Narrative Text Legend (Surabaya) Lesson

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Multiple Choice

The Legend of Surabaya

Once upon a time, there were two strong animals living in East Java. They were Sura the shark and Baya the crocodile. Both of them lived in the sea. They were friends. However, when they were starving, they became very greedy.

One day, Sura and Baya were searching for food. Then Baya saw a goat and said, “ This is my lunch!” Sura yelled, “ No! I haven’t eaten for two days, so this is my lunch. “ Both of them quarrelled. But they got tired after fighting for several hours. “I’m tired of fighting, Baya,” said Sura. He planned to stop their habit. “Yeah, me too,” replied Baya in agreement. “ what should we do to stop fighting? Do you have any idea? “ asked Baya. Sura thought for a while “ I’ve got an idea. Let’s divide our territory. Since I live in the water, I will look for the food in the sea, and you will search for your food on the land,” said Sura. The beach will become the border between us, so we will never meet again,” he added. Baya considered the idea for a while then agreed to Sura’s suggestion. Then they lived separately.

One day, Sura found not much food in the sea. So, he went to the land and searched for food in the river. Seeing that, Baya got angry. “ What are you doing here? This is my territory!” he yelled to Sura. “There is water in the river, right? This is also my place! “replied Sura. Then Sura and Baya fought again. They both hit each other.

Both of them tried to bite each other’s tail. Baya bit Sura’s tail very hard until Sura gave up and went back to the sea. The place where they had a fight was a mess. People then talked about it and named the place Surabaya. It is the combination of both names, Sura and Baya.

Where the story did take place?

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The story took place in Jakarta

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The story took place in East Java

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The story took place in Bandung

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The story took place in North Sumatra

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The story took place in Banten

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Multiple Choice

The Legend of Surabaya

Once upon a time, there were two strong animals living in East Java. They were Sura the shark and Baya the crocodile. Both of them lived in the sea. They were friends. However, when they were starving, they became very greedy.

One day, Sura and Baya were searching for food. Then Baya saw a goat and said, “ This is my lunch!” Sura yelled, “ No! I haven’t eaten for two days, so this is my lunch. “ Both of them quarrelled. But they got tired after fighting for several hours. “I’m tired of fighting, Baya,” said Sura. He planned to stop their habit. “Yeah, me too,” replied Baya in agreement. “ what should we do to stop fighting? Do you have any idea? “ asked Baya. Sura thought for a while “ I’ve got an idea. Let’s divide our territory. Since I live in the water, I will look for the food in the sea, and you will search for your food on the land,” said Sura. The beach will become the border between us, so we will never meet again,” he added. Baya considered the idea for a while then agreed to Sura’s suggestion. Then they lived separately.

One day, Sura found not much food in the sea. So, he went to the land and searched for food in the river. Seeing that, Baya got angry. “ What are you doing here? This is my territory!” he yelled to Sura. “There is water in the river, right? This is also my place! “replied Sura. Then Sura and Baya fought again. They both hit each other.

Both of them tried to bite each other’s tail. Baya bit Sura’s tail very hard until Sura gave up and went back to the sea. The place where they had a fight was a mess. People then talked about it and named the place Surabaya. It is the combination of both names, Sura and Baya.

Which of the following sentence describe Sura’s character?

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Sura was unbeliveble.

2

Sura made Baya happy.

3

Sura was kind friend.

4

Sura was an obedient son.

5

Sura was careless.

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Multiple Choice

The Legend of Surabaya

Once upon a time, there were two strong animals living in East Java. They were Sura the shark and Baya the crocodile. Both of them lived in the sea. They were friends. However, when they were starving, they became very greedy.

One day, Sura and Baya were searching for food. Then Baya saw a goat and said, “ This is my lunch!” Sura yelled, “ No! I haven’t eaten for two days, so this is my lunch. “ Both of them quarrelled. But they got tired after fighting for several hours. “I’m tired of fighting, Baya,” said Sura. He planned to stop their habit. “Yeah, me too,” replied Baya in agreement. “ what should we do to stop fighting? Do you have any idea? “ asked Baya. Sura thought for a while “ I’ve got an idea. Let’s divide our territory. Since I live in the water, I will look for the food in the sea, and you will search for your food on the land,” said Sura. The beach will become the border between us, so we will never meet again,” he added. Baya considered the idea for a while then agreed to Sura’s suggestion. Then they lived separately.

