Friday, May 28, 2010

NARRATIVE TEXTS (Exercises)

Complete the following stories with words given.

Story 1:

Long long time ago, in Girah village, there lived an old woman. Her name was Calonarang. She was a very …1…… woman. She had magical power. She had a …2…….. Her name was Ratna Manggali. She was very beautiful.Yet, nobody wanted to …3……. her because they were afraid of he rmother.

People ……4….. to talk about Ratna Manggali. Calonarang did not like people talking about her daughter. She ……5….. her very much. When she heard people talking about her daughter, she got ……6…. She cursed the village. People got ill and …7……..
  • angry - marry

  • began - died

  • powerful - daughter

  • loved


    Story 2 :

    One beautiful morning Kancil ……1……. to fish in a certain river. On the way he met his friend, Swine, who stopped him for a ……2……. When Swine heard that Kancil wanted to go ……3…….., he asked whether he could join him. Kancil did not object,as Swine promised to ……4…… him with the work. The two of them went on together and soon they met Tiger and Elephant. When they heard that Kancil and Swine ……5……. Going to the river, they decided to go along, too. And so the four animals went together to the ……6….. to fish.

  • were * help

  • river * fishing

  • decided * chat


    Story 3:

    Many many years ago, there was a ……1……… in the New Territories. The restaurant ………2…… was a good man. He was always kind and helpful to his customer. His restaurant was very bright and ……3……… But although he and his wife ……4…….. hard day and night, his business was still not very ………5…….
    “Why do so few people come to eat at my restaurant?” he asked one of his friends. “Your ……6……… is not very well cooked,” his friend replied.


  • successful * owner

  • food * worked

  • restaurant * clean



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