The Princess and the Pea

 

There once was a prince who wanted to marry a princess, but it had to be real princess.  So he went all over the world looking for a real princess.  Everywhere he met young ladies told him they were real princess, but could never be completely sure that this was true.  There was always something about them that did not seem quite right.  And so, after along time, the prince went back home to his parents and was very sad.

 

One evening there was a terrible storm.  It rained heavily and there was thunder and lightning in the sky above the royal castle.  Then there was a knock at the castle gate.  The old king went out to see who it could be.

 

A princess was standing outside the gate.  The rain ran down over her hair and clothes and into her shoes.  She told the king that she was a real princess, and he asked her to come inside.

 

“Well, said the old queen.  We’ll soon find out if that is true.  She went into the guest bedroom and took the mattress and blanket of the bed.  Then she put a little green pea on the bed.  She put twenty mattress on top of the pea, and then twenty mattress on top of the pea, and then twenty blankets on top of the mattress.  This was where the princess was going to spend the night.

 

The next morning the queen asked the princess how she had slept.

 

“oh, it was terrible” answered the princess.  Í didn’t close my eyes all night.  I don’t know what was in my bed, but I lay on something hard, and now I am black and blue all over.  It was quite a terrible night.”

 

Now, the king, the queen and the prince could be sure that this was a real princess she had felt the little pea trough twenty mattresses and twenty blankets.  Only a real princess will be able to do that.

 

So the prince married the princess and the pea was put in a museum for everyone to see, unless someone has taken it, it’s still there today.

 

1.      What text type is it?

a)      descriptive

b)      anecdote

c)      spoof

d)      recount

e)      narrative

 

2.      The king, the queen and the prince were sure they have found a real princess because…..

a)      the princess was coming to the royal castle

b)      the princess had felt the little pea through twenty mattress and twenty blankets

c)      the princess told the king that she was a real princess

d)      the princess was staying at the royal castle and spent the night there

e)      the princess was able to sleep soundly and had a wonderful night

 

3.      The correct rhetoric of the text is…..

a)      orientation – complication – reorientation – resolution – evaluation

b)      evaluation – reorientation – resolution – orientation – complication

c)      orientation – resolution – evaluation – complication – reorientation

d)      orientation – evaluation – complication – resolution – reorientation

e)      evaluation – reorientation – resolution – complication – orientation

 

4.      “So he went all over the world looking for a real princess.” (Paragraph 1)

The antonym of the underlined word is…..

a)      fake

b)      true

c)      right

d)      exact

e)      correct

 

5.      “And unless someone has taken it, it’s still there today.” (Last paragraph)

The underlined word has the same meaning with…..

a)      because

b)      since

c)      otherwise

d)      if not

e)      if

 

6.      Why did the prince go back home to his parents after a long time?

a)      Because he didn’t want to marry a real princess

b)      Because he was looking for a real princess to marry

c)      Because he couldn’t be sure and find a real prince to marry

d)      Because his parents insisted him to find a real princess

e)      Because he was forced to find a real princess to marry

 

7.      “The old queen was trying to prove whether the princess was real or not by putting a little green pea on the bed.”

This main idea is found in paragraph…..

a)      5

b)      4

c)      3

d)      2

e)      1

 

 

Golden Eggs

      Long time ago a remote village, in central China was inhabited mainly with farmers and hunters.

One day, a poor farmer lost his entire livestock to flood. He prayed hard to God for help or his family would die of starvation.

Few days later, an old man with long grey beard, passed by his house took pity on him. He gave him a goose and said “ I don’t have any expensive thing to give you and hope this goose will help you to ease your hardship.”

A week later to almost surprise the farmer found and egg in his yard. This was no ordinary egg. It was a golden egg. He was suddenly overcome with joy.

Thereafter, his livelihood had rapidly improved but the farmer had forgotten his earlier hardship. He became lazy, arrogant and spendthrift.

Strangely, the goose only laid one golden egg every six months. The greedy farmer lost his patient and slaughtered his goose thinking there were plenty of golden eggs inside its stomach.

Though he very much regretted for his foolishness, it’s already too late.

