PRE-TEST

A farmer came across a bird with a broken wing. He picked up. Took it home and looked
it lovingly, even though his wife complained bitterly about his wasting too much time on the
creature. After a while, the wing healed and because of the bird didn’t want the farmer to have
continue arguing with his wife all the time, it decided to return its nest.

When the farmer discovered that the bird was gone, he was so upset that he went out to
look for it. Eventually he found it again, and was greeted happily by the birds family. As a sign
of gratitude they gave him a little box, and hot to open it until he got home.

To surprised, the farmer found a box full of precious stones. When his wife saw them,
she decided that she too deserved a reward and she wanted to see the birds. The birds gave her a
little casket, but it was full of devils. The devil jumped on her as soon as she opened the casket
and chased her away. Let alone, the farmer went to live near his friends, the bird. There he built a
hut of perfumed wood and the birds decorated it with flowers of every kind.

1. Write down the main idea of each paragraph?

2. Write down the characteristics and setting (Time and place) of the story?
3. Explain about the orientation or beginning of the story?
4. What is the complication or main problem from the story above?
5. Explain about the resolution in the end of the story?
6. What is the moral value of the story?
7. Write a narration of the following story. The outline of the story may help you develop
the narration.
Cinderela
- Cinderela’s mother passed away
- She lived with a step mother and three stepsisters.
- They treated her badly.
- Cinderela went to the prince’s ball.
- The prince looked for the owner of the glass shoes.
- The prince found the owner of the glass shoes.
- The prince found the owner, Cinderela.