UNIT 1

INTERESTING STORY
(Spoken Cycle)
A. BUILDING KNOWLEDGE OF FIELD
Activity 1
Answer the questions orally
1. Do you often read stories?
2. What kinds of stories do you read?
3. How do you get them?
4. Which one do you like best, fable or fairy tale?
5. Please give your reason!
Activity 2
Practice your speaking
1. Now, who wants to tell your own story to your friends?
2. The other students can ask some questions
Activity 3
Pay attention to the pictures below!

GAMBAR KUCING, AYAM DAN

TIKUS

1.
2.
3.
4.

Are you familiar with these pictures?

Are they the characters of a fable?
What is the tittle of the story?
Can you retell it for us?

Activity 4.
Please study the following words and try to pronounce them. Dont forget to find the meanings.
1. Terrible
/
/
: ...................
2. Anxiously
/
/
: ...................
3. Gentle
/
/
: ...................
4. Velvet
/
/
: ...................
5. Towards
/
/
: ...................
6. Suddenly
/
/
: ...................
7. Fierce
/
/
: ...................
8. Lucky
/
/
: ...................
9. Cruel
/
/
: ...................
10. Folk
/
/
: ...................
Speech Function
Expressing Gratitude / Thankfulness
Read the following dialogs with your partner.
Pay attention to the bold typed expression
1.
GAMBAR RAJA DAN
King

PANGERAN

Suppose a powerful and

mighty king said to you that
you could ask for three
wishes. He would make
them come true.

Example :
: I have seen that you did well in every Activity
I gave to you. Now, you can ask for three
wishes.
Knight : Thank you very much, Sir But, actually Im
nor worthly to receive your award.
King : You are, Nimesis. Im very pleased fr what
you have done for me. You really make me
proud.
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Knight : Thank you. Your Majesty, Your wish is my

command
2. An ox was having a journey with his family. On the way...
Ox
: Oh...argh...I am thirsty again
Cow
: Dear, why did you drink so little? Now, maybe its difficult to find a
waterhole.
Calves
: Mom, dad, what if both of you take a rest for a moment? Well
go and find a waterhole
Ox and Cow : Thank you, guys. We will wait for you here
When the calves went by....
Ox
: Arent they nice children?
Cow
: Indeed they are
Ox
: We are so lucky. Thanks God
Not long afterwards....
Calves
: Mom, Dad.... we have found one...
Ox
: Oh, have you? Lets go there, shall we?
3.

Excuse me mom, I havent eaten for

days. Would you give me some
money?

Thank you so much

Here you are

My pleasure
GAMBAR WANITA
MEMBERI SESUATU
PADA PENGEMIS

Activity 5
Answer these dialog based on the above dialogue.
1. What did the beggar ask the women?
2. And what did the women give to the man?
3. What expression did the woman use to give the money to the man?
4. What did the beggar repply after he received the money?
5. Mention other expressions of giving things.
6. Mention other expression of thanking.
What would you say to express gratitude?
The followings are some expressions of thankfulness.
Thanking
Thanks
Thank you very much
Thank you for your help
That was very kind of you
How can I ever thank you?
I really appreciate what youve done for me
I cant thank you enough

Response
Its OK
Youre welcome
It was my pleasure
Dont mention it
Thats quite all right
Not at all
No need to thank me
Thanks a lot for your help

Activity 6
Make a dialog using the expression of gratitude based on the situation given.

GAMBAR SEORANG MURID LAKI-LAKI

MEMBERI TIKET PADA MURID
PEREMPUAN

Suppose you are the girl in the picture. Your brother gives you a ticket to see the show
of favorite band.
What would both of you say?
GRAMMAR FOCUS
Activity 7
Fill in the empty spaces with the words provided
Had
Triad
Kept

Filled
was
found

could
saw
started

The Thirsty Crow

On a hot day, a thirsty crow flew over a field looking for
water. For a long time, she (1)... not find any. She felt very
exhaused, almost giving up. Suddenly, she (2)... a water jug
below ger, she flew straight down to see if there was any water
inside, it ... surprise because there was some water inside the
jug!
The crow (4) to push her head into the jug. Sadly, she found that the neck of the jug was
too narrow. Then, she tried to push the jug down for the water to flow out but she (5) that the jug
was too heavy.
The crow thoughtard for a while, then looking around her, she saw somw pebbles. She
suddenly (6)... a good idea. She (7)... picking up the pebbles one by one, dropping each into the
jug. As more and more pebbles filed the jug, the water level (8)... rising. Soon it was enough for the
crow to drink. Its working! she said.
(Taken from : Look Ahead 1)

