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The Golden Egg
Long time ago a remote village, in central china, was inhabited mainly with farmers and hunters.
One day, a poor farmer lost entire livestock to flood. He prayed hard to god for help or his family would
die of starvation. Few days later an old man, with long grey beard, passed by his house took pity on him. He
gave him a goose and said, “I don't have any expensive thing to give you and hope this goose will help to ease
your hardship”.
A week later to his utmost surprise the farmer found an egg in his yard. This is not an ordinary egg. It
was a golden egg. He was suddenly overcome with joy. Thereafter, the livelihood had rapidly improved but the
farmer had forgotten his earlier hardship. He became lazy, snobbish, and spendthrift.
Strangely, the goose only laid one golden egg every six months. The greedy farmer lost his patience and
slaughtered his goose thinking there were plenty of golden eggs inside his stomach. Though he very much
regretted for his foolishness, it's already too late
poor mother did accordingly. She searched the bracelet in the water, but the river was flooded because of the
rain the night before so it was impossible for her to get it.
Knowing that the mother failed to get her bracelet back, Umbut Muda was furious. She yelled at her
mother, “You are a stupid lazy woman!” she said. “Go down to the river again and get my bracelet back!” she
stamped her foot and didn’t realize that the bridge was slippery. She slipped over the bridge and feel into the
river. She screamed for help. Her mother tried to help her, but the stream was too fast, Umbut Muda was
drowned. Umbut muda’s mother was very sad. She couldn’t save her daughter’s life.
Answer these questions below based on the text above!
7. What made Umbud Muda become nasty and proud of herself?
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8. Give example of her bad attitude to her mother!

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1. Why did the poor farmer pray for a help? 9. Why Umbut Muda wore a beautiful dress?

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2. Who gave him a help? 10. Why Umbut Muda asked her mother to go down to the river?

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3. Why did the poor farmer become wealth? 11. Did her mother find the bracelet? Why?

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4. What made the poor farmer lost his patience? 12. “The poor mother did accordingly”. The underlined words par. 3 line 4 refer to ….

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5. “He prayed hard to god…”. The underlined word he in the par. 2 line 2 refers to …. 13. “She yelled at her mother….” The underlined word she in the par. 4 line 1 refers to ….

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6. “It was a golden egg”. The underlined word he in the par. 3 line 1 refers to …. Make asking for a help or asking for permission based on the situation given!
14. You ask your friend to close the door. What will you say?
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15. Your teacher is teaching but you want to go to the toilet. What will you say?
Umbut Muda
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Once upon a time, there lived a beautiful young girl in Sumatra. Her name was Umbut Muda. She was Change these sentences into past participle form!
very rich because when her father died, she inherited all his money and the house. 16. The policeman arrest the bank robbery after he found the evident.
She became nasty and proud of herself. Even, she didn’t respect her mother. She ordered her mother ...................................................................................................................................................................
to clean the house, wash her clothes, and cook her food.
17. Mrs. Santi teach us how to make a candle when Mr. Andi brought the materials.
One day, Umbut Muda was invited to attend a feast in another village. She wore her most beautiful
dress and all her jewelries. Her mother was with her, holding the umbrella to protect Umbut Muda from the ...................................................................................................................................................................
sun. As they were passing the bridge, Umbut Muda accidentally dropped one of her bracelets. The bracelet fell 18. We study the lesson before we had the test
into the river. She shouted to her mother and ordered her to go down to the river to find her bracelet. The
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19. Anita finish her homework when my mother cooked in the kitchen.
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20. Anita do all her homework when the bell rang.
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