Narrative Text

1. What is a narrative text?

• a. The narrative text is a the type of text that tells a chronological story in the past tenses

• b. The text to describe something

• c. The text to retell the story

2. What is the generic structure of narrative text?

• a. identification and description

• b. orientation, complication, resolution and re-orientation

• c. orientation, event, re-orientation

3. What tenses are used in narrative text?

• a. Present tense

• b. Past tense

• c. Future tense

Once there was a dog who wandered the streets night and day in search of food. One day, he found a big juicy bone and he immediately grabbed it between his mouth and took it home. On his way home, he crossed a river and saw another dog who also had a bone in its mouth.

He wanted that bone for himself too. But as he opened his mouth, the bone he was biting fell into the river and sank. That night, he went home hungry.

4. What is the best title for the text?

• a. The dog

• b. The bone

• c. The dog and the bone

Once there was a dog who wandered the streets night and day in search of food. One day, he found a big juicy bone and he immediately grabbed it between his mouth and took it home. On his way home, he crossed a river and saw another dog who also had a bone in its mouth.

He wanted that bone for himself too. But as he opened his mouth, the bone he was biting fell into the river and sank. That night, he went home hungry.

5. he crossed a river and saw another dog who also had a bone in its mouth. “Saw” in the present tense is . . .

• a. See

• b. Seen

• c. Sees

Once there was a dog who wandered the streets night and day in search of food. One day, he found a big juicy bone and he immediately grabbed it between his mouth and took it home. On his way home, he crossed a river and saw another dog who also had a bone in its mouth.

He wanted that bone for himself too. But as he opened his mouth, the bone he was biting fell into the river and sank. That night, he went home hungry.

6. One day, he found a big juicy bone and he immediately grabbed it between his mouth and took it home. On his way home, he crossed a river and saw another dog who also had a bone in its mouth . What is the dog found?

• a. Food

• b. Juicy bone

• c. River

Once there was a dog who wandered the streets night and day in search of food. One day, he found a big juicy bone and he immediately grabbed it between his mouth and took it home. On his way home, he crossed a river and saw another dog who also had a bone in its mouth.

He wanted that bone for himself too. But as he opened his mouth, the bone he was biting fell into the river and sank. That night, he went home hungry.

7. He wanted that bone for himself too. But as he opened his mouth, the bone he was biting fell into the river and sank. That night, he went home hungry. Why the dog felt hungry at the night ?

• a. Because the dog is angry

• b. Because the bone fell into the river

• c. Because the bone not delicious

Lazy Monkey

There was a monkey named John who was so lazy, he couldn’t even bother to search his food. One day, he saw that the apple tree in their yard was full of fruits.

He wanted to eat some apples but he was too lazy to climb the tree and take the fruits. So he lay down underneath the tree and waited for the fruits to fall off.

John waited and waited until he was very hungry but the apples never fell.

8.   Why john very hungry?

• a. Because he was lazy to climb the tree and take the fruit

• b. Because he can’t take the apple

• c. Because he didn’t have money

Lazy Monkey

There was a monkey named John who was so lazy, he couldn’t even bother to search his food. One day, he saw that the apple tree in their yard was full of fruits.

He wanted to eat some apples but he was too lazy to climb the tree and take the fruits. So he lay down underneath the tree and waited for the fruits to fall off.

John waited and waited until he was very hungry but the apples never fell.

9. John waited and waited until he was very hungry but the apples never fell. The antonym of the word “hungry” is . . . .

• a. Full to eat

• b. Thirsty

• c. Angry

An ant has been walking for some times. Its reach into the end of the forest. Now, the ant feels thirsty and want to find some water. It walks a little bit more until came to a very large water spring. It climbs up to fields of grass and makes it way up. Suddenly, it trips and fell into the water.

Luckily, a dove was flying over the water spring. The dove has seen the ant before. Seeing, the struggle to get out of the water. The dove thinks that the ant must need help. It is definitely in great danger and can sink and drown anytime.

The dove fly close to the water surface. The dove grabs a leaf from a nearby tree. The dove dropped it immediately toward the struggling ant. Then the ant saw the leaf swim toward it. It manages to climb up there. The ant row the leaf to dry ground and finally safe and sound.

While the dove is flying around a hunter spot the dove. The hunter is ready to take a shot to the unaware of danger nearby dove. The ant happens to be near the hunter. As the hunter focus on the dove, the ant climbs on the hunter’s feet and bit him on the heel. Feeling a sting in his feet. the hunter dropped his gun. It gives the dove time to fly away quickly far from the area.

10. How does the dove help the ant?

• a. The ant saw the dove above the trees

• b. The dove saw the ant and thinking and swim to the water

• c. The dove flies low near the water spring