GAMBAR SEEKOR
GAGAK SEDANG
MINUM DARI KENDI

Activity 8
Put the verb in the correct form. Use the simple past tense. Num,ber I has been done for you.
1. Somebody broke into our house last night
2. My mother... (not lock) the front door last night
3. My cousin ... (graduate) from high school a year ago.
4. Where... (you buy) your guitar.
5. I ... (not go) to school yesterday.
6. Sarah ... (not win) the writing contest last week.
7. We... (see) an accident on our way to school this morning
8. ... (she invite) you on our way to school this morning.
9. ... (you call) me last night?
10. The Storm ... (nor damage) our house.
Activity 9
In this exercise you have to read a situation then combine two sentences with conjuction
because.
1. The boys walked for a long time. Then they decided to take a rest.
2. Lintang waited for the bus for a long time. She decided to take a taxi.
3. John needed a new coat for a long time. He bought one yesterday.
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4. Ali saved enough money for a plane ticket. She went to Europe.
5. John worked hard all year. He took a long vacation
Activity 10
Put the verbs the correct form of past tense (simple or continuous)
1. I ... (buy) one lie it a month ago.
2. They... (visit) their home town a few days ago.
3. I ... (read) a book when he came.
4. The fire still... (burn) at seven oclock this morning.
5. The light ... (go) out while we... (have) our dinner.
6. In the party, when I... (come) into the room, my friends ... (sing) Dangdut song.
7. When the phone... (ring), my father still... (have) a bath.
8. While the students... (talk) about their coming holiday, the teacher... (come) in.
9. When I ..., (think) of going with her to Bali, she... (come) and ... (offer) me to accompany
her to.
10. As she... (explain) the lesson the students, one of them... (raise) his hand and... (ask) him a
question.
Activity 11
Complete the sentences by using
Before
- then
- before
After
- until
1. ... going to school, I prepared my books
2. I sent the letters... typing them
3. She went to Jakarta... she continued to Bali
4. The girl lived here... she lost everything
5. I accompanied my sister, .... I went to school
Activity 12
Complete the senteces bu correcting the verbs in the past form
1. Father (be) at the Matahari Dept. Store last week?
2. The girls (not have) a new English teacher
3. Many students (do) the mathematics test in the classroom
4. My brother (post) the letter to grandpa yesterday?
5. Tia and Nana (win) a song competion in this city.
6. The teacher (not be) present at the last meeting
7. Mother (want) my brother to go home early
8. We (not need) the whole answer
9. They (promise) not to be late again
10. The young girl (lose) her parents at the storm?
B. MODELING OF TEXT
Activity 13
Read the following text loudly
The Cat, the Mouse, and the Cock
One day, a little mouse came running home crying. Oh mother I saw something terrible
in garden just now. It has made me so afraid.
Tell me dear, what is was you saw in the garde, mother mouse said anxiously.
The little mouse told his mother, I saw two things in the garden. One looked so kind
and gentle. It was a very pretty thing with a long tale. It had velvet clothes nice light green
eyes. It was coming towards me in such a kind way. Suddenly, a big yellow legged monster
came up between me and the nice thing. It looked very terrible. It had a red hat on its head.
It had a pointed yellow mouth. Then, it beat its sides again and again and opened its mouth
crying in a fierce voice, clok a doodle do cock a doodle do.
Mother mouse smiled and said, Oh dear, its lucky. Youve got home safely. The big
yellow legged thing was only a cock. It woldnt have done you any harm. But the thing with
the velvet clothes that you thought so kind was a cat, the cruel murderer of our folk.
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Activity 14
Re-read the next (Activity 1) a bove. Take the note of the participants character from the story as
the example below.
1. One looked so kind and gentle.
2. ______________________________________________________
3. ______________________________________________________
4. ______________________________________________________
5. ______________________________________________________
6. ______________________________________________________
7. ______________________________________________________
8. ______________________________________________________
Activity 15
Read the following once more and answer question
Tittle
Orientation
Complication

