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ENGLISH ZONE GRADE 9 MA'AM MEGA

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 1hrs 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Narrative writing tells a story to ........... the reader.

a)

persuade

b)

entertain

c)

inform

d)

dismiss

2.

What is the goal of writing a narrative?

a)

to create a masterpiece

b)

to have the reader make a choice

c)

to attract the readers at the beginning, keep them engaged until the end

d)

To create and ending that is always funny

3.
True for False:
Narrative stories have beginnings, middles, and ends?
a)
True
b)
False
4.

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?

a)

She reported it to the head of the village

b)

She helped it to find the queen's husband

c)

It helped cleaning and cooking in her house

d)

She brought it to her house and took care of it

5.

What does the second paragraph tell you about?

a)

The queen lived as a golden snail

b)

The enemy who attacked the kingdom

c)

The old woman who looked after a snail

d)

The king's guards who were killed by enemy

6.

In the end of the story, the old woman live in ....

a)

The king's palace

b)

A small village

c)

The village heads

d)

The middle of the jungle

7.

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?

a)

The passerby needed him

b)

His father asked him to do that

c)

The donkey was tired carrying him

d)

The boy wanted to be with the donkey

8.

“… tied the donkey’s feet to it ….” (last paragraph).

The underlined word refers to ….

a)

The market

b)

The donkey

c)

The pole

d)

The river

9.

What is the main idea of the last paragraph?

a)

The man and his son took a rest near the bridge

b)

The man and his donkey arrived at the market

c)

The man’s behavior made the donkey alive

d)

The donkey was carried by its owners

10.

What is being advertised in the text above?

a)

A durable fibre

b)

A colorful calculator

c)

A fast calculation

d)

A modern electronic calculator

11.

From the advertisement above, we know that.....

a)

The price of the item is less than Rp. 897.000,-

b)

One of the item's color is dark black

c)

The item can be used for various purposes

d)

the item comes in all colors

12.

This kind of text is .......

a)

A recipe

b)

An advertisement

c)

A letter

d)

An invitation card

13.

How long does the restaurant open?

a)

One hour

b)

Two hours

c)

Three hours

d)

Four hours

14.

We can enjoy the food in the place with the_______of Bali.

a)

Beach

b)

Atmosphere

c)

Taste

d)

Style

15.

What is advertised from the text above?

a)

Tea

b)

Beverages

c)

Perfume

d)

Drinks

16.

ANNOUNCEMENT


To: all employees


There will be a blackout each Saturday during this month. Consequently, we will use the generator as the electric source. So, please do not use air conditioners on Saturdays.


Please don’t forget to turn off the lights, computers, printers during the break as usual.


Where can you read the announcement?

a)

A. At school

b)

B. In a bank

c)

C. In a company

d)

D. In a library

17.

ANNOUNCEMENT


To: all employees


There will be a blackout each Saturday during this month. Consequently, we will use the generator as the electric source. So, please do not use air conditioners on Saturdays.


Please don’t forget to turn off the lights, computers, printers during the break as usual.


According to the text, what should the employees turn off each Saturday?

a)

Computers

b)

Air conditioners

c)

Lamps

d)

Printers

18.

Announcement

This is a new school year and there are many new students arround. Please be friendly and help them understand the rules of our school.

Principal


” Please be friendly….” . What is the meaning of the underlined word ?

a)

Disturbing

b)

Interesting

c)

Welcoming

d)

Attracting

19.

Announcement

English Conversation Club (SCC)

is opening registration for new members

join us and improve your English!

Every Thursday from 16.00 to 17.00 at the school hall

For registration, please contact

Wayan (VIIA)

Anissa (VIIB)


When do the members have meeting ?

a)

In the morning.

b)

On Thursday afternoon.

c)

On Thursday morning.

d)

In the afternoon at three o’clock.

20.

Announcement

There will be a holiday camp next month. All scout must join this camp. The activity will take place at Bangunharjo camping sie and last for three days.

for further information, please contact Mr. Arkan.

Banyumas, May 12th,2018

The Chief of Scout Organization


Who must join the activity ?

a)

All students

b)

All scouts

c)

All chiefs

d)

All Banyumas people

21.

Based on the text above, we get 20% discount ... .

a)

on weekend

b)

everyday

c)

on Friday

d)

December 28

22.

The sugar glider is a marsupial, just like the many other Australian animals – the kangaroo, the koala and the wombat for instance. The sugar glider is a possum – very similar to the tupai in Indonesia. It basically lives in trees. It eats leaves and fruit. However, the Australian sugar glider has a very special skill. It can jump from tree to tree like a tupai but it can also `sort of fly’ as well. In fact, it glides or terbang layang in Bahasa Indonesia. When it jumps from one tree to another it spreads its four legs out wide; and its extra skin also spreads out and functions like a parachute.

1. What does the text tell us about?…

a)

The kanggoro

b)

The koala

c)

The sugar glider

d)

Australian animals

23.

The largest meat-eating animal in the world is the brown bear that lives in Alaska. “Brownie”, as this bear is called, will always keep away from people. But, be careful if it is wounded with a gun or the mother bear and her cubs are shocked. Some hunters claim the brown bear can outfight a tiger.

A grown brownie may be up to nine feet tall. It may weigh over 1,600 pounds. But home when the brown bear is born, it weighs less than one pound. If you grew at the same rate, you would weigh almost 10,000 pounds when you were fully grown!

What does the text mostly tell about?

a)

Strong hunters

b)

Fighting tigers

c)

Alaska people

d)

Brown bears

24.

Butterflies are a type of insect with large and often colorful wings. They start out as eggs. They lay their eggs on leaves. The eggs hatch into caterpillars with tabular body. The caterpillar eats leaves, beds, or flowers of plants.


When a caterpillar is full sized, it goes into another stage called chrysalis. Caterpillars attach themselves to something solid before becoming a chrysalis. The caterpillar inside the chrysalis changes into a butterfly. Some butterflies make the change in one week. Some others take years to change.


When the change is complete, the adult butterfly splits the chrysalis. The insect unfolds its wings and pumps blood and air into then. It spreads out the wings until they become dry and harder. The beautiful butterfly then flies to get nectar from flowers. Most butterflies live only for one or two weeks.


 Where does a caterpillar change into a butterfly?

a)

On the flower

b)

On the leaves

c)

Inside the chrysalis

d)

Inside the nectar

25.

Ant is an insect. There are more than 12.000 species of ants all over the world. An ant is tiny insect but it can lift 20 boles Its own body weight.


There are three kinds of ants in a colony, the queen, the female workers don't have wings. The queen is the only ant that can lay eggs. The male ants' job Is to male with future queen ants and they do not live long afterward. Once the queen grows to adulthood, she spends the rest of her life laying eggs. A colony may have a queen or many queens depend on the species.


Ant colony has soldiers that protect the queen, defend the colony, gather food, and attack the enemy colonies. If they are able to defeat their enemy, they will take away their eggs. When these eggs hatch, the next ants will become slaves.


How do the soldier ants treat defeated enemy?

a)

They will take away their eggs

b)

They mate the future queen ants

c)

They ask them to leave the colony

d)

They attacked the enemy soldier till dead