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I want to live my life to the absolute fullest

To open my eyes to be all I can be

To travel roads not taken, to meet faces unknown

To feel the wind, to touch the stars

I promise to discover myself

To stand tall with greatness

To chase down and catch every dream

LIFE IS AN ADVENTURE

Contoh Soal Narrative Text

Text 1

Snow White

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 did not want her uncle and aunt to do this, so she decided it would be best if she ran away.  The next morning, she ran away from home when her aunt and uncle were having breakfast.  She ran away into the woods.

She was very tired and hungry.  Then, she saw this little cottage.  She knocked, but no one answered, so she went inside and fell asleep.

Meanwhile, the seven dwarfs were coming home from work.  They went inside. There they found Snow White sleeping.  Then Snow White woke up.  She saw the dwarfs.  The dwarfs said, ”What’s your name?” Snow White answered, “My name is Snow White.”

The other dwarfs asked, “If you wish, you may live here with us.” Snow White said, “Oh, could I? Thank you!” Then Snow White told the dwarfs the whole story, and the seven dwarfs lived happily ever after.

1.      What kind of text is it?

a.       Narrative                                 c. News item                           e. Report

b.      Analytical Exposition d. Hortatory Exposition

2.      What is the communicative purpose of the story?

a.       To entertain the readers

b.      To describe the way things

c.       To retell an event with humorous twist

d.      To persuade by presenting arguments or to analyze or explain

e.       To persuade the readers or the listeners that something should or should not be the case

3.      What is the generic structure of the story?

a.       Orientation – Complication – Resolution

b.      Orientation – Events – Twist

c.       Identification – Description

d.      Identification – Events – Reorientation

e.       Thesis – Arguments – Reiteration 

4.      What kind of tenses is used in the story?

a.       Present Simple                        c. Present Continuous             e. Present Perfect

b.      Past Simple                             d. Past Continuous

5.      …….because her parents were dead. (p.2)

The synonym of the underlined word is……

a.       Lived   b. Loved          c. Passed away            d. Ran away    e. kind

Text 2

Cinderella

Long, long time ago, there lived a beautiful girl named Cinderella.  Her parents passed away, she lived with her step mother and step sisters.  Cinderella was very sad everyday because she had to do the housework alone.

One day, the king wanted to find the wife if his son.  He invited all the beautiful girls to come.  Cinderella was very sad because her step sister did not let her go.  Her sisters went to the palace without Cinderella.

Luckily, The Angel cam and helped Cinderella to go to the palace.  In the palace, Cinderella danced with the Prince.  He fell in love with her; then he married her.  They lived happily ever after.

6.   What kind of text is it?

a.    Descriptive         b. News item               c. Spoof           d. Narrative                 e. Recount

7.   What is the communicative purpose of the story?

a.    To entertain the readers

b.   To describe the way things

c.    To retell an event with humorous twist

d.   To describe particular person, place or things

e.    To persuade the readers or the listeners that something should or should not be the case

8.   What is the generic structure of the story?

a.    Orientation – Complication – Resolution

b.   Orientation – Events – Twist

c.    Identification – Description

d.   Identification – Events – Reorientation

e.    Thesis – Arguments – Reiteration  To report something

9.   Her parents passed away. (p.1)

The synonym of the underlined word is………

a.       Ran away          b. dead                        c. went away      d. go away      e. far away

10.  Which statement is not true?

a.       Cinderella was young.                          d. The King married Cinderella

b.      The Angel helped Cinderella.               e. The Prince married Cinderella

c.       The King had a son.

Text 3

Once upon a time, The King Prabu ruled a Kingdom in West Java.  King Prabu and his wife were wise and kind so that their people were prosperous.

The problem came because The King didn’t have children.  They tried many ways to have children, but they always failed.

One day, Prabu prayed to God, and he was very happy because God accepted his prayer.  Soon, they had a child that was beautiful but spoiled and had the bad behavior.

For her seventeenth birthday party, the princess got the gold necklace from her parents.  Unfortunately, when she saw it, she didn’t like it and threw it away into the floor.  Everybody was shocked because from the ground emerged a lot of water.  All of the kingdom suddenly became a big lake.

People call it Telaga Warna and believed that the colours came from the Princess’ necklace.

