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Teks Narrative Legend 1

Once upon a time in west java, lived a writer king who had a beautiful daughter.  Her name was
Dayang Sumbi.  She liked weaving very much.  Once she was weaving a cloth when one of her tools fell
to the ground.  She was very tired, at the same time she was too lazy to take it.  Then she just shouted out
loudly.
Anybody there! Bring me my tool.  I will give you special present.  If you are female.  I will
consider you as my sister if you are male, I will marry you sunddenly a male dog, its name was Tumang
came.  He brought her the falling tool.  Dayang Sumbi was very surprised.  She regretted her words but
she could not deny it.  So she had marry Tumang and leave her father.  Then they lived in a small village. 
Several months later they had a son.  His name was Sangkuriang.  He was a handsome and healthy boy.
Sangkuriang liked hunting very much, especially deer.  He often hunted to the wood using his
arrow.  When he went hunting , Tumang was always with him.
One day Dayang Sumbi wanted to have deer’s  heart so she asked Sangkuriang to hunt for a deer. 
Then Sangkuriang when to the wood with his arrow and his faithful dog.  Tumang, but afher several days
in the wood Sangkuriang could not find any deer.  Then where all disappeared.  Sangkuriang was
exhausted and desperate.  He did not want to disappoint her mother so he killed Tumang.  He did not
know that Tumang was his father.  Tumang’s  heart to her mother.  But Dayang Sumbi knew that it was
Tumang’s heart.  She was so angry that she could not control her emotion.  She hit Sangkuriang at his
head Sangkuriang was wounded.  There was a scar in his head.  She also repelled her son.  Sangkuriang
left her mother in sadness.
Many years passed and Sangkuriang became a strong young man.  He wandered everywhere. 
One day he arrived.  at his own village but he did not realize it.  There he met Dayang Sumbi.  At the time
Dayang Sumbi was given an eternal beauty by God so she stayed young forever.  Both of them did know
each other.  So they fall in love and then they decided to marry.  But then Dayang Sumbi recognized a
scar on Sangkuriang’s head.  She knew that Sangkuriang was his son.  It was impossible for them to
marry.  She told him but he did not beliave her.  He wished that they marry soon.  So Dayang Sumbi gave
very difficult condition.  She asked Sangkuriang  to build a lake and a boat in one night! She said she
needed that for honeymoon.
Sangkuriang agreed.  With the help of genie and spiritis, Sangkuriang tired to build them.  By
midnight he had completed the lake by building a dam in Citarum river.  Then he started making the
boat.  It was almost dawn when he almost finished it.  Meanwhile Dayang Sumbi kept watching on him. 
She was very worried when she knew this.  So she made lights in the east.  Then the spiritis thought that
was already dawn.  It was time for them to leave.  They left Sangkuriang alone.  Without their help he
could not finish the boat.
Sangkuriang was angry.  He kicked the boat.  Then the boat turned upside down.  It, leter, became
Mounth Tangkuban Perahu.  Which means an upside-down boat.  From a distant the mount really looks
like an upside down boat.

1. What is the story about?

A.  A wrath son C.  Tumang a Dog husband
B.  West java’s tales D.  The legend of Tangkuban Perahu
2. According to he story, Tumang was….
A.  actually a handsome prince C.  Sangkuriang pet dog
B.  married to Dayang Sumbi D.  in fact Dayang Sumbi’s father

3. What did Dayang Sumbi look like?

A.  She liked weaving clothers C.  She was beautiful
B.  She looked for the heart of a deer D.  She was looking at her fallen tool

4. What made Dayang Sumbi stay young?

A.  She set up conditions in doing things C.  She knew how to take care her body
B.  A young man fall in love with her D.  God gave her an eternal beauty

5. Who are the main caracthers in the story?

A.  Dayang Sumbi and Sangkuriang
B.  The king Dayang Sumbi, the dog and Sangkuriang
C.  The king, Dayang Sumbi, the dog, Sangkuriang, the ganie, and the spiritis
D.  The king, Dayang Sumbi, the dog, Sangkuriang, the mount, the boat, the genie, and the spiritis

6. What moral value can we learn from the story?

A.  People must keep their words all the time
B.  Do not make a promise to easily
C.  Never be reluctant to do good things
D.  We should not hate our decendants

7. “He brought her the falling tool”.  The underline word “He” refers to……
A.  Samgkuriang C.  Dayang Sumbi
B.  Tumang D.  The king

8. “ if you are male, I will marry you’ (paragraph 2).  the sentence mean that the one who helped Dayang
Sumbi became her….
A.  Husband C.  Son
B.  Boss D.  King

Soal Teks Narrative Legend 2

Once upon a time there lived a little girl named Snow White.  She lived with her aunt and uncle
because her parents were dead.
One day she heard her uncle and aunt 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 aunt to do that so she decided that it would be best if she ran
away.  The next morning she ran away into the woods.  She was very tired and hungry.  Then she saw a
little cottage.  She knocked but no one answered so she went inside and fell asleep.
Meanwhile, the seven dwarfs were coming home from work.  There they found Snow White
sleeping.  Then Snow White woke up.  She saw the dwarfs.
The dwarfs said, “What is your name?”
Snow White said, “My name is Snow White.”
Then, Snow White told the dwarfs the whole story.
The dwarfs said, “If you want, you may live here with us.”
Snow White answered, “Oh, could I? Thank you.”
Finally, Snow White and the seven dwarfs lived happily ever after.

