NARATIVE (Kelas VIII & IX)
Your teacher
will tell you a story about a slave. Close your book. Listen carefully.
BABU
AND THE LION
One day, there
was a slave whose name was Babu. His master was very, very bad. You know, he
often punched Babu and did not offer him food for days. Poor Babu! So he
escaped into a forest and slept in a cave.
Next morning,
he heard a loud roar. In front of him...., at the mouth of the cave..., was a
very big lion. You see, Babu was scared to death! Kind of scary, isn’t it? But
he could not escape. But the lion didn’t attack him. It was tame. There was a
large thorn in its right front foot. The lion looked at Babu. It seemed to say
something like:”Please help me. It’s very painful.” Babu walked bravely to the
lion and pulled out the thorn. Babu and the lion turned out to be friends.
Answers
to the questions below.
1.
What was the slave’s name?
2.
Was the slave a man or a woman?
3.
Was the master kind or bad?
4.
Where did the slave run away?
5.
Where did she/he sleep?
6.
What animal did she/he see next morning?
7.
Was the animal big or small?
8.
Was the slave afraid of the animal?
9.
Did the animal attack him/her?
10. What did the slave do to the animal?
Have you ever heard the story of a
princess named Snow White? Here is a short version of the story. Read it
carefully.
SNOW
WHITE
Long ago, in
the Neverland, there lived a very beautiful princess, Snow White. The Queen was
her stepmother. She was very jealous of her beauty. So she wanted her to die.
Snow White knew about the evil plan. She escaped into a forest. There she made
friends with seven dwarfs.
The queen
turned Snow White into a witch. Snow White did not realize it. The witch gave
her a poisoned apple. As a result, Snow White was put into sleep for years.
Fortunately, in the end, Prince Charming revived her with a kiss. They lived
together happily ever after.
According to
the story, say whether each statement below is true or false.
1. Snow White
was a beautiful queen. T F
2. Her own
mother was jealous of her beauty. T F
3. Snow White
ran away from her palace. T F
4. She lived
with Prince Charming in a forest. T F
5. Snow White
was poisoned by her stepmother. T F
6. Her stepmother
was evil. T F
7. The dwarfs
helped Prince Charming revive Snow White. T F
8.
Snow White and Prince Charming had a happy life after that. T F
Answer
these questions.
1.
What is the story about?
2.
When and where did the story happen?
3.
What problems did Snow White have?
4.
What happened to her then?
5.
Who came to help her?
6.
What did he do to Snow White?
7. How did they live after that?
Fill in the
blanks with the words from the box.
kept appeared wished opened awoke
grabbed lived went fell in love wanted
THE
MAGIC CANDLE
One day a young
wanderer got lost in a wood. Suddenly he saw a light from an old hut. He
knocked on the door and an old woman (1)………… it. She was crying. She said that
the devil had stolen her magic candle. The candle could grant anything she
asked. The wanderer asked her where the devil (2) ………. “In a castle not far
from here,” said the old woman. The wanderer (3).......... to the castle. There
he found the devil, but he was old and weak. Therefore when the wanderer
(4)............... the magic candle from the devil’s table and ran away, he
couldn’t chase him. But the wanderer was not a kind man. He didn’t return the
candle to the old woman, but (5)................ it for himself. He lit the candle
and made a wish, “I want to go far away from here.” Suddenly the genies (6)..................
and took him to a beautiful palace.
There was party
in the palace. The wanderer (7) ……… to make some money. So he lit the candle
again and wished for some jewelry. He sold them to the guests and was soon
making a lot of money. Then the Princess came to buy the jewelry, but there was
nothing left. The wanderer (8).........................with her and asked her
to marry him. The kind princess said ‘Yes’, and they got married the next day.
In his happiness, the wanderer told the princess about his adventure and the
magic candle. Hearing that, the princess got very angry. At night she lit the
candle and (9) …………….. that the wanderer disappeared. In the morning the
wanderer (10) …………….. and found himself back in his ugly house in the village.
Questions
1.
What does the story talk about?
2.
What does the first paragraph deal with?
3.
After talking with an old woman, what did he do then?
4.
How was the devil?
5.
What did the wanderer take from the devil?
6.
Did the old woman get her magic candle back from the wanderer? Why?
7.
What did the wanderer do with the magic candle for himself?
8.
Was the princess happy with the wanderer’s story?
9.
What happened finally to the wanderer? Why?
Genre
of text: Narrative
Social
function: To amuse, entertain and to deal with actual or vicarious experiences
in different ways.