One day, Sura found not much food in the sea. So, he went to the land and searched for food in the river. Seeing that, Baya got angry. “ What are you doing here? This is my territory!” he yelled to Sura. “There is water in the river, right? This is also my place! “replied Sura. Then Sura and Baya fought again. They both hit each other.

Both of them tried to bite each other’s tail. Baya bit Sura’s tail very hard until Sura gave up and went back to the sea. The place where they had a fight was a mess. People then talked about it and named the place Surabaya. It is the combination of both names, Sura and Baya.

However, when they were starving, they became very greedy. (first paragraph)

The word above can be replaced by.....

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Angry

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Worry

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Hungry

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Thirsty

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Scary

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Multiple Choice

The Legend of Surabaya

Once upon a time, there were two strong animals living in East Java. They were Sura the shark and Baya the crocodile. Both of them lived in the sea. They were friends. However, when they were starving, they became very greedy.

One day, Sura and Baya were searching for food. Then Baya saw a goat and said, “ This is my lunch!” Sura yelled, “ No! I haven’t eaten for two days, so this is my lunch. “ Both of them quarrelled. But they got tired after fighting for several hours. “I’m tired of fighting, Baya,” said Sura. He planned to stop their habit. “Yeah, me too,” replied Baya in agreement. “ what should we do to stop fighting? Do you have any idea? “ asked Baya. Sura thought for a while “ I’ve got an idea. Let’s divide our territory. Since I live in the water, I will look for the food in the sea, and you will search for your food on the land,” said Sura. The beach will become the border between us, so we will never meet again,” he added. Baya considered the idea for a while then agreed to Sura’s suggestion. Then they lived separately.

One day, Sura found not much food in the sea. So, he went to the land and searched for food in the river. Seeing that, Baya got angry. “ What are you doing here? This is my territory!” he yelled to Sura. “There is water in the river, right? This is also my place! “replied Sura. Then Sura and Baya fought again. They both hit each other.

Both of them tried to bite each other’s tail. Baya bit Sura’s tail very hard until Sura gave up and went back to the sea. The place where they had a fight was a mess. People then talked about it and named the place Surabaya. It is the combination of both names, Sura and Baya.

How could they stop the fight?

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Sura and Baya were not good firends.

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Sura and Baya hate each other.

3

They feel tired after fighting for several hours.

4

They feel happy after fighting several hours.

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They feel tired after fighting several days.

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Multiple Choice

The Legend of Surabaya

Once upon a time, there were two strong animals living in East Java. They were Sura the shark and Baya the crocodile. Both of them lived in the sea. They were friends. However, when they were starving, they became very greedy.

One day, Sura and Baya were searching for food. Then Baya saw a goat and said, “ This is my lunch!” Sura yelled, “ No! I haven’t eaten for two days, so this is my lunch. “ Both of them quarrelled. But they got tired after fighting for several hours. “I’m tired of fighting, Baya,” said Sura. He planned to stop their habit. “Yeah, me too,” replied Baya in agreement. “ what should we do to stop fighting? Do you have any idea? “ asked Baya. Sura thought for a while “ I’ve got an idea. Let’s divide our territory. Since I live in the water, I will look for the food in the sea, and you will search for your food on the land,” said Sura. The beach will become the border between us, so we will never meet again,” he added. Baya considered the idea for a while then agreed to Sura’s suggestion. Then they lived separately.

One day, Sura found not much food in the sea. So, he went to the land and searched for food in the river. Seeing that, Baya got angry. “ What are you doing here? This is my territory!” he yelled to Sura. “There is water in the river, right? This is also my place! “replied Sura. Then Sura and Baya fought again. They both hit each other.

Both of them tried to bite each other’s tail. Baya bit Sura’s tail very hard until Sura gave up and went back to the sea. The place where they had a fight was a mess. People then talked about it and named the place Surabaya. It is the combination of both names, Sura and Baya.

The following sentence was explained about Sura and Baya agreement.

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They shared the zone

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Sura lived on the land.

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Baya lived in the sea.

4

Both of them lived in the sea.

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They were not share the zone.

