glass of water. The woman thought that the boy was hungry so she gave him a large glass of milk. He drank it slowly, and then asked. “How much do owe you?”. “You don’t owe me anything,” she replied, “Mother has taught us never to accept pay for a kindness.” He said, “Then u thank you from my heart.” As the poor boy left that house, he felt stronger. His faith in God was getting stronger too. He had been ready to stop his study but now he got a spirit to continue it until he became a doctor.
Some years later that young woman became critically ill. She was sent to the big city to cure her disease. The poor boy was the doctor. When he knew the name of the town she came from. he went to meet her. He recognized her at once. He tried hard to save the woman’s life. From then on he gave special attention to the sick woman. After a long struggle, the woman could be cured. The poor boy paid all the bill. He wrote “Paid in full with one glass of milk” under the bill. When the woman opened the bill, tears of joy flooded her eyes as her happy heart prayed,” thank you God, that your love has spread abroad through human hearts and hands1. What can we learn after reading the story above?
1. What did the poor boy ask when he met the woman?
A. Some food.
B. A glass of water.
C. A large of milk.
D. Health is important in life.
2. What did the main idea of paragraph two?
A. The poor boy asked the woman for food.
B. The woman came to the town where the boy lived.
C. The poor boy cured the woman and repaid her kindness.
D. The woman gave a large glass of milk to the poor boy.
Read the text below and answer the questions!
The Girl and Her Bucket
A young girl was going to market with a bucket of milk on her head. "With the gold that I get from the sale of this milk, I'll buy a red hen," she said. "The hen will lay eggs, they'll hatch and then I'll have many chicks to be raised. I'll feed them well and when they're grown, they will lay eggs. And those eggs will hatch and I will have more hens that will lay more eggs that will hatch into chicks.
I'll be rich and I'll wear fine clothes with emeralds and rubies from my collar to my toes and one day perhaps I shall visit the Queen. I shall bring her rare gifts from China. I'll enter the court with my arms full of treasure. When I bow low to the queen, I shall say, "For your majesty's pleasure!"
And she bowed low. With that sweep of her arm, she knocked off the bucket and spilled her fantasy load.
"Oh dear," she cried, "My dreams are splattered in puddles of milk on the road."
Vocabulary List:
- bucket = ember
- sale = penjualan
- lay eggs = bertelur
- hatch = menetas
- raised = diternakkan
- feed = memberi makan
- emeralds = zamrud
- rubies = merah delima
- collar = kerah baju
- rare = langka
- treasure = harta karun
- bow = membungkuk
- spilled = menumpahkan
- splattered = tercecer
- puddles = genangan, kubangan
A. Circle T if the statement is True and F if it is False.
__T__1. A young girl was going to market to sell the milk.
__T__2. She would buy emeralds from the sale of the milk.
__F__3. The girl is from a rich family.
__F__4. The girl had a fantasy to be rich.
__T__5. The girl lost her dream as she spilled the milk.
B. Answer the following questions based on the text above.
1. Where did the girl put the bucket of milk on? oh her head
2. Where was the girl going to? market
3. What did she want to get from the sale of the milk? gold
4. Why did he want to be rich? "I'll be rich and I'll wear fine clothes with emeralds and rubies from my collar to my toes and one day perhaps I shall visit the Queen" said her
5. Who would she visit if she was rich? visit the queen
6. What would she say when bowing to the Queen? "For your majesty's pleasure!"
7. What would she give to the Queen? rare gift from China
8. How did she splatter her dream? splattered in puddles of milk on the road
#2
RECOUNT
TEXT
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On Saturday night, we went to the Town Hall. It was the last day of the year and a large crowd of people had gathered under the Town Hall clock. It would strike twelve in twenty minutes’ time. Fifteen minutes passed and then, at five to twelve, the clock stopped. The big minute hand did not move. We waited and waited, but nothing happenedhappened. Suddenly someone shouted,”It’s two minutes past twelve! The clock has stopped!”
I looked at my watch. It was true. The big clock refused to welcome the New Year. At that moment, everybody began to laugh and sing.