Resolution
Reorientation

The Ant and the Dove

There was once a little black ant that has ever been saved by a kind white
dove form a danger searching for food at the bottom of the tree. Suddenly
he heard something moving slowly nearby.
Looking up the saw a cruel-looking man stalking forward toward the tree. He
had a big gun which he kept pointed up in the air, ready to shoot.
How horrified our friend must have felt, for at that moment he caught sight
of his friend, the dove in that tree. The dove had saved his life
Quickly, and with all his strength, the ant ran up the tree, calling the bird to
fly away.
The bird recognized her fiend, the ant and in a twinkle she had spotted the
man with the gun. Quikcly she flew away, and the bird was out of sight in a
moment.
The ant was so happy because he had been able to warm this friend in time
and so save the bird a horrible death.
Taken from selected fables

Questions:
1. Why did the ant run up the tree, calling the bird to fly away?
2. What can we learn from the story of the ant and the dove?
3. Mention the participants of the story
4. What happened to the participants?
5. What sentece sets the scene and introduce the participants?
6. Which one shows, the crisis that arises?
7. What kind of the story that?
8. Does the story have ending or sad ending?
9. Underline the verbs used in the text!
10. What tense in the mostly used in the text?
C. JOINT CONSTRUCTION OF THE TEXT
Activity 16
Rearrange the jumbled paragraph to make a good and meaningful text.
A. The dead donkey has been my teacher, replied the fox. From his foolish conduct I have
learned to be wise
B. On seeing this, the lion looked very pleased, Master Fox, he said, This is indeed a most
satifactory divisor. Who taught you to be so clever?
C. One lion, a fox, and a donkey set off for a days hunting, after agreeting that each was to
have an equal share of what was caught. After a time, they were able to pull down and kill
a fat buck; and the lion asked the donkey to bes so good as to divide the prize. As farily as
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he could, the obliging donkey cut up the buck into threee equal parts, and then he invited
the lion to take his choice.
D. Then the lion told the fox to divide the meat. This the fox did; but he was cunning. He put
aside a big heap for the lions share, and kept only a small piece for himself.
E. At this, the lion flew into a violent rage, sprang on the poor donkey, and killed him with a
powerful blow.
F. The clever judge

Put the arranged text here

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Activity 17
Analyze the narrative text structure of the story
Tittle
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Orientation
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Complication :.........................................................................
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Resolution
:.........................................................................
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Compication :.........................................................................
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Resolution
:.........................................................................
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Moral value :.........................................................................
D. INDEPENDENT CONSTRUCTION OF TEXT
Activity 18
Act you are story teller. Choose one of the fable, then tell the fable in front of the class.
a.
The Vain little mouse
b.
The thirty crow
c.
Goldilocks and three bears
d.
The tiger and the mouse deer
e.
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LONG LONG AGO ..

(Written Cycle)
A. BUILDING KNOWLEDGE OF FIELD
Activity 19
When you hear the word folklore, fables, legends, or tale, what comes across your mind? Write as
many words used in such fictions as possible.
A giant

A dwarf

magic
Folklores
fables
fairy tales
A glass slipper

A witch
Then, make sentences using the words above.
Example:
The dwarts love Snow White so much.
1. ..
2. ...
3.
4.
5.
6. .
7. .
8. .
9. .
10. .
GRAMMAR FOCUS

Reported Speech
Direct Speech

Indirect Speech

Statement

Statement

Command/Prohibition

Command/Prohibition

Yes-No Question
WH (Informative) Question

Yes-No Question
WH (Informative) Question

I1

She said, I am not dreaming."

She said that she was not dreaming.

She said, "I was not dreaming."

She said that she had not been dreaming.

She stated, "I quite agree."

She stated that she quite agreed.

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"Put it in a safe place", He told the Pooh.

He told the Pooh to put it in a safe place.

"Don't eat it all!, I asked him.

I asked him not to eat it all.

I asked him, "Do you like honey?"

I asked him if/whether he liked honey.

1 asked him, "Did you like honey?"

I asked him if/whether he had liked honey.

He asked me, "What is your name?"

He asked me what my name was.

She asked me, "When will you buy a She asked me when 1 would by a new
new hat?"
hat.

