FAIRY TALE + DIRECT/INDIRECT SPEECH

Long, long ago, when the gods and goddesses used to mingle in the affairs of mortals, there was a small kingdom on the slope of Mount Wayang in West Java. The King, named Sang Prabu, was a wise man. He had an only daughter, called Princess Teja Nirmala, who was famous for her beauty but she was not married. One day Sang Prabu made up his mind to settle the matter by a show of strength.

After that, Prince of Blambangan, named Raden Begawan had won the competition. Unfortunately, the wicked fairy, Princess Segara fell in love with Raden Begawan and used magic power to render him unconscious and he forgot his wedding. When Sang Prabu was searching, Raden Begawan saw him and soon realized that he had been enchanted by the wicked fairy. The fairy could not accept this, so she killed Raden Begawan. When Princess Teja Nirmala heard this, she was very sad. So a nice fairy took her to the Kahyangan.

Which one of the following statements is false about Sang Prabu?

• Sang Prabu was a father of his only daughter

• Sang Prabu was taken to Kahyangan by a wicked fairy

• Sang Prabu didn’t have a son

• 
  Sang Prabu was a wise man

• Sang Prabu was a king of a kingdom in West Java

Long, long ago, when the gods and goddesses used to mingle in the affairs of mortals, there was a small kingdom on the slope of Mount Wayang in West Java. The King, named Sang Prabu, was a wise man. He had an only daughter, called Princess Teja Nirmala, who was famous for her beauty but she was not married. One day Sang Prabu made up his mind to settle the matter by a show of strength.

After that, Prince of Blambangan, named Raden Begawan had won the competition. Unfortunately, the wicked fairy, Princess Segara fell in love with Raden Begawan and used magic power to render him unconscious and he forgot his wedding. When Sang Prabu was searching, Raden Begawan saw him and soon realized that he had been enchanted by the wicked fairy. The fairy could not accept this, so she killed Raden Begawan. When Princess Teja Nirmala heard this, she was very sad. So a nice fairy took her to the Kahyangan.

Why the wicked fairy did use her magic to make Raden Begawan unconscious?

• 
  She didn’t like Raden Begawan

• 
  She wanted Teja Nirmala to forget about her wedding

• 
  She didn’t want the prince of Blambangan feel love with her

• She didn’t want Raden Prabu marry the princess

• 
  She didn’t want the prince of Blambangan marry the princess

Long, long ago, when the gods and goddesses used to mingle in the affairs of mortals, there was a small kingdom on the slope of Mount Wayang in West Java. The King, named Sang Prabu, was a wise man. He had an only daughter, called Princess Teja Nirmala, who was famous for her beauty but she was not married. One day Sang Prabu made up his mind to settle the matter by a show of strength.

After that, Prince of Blambangan, named Raden Begawan had won the competition. Unfortunately, the wicked fairy, Princess Segara fell in love with Raden Begawan and used magic power to render him unconscious and he forgot his wedding. When Sang Prabu was searching, Raden Begawan saw him and soon realized that he had been enchanted by the wicked fairy. The fairy could not accept this, so she killed Raden Begawan. When Princess Teja Nirmala heard this, she was very sad. So a nice fairy took her to the Kahyangan.

What do you think will happen if gods or goddesses cannot mingle in the affairs of people in the earth at that time?

• 
  Princess Segara will have married with Raden Begawan

• 
  Raden Begawan will not die

• 
  Wicked Fairy will not take Raden Begawan’s life

• 
  Sang Prabu will not hold strength competition

• 
  Teja Nirmala will stay in the Kahyangan

Long, long ago, when the gods and goddesses used to mingle in the affairs of mortals, there was a small kingdom on the slope of Mount Wayang in West Java. The King, named Sang Prabu, was a wise man. He had an only daughter, called Princess Teja Nirmala, who was famous for her beauty but she was not married. One day Sang Prabu made up his mind to settle the matter by a show of strength.