 

1.      What did the story teach us?

a)      It taught not to be greedy and contented with what we had

b)      It taught us to pray to God for help

c)      It taught us foolishness did not pay

d)      It taught us not to be lazy or arrogant

e)      It taught us not to forget a good deed

 

2.      What is the communicative purpose of the text?

a)      To share an amusing  story with other

b)      To inform readers about the farmer and the goose

c)      To describe how the farmer got rich

d)      To persuade the reader to read the story

e)      To entertain the reader with an interesting story

 

3.      Which of the statement described his downfall?

a)      He prayed for God’s help or his family would die

b)      He did not believe the old man

c)      A week later to his utmost surprised he found a golden egg

d)      He lost his patient and slaughtered his goose

e)      He forgotten his hardship and became lazy and arrogant and spendthrift

 

4.      Which part of the story is orientation?

a)      One day, a poor farmer lost his entire livestock

b)      Few days later an old man, with long grey beard, passed by his house took a pity on him

c)      A week later to his utmost surprise the farmer found an egg in his yard

d)      Long time ago, a remote village, in central China, was inhabited mainly with farmers and hunters

e)      Strangely, the goose only laid one golden egg every six months

 

 

Rabbit

Once upon a time, a rabbit wanted to cross a river but he could not swim.  He had an idea.  He saw a boss of crocodile swimming in the river.  The rabbit asked the boss of crocodile, “How many crocodiles are there in the river?” the boss of crocodile answered, “We are twenty here.”  “Where are they?” the rabbit asked for the second time.  “What is it for?” the boss of crocodile asked.

“All of you are good, nice, gentle, and kind, so I want to make a line in order.  Later I will know how kind you are,” said the rabbit.  Then, the boss of crocodile called all his friends and asked them to make a line in order from one side to other side of the river.  Just then, the rabbit started to count while jumping from one crocodile to another; one… two… three… four…. Until twenty, and finally, he thanked all crocodiles because he had crossed the river.

 

1.      The story mainly tells us about…..

a)      twenty crocodiles

b)      the boss of the crocodiles

c)      a rabbit and twenty crocodiles

d)      a rabbit and the boss of crocodile

e)      the boss of the crocodiles and all his friends

 

2.      We know from the first paragraph that the rabbit actually wanted….

a)      to cross the river

b)      to swim across the river

c)      to meet the boss of crocodile

d)      to know where the crocodiles are

e)      to know the number of crocodiles there

 

3.      “All of you are good, nice, gentle, and kind,….” (Paragraph 2)

The underlined word is synonymous with…..

a)      wild

b)      diligent

c)      cheerful

d)      easygoing

e)     honourable

 

 

 

Momotaro

Once upon a time, there lived in Japan a peasant and his wife. They were sad couple because they had no children. They kept praying to their god pleading to give them a child.

While cutting wood by a stream one day, the man saw a large peach floating on the water. He ran to pick it up. His wife was excited because she had never seen such a large peach before. They were about to cut the peach when they heard a voice from inside.

The couples were surprised to do anything. The peach then cracked open, and there was a beautiful baby inside. The couples were very happy, of course. They named the baby Momotaro, which meant ‘peach boy’.

Momotaro grew up to be clever, courage young man.  His parents loved him very much.

One day, Momotaro told his parents hat he was going to fight the pirates who always attacked their village. These pirates lived on an island a few kilometers away. Momotaro’s mother packed his food, and his father gave him a sword. Having blessed Momotaro, they sent him off on his journey.

Sailing on his boat, Momotaro met an eagle going in the same direction. They became good friends; soon, both of them arrived on the island of the pirates.

Momotaro drew out the sacred sword his father had given him and began to fight the pirates. The eagle flew over the thieves’ heads, pecking at their eyes. Finally, the pirates were defeated.

Momotaro brought home all the goods that pirates had stolen. His parents were proud of him, and they were overjoyed at his victory and save return.

 

1.      The generic structure of the text is …..

a)     identification – description

b)     orientation – events – reorientation

c)     orientation – complication – resolution

d)     thesis – arguments – reiteration

e)     abstract – orientation – crisis – incident – coda

 

 

2.      Who is the main character in the story?

a)     the lucky peasant

b)     the blessed child

c)     the defeated pirates

d)     the pleasant wife

e)     Momotaro, the peach boy

 

3.      “Having blessed Momotaro, they sent him off on his journey.” (paragraph 5) From the sentence we know that Momotaro’s parents …. Him to fight the pirates.

a)     joined

b)     refused

c)     forbade

d)     allowed

e)     declined

 

4.      When the peasant and his wife saw a beautiful baby  boy inside the large peach, they ….. and named him Momotaro.

a)     felt annoyed

b)     were anxious

c)     seemed afraid

d)     were very glad

e)     looked surprised

 

5.      What do we learn from the story?

a)     We should do our best

b)     Momotaro is a brave man

c)     There is no gain without pain

d)     Happiness will find you if you try

e)     The peasant and his wife are good persons

 

Hunting

Once upon a time there was a man who liked hunting very much.  He often went to the forest to hunt any animal he met.