There are some changes in tense, pronoun, adverbs of time and place for Indirect Question and
Indirect Statement. And there is no change of tense for indirect imperative. (See Table 1 and 2).
Table 1, Change of Tense
No.
Direct Speech
1
Simple Present Tense
2
Present Continous Tense
3
Present Perfect Tense
4
Present Perfect Continuous Tense
5
Present Future Tense
6
Present Future Continuous Tense
7
Simple Past Tense
8
Past Continuous Tense
Table 2. The Change of Adverbs
No. Direct Speech
1
Now
2
Today
3
Yesterday
4
Tomorrow
5
Next...
6
... ago
7
Last...
8
This week
9
Here
10 This/That (Adjective)
Example: This book/that book

Indirect Speech
Simple Past Tense
Past Continuous Tense
Past Perfect Tense
Past Perfect Continuous Tense
Past Future Tense
Past Future Continuous Tense
Past Perfect Tense
Past Perfect Continuous Tense

Indirect Speech
Then
That day
The day before
The next day/the following day
Following
... before/the previous ...
The previous
That week
There
The
The book

Activity 20
Read the story carefully. Then answer the question!
The Young Frog and the Old Frog
One day a young frog came home and told his father, "Oh,
GAMBAR KODOK BESAR
Father,
I saw a very big animal this morning."
DAN KODOK KECIL
"Did he do you any harm, my dear?" his father asked
anxiously.
"No, not at all. He looked so terribly big, so 1 dared not get close
to him", answered the young frog.
"What did it look like?" asked the old frog.
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"It is a bit difficult to describe but he had hair..."

"Oh, it would be Mr. Bob's horse", interrupted the old frog.
The young frog proudly looked up to his father,
The old frog, guessing his son's
thought, make up his mind to show that he was not any clever, but also superior. So he added, "He
is not so e.g. I can easily make myself as a big as he is. Just watch me!" and started to blow
himself out.
"Was he as a big as this?" he asked his son a minute later.
"No, he was much bigger."
The old frog blew and blew again. For several times he asked his son and the answer were
that animals that the animals was much bigger than he was.
"Are you sure?" the old frog puffed.
"Yes, father, I'm quite sure! He was much bigger", answered the son seriously.
Then the old frog started to blow again. At this moment mother Frog came forward and said,
"Please stop blowing out yourself!"
"Don't worry, dear," answered Father Frog, "I've only just begun."
Mother Frog kept on trying to prevent father frog. At last father. Frog got angry and said,
"Leave me alone and mind your own business." Then, turning to his son, Father Frog said as he
continued to blow, "I'm sure he was not so big as this ..."
Suddenly, Father Frog burst!
Taken from: Selected fables
Question:
1. In your opinion what is the purposes of this reading text?
2. Who are involved in the story?
3. Does the story have happy ending or sad ending?
4. What is the moral value of the story?
5. Do you find any verbal process in text? If any, mention them!
Activity 21
Do you still remember the story about "The Young Frog and the Old Frog?" Identify Some Direct
Speeches uses in the story, when write them in the following box (at least 10)
Direct Speech:
1. A young frog told his father, "I saw a very big animal this morning."
2. ____________________________________________________
3. ____________________________________________________
4. ____________________________________________________
5. ____________________________________________________
6. ____________________________________________________
7. ____________________________________________________
8. ____________________________________________________
9. ____________________________________________________
10. ____________________________________________________
Activity 22
Change the Direct Speeches in the Activity 6 into Indirect Speeches. Write them in the box below.
Indirect Speech:
1. A young frog told his father, "I saw a very big animal this morning."
2. ___________________________________
3. ___________________________________
4. ___________________________________
5. ___________________________________
6. ___________________________________
7. ___________________________________
8. ___________________________________
9. ___________________________________
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10. ___________________________________
B. MODELLING OF THE TEXT
Activity 23
Read the story of the text below and answer the question.
The Night Before My Birthday
Orientation (tells
What happened
To Whom
* Where and when
Resolution:
(how the problem is solved)
Complication:
Problem face by character
Resolution:
(how the problem is solved)
Complication:
Problem face by character
Resolution:
(how the problem is solved)
Complication:
Problem face by character

Resolution:
(how the problem is solved)

