Text 1

Once upon a time in England, there was a farmer who had many domestic animals, such as, cows,
ducks and swans. One day, a farmer made a mistake. He put a duck mother ’s egg in the cage of the
swan mother. The egg broke after a week, the female duck came out of it. She looked around and she saw
many other eggs broke like she did. Some little white swans came out. The little duck was happy to see
them, she thought they were her sisters. But one of them said something bad “hi ….your feather is black,
and your neck is so short !. You are ugly! “look at our necks, we have the long and beautiful ones, you are
not us and the little swans mocked her as the ugly one. The little duck was very sad. She felt she was the
ugliest duck in the word.
She walked slowly to the river. She found her face on the river. She could see how different she was
from the others. She swam confusedly. Suddenly she came to the dangerous stream. The stream took her
away, she became very afraid. She cried for help. The duck mother heard the ugly duck ’s voice. She and her
other babies came to help the ugly duck, As they could help her, she could see that the little duck was the
same as her other babies “oh no, this is the lost egg one, you are my lost baby, ” the mother kissed the ugly
duck many time.
The ugly duck, was very surprised when she found there were many ducks which were like her,
their face, their feather and their neck. The ugly duck was very happy, she found her real family. She also
felt happy that she was not an ugly duck at all. She lived with her real family cheerfully ever after.

1. What is the good title of the text ?

2. The little duck was very sad because …
3. What was the mistake the farmer did?
4. what are the differences between little duck and other swans?
5. Which paragraph tell us about complication of the story?
6. who helped the little duck when she was in dangerous stream?
7. (But one of them said something bad) them refers to ….
8. how did the little duck know that she was different from others?
9. what is the antonym of ugly?
10. why was little duck very happy at the end?

Text 2
once upon the time, there lived in Japan a peasant and his wife. They were sad because they had no
children. They kept praying to their God to give them a child. While cutting the wood by a stream one day,
the man saw a large peach floating on the water. He ran to pick it up . his wife was exited because she had
never seen such a large peach before. They were about to cut the peach when they heard a voice from
inside. The couple were surprised to do anything. The peach then cracked open, and there was a beautiful
baby boy inside. The couple were very happy of course and they named the baby Momorato which mean
‘peach boy’.
Momotaro grew up to be a clever, courageous young man. His parent loved him so much. One day
Momorato told his parent that he was going to fight the pirates who always attacked their village. These
pirates lived on an island a few kilometers away. Momorato ’s mother packed his food and his father gave his
a sword. Having blessed Momorato, they sent him off on his journey.
Sailing on his boat, Momorato met an eagle going to the same direction. They became good friends.
Soon they arrived on the island of the pirates. Momorato brought home all the good that pirates had stolen.
His parent were proud of him and they were overjoyed at his victory and safe return.
1. What is the good title of this text?
2. Where did The story happened?
3. What is pirates?
4. Why did peasant give the name to baby “Mamorato”?
5. Momorato wanted to fight pirates because …
6. What did his father give him to fight?
7. “having blessed Momorato, they sent him off on his journey” they refers to …..
8. What did Mamorato do toward the pirate?
9. his wife was exited because she had never seen such a large peach before … (prg 2)
the synonym of the bold typed word is ….
10. what moral value can we learn from this story?
Text 3
Once upon the time there was a king whose wife had died in child birth, leaving behind a dear
daughter, the princess Anne. When the princess was nearly grown, the king married again, this time to a
woman who also had a daughter and her name was Kate. The stepmother became the new queen and her
daughter became the princess Kate.
The new queen was driven to distraction because the king ’s daughter was far prettier then her own
daughter. She could not bear the thought that her daughter Kate would always look pale and plain beside
the beautiful Anne. But the two young princesses became fast friends and love one another like real sisters.
The queen, however, cast about for a way to spoil Anne ’s beauty so her Kate will be the prettiest princess in
the castle.
She went to the old woman who has magical power and asked her to make Anne ’s become an ugly
girl. The old woman changed Anne’s face to become a sheep and the queen felt satisfied. However, Kate
was very horrified seeing Anne like a sheep. “well, we can ’t let you be seen like this ” Kate dedicated. She
took a fine linen cloth and wrapped it around her sister ’s head. “we must go and try to get help ”. Kate took
her sister and left the castle.
After walking for a few days, they met a castle whose prince was so sick and no one could cure him.
The king had announced to all people that whoever can cure the prince would become the prince ’s wife.
Kate told the king that she could do if she and her sister could enter the prince room and allowed to stay
there for a night. The king let her. That night she prayed and prayed. Then a fairy came. With the help of
the fairy, the prince was cured and also Anne. She look beautiful again. Finally, Kate was married to the
prince and Anne was married to the prince’s brother and all them lived happily ever after.
1. what is the good title for this text?
2. Why was the new queen jealous at princess Anne
3. what did the magic woman do at King’s daughter?
4. who helped princess Anne?
5. How did the princess go away from castle?
6. What should princess Kate do in order they could spend a night in the castle?
7. How did they cure the sick prince?
8. She went to the old woman who has magical power (prg 3)
She refers to ….
9. Who is princess Anne’s husband?
10. What is the moral value of this text?