Vocabularies
Saturday night: sabtu malam
went: pergi
Town hall: tengah kota
last: terakhir
large crowd: keramain yang besar
gather: berkumpul
under: di bawah
stop: berhenti
strike: tepat
big: besar
1. When did the clock stopped?
A. A5.12
B. At 11.55
C. A12.00
d. At 12.02
2. Why did the people gather under the Town Hall clock?
A . To welcome the New Year
B. To see the newly bought clock
C.To strike the laughing people
d. To stop people who shouted
3. Based on the text, where was the writer?
A . At the center of the town
B. At home
C. AT the beach
D. At the market
4. When did the event happen?
A. in the middle of the year
B . the end of the year
C. Christmas celebration
D. at the weekend as usual
5. Which of the following is not true according to the text?
A. the writer was waiting to celebrate the New Year.
B. the writer brought a watch.
C. the writer was very happy.
D . The writer celebrated the New Year with his family.
6. What probably happened when someone shouted that the clock stopped?
A. Everybody directly celebrated the New Year
B . everybody sings and laugh.
C. everybody looked for a watch.
D. everybody shouted too.
7. What does the first sentence tell you?
A. The problem that the writer met
B. The funny thing in the story
C. The opening of the story
D . The past event
8. “It would strike twelve in twenty minutes’ time.”
The underlined word refers to …
A . the clock
B. author’s watch
C. the town
D. the place
9. It was the last day of the year and a large crowd of people had gathered under the Town Hall clock.
What is the closest meaning of the underlined word?
A. mass
B. big
C. many
D . lots of
10. “The big clock refused to welcome the New Year”
What is the synonym of the word ….
A. reject
b . accept
C. admit
D. hate
Read the text below and answer the questions!
David had been waiting for his mother in front of the school. His mother usually fetched him from school but today she was not there. David waited for 15 minutes before he walked home by himself.
When he reached home, he knocked on the door as he did not bring the keys. Surprisingly, no one answered the door. David knocked again but still no one answered the door. Just as he was about to go to the nearby coffee shop where his father worked to get the keys, he heard the friiendly voice of his neighbour, John.
David told him that no one was home and John's mother suggested that David stayed in their house till his mother came back. David and John played happily till evening when David's mother came back.
David thanked John and his family before he went back into his house. David's mother explained to David that she had a backache and she had to see a doctor. From this experience, David learnt an important lesson, "Neighbours are people who help each other."
Vocabulary List
- fetched = menjemput
- knocked = mengetuk
- friendly = ramah
- backache = sakit punggung
- experience = pengalaman
A. Circle T if the statement is True and F if it is False.
1. David‟s father worked in the post office. T F
2. John is David‟s neighbour. T F
3. David‟s mother went to the market that day. T F
4. David and John played together till the next morning. T F
5. David‟s mother had a backache. T F
B. Answer the following questions based on the text above.
1. Where had David been waiting for his mother? in front of the school
2. Did David‟s mother fetch him after school that day?no
3. How long did David wait for his mother?15 minutes
4. Did anybody answer the door when he knocked it? nobody answer
5. Who suggested David to wait for his mother in their house? john's mother
6. What did David do in John‟s house? playing until evening
7. Why didn‟t David‟s mother fetch him that day? because his mother just had backache
8. What lesson did David learn that dayhat day? he must bring his house key all the time
lRead the text below and answer the questions!
Last week I went to my bestfriend birhtday party, I went there with my baby pink dress and wearing a flat baby pink shoes too. My mom drove me to get to her house.
I was the first person came there, she seems really happy when she saw me. She hugged me and then took me to the birhtday room. Not for a while our other friends came too.
After the party ends, I called my mom to pick me up but she had to go to out of town for business, and my mom won't let me alone at home, so I decided to sleepover at my bestfriend’s house. Before we go to bed, we opened teh presents. After that we went to sleep because its almost midnight
1. Why the writer sleepover at her bestfriend's house ? because her mother had to go out of town business
2.Who's the first person came to the party? the writer
3. What does the writer wearing to the party ? baby pink dress and flat baby pink shoes
4. Why the writer's mom had to go to out of town? for business
5.What does the writer and her bestfriend do before they went sleep? they opened the present
6.When the writer and her bestfriend went sleep ? almost midnight
7.How can the writer go to the party ? her mother drove her to her best friend house
8.When was the party ? last week