One Saturday night, I went to really early because the

next day was my birthday. But that night I couldn't get to
sleep so I decided to go downstairs and have a hot 'Milo'.
Just when I was about to get out of bed I heard
something banging on the window. I slowly walked to the
window and opened the curtains. I looked outside and
there staring at me was a hairy monster with wings. He
was huge.
I opened the window. The monster put his nose down. I
think he wanted me to climb on him. So carefully I
climbed up. He made this grunting noise and flew away.
My heart was pounding really fast. I closed my eyes.
Finally we stopped. I opened my eyes and looked
around. There were all these monsters the same as the
monster I was on. I jumped off the monster I was on and
walked around. Suddenly all the monsters started
together around me. Then they started singing. They
voices were horrible. I blocked my ears and closed my
eyes.
I decided to open my eyes. I was lying in bed with Mom
and Dad singing Happy Birthday

Re-orientation:
Ends the story with a personal
comment
Adapted from: http://english.unitechnology.ac.nz
Answer the questions based on the text above.
1. Who are the characters of the story?
_______________________________________________________
2. When did the story happen?
_______________________________________________________
3. What is the story about?
_______________________________________________________
4. Where did this story take place?
_______________________________________________________
5. How many complications did you find in the story?
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Activity 24
Narrative Checklist
After you have finished, read the checklist below. Put a tick (V) at the end of each line if you can
answer yes to that question. This will edit your work.
No

Statement

1. To write an orientation, complication, and resolution in the right order?

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2. To write in the past tense?

3. To use verbs showing how the characters moved, spoke, thought, and felt?
4. To use adjectives and adverbs in your descriptions?
5. To use quotation marks if someone is speaking?
6. To think of other words for "said?"
7. To write in sentences and paragraphs using correct punctuation?
8. To check your spelling?

C. JOINT CONSTRUCTION OF THE TEXT

Activity 25
Read the following text
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
Once upon a time, there was a girl named Beauty. She lived with her father and her sisters
in a small village. She was a beautiful girl. She was also hard working.
One day her father set out for the city and saw an old castle with beautiful roses in it. He picked
them, but suddenly an angry beast appeared. He wanted to kill him unless Beauty brought to him.
Then Beauty's father went home and told what happened to his daughters. The daughters
ordered Beauty to see The Beast.
Beauty went to see The Beast and had to stay at the castle. She felt scared, lonely and sad,
but The Beast treated her well. It caused her began to like him.
One day Beauty could see that her father was sick from The Beast's magic mirror. The Beast
allowed her to go home to see her father. Her father was happy to see her beloved daughter.
One day Beauty had a dream. A fairly told her that The Beast was seriously sick. Beauty
hurried back to the castle and saw that The Beast was dying. She began to cry. Tears fell in to The
Beast. Suddenly The Beast changed in to a handsome Prince.
Finally Beauty and The Beast got married and lived happily every after.
Questions:
1. Find the character of the story!
___________________________________
2. What problem is by the beauty?
___________________________________
3. What did really she do about this problem?
___________________________________
4. What can you learn from the story?
___________________________________
5. How did the story end?
___________________________________
Activity 26
Read the following text.
The Lost Caterpillar
Seven worms were walking happily. Their mother was leading them. They have just
had their breakfast on a big tree near a river.
"Come on,Children. Let's go home," Mama Wormsaid.
Suddenly, a cricket said, "You last child is ugly." "Ugly?" Asked Mama Worm. Then
she looked at the child. She was not the same as her other children. "Hey, ugly!" She
said, "You were not my child. "Go away!"
The little brown worm walked away. She was very sad. When she was near a lake,
she looked into the water.
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"Oh, How ugly 1 am," She cried.

"You are not ugly," said a voice. "Oh, I find you my child." Then worm looked
around. There was a beautiful big a caterpillar an her children. They are looked the
same as she.
"They may call you ugly?" Said Mother Caterpillar. "Said Mother Caterpillar. "But
you are the most beautiful child in the world. One day, you will turn into a beautiful
butterfly."
Taken from: fun Plus Ol
Questions:
1. Who involved in the story?
___________________________________
2. What problem faced by the little brow worm?
____________________________________
3. Why did Mama Worm ask her to go away?
___________________________________
4. Who was really the little brown worm?
_______________________________
5. How did the story end?
_______________________________
Activity 27
Reread the text (Activity 1 and 2) and complete the following table.
Story

Story 1

Story 2

Title
Orientation
Complication
Resolution

D. INDEPENDENT CONSTRUCTION OF THE TEXT

Activity 28
Writing a Narrative Text Individually
You could imagine you were having a frightening experience staying overnight in a haunted
house with some friends, or you lost your way and had to spend a night in a graveyard.
Or you may choose a narrative of your own. Use the Narrative Planner above and the Checklist
so that your narrative text will be a good and interesting one. You may peer-edit with your classmates if you like.

