Worksheetsnarratives
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 25mins
The Wolf and The Goat
A wolf saw a goat grazing at the edge of a high cliff. The wolf smacked his lips at the thought of a fine goat dinner.
“My dear friend,” said the wolf in his sweetest voice, “aren’t you afraid you will fall down from that cliff? Come down here and graze on this fine grass beside me on safe, level ground.”
“No, thank you,” said the goat.
“Well then,” said the wolf, “aren’t you cold up there in the wind? You would be warmer grazing down here beside me in this sheltered area.”
“No, Thank you,” said the goat.
“But the grass tastes better down here!” said the exasperated wolf,”Why dine alone?”
“My dear wolf,” the goat finally said, “are you quite sure that it is My dinner you are worrying about and not your own?”
What did the wolf ask when he saw the goat grazing at the edge of a high cliff?
To be his friend
To graze on the level ground
To climb up higher
To be his dinner
What can we learn from the story above?
Don’t look down to other creatures
Don’t easily believe in well behaved creatures
Don’t judge others by their appearance
Don’t easily beat other creatures
From the story we know ….
The goat was very hungry
The wolf was a helpful animal
The wolf was eager to eat the goat
The wolf was going to fight with the wolf
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?
The passerby needed him
His father asked him to do that
The donkey was tired carrying him
The boy wanted to be with the donkey
“… tied the donkey’s feet to it ….” (last paragraph).
The underlined word refers to ….
The market
The donkey
The pole
The river
What is the main idea of the last paragraph?
The man and his son took a rest near the bridge
The man and his donkey arrived at the market
The man’s behavior made the donkey alive
The donkey was carried by its owners
Long time ago a rabbit and a lion were neighbors. The lion was very proud, and was fond of boasting about his strength. And though they were such close neighbors, lion looked down upon the rabbit, and used to bully and frighten her. Finally, the rabbit could stand it no longer and wanted to get her own back.
One day, she went to the lion and said, “Good day”, respected elder brother. Imagine it, I met an animal over there who looked exactly like you, and he said to me, “Is there anyone in the world who dares stand up to me? If there is, let him come and have a duel with me. If there is no, all of you have to submit to my rule and be my servants!” “oh, he can’t even light on anyone!”, added the rabbit.
What are the rabbit and the lion…
(source : Ratna Sari, 2014)
a. They were neighbor
b. They were friend
c. They were family
d. They were enemy
Long time ago a rabbit and a lion were neighbors. The lion was very proud, and was fond of boasting about his strength. And though they were such close neighbors, lion looked down upon the rabbit, and used to bully and frighten her. Finally, the rabbit could stand it no longer and wanted to get her own back.
One day, she went to the lion and said, “Good day”, respected elder brother. Imagine it, I met an animal over there who looked exactly like you, and he said to me, “Is there anyone in the world who dares stand up to me? If there is, let him come and have a duel with me. If there is no, all of you have to submit to my rule and be my servants!” “oh, he can’t even light on anyone!”, added the rabbit.
What is the lion character from text above…
(source : Ratna Sari, 2014)
a. Very humble
b. Very proud
c. Polite
d. Very kind
The story of smart parrot
A man in Puerto Rico had a wonderful parrot. There was no another parrot like it. It was very smart. This parrot would say any word-except one. He would not say the name of the town where he was born. The name of the town was Catano.
The man tried to teach the parrot to say catano but the bird would not say the word. At first the man was very nice but then he got angry. “you are a stupid bird! Why can’t you say the word? Sat catano or I will kill you!” but the parrot would not say it. Then the man got to so angry that the shouted over and over, “say catano, or I’ll kill you!” but the bird would not talk.
One day after trying for many hours to make the bird say catano, the man got very angry. He picked up the bird and threw him into the chicken house. “you are more stupid than the chickens. Soon I will eat them, and I will eat you too”.
In the chicken house there are four old chickens. They were for Sunday’s dinner. The man put the parrot in the kitchen house and left.
The next day the man came back to the chicken house. He opened the door and stopped. He was very surprised at what he saw.
He saw three dead chickens on the floor. The parrot was screaming at the fourth chicken “say catano, or I’ll kill you!”
It is most likely that…
(source: Ratna Sari, 2014)
a. The bird killed the three chickens.
b. The three chickens killed the bird.
c. The bird played with the chicken.
d. The bird killed one of the three chicken.
1. Arrange the sentences below into a correct narrative!
(1) At the further of the wood was another pretty cottage
(2) There was once a sweet maid who lived in a pretty cottage
(3) She gave her a red clock with a hood which she always wear
(4) Where grandmother lived in
(5) Everybody loved this little girl, her grandmother loved her most of all
(6) So, people called her Red Riding Hood
The best arrangement is...
a. 2-1-3-4-5-6
b. 2-3-1-4-5-6
c. 1-2-3-4-5-6
d. 1-2-4-3-5-6
e. 2-1-4-5-3-6
A fox fell into a well and couldn’t get out. By and by a thirsty goat came along. Seeing the fox in the well it asked if the water was good. “Good”, said the fox. “It’s the best water I’ve tasted in all my life. Come down and try it yourself. “The goat thought of nothing but how thirsty he was. So he jumped into the well. When he had drunk enough he looked around but there was no way to get out. Then the fox said, “I have a good idea. You stand on your hind legs and put your forelegs against the side of the well. Then I’ll climb on your back, from there I’ll step on your horns, and I can get out. And when I’m out I’ll help you out of the well.” The goat did as he was asked and the fox got on his back and so out of the well. Then he coolly walked away. The goat called out loudly after him out. The fox merely turned to him and said, “If you only has as much sense in your head as you have hairs in your beard you wouldn’t have jumped into the well without making sure that you could get out again.
2.Why did the goat jump into the well? because...
a.It was hungry
b. It was sad
c. It was lazy
d. It was good
e. It was thirsty
These are kind of narrative text, except .....
Folklore
Fairytale
Poem
Legend
What is the goal of writing a narrative?
to create a masterpiece
to have the reader make a choice
to attract the readers at the beginning, keep them engaged until the end
To create and ending that is always funny
In a narrative, what is the plot/conflict in a narrative?
When writing a plot decide on the conflict or problem for your character. As you write you will move your characters towards a resolution.
When writing you will add details to make you character come alive.
The plot will tell you who in your story.
The plot will tells where your story will take place.
