Name : Hilal Umar

Class : XI MIPA 3

WORKSHEET 1

Read the following text and answer the questions that follow.

Once there was a little girl who used to make a living by selling matches on the street. It was
New Year's Eve and people all around were merrymaking and celebrating.

The little girl was sitting beside a fountain in the freezing cold. She was wearing torn and ragged
clothes and had no shoes on her feet. No one had bought her matchboxes
and she was frightened to go home because she knew her father would scold
her for coming back without selling anything. She wanted to light a match to
keep herself warm but was scared that her father would scold her for
wasting a matchstick. Finally, unable to bear the cold anymore, she took out
one matchstick and lit it. Wow! She was sitting in front of a warm stove. She
reached out her hands to feel the heat but the fire soon died. Then she lit
another match and saw a dining table with a roast goose on it. She chuckled
in delight but after a while this match also died. She looked up at the sky and
saw a falling star. Her grandmother used to say, "A falling star is a soul that
has reached the sky." When she struck another match, she saw her
grandmother.

That night, she burnt all her matchsticks, wishing to keep her grandmother with her. Finally,
together they few up to Heaven. The following morning, the little match girl laid frozen to
death, with a smile on her lips. No one would ever know the wonderful dreams she had had the
previous night.

1. What is the story mainly about ?

The story mainly about a poor girl who sells matches for a living

2. What is social function of the text ?

Is to entertain or to amuse the reader or listener

3. What is the reason for the death of the little match girl ?
the weather is too cold which makes him die of cold

4. One of the irresponsible actions of the little match girl’s father is ?

hiring his child
 5. What can you infer from the child’s characters ?
hard worker, he keeps working even though other people are having fun

6. If the child’s father had seen the child take out all the matchsticks and light them to keep her
body warm, what would he have done ?
maybe the father will scold his daughter for finishing her match

7. Write 5 words to describe the positive personality traits of the main character !
hardworking, patient, not complaining, not arguing with parents, responsible

8. Write the structure of the text!

a. Orientation : Once there was a little girl who used to make a living by selling
matches on the street. It was New Year's Eve and people all around were
merrymaking and celebrating.
b. Complication : She wanted to light a match to keep herself warm but was scared
that her father would scold her for wasting a matchstick.
Resolution : Finally, together they few up to Heaven. The following morning, the little match girl
laid frozen to death, with a smile on her lips. No one would ever know the wonderful dreams she had
had the previous night.