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EXERCISE 1
Choose the correct answer
Text 1 (No. 1 6)
The Fly and the Bull
There is once a little fly that thought he was very important. On sunny morning, he flew
around looking for someone to talk to. He saw a bull grassing in the field. He decided to fly
down to talk to him.
The little fly flew down and buzzed around the bulls head. The bull did not bother with him.
He went on chewing grass. The fly then buzzed right inside the bulls ear. The bull continued
chewing grass.
Now the fly decided to land on one of the bulls horns to make the bull notice him. He
waited for the bull to say something, but the bull kept quiet.
The fly then shouted angrily, Oh bull, if you find that I am to heavy for you, let me know
and I will fly away!
The bull laughed and said, Little fly, I dont care if you stay or leave. Youre so tiny that
your weight does not make any difference to me, so please be quiet and leave me alone.
1. The above text is a
A. legend
D. fable
B. b. myth
E. mystery
C. fairy story
2. When did the story happen?
A. in the afternoon
B. in the morning
C. in the evening
D. at night
E. on cloudy day
3. Who are the participants of the story?
A. the little fly and the bull
B. the little fly
C. the bull
D. the fly and someone
E. the bull and someone

4. How many complications are found in

the story?
A. one
D. four
B. two
E. five
C. three
5. What is the first complication?
A. The bull continued chewing grass.
B. The fly decided to land on one of
the bulls horns.
C. The fly then shouted angrily.
D. The bull asked the fly to leave him
alone.
E. The fly left the bull.
6. Which paragraph are the resolutions?
A. 1 and 3
d. 3 and 5
B. 2 and 4
e. 2 and 3
C. 3 and 5

Text 2 (No. 7 11)

Once upon a time there was a prince who wanted to marry a princess; but she would
have to be a real princess. He traveled all over the world to find one, but nowhere could he
get what he wanted. There were princesses enough, but it was difficult to find out whether
they were real ones. There was always something about them that was not as it should be.
So he came home again and was sad, for he would have liked very much to have a real
princess.
One evening a terrible storm came on; there was thunder and lightning, and the rain
poured down in torrents. Suddenly a knocking was heard at the city gate, and the old king
went to open it.
It was a princess standing out there in front of the gate. But, good gracious! What a sight
the rain and the wind had made her look. The water ran down from her hair and clothes; it
ran down into the toes of her shoes and out again at the heels. And yet she said that she
was a real princess.
Well, well soon find that out, thought the old queen. But she said nothing, went into
the bed-room, took all the bedding off the bedstead, and laid a pea on the bottom; then she
took twenty mattresses and laid them on the pea, and then twenty eider-down beds on top
of the mattresses.
On this the princess had to lie all night. In the morning she was asked how she had
slept.
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Oh, very badly! said she. I have scarcely closed my eyes all night. Heaven only knows
what was in the bed, but I was lying on something hard, so that I am black and blue all over
my body. Its horrible!
Now they knew that she was a real princess because she had felt the pea right through
the twenty mattresses and the twenty eider-down beds.
Nobody but a real princess could be as sensitive as that.
So the prince took her for his wife, for now he knew that he had a real princess; and the
pea was put in the museum, where it may still be seen, if no one has stolen it.
There, that is a true story.
7. What way did the old king use to know
that someone is the real princess?
A. By laying the prince on the twenty
mattresses.
B. By laying the pea on the mattresses.
C. By asking the prince to meet the
princess.
D. By running down the water from the
hair to her toes.
E. By laying the pea under the
mattresses.
8. What happened when the princess got
up in the morning?
A. She felt pain on her body.
B. She felt fresh and enthusiastic.
C. She felt peace because she had slept
all night.
D. She felt ashamed to the old king.
E. She felt happy meeting the prince.
9. Why was the pea put in the museum?
A. Because the pea is very valuable.
B. Because the pea is unique.