Generic
structure:
-
orientation: sets the scene and introduces the participants
-
evaluation (optional): a step back to evaluate the plight
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complication: a crisis arises
-
resolution: the crisis is resolved, for better or worse
-
reorientation ( optional)
Once
upon a time there lived two best friends, the hare and the tortoise....
à TIPS MENGERJAKAN
à LATIHAN SOAL
RED
FEATHERS THE HEN
Redfeathers, the hen, was so-called because
all her feathers were red. One day, the fox caught sight of her in the farmyard
and his mouth began to water. He ran home and told his wife to put on water for
boiling a chicken, and then he rushed back, and before Redfeathers knew what
was happening, she found herself snapped up and inside a sack, not even able to
call for help. Luckily for her, her friend the dove saw what had happened.
She fluttered on
the path in the woods, and lay there, pretending to have a broken wing. The fox
was delighted to find that he now had
a first course as
well as a main dish. He put down the sack with the hen in it, and chased off
after the dove, who began cleverly to hop futher and futher away. Redfeathers
slipped out of the sack and put a stone in her place, then she too ran off.
When the dove
saw that her friend was safe, she flew up into a tree. The fox then went back
and picked up the sack, thinking that the hen was still in it. When he got
home, the fox tipped the sack into the pot of boiling water, but the stone
splashed it all over him, and he burned his greedy paws.
1.
What
did the fox do, after he caught sight of Redfeathers?
a. He ran over
to her. b. He ran home.
c. He boiled
water. d. He called her.
2.
She
fluttered on to the path in the woods, and lay there, .... She
refers
to ....
a. The hen c. The dove
b. The duck d. The swan
3.
What
did the fox think when he found the dove?
a. The fox thought that he had to run.
b. The fox thought that he had better go
back.
c. The fox thought he had a first course.
d. The fox thought that he had to boil
water.
4.
What
happened to the dove?
a. she flew up into tree.
b. she was cooked by the fox.
c. she was chased by the fox.
d. she was put into the sack.
5.
What
did Redfeathers do to trick the fox?
a. she slipped out of the sack.
b. she yelled for help.
c. she flew away to the tree.
d.
she put a stone in her place
TWO
FARMERS
Two farmers had
a big horse. This was fifty years ago, when farmers used horses a lot. The
horse worked in the fields in the day and slept in a stable at night. The horse
was a big animal, and the entrance of its ears hit the top of the entrance. The
horse did not like this. It got angry and often kicked the farmers. 'What can
we do about this problem?'
they often
asked. After a long time, one of them
thought of an
answer.
He said, 'Let's
cut away the top of the entrance. Then the entrance will be higher.' So they
found a saw and started cutting. Their saw was old and not very good, so the
work was hard. After a few minutes, a friend came to see them. 'What are you
doing?' their friend asked.
The farmers
told him about the problem. The friend said, 'You don't have to cut the
entrance with a saw. You can dig the entrance with a spade. Then
the floor will be lower. That'll be easier
and quicker.'
The farmers
thanked their friend, and he went away. Then one farmer said to the other,
'That man's stupid. The horse's ears are the problem, not its
feet.'
6.
The
horse...
a. worked on
the farm b. was very old
c. slept all
day d. was a big
animal
7.
The
horse was too .............. for the entrance.
a. thin b.
tall
c. slow d.
Short
8.
It
always hurt its....
a. feet b.
head
c. ears d.
Nose
THE LOST
RING
Many years ago a lady who lived in a big house in Wales
lost her best ring. One of the servants must have stolen it. She was worried
about what her husband, who was away at the time, would say. The ring had cost
a great deal of money. She knew that she had to find it before her husband
returned.
‘What am I going to
do?’ She asked her friends.
"Send for Robin
Ddu,’ they told her. 'He is the wisest man in Wales.'
So she sent for the wizard Robin Ddu. He came at once. 'Do not worry,' he told her. 'We shall soon find the
missing ring.’ He asked that all the servants be gathered in one large
room. As they came in, he studied them. But he could tell nothing from their
faces.
Then he asked for a live cock and cooking pot that things
were brought to him. He put the cock on the table and covered it with the
cooking pot. Next he closed the curtains so that the room was almost dark.
‘Now,’ he said, 'each of you must walk past the table and
place your thumb for a moment on the cooking pot. The cock will crow if the thief
touches it. All the servants did as what they are told. But the cock
never crowed, Robin Ddu opened the curtain.
'The thief cannot be
here,' the lady said.
'I think he is,’
answered the wizard.
He asked the servants to show him their thumbs. The first servant
held out his thumb. It was black with soot from the bottom of the cooking pot.
So were the thumbs of the other servants - all but one. ‘There is the thief,’ Robin Ddu told the lady. The one who
was afraid that the cock might crow.’
