PAT B ING 9

One day a man stopped at a flower shop to order some flowers. He wanted to send it to his mother who lived far in another town through a delivery company. Meanwhile he was looking at sad young girl who was sitting in front of the flower shop. He asked her what was wrong and she replied, “I wanted to buy a red rose for my mother but my money is not enough”. The man smiled and said, “Come on in with me I’ll buy you a rose.” He bought the little girl a rose and he ordered for his own mother flowers too.

After buying a rose flower for the girl the man offered the girl a ride to her home. She said” yes please! You can take me to my mother. She directed him to a cemetery. The girl placed the rose on her mother’s fresh grave. Knowing the girl’s mother had died the man realized that he must show his love to his mother while she was still alive. Then the man returned to the flower shop. He cancelled the flower delivery order picked up the rose flower and drove to reach his mother’s house.

We can learn that we have to ….

• Show our loves to our mother

• Buy flowers for our mothers

• Keep our mother alive

• Obey to our mother

Once upon a time, there was a kingdom in Java that was attacked by another kingdom. The king asked his Queen to save her life. Alas! In the middle of the jungle, the enemy killed all her guards. However, the Queen was lucky because she changed herself into a golden snail and survived.

One day, an old woman saw the snail and took it home. She looked after it. Whenever the old woman was not at home, the snail turned into a human being. She cooked and did the household chores. When the old woman got home, the Queen quickly changed into a snail again. It happened several times and made the old woman curious. One day, the old woman peeped and saw what was going on. She broke in, immediately. She asked, "Why did you change yourself into a snail?". The Queen told her what happened. The old woman was surprised to know that the snail was a Queen.

Later, from the head of the village they discovered that the king had won the battle and he was looking for his wife. Then the village head sent a message to the king telling him that his wife was safe.

Several days later, the King and his guards came for the queen. They thanked the villagers for their kindness and brought the old women to their palace.

What happened when the old woman found the snail?

• She reported it to the head of the village

• She helped it to find the queen's husband

• It helped cleaning and cooking in her house

• She brought it to her house and took care of it

A man and his son were going to the market. While they were walking, a country man passed and said, “You fool, what a donkey for but to ride upon?”

So the man put the boy on the donkey. But soon, some passersby said, “See that lazy, young steer. He lets his father walk while he rides.”

So the man ordered his boy to get off and got on himself, but the passerby said, “Shame on… that lazy old man, he lets his poor son walk, while he rides.”

The man did not know what to do. Last, he took his boy on the donkey. Then the passerby said, “Aren’t you ashamed of yourself for overloading the poor donkey?”

The man and the boy got off. They cut down a pole, tied the donkey’s feet to it and raised the pole to their shoulders. They arrived to a bridge when the donkey, getting one of its feet loose, kick all out and caused the boy to drop his end of the pole. In the struggle, the donkey fell over the bridge and then it was drowned.

Why did the boy get off from the donkey?

• The passerby needed him

• His father asked him to do that

• The donkey was tired carrying him

• The boy wanted to be with the donkey

1. Arrange the sentences below into a correct narrative!

(1) At the further of the wood was another pretty cottage

(2) There was once a sweet maid who lived in a pretty cottage

(3) She gave her a red clock with a hood which she always wear

(4) Where grandmother lived in

(5) Everybody loved this little girl, her grandmother loved her most of all

(6) So, people called her Red Riding Hood

The best arrangement is...

• a. 2-1-3-4-5-6

• b. 2-3-1-4-5-6

• c. 1-2-3-4-5-6

• d. 1-2-4-3-5-6

• e. 2-1-4-5-3-6

Cinderella was a young woman living with her step mother and two step sisters. She worked as a servant for them and caters to their every need. She did all the cooking and cleaning, and is treated like a servant. The step sisters were very mean.

When the Prince of the Village sent out invitations to a ball held in his honor to all the villagers, Cinderella begged to go but her step mother would not let her.

The night of the ball arrived, and the sisters and mother laughed and left. Cinderella cried and wished she could attend also. At that moment her Fairy God Mother appeared and used her magic so that Cinderella could attend, giving her a dress, glass slippers, and turning a pumpkin into a carriage. She also informed Cinderella that this spell will only last until midnight

Cinderella went off onto the ball, and while she was there she attracted quite a bit of attention especially from the Prince. The two danced all night, till Cinderella heard the clock chime. She remembered what her god mother said, and dashes off, leaving only a slipper behind. The Prince desperated to find this mystery woman had his assistant go to all the women of the village to find its owner.

Just when all hope was gone the assistant tried the slipper on the step sisters and despite a hard effort the shoe did not fit. Cinderella then tried on the shoe and it fits perfectly shocking everyone, especially her step sisters and evil step mother.

Cinderella married her Prince Charming and lived happily ever after

1. What is the main idea of the first paragraph?

• Cinderella worked as servant

• Cinderella was a young woman living with her step mother and two step sisters

• The step sisters were very mean

• Cinderella did all the cooking and cleaning,

2. “The step sisters were very mean”. What is the closest meaning of “mean”?

• Kind

• Lazy

• Stupid

• Cruel

5. “her step mother would not let her”.

What is the nearly meaning of “let”?

• Permit

• Go

• Hang out

• Prohibit

6. Who helped Cinderella when she wanted to go to the ball?

• Cinderella

• All villagers

• The step sister and step mother

• Fairy Godmother

7. Why did Cinderella leave the ball suddenly?

Because…..

• She was scared of her mother

• It was almost midnight

• The prince hated her

• The prince danced with her

10. What is the function of this text?

• To inform something

• To entertain the readers

• To describe something

• To report something