C. Because the pea is very beautiful.

D. Because the pea is fragrant.
E. Because the pea is only one in the
world.
10. I have scarcely closed my eyes all
night.
Which one has the same meaning with
the underlined word?
A. Easily
B. Interestingly
C. Hardly
D. Bravely
E. Fearfully
11. The organizations of the text above are

A. Orientation, Events, Reorientation

B. Goal, Materials, Steps
C. General
statement,
Explanations,
Closing
D. Orientation, Complication, Resolution
E. Abstract, orientation, crisis, reaction,
coda

Text 3 (No. 12 16)

SOUL MATES
I felt a thrill in my heart. I looked at him as he mouthed the words After school. I
smiled and nodded.
There was something mysterious about Alfred that fascinated me. He was very good
in all his studies and excellent in sports. Yet, no one knew anything about him. His
nickname was Alien. Some of the girls passed the word about that he had come from
another planet. No one knew where he lived, or who his parents were, or even what he
did after school. When asked he always said something funny and changed the subject.
Somehow I had become drawn to him and we had become the best of friends. This was a
breakthrough for him as he was generally shy with girls. I had been pestering him for days
about his background. As his best friend I believed I had a right to know. Earlier that day,
during recess, I had told him that our friendship was over unless he came clean about
everything. I was vindicated; he was going to tell me all.
When I met him after school, he jerked his head to indicate that I should follow him.
He walked very fast and I hurried after him. He was silent as we waited at the bus stop. I
touched his arm to tell him that I was there. That made him start, as apparently his mind
was far away. We took the bus to its terminus at Tampines and got off. I wondered why he
lived so far from school and why he did not go to a school nearby. As he was so quiet, I
decided not to interrupt his thoughts again and waited for him to tell me. Anyway, I was
sure the mystery would be solved that day.
I walked with him as he walked through the blocks. I thought he was taking me to his
apartment. Then he stopped in front of a temple. I was stunned. He led the way and I
followed. I climbed the stairs till the top floor. He pointed to a nun sitting in deep
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meditation. Suddenly I realized where I was. I was at an orphanage. I heard sobbing and
turned to see Alfred in tears. Just then the nun opened her eyes and got up to hug him.
She looked over his shoulders at me and to the question in my eyes replied in a barely
audible whisper, Both his parents died in an air crash when he~as three, Alfred sobbed
and sobbed and sobbed. I felt miserable and empty within.
Later when we were seated in the lounge drinking tea, I reached out and put my arms
around him. He looked long and deep into my eyes. I realized that he felt about me the
same way I felt about him. I felt a forward and kissed him gently. You are not an orphan
anymore, I whispered, I wilt be everything father, mother, sister, brother and girlfriend
- to you,
That was the end of our friendship and the beginning of a lifelong romance.
12. What do you think of the topic of the
text?
A. The suffer life of Alfred.
B. Alfreds house.
C. Alfreds true love.
D. Alfred is a strange boy.
E. Alfred is an orphan.
13. By writing this text, the writer wants to

A. explain Alfreds problem.

B. tell the story of Albert.
C. discuss Alberts problem.
D. inform the love between Albert and his
girlfriend.
E. give information of a newsworthy
event.

14. Nodded in line one refers to

A. the mouth activity.
B. the eyes activity.
C. the hands activity.
D. the head activity.
E. The brain activity.
15. How is the ending of the story?
A. Confusing
B. Touching
C. Sorrowful
D. Anxious
E. Brave
16. Which one is not true based on the text?
A. They took the bus together.
B. The writer is a strange student.
C. No one knew about Alfreds house.
D. The alien student is an orphan.
E. Alfred lived with nun.

Not Relatiod to text

17. The hunter two tigers in Sumatra
last month.
A. shoot
B. shot
C. was shot
D. shooting
E. shooted
18. X : Where you waste your rubbish
yesterday?
Y : Into the river.
A. is
B. are
C. do
D. does
E. did

19. The words below belong to Narrative

text, EXCEPT
A. Resolution
B. Orientation
C. Complication
D. Re-orientation
E. Explanation
20. Sue : You taught me new thing. Thank
you for your kindness.
Sie : ...
A. Thank you.
B. Of course.
C. Its my pleasure.
D. Congratulation.
E. Im sorry to say that.

Essay
Complete the sentences with the appropriate form.
21. Your friends you to borrow their bike. (forbid)
22. What did Mr. Jayus to you? (say)
Change the sentences using Direct-Indirect form.
23. The officer said, Dont bring the animal in!

24. My uncle told whether his son presents or absents.

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