One day he went hunting into the forest.  He intended to shoot any animal he saw.  He brought his gun with him.  When he was searching for his prey, suddenly he saw a bird perching on a branch of a tree.  It was a dove.  When he was aiming his gun at the dove, suddenly an ant came and bit his foot.  He was so startled that he didn’t shoot the dove.  It was safe and then flew away.

Several days later, the dove was flying over a lake.  He saw an ant floating on the surface of the water.  It was the ant that had saved the dove’s life from the hunter.  The ant was almost drowned.  The dove got an idea, he picked up a big leaf and dropped it onto the surface of the water near the ant.  Luckily the ant could get on the leaf.

The ant tried to bring the leaf to the edge of the lake and landed on the ground.  The ant was safe because the dove helped him.

 

1.      The main idea of paragraph 2 is that…..

a)      An ant saved the dove’s life

b)      The dove tried to avoid the hunter

c)      The dove was perching on a branch of a tree

d)      The hunter with his gun was seeking his prey

e)      The hunter was eager to shoot the animals in the forest

 

2.      The hunter was very ….. when the ant bit his foot.

a)      angry

b)      furious

c)      shocked

d)      surprised

e)      disappointed

 

3.      From the story we van conclude that both the ant and the dove are a good example for human beings because…..

a)      the bird could fly over the lake

b)      the ant could land on the ground

c)      the ant could bite the hunter’s foot

d)      the hunter couldn’t shoot the dove

e)      they could help to save each other’s lives

 

4.      “…..suddenly he saw a bird perching on a branch of a tree.” (paragraph 2)

The underlined word means…..

a)      walking

b)      blowing

c)      sleeping

d)      sitting

e)      flying

 

 

Hermit

Many years ago, there lived a hermit in a forest in Sumatra. He did not grow food but depended on the jungle fruit to survive. Soon, there was a drought, and all the plants and fruit trees in the jungle died.

The old man had nothing to eat now, so he turned to begging. He went to a nearby village trying to get some food. At first, the villagers were happy to help him. However, when he came continually, they refused to give him any more food. They told him to grow his own food.

One day, while the hermit was sitting in his hut, sad and hungry, he began to think about growing his own food. Just then, a boatman stopped by and taking a pity on hermit gave him some “paddy” seeds.

Before the boatman went away, he said, “These seeds will grow and give you everlasting harvest if you work very hard. If you are tired of the work, the “paddy” plants will turn into weeds.”

The old hermit worked hard to clear the land and sowed the seeds before the rain came. Strangely, after a short period of time, the “paddy” was ready for harvesting. The old man got a lot of rice from the harvest. After each harvest, the plants grew back again right away.

When the villagers heard about the hermit and his wonderful “paddy”, they flocked to his “paddy” field and took home as much “paddy” as they could.

One day, hermit became so tired of harvesting the “paddy then he shouted,” Oh, stop growing, you wretched thing!” As soon as he had said this, the “paddy” plants turned into weeds.

 

1.      What did the boatman give to the hermit?

a)      Fruit tree

b)      Some food

c)      Paddy plants

d)      Some weeds

e)      Some paddy seeds

 

2.      The main idea of paragraph 5 is ………

a)      the succession of paddy harvest

b)      the hermit should clear the land

c)      the hermit was successful as a farmer

d)      it needed a short of time to harvest the paddy

e)      the seeds should be shown before the rain came

 

3.      Why did the paddy plants turn into weeds?

a)      The hermit got angry with the villagers

b)      The hermit stopped growing the paddy plants

c)      The villagers grew weeds instead of paddy plants

d)      The villagers took home as much paddy as they could

e)      The hermit shouted ordering the paddy plants to stop growing

 

4.      The antonym of the underlined word on the last paragraph is ……..

a)      said

b)      cried

c)      laughed

d)      screamed

e)      whispered

 

5.      Which statement is TRUE about the hermit?

a)      He lived in a small town in Sumatra

b)      He went to the village to ask for some food

c)      He liked to give the villagers fruit and paddy

d)      He died in the jungle when there was a drought

e)      He hated begging though there was nothing to eat

 

Snow White

Once upon a time there lived a little girl named Snow White.  She lived with her aunt and uncle because her parents were dead.