Text 4
Once upon a time in lombok, there was a kingdom named Kuripan. The king of Kuripan was very
wise. He had a daughter, named Mandalika. She was so beautiful. Many princes wanted to marry her. To
choose the one that would be his son-in-law, the king had an arrow shooting competition. The best one
would be Mandalika’s husband.
On the day of the competition, those princes shot their arrows. All of them did it perfectly. The king
found difficult to choose. Therefore, the princes began to fight and kill each other.
Princess Mandalika was so desperate. She didn’t want anyone killing each other because of her.
That’s why she decided to go to the sea. She died in the south sea of Lombok. The king and princes were
sad and felt guilty. They regretted and stopped fighting.
Until now, one day in every year, usually in February or March, people go to the south sea. On that
day, a great number of worms come out from the sea. People call these worms nyale. People believe that
those nyales are princess Mandalika’ hair.

1. what is the good title for this text?

2. Who is Mandalika ?
3. who are the characters of this text?
4. why did the king make arrow shooting competition?
5. what made the king confused to choose the princes?
6. Mandalika was desperate because ….
7. what did princes do one another on the competition?
8. (They regretted and stopped fighting …) they refers to …
9. what did the king do after Mandalika death?
10. what do people believe about the nyales?
Text 1
Once upon a time in England, there was a farmer who had many
domestic animals, such as, cows, ducks and swans.
One day, a farmer made a mistake. He put a duck mother ’s egg in the
cage of the swan mother. The egg broke after a week, the female duck came
out of it. She looked around and she saw many other eggs broke like she did.
Some little white swans came out. The little duck was happy to see them, she
thought they were her sisters. But one of them said something bad “hi ….your
feather is black, and your neck is so short !. You are ugly! “look at our necks,
we have the long and beautiful ones, you are not us and the little swans
mocked her as the ugly one. The little duck was very sad. She felt she was
the ugliest duck in the word.
She walked slowly to the river. She found her face on the river. She
could see how different she was from the others. She swam confusedly.
Suddenly she came to the dangerous stream. The stream took her away, she
became very afraid. She cried for help. The duck mother heard the ugly
duck’s voice. She and her other babies came to help the ugly duck, As they
could help her, she could see that the little duck was the same as her other
babies “oh no, this is the lost egg one, you are my lost baby, ” the mother
kissed the ugly duck many time.
The ugly duck, was very surprised when she found there were many
ducks which were like her, their face, their feather and their neck. The ugly
duck was very happy, she found her real family. She also felt happy that she
was not an ugly duck at all. She lived with her real family cheerfully ever
after.
Text 2
Once upon time, a man had a wonderful parrot. There was no
other parrot like it. The parrot could say every word, except one word. The
parrot would not say the name of the place where it was born. The name of
the place was Catano.
The man felt excited having the smartest parrot but he could not
understand why the parrot would not say Catano. The man tried to teach the
bird to say Catano however the bird kept not saying the word.
At the first, the man was very nice to the bird but then he got very
angry. “You stupid bird!” pointed the man to the parrot. “Why can ’t you say
the word? Say Catano! Or I will kill you” the man said angrily. Although he
tried hard to teach, the parrot would not say it. Then the man got so angry
and shouted to the bird over and over; “Say Catano or I’ll kill you ”. The bird
kept not to say the word of Catano.
One day, after he had been trying so many times to make the bird say
Catano, the man really got very angry. He could not bear it. He picked the
parrot and threw it into the chicken house. There were four old chickens for
next dinner “You are as stupid as the chickens. Just stay with them ” Said the
man angrily. Then he continued to humble; “You know, I will cut the chicken
for my meal. Next it will be your turn, I will eat you too, stupid parrot ”. After
that he left the chicken house.
The next day, the man came back to the chicken house. He opened the
door and was very surprised. He could not believe what he saw at the
chicken house. There were three death chickens on the floor. At the moment,
the parrot was standing proudly and screaming at the last old chicken; “Say
Catano or I’ll kill you”.
Text 3
Once upon the time there was a king whose wife had died in child
birth, leaving behind a dear daughter, the princess Anne. When the princess
was nearly grown, the king married again, this time to a woman who also
had a daughter and her name was Kate. The stepmother became the new
queen and her daughter became the princess Kate.
The new queen was driven to distraction because the king ’s daughter
was far prettier then her own daughter. She could not bear the thought that
her daughter Kate would always look pale and plain beside the beautiful
Anne. But the two young princesses became fast friends and love one
another like real sisters. The queen, however, cast about for a way to spoil
Anne’s beauty so her Kate will be the prettiest princess in the castle.
She went to the old woman who has magical power and asked her to
make Anne’s become an ugly girl. The old woman changed Anne ’s face to
become a sheep and the queen felt satisfied. However, Kate was very
horrified seeing Anne like a sheep. “well, we can’t let you be seen like this ”
Kate dedicated. She took a fine linen cloth and wrapped it around her sister ’s
head. “we must go and try to get help”. Kate took her sister and left the
castle.
After walking for a few days, they met a castle whose prince was so
sick and no one could cure him. The king had announced to all people that
whoever can cure the prince would become the prince ’s wife. Kate told the
king that she could do if she and her sister could enter the prince room and
allowed to stay there for a night. The king let her. That night she prayed and
prayed. Then a fairy came. With the help of the fairy, the prince was cured
and also Anne. She look beautiful again. Finally, Kate was married to the
prince and Anne was married to the prince’s brother and all them lived
happily ever after.
Text 4
once upon the time, there lived in Japan a peasant and his wife. They
were sad because they had no children. They kept praying to their God to
give them a child.
While cutting the wood by a stream one day, the man saw a large peach
floating on the water. He ran to pick it up . his wife was exited because she
had never seen such a large peach before. They were about to cut the peach
when they heard a voice from inside.
The couple were surprised to do anything. The peach then cracked open,
and there was a beautiful baby boy inside. The couple were very happy of
course and they named the baby Momorato which mean ‘peach boy ’.
Momotaro grew up to be a clever, courageous young man. His parent
loved him so much. One day Momorato told his parent that he was going to
fight the pirates who always attacked their village. These pirates lived on an