11.  The Kingdom was located in……..

a.    Sumatera           b. Sulawesi      c. Java             d. Papua          e. Bali

12.  People……….the King Prabu.

a.    hated                 b. liked                        c. disliked        d. connected with       e. ruled           

13.  Which statement is Not Correct?

a.    The queen had one daughter.

b.   The lake swallowed the Kingdom.

c.    The King adopted a girl as his child.

d.   The princess had the bad behavior.

e.    The Prabu and his wife were wise.

14.  What kind of text is it?

a.    Descriptive       b. Report         c. Narrative     d. Recount      e. Procedure

15.  The communicative purpose of the story is…..

a.    to describe the King                 c. to entertain the readers        e. to persuade the readers

b.   to describe the Kingdom          d. to retell the past experience

16.  The first paragraph is called…..

a.    Complication         b. Orientation         c. Resolution      d. Reorientation       e. Coda

Adverbial Clause (Mind Map)

Adjective Clause

TENSES (Mind Map)

PASSIVE VOICE (Mind Map)

NARRATIVE TEXT

A Story about the Seasons

Once upon a time there was a grasshopper that had an ant for his friend. During the spring-time, when it began to get warm, they came out and played together. They were both very young and they thought that play was better than work. When the flowers appeared above the ground they hopped and ran among them and had a very happy time.

The weather slowly got warmer and the summer began. The grasshopper and his friend the little ant danced about and were happier than ever. One day, an old ant came and saw them playing.

“Listen to my advice,” he said. “It is summer now, and the time for play. But remember, that autumn is not far away and then it will be time for work.”

“What does he mean?” asked the grasshopper. “I do not want to work at all. There is a lot of food for us. We can run about the flowers and find all the food we want. Why does that old ant say that very soon we must stop playing?”

Then the weather began to change. Clouds appeared in the sky. In the morning and at night it was cool, sometimes it was very cold. The little ant knew that the autumn had come.

“Friend Grasshopper,” he said, “autumn has come already, the harvest is finished, soon the winter will begin. After the harvest, the farmers left a lot of little seeds lying about on the ground. I am going to gather them up and hide them in the hole. Then I shall have something to eat during the winter. Take my advice, my friend. Get ready for the winter. Work.”

But the grasshopper did not agree with him, “Oh, no my friend. The weather is still warm, the leaves are still on the trees, and we have lots of food. Why should we work? I shall not take your advice. I do not agree with you. I think you are foolish to work during this beautiful weather.”

“Very well,” said the ant. “I cannot help that, but I know that I am right and you are wrong. We may play sometimes, but we must not play all the time. Sometimes we must work. If you do not listen to me, you will be very sorry when the winter comes, when the leaves are all gone and the seeds are hidden beneath the snow. Go on playing if you like, but I must work. I must gather my food for winter. Good-bye my foolish friend.” And off he went. All day long he was busy gathering seeds. When he found one, he carried it quickly to his hole in the ground and then he returned in a hurry to look for some more. He worked from morning till night. But the grasshopper just played about and did nothing.

At last the winter came and the ground was hidden beneath a covering of snow. The poor grasshopper was left alone, for his friend has gone down into his hole where it was nice and warm and where he kept his food. The grasshopper got thinner and thinner and weaker and weaker. He could not find anything to eat, for the leaves had died and the ground was covered with the cold snow. He was no longer happy and playing about. He was very, very ill, and cold and hungry.

“Oh, dear,” he said. “I wish I had worked like my friend. If I had done so I should have food now. I must go and ask him to give me some.” Very, very slowly and in great pain, he tried to get as far as the hole where the ant lived. At last he got there. But what did he find? The hole was closed. He knocked and knocked, but as he was very weak he could not knock very loudly and the ant did not hear him. He gave one last knock and then it began to snow. The grasshopper was too weak and too ill to do anything more. The snow covered him.

In March the spring came. The weather got warmer and the little flowers appeared above the ground. It was time for the ant to come out of his hole and play in the sun. soon the hole opened and the ant appeared. And there he found his poor friend, dried up and dead. The ant was ready to play among the flowers again but the grasshopper, who has played too long and had not worked at all, was not there to play with him. There is a time to play, but there is a time to work, too. Only foolish people play all the time.