One day she heard her uncle and aunt talking about leaving Snow White in the castle because they both wanted to go to America and they didn’t have enough money to take Snow White.

Snow White didn’t want her uncle and aunt to do this so she decided it would be best if she ran away.  The next morning she ran away from home when her aunt and uncle were having breakfast.  She ran away into the woods.

Then she saw a little cottage.  She knocked but no one answered so she went inside and fell asleep.

Meanwhile, the seven dwarfs were coming home from work.  They went inside.  There they found Snow White sleeping.  Then Snow White woke up.  She saw the dwarfs.  The dwarfs said, “What’s your name?”  Snow White said, “My name is Snow White.”

Doc, one of the dwarfs said, “If you wish, you may live here with us.”  Snow White said, “Oh could I?  Thank you.”  Then Snow White told the dwarfs the whole story and Snow White and the seven dwarfs lived happily ever after.

 

1.      The text above belongs to……

a)     narrative

b)     report

c)     news item

d)     spoof

e)     recount

 

2.      Why did Snow White live with her aunt and uncle?  Because…..

a)     her uncle and aunt were dead

b)     both of her father and mother were dead

c)     neither her father and mother were dead

d)     her father was dead

e)     her mother was dead

 

3.      The text above tells us about…..

a)     Snow White’s family

b)     The seven dwarfs

c)     Snow White’s parents

d)     The escape of Snow White

e)     Snow White and seven dwarfs

 

4.      When did Snow White leave her uncle and aunt’s house?

a)     When they were having breakfast in the morning

b)     When they were talking about leaving Snow White

c)     When they were sleeping

d)     When they were coming home

e)     When they were talking in the morning

 

5.      Meanwhile, the seven dwarfs were coming home from work. 

The underlined word means…..

a)     person living in the jungle

b)     plant growing in the forest

c)     animal that is much tamer than usual

d)     person usually makes shelter in  a tall tree

e)     person that is much smaller than usual

Description VS Report

Dear student…..

A little bit confused mempelajari teks description and report??  Don’t worry, now you’ll read the difference between them.  Check it out.

Description adalah jenis teks yang berisi uraian tentang sesuatu. To describe yang artinya menggambarkan, maka jenis teks ini menceritakan sesuatu dengan jelas, sehingga tanpa melihat objek yang diceritakan, pembaca atau pendengar seolah-olah bisa melihat dengan jelas objek tersebut. Hampir mirip dengan teks bergenre REPORT. Namun tentu saja ada perbedaannya. Report menceritakan sesuatu secara umum, tetapi teks Descriptive hanya menceritakan satu objek tertentu.

Coba perhatikan contoh teks berikut:

Text 1

I have a pet. It is a dog and I call it Brownie. It is a Chinese breed. It is small, fluffy, and cute. It has got thick brown fur. When I cuddle it, the fur feels soft. Brownie doesn’t like bones. Everyday it eats soft food like steamed rice, fish or bread. (Bergenre DESCRIPTIVE karena menceritakan tentang seekor anjing yang bernama Brownie)

Text 2

A kangaroo is an animal found only n Australia, although is has a small relative, called a wallaby, which lives on the Australian island in Tasmania and also in New Guinea.(Bergenre REPORT karena menceritakan tentang Kangaroo secara umum)

Coba perhatikan lagi contoh berikut:

CAT belongs to mammal… (report)

MY CAT has thick fur…. (descriptive)

Perhatikan juga susunan berikut:

Genre : Descriptive

Social Function : To describe a particular person, place, or thing

Generic Structure :

1. Identification (identify phenomenon to be described)

2. Description (describe parts, qualities, characteristics)

Bandingkan dengan:

Genre : Report

Social Function : To describe the way things are (for example a man-made thing, animals, plants).

Text organization :

1. General Classification (Introduce the topic of the report such as: the class or the subclass)

2. Identification (tell the shape/form, parts, behaviour, habitat, way of survival)

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