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Multiple Choice

The Legend of Surabaya

Once upon a time, there were two strong animals living in East Java. They were Sura the shark and Baya the crocodile. Both of them lived in the sea. They were friends. However, when they were starving, they became very greedy.

One day, Sura and Baya were searching for food. Then Baya saw a goat and said, “ This is my lunch!” Sura yelled, “ No! I haven’t eaten for two days, so this is my lunch. “ Both of them quarrelled. But they got tired after fighting for several hours. “I’m tired of fighting, Baya,” said Sura. He planned to stop their habit. “Yeah, me too,” replied Baya in agreement. “ what should we do to stop fighting? Do you have any idea? “ asked Baya. Sura thought for a while “ I’ve got an idea. Let’s divide our territory. Since I live in the water, I will look for the food in the sea, and you will search for your food on the land,” said Sura. The beach will become the border between us, so we will never meet again,” he added. Baya considered the idea for a while then agreed to Sura’s suggestion. Then they lived separately.

One day, Sura found not much food in the sea. So, he went to the land and searched for food in the river. Seeing that, Baya got angry. “ What are you doing here? This is my territory!” he yelled to Sura. “There is water in the river, right? This is also my place! “replied Sura. Then Sura and Baya fought again. They both hit each other.

Both of them tried to bite each other’s tail. Baya bit Sura’s tail very hard until Sura gave up and went back to the sea. The place where they had a fight was a mess. People then talked about it and named the place Surabaya. It is the combination of both names, Sura and Baya.

What was Baya reaction when he knew Sura went to the land?

1

Baya asked Sura to share the food

2

Baya let him to enjoy the food

3

He gave Sura chance to searched the food

4

He was mad.

5

He was sad.

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Multiple Choice

The Legend of Surabaya

Once upon a time, there were two strong animals living in East Java. They were Sura the shark and Baya the crocodile. Both of them lived in the sea. They were friends. However, when they were starving, they became very greedy.

One day, Sura and Baya were searching for food. Then Baya saw a goat and said, “ This is my lunch!” Sura yelled, “ No! I haven’t eaten for two days, so this is my lunch. “ Both of them quarrelled. But they got tired after fighting for several hours. “I’m tired of fighting, Baya,” said Sura. He planned to stop their habit. “Yeah, me too,” replied Baya in agreement. “ what should we do to stop fighting? Do you have any idea? “ asked Baya. Sura thought for a while “ I’ve got an idea. Let’s divide our territory. Since I live in the water, I will look for the food in the sea, and you will search for your food on the land,” said Sura. The beach will become the border between us, so we will never meet again,” he added. Baya considered the idea for a while then agreed to Sura’s suggestion. Then they lived separately.

One day, Sura found not much food in the sea. So, he went to the land and searched for food in the river. Seeing that, Baya got angry. “ What are you doing here? This is my territory!” he yelled to Sura. “There is water in the river, right? This is also my place! “replied Sura. Then Sura and Baya fought again. They both hit each other.

Both of them tried to bite each other’s tail. Baya bit Sura’s tail very hard until Sura gave up and went back to the sea. The place where they had a fight was a mess. People then talked about it and named the place Surabaya. It is the combination of both names, Sura and Baya.

He planned to stop their habit. (second paragraph)

The following sentence have the similar meaning with the sentence above.

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Baya has an idea to continuou their habit.

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Sura has an idea to stop the habit.

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Baya has not idea to stop the habit.

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Sura has not idea to stop the habit.

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Sura has an idea to continuou their habit.

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Multiple Choice

The Legend of Surabaya

Once upon a time, there were two strong animals living in East Java. They were Sura the shark and Baya the crocodile. Both of them lived in the sea. They were friends. However, when they were starving, they became very greedy.

One day, Sura and Baya were searching for food. Then Baya saw a goat and said, “ This is my lunch!” Sura yelled, “ No! I haven’t eaten for two days, so this is my lunch. “ Both of them quarrelled. But they got tired after fighting for several hours. “I’m tired of fighting, Baya,” said Sura. He planned to stop their habit. “Yeah, me too,” replied Baya in agreement. “ what should we do to stop fighting? Do you have any idea? “ asked Baya. Sura thought for a while “ I’ve got an idea. Let’s divide our territory. Since I live in the water, I will look for the food in the sea, and you will search for your food on the land,” said Sura. The beach will become the border between us, so we will never meet again,” he added. Baya considered the idea for a while then agreed to Sura’s suggestion. Then they lived separately.

