with him?" Then the wife answered; "Surely I did. I got it all together, put all the money into my account and I just wrote him a check."
Answer the Question!
1. What is the main idea of the text above?
2. Who is the man liked the money very much?
3. Did his wife put the money to the casket?
4. What did man say to his wife?
5. Make the conclusion of the text base on your own words!
Narrative text 2
Abu Nawas saved by Stilts
The king wanted to test Abu Nawas’ smartness. So he invited Abu Nawas to the palace.
“You want me, your Majesty?” greeted Abu Nawas. “Yes, you have fooled me three times and that’s too much. I want you to leave the country. Otherwise you will have to go to jail”
said the king. “If that is what you want, I will do what you said” said Abu Nawas sadly. Then
“Remember, from tomorrow you may not step on the ground of this country anymore” the king said seriously. Then Abu nawas left the king palace sadly. The following morning the king ordered his two guards to go to Abu Nawas’ house. The guards were very surprised found Abu Nawas still in his house. He had not left the country yet. Instead leaving the country, Abu Nawas was swimming in small pool in front of his house. “Hey Abu Nawas, why haven’t you left this country yet? The king ordered you not to step on the ground of this country anymore, didn’t he?” said the guards. “Sure he did” answered Abu Nawas calmly.
“But look at me! Do I step on the ground of this country? No, I do not step on the ground. I am swimming on the water” continued Abu Nawas.
The guards were not able to argue with Abu Nawas so they left Abu Nawas’ house and went back to the palace. The guards reported what they had seen to the king. The king was curious on Abu Nawas’ excuse not to leave the country. Therefore the king ordered his guard to call Abu Nawas to come to the palace.
Abu Nawas came to the palace on stilts. The king wondered and said “Abu, I will surely punish you because you haven’t done what I have said. You have not left this country”. The King continued “And now, look at you. You walk on stilts like a child. Are you crazy? The king pretended to be furious. “I remember exactly what you said, Your Majesty” Abu Nawas answered calmly. “This morning I took a bath in the small pool in my house so that I had not to step on the ground. And since yesterday, I have been walking on this stilts. So you see, Your Majesty, I do not step on the ground of this country”. The king was not able to say anything.
(Adapted from S. Harianto’s Abu Nawas and King Aaron)
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1. What is the main idea of the text above?
2. Who does the man want to test Abu Nawas smartness ? 3. Did Abu Nawas leave the country?
4. What did Abu Nawas do when the king’s guardian came to his house?
5. Make the conclusion of the text base on your own words!
Narrative text 3
The Zoo Job Story
One day a clown was visiting the zoo and attempted to earn some money by making a street performance. He acted and mimed perfectly some animal acts. As soon as he started to drive a crowd, a zoo keeper grabbed him and dragged him into his office. The zoo keeper explained to the clown that the zoo's most popular gorilla had died suddenly and the keeper was fear that attendance at the zoo would fall off. So he offered the clown a job to dress up as the gorilla until the zoo could get another one. The clown accepted this great opportunity.
So the next morning the clown put on the gorilla suit and entered the cage before the crowd came. He felt that it was a great job. He could sleep all he wanted, played and made fun of people and he drove bigger crowds than he ever did as a clown. He pretended the gorilla successfully.
However, eventually the crowds were tired of him for just swinging on tires. He began to notice that the people were paying more attention to the lion in the next cage. Not wanting to lose the attention of his audience, he decided to make a spectacular performance. He climbedto the top of his cage, crawled across a partition, and dangled from the top to the lion's cage. Of course, this made the lion furious, but the crowd people loved it.
At the end of the day the zoo keeper came and gave him a raise for being such a good attraction. Well, this went on for some time, he kept taunting the lion, the audience crowd grew a larger, and his salary kept going up. Then one terrible day happened. When he was dangling over the furious lion, he slipped and fell into the lion cage. The clown was really in big terrible situation. He was terrified.Sooner the lion gathered itself and prepared to pounce.
The clown was so scared. He could do nothing and he began to run round and round the cage with the lion close and closer behind. Finally, the lion could catch him. The clown started screaming and yelling, "Help me, help me!", but the lion was quick and pounces. The clown
soon found himself flat on his back looking up at the angry lion and suddenly he heard a voice from the lion’s mouth;"Shut up you idiot! Do you want to get us both fired?".
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1. What is the main idea of the text above?
2. Who did the man visit the Zoo?
3. What did the clown do for the Gorilla?
4. Why did the clown get in terrible??
5. Make the conclusion of the text base on your own words!
Narrative text 4
Malin Kundang
Long time ago An old woman and her son lived in a little village. Her son was called Malin Kundang. They were very poor but they loved each other very much.One day Malin Kundang told his mother that he would go to the town and work there. At first his mother did not allow him but finally she let him go with tears.Malin Kundang worked hard in a big town and in a short time he become a rich man however he completely forgot his poor mother.
Some years later he sailed to a harbour near his village. When his mother heard about this news she came for meet him. Malin Kundang pretended not to know her. He said, ‘You are not my mother! Go away!” Hi mother become very sad and before she went away, she said, “Oh, Malin Kundang, you are wicked son. You’ll never be safe now.