After that, Prince of Blambangan, named Raden Begawan had won the competition. Unfortunately, the wicked fairy, Princess Segara fell in love with Raden Begawan and used magic power to render him unconscious and he forgot his wedding. When Sang Prabu was searching, Raden Begawan saw him and soon realized that he had been enchanted by the wicked fairy. The fairy could not accept this, so she killed Raden Begawan. When Princess Teja Nirmala heard this, she was very sad. So a nice fairy took her to the Kahyangan.

So a nice fairy took her to the Kahyangan. (Paragraph 2)

The underlined word in the sentence refers to…

• The wicked fairy

• The prince of Blambangan

• 
  Prince Teja

• 
  

  Princess Nirmala

• 
  The nice fairy

Long, long ago, when the gods and goddesses used to mingle in the affairs of mortals, there was a small kingdom on the slope of Mount Wayang in West Java. The King, named Sang Prabu, was a wise man. He had an only daughter, called Princess Teja Nirmala, who was famous for her beauty but she was not married. One day Sang Prabu made up his mind to settle the matter by a show of strength.

After that, Prince of Blambangan, named Raden Begawan had won the competition. Unfortunately, the wicked fairy, Princess Segara fell in love with Raden Begawan and used magic power to render him unconscious and he forgot his wedding. When Sang Prabu was searching, Raden Begawan saw him and soon realized that he had been enchanted by the wicked fairy. The fairy could not accept this, so she killed Raden Begawan. When Princess Teja Nirmala heard this, she was very sad. So a nice fairy took her to the Kahyangan.

What is the similarity between fairy and human according to the text?

• The place they live

• Their life that is immortal

• 
  The strength they have

• 
  The way they don’t feel a love

• 
  The jealousy that they posses

The old witch locked Hansel in a cage and set Gretel to clean the house.  She planned to eat them both.  Each night the children cried and begged the witch to let them go.

Meanwhile, at home, their stepmother was beginning to wish she had never tried to get rid of the children.  “I must find them,” she said and set off into the forest.

Many hours later, when her feet were tired from walking and her lips were dry from thirst, she came to the cottage belonging to the witch.  The stepmother peeped through the window.  Her heart cried out when she saw the two children.

She picked up the broom leaning against the door and crept inside.  The witch was putting some stew in the oven when the stepmother gave her an almighty push.  The witch fell into the oven and the stepmother shut the door.

‘Children, I have come to save you,’ she said hugging them tightly.  I have done a dreadful thing.

I hope in time you will forgive me.  Let me take you home and become a family again.  They returned to their home and the stepmother became the best mother anyone could wish to have, and of course they lived happily ever after!

What is the story about?

• Two children went to school for the first time

• A witch who is really kind

• A father who begged a witch for money

• A stepmother who saved her children from a witch

• Two children saved their stepmother from a witch

The old witch locked Hansel in a cage and set Gretel to clean the house.  She planned to eat them both.  Each night the children cried and begged the witch to let them go.

Meanwhile, at home, their stepmother was beginning to wish she had never tried to get rid of the children.  “I must find them,” she said and set off into the forest.

Many hours later, when her feet were tired from walking and her lips were dry from thirst, she came to the cottage belonging to the witch.  The stepmother peeped through the window.  Her heart cried out when she saw the two children.

She picked up the broom leaning against the door and crept inside.  The witch was putting some stew in the oven when the stepmother gave her an almighty push.  The witch fell into the oven and the stepmother shut the door.

‘Children, I have come to save you,’ she said hugging them tightly.  I have done a dreadful thing.

I hope in time you will forgive me.  Let me take you home and become a family again.  They returned to their home and the stepmother became the best mother anyone could wish to have, and of course they lived happily ever after!

Which statement is FALSE about the witch?

• She locked Hansel in a cage

• She planned to eat Hansel & Gretel

• She fell into the ocean

• She hated the children

• She set Gretel to clean the house

The old witch locked Hansel in a cage and set Gretel to clean the house.  She planned to eat them both.  Each night the children cried and begged the witch to let them go.

