Snow White Feeling tired of fighting, they 6.(live)….. in the different places.
Sura lived in
Once upon a time, there lived a little girl named Snow White. She lived with
her aunt and her uncle because her parent had passed away.
One day, she heard, her uncle and her aunt were talking about leaving Snow
White in the castle because they both wanted to go to America and they didn’t have
enough money to take Snow White.
Snow White didn’t want her uncle and her aunt to do this so she decided to
run away. The next morning, she ran away from home when her uncle and her aunt
were having breakfast. She ran away into the jungle.
Then, in the jungle, she saw a little cottage. She knocked, but no one
answered, so she went inside and fell asleep.
In the night, the seven dwarfs were coming home from working. The little
cottage was the home from the seven dwarfs. They went inside their home. There, they
found Snow White was sleeping. They woke Snow White up. And she saw the dwarfs.
The dwarfs said, “What’s your name?”. snow White answered, “My name is Snow
White”.
One of the dwarfs said, “If you wish, you may live here with us”. Snow
White said, “Oh could I? Thank you”. Then, Snow White told the dwarfs about her
uncle and her aunt. Finally, Snow White and the seven dwarfs lived happily ever after.
QUESTIONS!
1. Why did Snow White run away from her home?
2. When did Snow White run away from her home?
3. What did Snow White knock?
4. Where did seven dwarfs find Snow White?
5. “They woke Snow White up”
“They” refers to ……………………….
The Legend of Surabaya
A long time ago, there 1.(be)….. two animals, Sura and Baya. Sura was the
name of a shark and Baya was a crocodile. They lived in a sea.
Once Sura and Baya 2.(be)….. looking for some food. Suddenly, Baya 3.(see)
….. a goat “Yummy, this is my lunch,” Baya 4.(say)…... “No way! This is my lunch.
You are greedy” said Sura. Then they fought for the goat. After several hours, they 5.
(be)….. very tired.
the water and Baya lived in the land. The border was the beach, so they would never
fight again.
One day, Sura 7.(go)….. to the land and 8.(look)….. for some food in the river.
He 9.(be)….. very hungry and there was not much food in the sea. Baya was very
angry when he knew that Sura broke the promise. They fought again.
They both hit each other. Sura bit Baya’s tail. Baya did the same thing to Sura.
He bit very hard until Sura finally 10.(give)….. up and went back to the sea. Baya was
happy.
QUESTIONS!
1. Give the generic structure from the text above!
2. Why did Sura and Baya fight each other?
3. Where did Baya live? And, where did Sura live?
4. Why was Baya angry to Sura?
5. “He bit very hard until Sura…” (last paragraph)
“He” refers to…………….
REARRANGE THESE PARAGRAPHS TO BE A GOOD NARRATIVE TEXT!
1. After buying a rose for the girl, the man offered the girl a ride to her home. She
said, “Yes, please! You can take me to my mother.” She directed him to a
cemetery. The girl placed the rose on her mother’s fresh grave.
2. One day, a man stopped at a flower shop to order some flowers. He wanted to
send it to his mother who lived far in another town through a delivery
company. Meanwhile he was looking at sad young girl who sat in front of the
flower shop.
3. Knowing the girl’s mother had died, the man realized that he must show his
love to his mother while she was alive. Then the man returned to the flower
shop. He cancelled the flower and drove to reach his mother’s house.
4. He asked her what was wrong and she replied, “I wanted to buy a rose for my
mother but my money is not enough.” The man smiled and said, “Come on in
with me, I will buy you a rose.” He bought the little girl a rose and he ordered
for his own mother flowers too.
QUESTIONS!
a. What is the moral message from the story above?
b. Please mention, what numbers are the generic structure!