island a few kilometers away. Momorato’s mother packed his food and his
father gave his a sword. Having blessed Momorato, they sent him off on his
journey.
Sailing on his boat, Momorato met an eagle going to the same direction.
They became good friends. Soon they arrived on the island of the pirates.
Momorato brought home all the good that pirates had stolen. His parent
were proud of him and they were overjoyed at his victory and safe return.
Text 5
Once upon a time in lombok, there was a kingdom named Kuripan. The king
of Kuripan was very wise. He had a daughter, named Mandalika. She was so
beautiful. Many princes wanted to marry her. To choose the one that would
be his son-in-law, the king had an arrow shooting competition. The best one
would be Mandalika’s husband.
On the day of the competition, those princes shot their arrows. All of
them did it perfectly. The king found difficult to choose. Therefore, the
princes began to fight and kill each other.
Princess Mandalika was so desperate. She didn’t want anyone killing
each other because of her. That’s why she decided to go to the sea. She died
in the south sea of Lombok. The king and princes were sad and felt guilty.
They regretted and stopped fighting.
Until now, one day in every year, usually in February or March, people
go to the south sea. On that day, a great number of worms come out from
the sea. People call these worms nyale. People believe that those nyales are
princess Mandalika’ hair.
Text 6
Taamenang was a poor African farmer; weighed down by his worries.
One morning he decided to carry all his problems to the Almighty God to
see whether He could offer a solution. He gathered them up, tied them up
in a bundle and carried them up to the house of God. Timidly he knocked
on the sacred door. Lightning flashed out and the door flew open, nearly
throwing Taamenang to the ground. A voice said from within, "Come in, Mr
Taamenang!"
The man struggled in with the bundle on his head.
"What do you want?" asked the voice.
"Almighty God, I know that with You all things are possible. Please
reduce my problems to suit my size. My problems are too many and too
great for me."
Almighty God laughed and the laugh sounded like thunder. Then He
said in a very calm, soothing voice, "My son, step out of the door of this
house and throw your bundle down into the valley!"
The man quickly did as God had ordered him."My child," came the voice
again, "it is forbidden for any living person to be without problems, so go
down into the Valley of Tears and choose a bundle that suits your size."
Down in the Valley of Tears, Taamenang examined the many bundles
that had been thrown there. After spending the whole day weighing all of
them, he discovered the lightest one and thought that it would be quite
suitable for him. He carried it up to the door of the Almighty and stood
smiling and waiting. Soon the door flashed open and Taamenang walked
in. Then, he spoke delightedly to God, "Almighty, I have found the lightest
bundle for myself."
God replied with a deep booming laugh that shook the whole house to
its very foundations. "My son," He said to Taamenang, "the bundle you
have selected is the very same bundle that you threw down into the valley
this morning."
Text 1
1. What is the good title of the text ?
2. The little duck was very sad
because … 2. Why was the new queen jealous at
3. What was the mistake the farmer
did?
4. what are the differences between
little duck and other swans?
5. Which paragraph tell us about
complication of the story?
6. who helped the little duck when
she was in dangerous stream?
7. (But one of them said something
bad) them refers to ….
8. how did the little duck know that
she was different from others?
9. what is the antonym of ugly?
10. why was little duck very happy at
the end?
text 2
11. what is the good title for this text?
12. Who is Mandalika ?
13. who are the characters of this
text?
14. why did the king make arrow
shooting competition?
15. what made the king confused to
choose the princes?
16. Mandalika was desperate
because ….
17. what did princes do one another
on the competition?
18. (They regretted and stopped
fighting …) they refers to … 18. What did Mamorato do toward the
19. what did the king do after
Mandalika death?
20. what do people believe about the
nyales?
Text 3
1. what is the good title for this text?
princess Anne
3. what did the magic woman do at
King’s daughter?
4. who helped princess Anne?
5. How did the princess go away from
castle?
6. What should princess Kate do in
order they could spend a night in
the castle?
7. How did they cure the sick prince?
8. She went to the old woman who
has magical power (prg 3)
She refers to ….
9. Who is princess Anne’s husband?
10. What is the moral value of this
text?
Text 4
11. What is the good title of this text?
12. Where did The story happened?
13. What is pirates?
14. Why did peasant give the name to
baby “Mamorato”?
15. Momorato wanted to fight pirates
because …
16. What did his father give him to
fight?
17. “having blessed Momorato, they
sent him off on his journey” they
refers to …..
pirate?
19. his wife was exited because she
had never seen such a large peach
before… (prg 2)
the synonym of the bold typed
word is ….
20. what moral value can we learn
from this story?p
Text 1
1. What is the good title of the text ?
2. The little duck was very sad
because … 2. Why was the new queen jealous at
3. What was the mistake the farmer
did?
4. what are the differences between
little duck and other swans?
5. Which paragraph tell us about
complication of the story?
6. who helped the little duck when she
was in dangerous stream?
7. (But one of them said something
bad) them refers to ….
8. how did the little duck know that she
was different from others?
9. what is the antonym of ugly?
10. why was little duck very happy at
the end?
text 2
11. what is the good title for this text?
12. Who is Mandalika ?
13. who are the characters of this text?
14. why did the king make arrow shooting
competition?
15. what made the king confused to
choose the princes?
16. Mandalika was desperate because ….
17. what did princes do one another on
the competition?
18. (They regretted and stopped
fighting …) they refers to … sent him off on his journey” they
19. what did the king do after Mandalika
death?
20. what do people believe about the
nyales?
Text 3
1. what is the good title for this text?
princess Anne
3. what did the magic woman do at
King’s daughter?
4. who helped princess Anne?
5. How did the princess go away from
castle?
6. What should princess Kate do in
order they could spend a night in
the castle?
7. How did they cure the sick prince?
8. She went to the old woman who
has magical power (prg 3)
She refers to ….
9. Who is princess Anne’s husband?
10. What is the moral value of this
text?
Text 4
11. What is the good title of this text?
12. Where did The story happened?
13. What is pirates?
14. Why did peasant give the name to
baby “Mamorato”?
15. Momorato wanted to fight pirates
because …
16. What did his father give him to
fight?
17. “having blessed Momorato, they
refers to …..
18. What did Mamorato do toward the
pirate?
19. his wife was exited because she
had never seen such a large peach
before… (prg 2)
the synonym of the bold typed
word is ….
20. what moral value can we learn
from this story?p
Text 5
The Smartest Parrot