You and your money will turn to stone”.
Some days later his ship left the harbour. The sea was calm but when he reached the open sea, there was a great storm The ship was drowned Malin Kundang and his money changed into a stone.
Now people call it Batu Malin Kundang. We can see the stone from Air Manis, a village on the coast of West Sumatra, near Padang.
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1. What is the main idea of the text above?
2. With whom did malin Kundang live in the village?
3. Why was malin’s mother sad?
4. Where can we find batu malin??
5. Make the conclusion of the text base on your own words!
Cycle 2
Narrative teks 1
Summer holiday
Last summer holiday, my family and I spent one night at the countryside. We stayed in a small house. It had a big garden with lots of colorful flowers and a swimming pool.
First. We made a fire in front of the house. Then, we sat around the fire and sang lots of song together. After that, we came into the house and had dinner. Next, we sat in the living room and watched a movie. Finally, everybody fell asleep there. We woke up very late in the morning and had breakfast. In the afternoon we went home. We were all very happy.
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1. What is the main idea of the text above?
2. Where did they spend thir night?
3. What can we find in the garden?
4. When did they go home??
5. Make the conclusion of the text base on your own words!
Narrative text 2
The Story Snow White
In earlier times there lived a , who named Snow White . He lived with his aunt and uncle because his parents died . One day she heard her uncle and aunt talking about leaving Snow White in the castle because they wanted to go to America and they did not have enough money to take Snow White with them . princess Snow White did not want her uncle and aunt to do this . So he decided to escape .
The next day he ran away from home when her aunt and uncle were having breakfast , he fled into the wood . In the wood she felt very tired and hungry . Then she saw this cottage . She knocked but no one answered her so she went inside and felt asleep Meanwhile seven dwarfs came home from his work . They get into . There, they found Snow White woke up from his sleep . He saw the dwarfs . The dwarf said : " What is your name ? ' Snow White said , " My name is Snow White . " One dwarf said , " If you want , you can stay here with us . ' Snow White tells all about her story . Then daughter snow and the seven dwarves are now living happily ever after .
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1. What is the main idea of the text above?
2. Why did snow white decide to escape?
3. where did snow white run away?
4. What did snow white see when she woke up ?
5. Make the conclusion of the text base on your own words!
Narrative text 3
"Romeo and Juliet's Romantic and Tragic Story"
In the town of Verona there lived two families, the Capulets and the Montagues.
They engaged in a bitter feud. Among the Montagues was Romeo, a hot-blooded young man with an eye for the ladies. One day, Romeo attended the feast of the Capulets', a costume party where he expected to meet his love, Rosaline, a haughty beauty from a well-to-do family. Once there, however, Romeo's eyes felt upon Juliet, and he thought of Rosaline no more.
The vision of Juliet had been invading his every thought. Unable to sleep, Romeo returned late that night to the Juliet's bedroom window. There, he was surprised to find Juliet on the balcony, professing her love for him and wishing that he were not a "Montague", a name behind his own. "What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet." Romeo was ready to deny his name and professed his love. The two agreed to meet at nine o-clock the next morning to be married.
In the other hand, Juliet's father had decided the time for her to marry with Paris.
Juliet consulted Friar Lawrence and made a plot to take a sleeping potion for Juliet which would simulate death for three days. The plot proceeded according to the plan. Juliet was sleeping in death.
Unfortunately, The Friar's letter failed to reach Romeo. Under the cover of darkness, he broke into Juliet's tomb. Romeo kissed the lips of his Juliet one last time and drank the poison. Meanwhile, the effects of the sleeping potion wear off. Juliet woke up calling for Romeo. She found her love next to her but was lying dead, with a cup of poison in his hand.
She tried to kiss the poison from his lips, but failed. Then Juliet put out his dagger and plunged it into her breast, She died.
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1. What is the main idea of the text above?
2. Where did The story happen?
3. Why did Romeo decide to drink poison ?
Narrative text 4
Safety First
One day after class, there was a safety drill at my school – a technology vocational school. The instructor showed the importance of wearing safety gear on a building site, such as a helmet, safety shoes, and gloves. He also mentioned that we must always put on our seatbelt in a car. Then we all were given a chance to try on those safety gadgets.
When the drill was over, my friends and I walked to the car of one of my friends. We always go home together because we live in the same housing complex. I sat in the front seat, next to the driver. I buckled the seatbelt, and I turned my head facing my friends in the back.
“ Don’t forget to buckle up, guys! Don’t forget, safety first!” to my surprise, their exploded into laughter.“ Hey, come on, guys. You know that I’m right, “ I said to defend myself.
“ Yeah, yeah. You’re right. But you don’t have to wear a helmet in a car!”.
My gosh! I forgot to take off the helmet I had been wearing. I opened the car door and ran to return the helmet. With a red face, of course. Ever since, my friends have teased me with the words.
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1. What is the main idea of the text above?
2. What did the instructur show to the students?
3. Why did they go home together?
4. What did he do until his friends laugh for him??
5. Make the conclusion of the text base on your own words!