“Once upon a time there was a monkey called Ram. He lived on a big mango tree near the lake. The tree had the sweetest mangoes growing on it. Near the tree lived a crocodile with his wife.”

This part of the text is called the ...

• orientation

• resolution

• complication

• coda

The purpose of the narrative text is ...

• to inform the readers about event of the day which is considered newsworthy

• to persuade the readers that something is the case

• to amuse the readers with imaginary story in different ways

• to show how to do something through a set of steps

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.

The main idea of the paragraph is …

• A sad girl was thinking of her mother

• A man bought a flower for a girl

• A man helped a girl by buying her a flower

• A girl needed a man to deliver her a flower

An ant nimbly running in search of food came across a chrysalis that was close its time to change. The chrysalis moved and this attracted the attention of the ant who for the first time realized that it was a living thing. "Poor, pitiable animal!", cried the ant disdainfully "what a sad fate is yours! While I can run with my pleasure, you lie imprisoned here in your shell". The chrysalis heard all this, but did not try to make any reply.

What is the main idea of the paragraph?

• Chrysalis is a animal

• The ant was feeling sorry for the chrysalis

• The chrysalis lie imprisoned

• The ant goes around to have fun

One day, her mother fell ill and couldn't even get up to cook some food. So, she asked Pina to cook some rice. However, Pina being her lazy self, said "I can't find the pot. So where should I put the rice?". Her mother told her where the pot was. Then she said, "Where is the ladle, how am I going to cook without a ladle?" Again her sick mother had to tell her the exact location. Pina did the same with salt, rice and water! Enraged by Pina's behavior, her mother curse " May you grow a thousand eyes" and went back to sleep.

What Is the main idea of paragraph?

• Pine's mother was so angry that she cursed her daughter

• Pine's mother was terribly ill

• Pina was a really bad cook

• Pina was too lazy to cook her own food

"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."

The structure of the text above is ...

• coda

• orientation

• resolution

• complication

The generic structure of the narrative text is ...

• Orientation – resolution – complication - coda

• Resolution – orientation – complication - coda

• Orientation – resolution – coda - complication

• Orientation – complication – resolution - coda

"One day elephant-hunters came to the jungle and trapped a group of elephants in huge nets. Then the elephant king suddenly remembered the king of the rats. He summoned on of the elephants of his herd, which had not been trapped, to go seek help from the king and told him about the trapped elephants."

What type of text is the above text? It is …

• fable

• myth

• legend

• folklore

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

The word 'one day' is a language features of narrative text named ...

• time conjunction

• active verb

• past tense

• adverb of time

"Many years passed and Sangkuriang became a strong young man.  He wandered everywhere.  One day he arrived.  at his own village but he did not realize it.  There he met Dayang Sumbi.  At the time Dayang Sumbi was given an eternal beauty by God so she stayed young forever.  Both of them did know each other.  So they fall in love and then they decided to marry.  But then Dayang Sumbi recognized a scar on Sangkuriang’s head.  She knew that Sangkuriang was his son.  It was impossible for them to marry.  She told him but he did not beliave her.  He wished that they marry soon.  So Dayang Sumbi gave very difficult condition.  She asked Sangkuriang  to build a lake and a boat in one night! She said she needed that for honeymoon."

The structure of the text above is ...

• orientation

• complication

• resolution

• coda