9.
Where did the story take place?
a. In a
kingdom in Wales
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b. In a
small house in Wales
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c. In a
house of a rich family in Wales
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d. In a
house of a wizard in Wales
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10.
What is
the problem with the lady?
a. She
wanted to know what happened
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b. She
wanted to find her lost ring
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c. She was
afraid of her husband
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d. She wanted to live with the wizard, Robin Ddu.
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11.
What can
we leam from the text?
a. Rich
people can buy everything they want
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b. Wealthy
means everything
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c. Wizards can do everything
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d. People will feel afraid if they are dishonest.
|
Once upon a time, there was a farmer living in a small
village in England. His name was Jack. He was a kind and wise man. He liked to
help his neighbors. Jack had a mill machine. People came to his place to mill
their grain. Jack served them happily. However, his wife was a very stingy,
mean woman. She often complained. She was angry every time Jack spared some
food to the neighbors.
One day, a fairy dropped at their house. The fairy gave
them a bowl of magic flour. The wife took half and cooked it porridge. She was
eating it and said, “I wish all the flour at this place turned into gold”. From
that moment, all the flour at Jack’s place turned into gold. When people came to mill their grain, the grain turned into
gold, too. At first, they were happy because they had a lot of gold. However,
after several weeks there was no flour at the village. Instead, there was gold
everywhere. Everybody was hungry and unhappy.
One day, Jack was cleaning his house. Suddenly, he found
the bowl of the magic flour. He cooked and ate it. “Oh I miss the flour. I wish
all the gold turned into flour again!” he said. Suddenly, all the gold turned
into flour. Everybody was happy.
What is the text
about? Jack’s and the golden grain
Farmers in England Jack and his wife. A greedy and mean man, called Jack
12. Why was everybody hungry and unhappy?
a. They didn’t have any gold
b. Jack was mean and stingy
c. All of their grain turned into gold
d. They have a lot of flour
13. “She was eating it”.
The underlined word refers to …
a. Flour c.
Porridge
b. the mill machine d.
the fairy
14. The followings are Jack’s characteristics,
Except …..
a. Kind c.
Wise
b. Generous d.
mean
15. What can you learn from the story?
a. Being rich is the most important
b. Gold can give us happiness
c. Wealth doesn’t always give us happiness
d. Be stingy if we want to be rich
THE CLEVER
JUDGE
Once upon a time, a lion, a fox and a donkey set
off for a day's hunting. They made an agreement to have an equal share of what
was caught. After a time, they were able to kill a fat buck. The lion asked the
donkey to divide the prize. The obliging donkey cut up the buck into three
equal parts then invited the lion to take his choice.
This made the lion so furious and killed the donkey
with his powerful blow. Then the lion told the
fox to divide the meat. The fox was cunning. He put a side a big heap ...... (16) the lions share, and kept only a
small piece for himself.
On seeing this, the lion ....... (17) and said "Master fox, this needs the most
satisfactory divisor. Who taught you to be so clever? "The dead donkey has been my teacher, "
replied the fox. "From ......(18) foolish conduct I have learned to be wise."
16.
a. For b.
To
c.
In d. On
17.
a. thought very happy
b. seemed very angry
c. looked very pleased
d. looked very disappointed
18.
a. His b. Him
c. himself d. He
BLACK BEAUTY
Farmer Gray was the kindest master in
the world. He was proud of me, and called me Black Beauty. I had a white spot
on my forehead and one white foot. He trained me to pull a carriage. Then I
learn to wear a saddle and carry a rider on my back.
One day, Farmer Gray said, "A
good horse like
you do not live on a farm. So
you will be going to live
with Squire Gordon and his
family.1" I was very sad to leave my mother and my home.
However, when I saw my masters I knew
1 would be happy with them. They lived in a big mansion and welcomed me warmly.
Mrs. Gordon was pale and ill, but she smiled when she saw me.
The groom who looked after the stables
was John
Manly. He loved horses. He introduced
me to Merry
legs, the children's pony, Ginger, and
old mare. She
was not a bad horse, but had been
ill-treated in the past.
19.
What did Black Beauty learn from
Farmer Gray?
A. Working in a farm. B. Running in a farm.
C. Carrying a rider. D. Pulling a carriage.
20.
Why was the horse sad to leave Farmer
Gray?
A.
Fanner Gray didn't love it.
B.
It loved Farmer Gray.
C.
It couldn't stand living on a farm.
D.
Farmer Gray hated it.
21.
"He trained me to pull a rider on my back."
(parg 1). What does the underlined
word
mean?
A. Taught. B. Learned.
C. Studied. D. Imitated.
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