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These are the characteristics of legends, except….

• Told like factual human history

• Unreal

• Evolve over the time

• a-d are true

• Have unspecific settings

The original "Malin Kundang" story is set at a specific location, the Air Manis Beach in Padang, West

Sumatra. Malin Kundang tells the story of an ungrateful son who is cursed into stone by his mother.

If you visit the beach, you can see a stone believed to be the cursed Malin Kundang because it is

shaped like a person face-down on his knees begging for forgiveness. Another folktale from West Kalimantan called "Batu Menangis" ("The Crying Stone") has a story very

similar to Malin Kundang, but no "crying stone" has ever been discovered in the area. There are some differences between the two stories. Malin Kundang, in the beginning of the story, is

a hard-working, obedient young man. He sails the world to get more money to support his mother. After many years, Malin comes back a rich man. New, vain Malin now refuses to be associated with

his poor mother. That's when the mother prays for him to be transformed into stone. Meanwhile, Batu Menangis's main character is a spoiled girl who never lifts a finger to help her

mother. Instead, she keeps saying to people that the mother is her maid. Mother finally has enough

and prays to God that the girl is turned into stone.

2. From the text above, we can infer that ...

• Malin Kundang is the one story which tells about disobeying children to the parents

• Batu Menangis's main lead has maid

• Batu Menangis's mother put a curse on his son

• Malin wasn’t cursed by his mom.

• The main leads do not own their parents

The original "Malin Kundang" story is set at a specific location, the Air Manis Beach in Padang, West Sumatra. Malin Kundang tells the story of an ungrateful son who is cursed into stone by his mother. If you visit the beach, you can see a stone believed to be the cursed Malin Kundang because it is shaped like a person face-down on his knees begging for forgiveness. Another folktale from West Kalimantan called "Batu Menangis" ("The Crying Stone") has a story verysimilar to Malin Kundang, but no "crying stone" has ever been discovered in the area. There are some differences between the two stories. Malin Kundang, in the beginning of the story, is a hard-working, obedient young man. He sails the world to get more money to support his mother. After many years, Malin comes back a rich man. New, vain Malin now refuses to be associated withhis poor mother. That's when the mother prays for him to be transformed into stone. Meanwhile, Batu Menangis's main character is a spoiled girl who never lifts a finger to help her mother. Instead, she keeps saying to people that the mother is her maid. Mother finally has enoughand prays to God that the girl is turned into stone.

That's when the mother prays for him to be transformed into stone. The word transformed has asimilar meaning to...

• Hold

• Main

• Mold

• Preserve

• Deserve

A long time ago, very few people lived in the New Territories. There were only a few villages. If thepeople wanted to go from one village to another, they often had to pass through wild and unsafe forest. One day, a farmer’s young wife went to the next village to visit her mother and brother. She brought along her baby son. When it was time for her to leave, her brother said “It is gettingdark. Let my son, Ah Tim go with you through the forest.” So Ah Tim led the way and the young woman followed behind, carrying her baby. When they were inthe forest, suddenly they saw a group of wolves. They began to run to avoid the danger, but AhTim kicked against a stone and fell. At once the wolves caught him. The young woman cried to thewolves, “please eat my son instead.” Then, she put her baby son on the ground in front of the wolves and took her nephew away. Everyone understood that this was because the woman was verygood and kind. She had offered her own son’s life to save her brother. They ran back to the house and called for help. All the men in the village fetched thick sticks andwent back with her into the forest. When they got there, they saw something very strange. Insteadof eating the woman’s baby, the wolves were playing with him.

The woman gave her son to the wolves because...

• She loved her nephew more than her son

• She thought about how her brother would be

• She wanted her son to be eaten by the wolves

• She was crazy

• She was dizzy

A long time ago, very few people lived in the New Territories. There were only a few villages. If thepeople wanted to go from one village to another, they often had to pass through wild and unsafe forests. One day, a farmer’s young wife went to the next village to visit her mother and brother. She brought along her baby son. When it was time for her to leave, her brother said “ it is gettingdark. Let my son, Ah Tim go with you through the forest.” So Ah Tim led the way and the young woman followed behind, carrying her baby. When they were inthe forest, suddenly they saw a group of wolves. They began to run to avoid the danger, but AhTim kicked against a stone and fell. At once the wolves caught him. The young woman cried to thewolves, “please eat my son instead.” Then, she put her baby son on the ground in front of the wolves and took her nephew away. Everyone understood that this was because the woman was verygood and kind. She had offered her own son’s life to save her brother. They ran back to the house and called for help. All the men in the village fetched thick sticks andwent back with her into the forest. When they got there, they saw something very strange. Insteadof eating the woman’s baby, the wolves were playing with him. “ all men in the village fetched thick stick

“ The word “ fetched” has a similar meaning to…

• Received

• Caught

• Got

• Hit

• Sent

The fire roared to life.

• Simile

• Metaphore

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

The leaves fell like rain...

• Simile

• Metaphore

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

The glasses danced on the shelf during the earthquake...

• Simile

• Metaphore

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

The clock is the keeper of time...

• Simile

• Metaphore

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

The stage was the canvas upon which the play was painted.

• Simile

• Metaphore

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Idiom