Meanwhile, at home, their stepmother was beginning to wish she had never tried to get rid of the children.  “I must find them,” she said and set off into the forest.

Many hours later, when her feet were tired from walking and her lips were dry from thirst, she came to the cottage belonging to the witch.  The stepmother peeped through the window.  Her heart cried out when she saw the two children.

She picked up the broom leaning against the door and crept inside.  The witch was putting some stew in the oven when the stepmother gave her an almighty push.  The witch fell into the oven and the stepmother shut the door.

‘Children, I have come to save you,’ she said hugging them tightly.  I have done a dreadful thing.

I hope in time you will forgive me.  Let me take you home and become a family again.  They returned to their home and the stepmother became the best mother anyone could wish to have, and of course they lived happily ever after!

"The witch fell into the oven and the stepmother shut the door." (Paragraph 4).

The underlined word "shut" can be replaced by the word...

• Marked

• Painted

• Opened

• Polished

• Closed

Once upon a time there was a prince he wanted to get himself a princess, but she had to be real princess.  So he traveled all over the world to find one, but in every case something was the matter.  There were lots of princess, but he could never quite make out whether they were real or not.  So he came home feeling very unhappy, for really wanted to find a true princess.

One evening a terrible storm came; lightening flashed, thunder rolled, and the rain poured down in torrents-it was simply awful! Suddenly there was a knock at the city gate, and the old king went out to answer it. There was a princess standing outside, but what a sight the rain and the bad weather had made of her! The water streamed down her hair and her clothes, and yet she said she was a real princess. “It won’t take long to find that out,” thought the old Queen. 

Without saying anything, she went into bed chamber, took off all the bed clothes, and places one pea on the bottom boards of the bed.  Then she took twenty mattresses and put them on top of the pea, and after that she put twenty feather-pillows on top of the mattresses.  That was where the princess was to spend the night. In the morning they asked her how she had slept. “Oh, dreadfully! Said the princess.  “I hardly slept a wink all night.  Whatever could have been in the bed? I was lying on something so hard that I’m black and blue all over.” So of course they could see that she was a real princess, since she had felt the pea through twenty mattresses and twenty feather-pillows.  No one but a real princess could have such a tender skin as that.  So the prince took her for his wife, and they lived happily ever after.

What is the purpose of the text?

• to inform about princess and the pea

• to amuse the reader with the story of the princess and the pea

• to entertain the reader about the pea

• to describe the story of the princess and the pea

• to give information that the prince looked for the real princess

Once upon a time there was a prince he wanted to get himself a princess, but she had to be real princess.  So he traveled all over the world to find one, but in every case something was the matter.  There were lots of princess, but he could never quite make out whether they were real or not.  So he came home feeling very unhappy, for really wanted to find a true princess.

One evening a terrible storm came; lightening flashed, thunder rolled, and the rain poured down in torrents-it was simply awful! Suddenly there was a knock at the city gate, and the old king went out to answer it. There was a princess standing outside, but what a sight the rain and the bad weather had made of her! The water streamed down her hair and her clothes, and yet she said she was a real princess. “It won’t take long to find that out,” thought the old Queen. 

Without saying anything, she went into bed chamber, took off all the bed clothes, and places one pea on the bottom boards of the bed.  Then she took twenty mattresses and put them on top of the pea, and after that she put twenty feather-pillows on top of the mattresses.  That was where the princess was to spend the night. In the morning they asked her how she had slept. “Oh, dreadfully! Said the princess.  “I hardly slept a wink all night.  Whatever could have been in the bed? I was lying on something so hard that I’m black and blue all over.” So of course they could see that she was a real princess, since she had felt the pea through twenty mattresses and twenty feather-pillows.  No one but a real princess could have such a tender skin as that.  So the prince took her for his wife, and they lived happily ever after.

The synonym of tender is …

• hard

• soft

• weak

• resilient

• strong