One day, Sura found not much food in the sea. So, he went to the land and searched for food in the river. Seeing that, Baya got angry. “ What are you doing here? This is my territory!” he yelled to Sura. “There is water in the river, right? This is also my place! “replied Sura. Then Sura and Baya fought again. They both hit each other.

Both of them tried to bite each other’s tail. Baya bit Sura’s tail very hard until Sura gave up and went back to the sea. The place where they had a fight was a mess. People then talked about it and named the place Surabaya. It is the combination of both names, Sura and Baya.

The following are reason why both of them tried to bite each other’s tail. Except...

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They fought for prey

2

Sura broke the promise

3

Sura went to the land and searched the food

4

They fought for the land

5

Sura keep the promise

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Multiple Choice

The Legend of Surabaya

Once upon a time, there were two strong animals living in East Java. They were Sura the shark and Baya the crocodile. Both of them lived in the sea. They were friends. However, when they were starving, they became very greedy.

One day, Sura and Baya were searching for food. Then Baya saw a goat and said, “ This is my lunch!” Sura yelled, “ No! I haven’t eaten for two days, so this is my lunch. “ Both of them quarrelled. But they got tired after fighting for several hours. “I’m tired of fighting, Baya,” said Sura. He planned to stop their habit. “Yeah, me too,” replied Baya in agreement. “ what should we do to stop fighting? Do you have any idea? “ asked Baya. Sura thought for a while “ I’ve got an idea. Let’s divide our territory. Since I live in the water, I will look for the food in the sea, and you will search for your food on the land,” said Sura. The beach will become the border between us, so we will never meet again,” he added. Baya considered the idea for a while then agreed to Sura’s suggestion. Then they lived separately.

One day, Sura found not much food in the sea. So, he went to the land and searched for food in the river. Seeing that, Baya got angry. “ What are you doing here? This is my territory!” he yelled to Sura. “There is water in the river, right? This is also my place! “replied Sura. Then Sura and Baya fought again. They both hit each other.

Both of them tried to bite each other’s tail. Baya bit Sura’s tail very hard until Sura gave up and went back to the sea. The place where they had a fight was a mess. People then talked about it and named the place Surabaya. It is the combination of both names, Sura and Baya.

What the people do to remind the tragedy?

1

People made their name as the name of the city.

2

People remind their kindness

3

People made their name as the name of province.

4

People did not remind their name as the name of the city.

5

People made their name as traditional food of the city.

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Multiple Choice

The Legend of Surabaya

Once upon a time, there were two strong animals living in East Java. They were Sura the shark and Baya the crocodile. Both of them lived in the sea. They were friends. However, when they were starving, they became very greedy.

One day, Sura and Baya were searching for food. Then Baya saw a goat and said, “ This is my lunch!” Sura yelled, “ No! I haven’t eaten for two days, so this is my lunch. “ Both of them quarrelled. But they got tired after fighting for several hours. “I’m tired of fighting, Baya,” said Sura. He planned to stop their habit. “Yeah, me too,” replied Baya in agreement. “ what should we do to stop fighting? Do you have any idea? “ asked Baya. Sura thought for a while “ I’ve got an idea. Let’s divide our territory. Since I live in the water, I will look for the food in the sea, and you will search for your food on the land,” said Sura. The beach will become the border between us, so we will never meet again,” he added. Baya considered the idea for a while then agreed to Sura’s suggestion. Then they lived separately.

One day, Sura found not much food in the sea. So, he went to the land and searched for food in the river. Seeing that, Baya got angry. “ What are you doing here? This is my territory!” he yelled to Sura. “There is water in the river, right? This is also my place! “replied Sura. Then Sura and Baya fought again. They both hit each other.

Both of them tried to bite each other’s tail. Baya bit Sura’s tail very hard until Sura gave up and went back to the sea. The place where they had a fight was a mess. People then talked about it and named the place Surabaya. It is the combination of both names, Sura and Baya.

What lesson did you get from the story?

1

We heave not to keep the promise

2

Don’t be greedy and keep the promise.

3

Don’t be selfish and broke the promise

4

We have to hurt our friend.

5

We have to listen our parents.

Narrative Text Legend (Surabaya)

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