Once upon time, a man had a wonderful parrot. There was no other parrot like it.
The parrot could say every word, except one word. The parrot would not say the name of
the place where it was born. The name of the place was Catano.
The man felt excited having the smartest parrot but he could not understand why the
parrot would not say Catano. The man tried to teach the bird to say Catano however the bird
kept not saying the word.
At the first, the man was very nice to the bird but then he got very angry. “You
stupid bird!” pointed the man to the parrot. “Why can ’t you say the word? Say Catano! Or I
will kill you” the man said angrily. Although he tried hard to teach, the parrot would not say
it. Then the man got so angry and shouted to the bird over and over; “Say Catano or I ’ll kill
you”. The bird kept not to say the word of Catano.
One day, after he had been trying so many times to make the bird say Catano, the
man really got very angry. He could not bear it. He picked the parrot and threw it into the
chicken house. There were four old chickens for next dinner “You are as stupid as the
chickens. Just stay with them” Said the man angrily. Then he continued to humble; “You
know, I will cut the chicken for my meal. Next it will be your turn, I will eat you too, stupid
parrot”. After that he left the chicken house.
The next day, the man came back to the chicken house. He opened the door and was
very surprised. He could not believe what he saw at the chicken house. There were three
death chickens on the floor. At the moment, the parrot was standing proudly and screaming
at the last old chicken; “Say Catano or I’ll kill you”.

