NARRATIVE TEXT 1

The Story of Toba Lake

Once upon a time, there was a man who was living in north
Sumatra. His name was Toba. He lived in a simple hut in a farming
field. He did some gardening and fishing for his daily life.
One day, while Toba was do fishing, he caught a big golden fish
in his trap. It was the biggest catch which he ever had in his life. He was
surprised to find out that the fish could talk. Suddenly, this fish turned
into a beautiful princess. He felt in love with her and wanted to marry
with her and the princess said, but you have to promise not to tell
anyone about the secret that I was once a fish, otherwise there will be a
huge disaster. Toba agreed and promised that he would never tell
anybody about it .Then they got married, lived happily and had a son.
Few years later,They had son his name was Samosir. He would
help bringing lunch to her father out in the fields. One day, samosir
was so hungry and he ate his fathers lunch. And then ,Toba got very
angry with his son .He found out and got furious, and shouted; You
damned daughter of a fish. The daughter ran home and asked her
mother. The mother started crying, felt sad that her husband had
broken his promise.
Then she told her son to run up the hills because a huge disaster
was about to come. Soon there was a big earthquake followed by non-
stop pouring rain. The whole area got flooded and became Toba Lake.
And the mother turned into a fish again and Samosir became the island
of Samosir.
NARRATIVE TEXT 2

Based on the Text above, please answer the questions by choosing and giving
the cross mark to the best answer according to you.


1. What is the complication in paragraph 3?

A. The mother started crying, felt sad that her husband had broken his promise.
B. His son would help bringing lunch to his father out in the fields.
C. His son was so hungry and she ate his fathers lunch.
D. The son ran home and asked her mother.
E. The husband shouted and be furious.

2. Finally, what did happen to the husband?

A. He sunk
B. He turned into a lake
C. He turned into a fish
D. He turned into an island
E. He attacked by earthquake

3. What can we learn from the text above?

A. We must obey our parents
B. We must not break our promise
C. We must not eat our fathers meal
D. We must go fishing to find a golden fish
E. We must run to the hill if there is earthquake

4. The communicative purpose of this text is to......

A. Describe Toba Lake
B. Inform the good news
C. Entertain the readers
D. Tell the past event
E. Tell the procedure of making a Toba Lake

5. The generic structure is.........

A.Orientation,Resolution,Complication
B.Complication,Resolution,Re-orientation
C.Orientation,Complication,Resolution
D.Coda,Re-orientation,Resolution
E.Re-orientation,Coda,Complication







NARRATIVE TEXT 3


Based on the Text above, please answer the questions below!

6. What is the resolution of the second paragraph?
Answer : Toba agreed and promised that he would never tell anybody
about it .Then they got married, lived happily and had a son.

7. Why did the mother feel sad and start crying?
Answer : The mother felt sad and started crying because her husband
had broken his promise

8. What did happen after the husband broke his promise?
Answer : A huge disaster was about to come .And there was a big
earthquake followed by non-stop pouring rain. The whole area got
flooded and became Toba Lake.

9. They they got married, lived happily and had a son. The word
They referred to ......
Answer : They referred to Toba and his wife

10. Who was name tobas son?
Answer : His name Samosir