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

A DESCRIPTIVE TEXT (Exercises)

A. READING

Read the text carefully.

This is Mr. Hadi’s house. It has a living room, a dining room, two bedrooms, a bathroom, a kitchen, and a garage. There are six chairs and a dining table in the dining room. The dining room is between the living room and the kitchen. There are four armchairs, a table, a room divider, a sofa and a TV set in the living room. In each bedroom you can find a wardrobe and a bed. There is a bucket in the bathroom. In the kitchen there are many kitchen utensils. And Mr. Hadi’s car is in the garage.

Choose the correct answer based on the text.
1. Mr. Hadi has ….
a. a garden
b. a storage
c. a park

d. a house

2. How many rooms does Mr. Hadi have?
a. 4 rooms
b. 5 rooms

c. 6 rooms

d. 7 rooms

3. Where is the kitchen located?
a. behind the bathroom

b. in front of the garage

c. beside the dining room

d. between the dining room and the living room

4. These what Mr. Hadi has in the living room, except ….
a. a sofa
b. a table

c. a wardrobe

d. armchais

5. How many beds does Mr. Hadi have?
a. one
b. two

c. three

d. four

6. What is the suitable title of the text?
a. Mr. Hadi’s house
b. Mr. Hadi’s rooms

c. Mr. Hadi's garage

d. Mr. Hadi's dining room

7. Mr. Hadi usually takes a nap in the ….
a. living room
b. bedroom

c. bathroom

d. dining room

8. “It has a living room ….”
What does the word “It” refer to?
a. Mr. Hadi’ car
b. Mr. Hadi’ garage

c. Mr. Hadi's garden

d. Mr. Hadi's house

9. Here are the kitchen utensils except ….
a. a stove
b. a grater

c. a frying pan

d. a toothbrush

10. Mr. Hadi likes to sit on the …. Because it is soft.
a. a mat
b. a sofa

c. a table

d. a cupboard

B. WRITING

Arrange the jumble sentences into a good composition

* Mother cooks some food in the kitchen everyday.
* This is my mother’s kitchen.
* Mother puts the stove on the corner.
* It is a small kitchen, but there are many kitchen utensils there.
* There is a frying pan on the stove. It is full of oil.
* There are cups, plates and saucer in it. There is also a table beside the cupboard.
* There is also a cupboard next to the window’s kitchen.
* There are some cakes and two glasses of milk on the table.

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