Text 6
Taamenang was a poor African farmer; weighed down by his worries. One morning
he decided to carry all his problems to the Almighty God to see whether He could offer a
solution. He gathered them up, tied them up in a bundle and carried them up to the
house of God. Timidly he knocked on the sacred door. Lightning flashed out and the door
flew open, nearly throwing Taamenang to the ground. A voice said from within, "Come in,
Mr Taamenang!"
The man struggled in with the bundle on his head.
"What do you want?" asked the voice.
"Almighty God, I know that with You all things are possible. Please reduce my
problems to suit my size. My problems are too many and too great for me."
Almighty God laughed and the laugh sounded like thunder. Then He said in a very
calm, soothing voice, "My son, step out of the door of this house and throw your bundle
down into the valley!"
The man quickly did as God had ordered him.
"My child," came the voice again, "it is forbidden for any living person to be without
problems, so go down into the Valley of Tears and choose a bundle that suits your size."
Down in the Valley of Tears, Taamenang examined the many bundles that had been
thrown there. After spending the whole day weighing all of them, he discovered the
lightest one and thought that it would be quite suitable for him. He carried it up to the
door of the Almighty and stood smiling and waiting. Soon the door flashed open and
Taamenang walked in. Then, he spoke delightedly to God, "Almighty, I have found the
lightest bundle for myself."
God replied with a deep booming laugh that shook the whole house to its very
foundations. "My son," He said to Taamenang, "the bundle you have selected is the very
same bundle that you threw down into the valley this morning."