1. What type of the text is used by the writer?

A.  narrative C.  descriptive
B.  report D.  procedure

2. Why Snow White ran away to the woods?

A.  Her parents passed away C.  Her uncle and aunt would go to America
B.  Her uncle was angry with her D.  Snow White was happy to run away

3. When did Snow White run away to the woods?

A.  In the afternoon C.  In the evening
B.  In the morning D.  In the middle of night

4. Where did Snow White live after she ran away to the woods?
A.  She lived in the cave C.  She lived everywhere in the woods
B.  She lived in the lion nest D.  She lived in the dwarfs’ cottage

5. According to the text, before she ran away into the woods, why did Snow White live with her uncle and
aunt?
A.  because she loved them very much C.  because her parents were dead
B.  as a result of forcing attitude from them D.  because she were afraid of the dwarfs

6,. The communicative purpose of this text is…..

A.  to inform the readers about important and newsworthy events
B.  to entertain readers with fairy tale
C.  to share an account of an unusual event
D.  to persuade readers to accept his/her opinions

Soal Teks Narrative Legend 3

Once upon a time there was a prince he wanted to get himself a princess, but she had to be real princess. 
So he traveled all over the world to find one, but in every case something was the matter.  There were lots
of princess, but he could never quite make out whether they were real or not.  So he came home feeling
very unhappy, for really wanted to find a true princess.
One evening a terrible storm came; lightening flashed, thunder rolled, and the rain poured down in
torrents-it was simply awful ! suddenly there was a knock at the city gate, and the old king went out to
answer it.
There was a princess standing outside, but what a sight the rain and the bad weather had made of her !
The water streamed down her hair and her clothes, and yet she said she was a real princess.
“It won’t take long to find that out,” thought the old Queen.  Without saying anything, she went into bed
chamber, took off all the bedclothes, and places one pea on the bottom boards of the bed.  Then she took
twenty mattresses and put them on top of the pea, and after that she put twenty feather-pillows on top of
the mattresses.  That was where the princess was to spend the night.
In the morning they asked her how she had slept.
“Oh, dreadfully! said the princess.  “I hardly slept a wink all night.  Whatever could have been in the
bed ? I was lying on something so hard that I’m black and blue all over.”
So of course they could see that she was a real princess, since she had felt the pea through twenty
mattresses and twenty feather-pillows.  No one but a real princess could have such a tender skin as that. 
So the prince took her for his wife, and they lived happily ever after.

1. What kind of the text is it?

A.  report C.  narrative
B.  Recount D.  descriptive

2. What is the purpose of the text ?

A.  to inform about princess and the pea
B.  to describe the story of the princess and the pea
C.  to give information that the prince looked for the real princess
D.  to amuse the reader with the story of the princess and the pea
E.  to describe how the princess could feel the pea on the bottom boards of the bed

3. What is the dominant structure used in the text ?

A.  the simple present tense C.  the present continuous tense
B.  the simple past tense D.  passive voice

4. No one but a real princess could have such a tender skin as that.  The Synonym of ‘tender’ is …
A.  hard C.  weak
B.  light D.  soft

The following test is for question 1 to 4

Once upon a time there was a rose who was very proud of its beautiful looks. Its only disappointment was
that it grew next to an ugly cactus. Every day, the rose would insult he cactus on its looks while the cactus
stayed quiet. All the other plants in the garden tried to make the rose see sense, but it was too swayed by
it own good looks.
One summer, the well in the garden grew dry and there was no water for the plants. The rose began to
wilt. I tsaw a sparrow dip its beak into the cactus for some water. Though ashamed, the rose asked the
cactus if it could have some water too. The cactus readily agreed and they both got through the tough
summer as friends.

1. What is the story about?

A. Two different, but special plants.
B. A beautiful, but arrogant rose.
C. Two plants in a beautiful garden.
D. A beautiful rose and an ugly cactus.
2. From the story, we know that the cactus was …
A. brave
B. wise
C. patient
D. humble
3. The rose ignored other plants’ advice to change its attitude because …
A. it believed it was the prettiest.
B. it could change others to do so.
C. it thought that it was right.
D. it didn’t trust other plant.
 4. What can you learn from the story?
A. Don’t allow others influence your life.
B. Never judge the others by the way they look.
C. Respect others and they may respect you either.
D. Dont’t let anyone underestimate you because of your look.

The following test is for question 1 to 4.

“Away with you, vile insect!” said a lion angruly to a gnat that was buzzing around his head, but the Gnat
was not in the least disturbed.
“do you think.” he said spitefully the lion, “that i am afraid of you because they call you king?”
The next instant he flew at the lion and stung him sharply on the nose. Mad with rage, the lion struck
fiercely at the Gnat, but only succeeded in tearing himself with his claws. Again and again the Gnat stung
the Lion, who now was roaring terribly. At last, worn out with rage and covered with wounds that his
own teeth and claws had made, the Lion gave up the fight.
The Gnat buzzed away to tell whose world about his victory, but instead he flew straight into a spider’s
web. And there, he who had defeated the king of beasts came to miserable end, the prey of a little spider.

1. The text tell us about ….

A. a lion which is annoyed by a gnat
B. confrontation between a lion and a spider
C. a gnat which loved to sting other animals
D. a good relationship between a lion and a spider
2. Why did the lion give up hitting the gnat?
A. The lion only wounded itself
B. The gnat stopped stinging the lion
C. the lion felt nothing from the sting
D. The gnat flew to bother th spider
3. From the text we can learn that one should not be ….
A. cunning (licik)
B. arrogant
C. dishonest
D. temperament
4. “… but only succeeded in tearing himself with his claws.”
The bolded word can be replaced by ….
A. ripping (mencabik/merobek)
B. poking ( menusuk )
C. stabbing (mengkhianati )
D. punching (meninju)