Contoh Teks Naratif & Soal

JACK AND THE BEANSTALK

Once upon a time there was a poor widow who had an only son named Jack. They were so poor that they didn’t have anything except a cow. When the cow had grown too old, his mother sent Jack to the market to sell it. On the way to the market, Jack met a butcher who had some beautiful beans in his hand. The butcher told the boy that the beans were of great value and persuaded the silly fad to sell the cow for the beans.

Jack brought them happily. When he told his mother about this, his mother became so angry that she threw the beans out of the window.

When Jack woke up in the morning, he felt the sun shining into a part of his room but all the rest was quite dark and shady.

So he jumped to the window. What did he see? The beanstalk grew up quite close past Jack’s window. He opened the window and jumped to the beanstalk which ran up just like a big ladder.

He climbed … and climbed till at last he reached the sky. While looking around, he saw a very huge castle. He was very amazed.

Then Jack walked along the path leading to the castle. There was a big tall woman on the doorstep. Jack greeted her and asked for the giantess mercy to give him breakfast, because he felt very hungry. Although the giantess grumbled at first, finally she gave Jack a hunk of bread and cheese and a jug of milk.

Jack hadn’t finished when the whole house, began to tremble with the noise of someone’s coming. “Oh! It’s my husband!” cried the giantess. “What on earth shall I do?”

Hastily the giantess opened a very big cupboard and hid Jack there.

Question

1.      What type of the text?

2.      What is the begining of the text above?

3.      What is the mother’s  Jack ordered?

4.      Where is the Jack told his mother?

5.      When the Jack into apart?

6.      What is the Jack see?

7.      Why the Jack greeted her and asked for the giantess mercy to give him breakfast?

8.      How the end of the story?

9.      What happened after the Jack greeted her and asked for the giantess mercy to give him breakfast?

10.  What is the Jack saw while he reach the sky?

ANSWER :

1.      Narrative text.

2.      Once upon a time there was a poor widow who had an only son named Jack. They were so poor that they didn’t have anything except a cow

3.      his mother sent Jack to the market to sell it.

4.      On the way to the market. When he told his mother about this, his mother became so angry that she threw the beans out of the window

5.      he felt the sun shining into a part of his room but all the rest was quite dark and shady.

6.      He see he beanstalk grew up quite close past Jack’s window.

7.      because he felt very hungry.

8.      Hastily the giantess opened a very big cupboard and hid Jack there.

9.      Although the giantess grumbled at first, finally she gave Jack a hunk of bread and cheese and a jug of milk.

10.  While looking around, he saw a very huge castle. He was very amazed.

"THE STORY OF TOBA LAKE"

Once upon a time, there was a man who was living in north Sumatra. He lived in a simple hut in a farming field. He did some gardening and fishing for his daily life.

One day, while the man was do fishing, he caught a big golden fish in his trap. It was the biggest catch which he ever had in his life. Surprisingly, this fish turned into a beautiful princess. He felt in love with her and proposed her to be his wife. She said; "Yes, but you have to promise not to tell anyone about the secret that I was once a fish, otherwise there will be a huge disaster". The man made the deal and they got married, lived happily and had a daughter.

Few years later, his daughter would help bringing lunch to her father out in the fields. One day, his daughter was so hungry and she ate his father’s lunch. Unfortunately, he found out and got furious, and shouted; “You damned daughter of a fish”. The daughter ran home and asked her mother. The mother started crying, felt sad that her husband had broken his promise.

Then she told her daughter to run up the hills because a huge disaster was about to come. When her daughter left, she prayed. Soon there was a big earthquake followed by non-stop pouring rain. The whole area got flooded and became Toba Lake. She turned into a fish again and the man became the island of Samosir.

Based on the Text above, please choose the best answer by giving the cross mark in the letter T if the statement is true and the letter F is the statement is false.

1.      T – F  The golden fish turned into a beautiful woman.

2.      T – F  The man and his wife lived happily forever.

3.      T – F  The man had broken his promise.

4.      T – F  His daughter turned into a fish.

Based on the Text above, please answer the questions by choosing and giving the cross mark to the best answer according to you. (for questions number 5 - 8)

5.      What is the complication in paragraph 3?

6.      Finally, what did happen to the man?

7.      What can we learn from the text above?

8.      What is the best title of the text above?

Based on the Text above, please answer the questions below! (for questions number 9-11)

9.      What is the resolution of the second paragraph? (Point 4)

10.  Why did the mother feel sad and start crying? (Point 4)

Answers Key

1.      True

2.      False

3.      True

4.      False

5.      His daughter was so hungry and she ate his father’s lunch.

6.      He turned into an island

7.      We must not break our promise

8.      The story of Toba Lake

9.      The man made the deal and they got married, lived happily and had a daughter.

10.  The mother felt sad and started crying because her husband had broken his promise.

The Story of the Smart Parrot

A man in Puerto Rico had a wonderful parrot. There was no another parrot like it.

It was very, very smart. This parrot would say any word-except one. He would not say the name of the town where he was born. The name of the town was Catano.

The man tried to teach the parrot to say Catano. But the bird would not say the word. At first the man was very nice, but then he got angry. “You are a stupid bird! Why can’t you say the word? Sat Catano, or I will kill you!” but the parrot would not say it. Then the man got to so angry that the shouted over and over, “Say Catano, or I’ll kill you!” but the bird would not talk.

One day after trying for many hours to make the bird say Catano, the man got very angry. He picked up the bird and threw him into the chicken house. “You are more stupid than the chickens. Soon I will eat them, and I will eat you, too.”

In the chicken house there are four old chickens. They were for Sunday’s dinner. The man put the parrot in the chicken house and left.

The next day the man came back to the chicken house. He opened the door and stopped. He was very surprised at what he saw!

He saw three dead chickens on the floor. The parrot was screaming at the fourth chicken, “Say Catano, or I’ll kill you!

Question

1.      Where does the story take place?

2.      What is the word that the parrot cannot say?

3.      How often did the owner teach the bird how to say the word?

4.      .Which statement is true according to the text?

5.      What does the man do to the bird because the bird cannot say the name of a place.

6.      It is most likely that ….

7.      What is the story about?

8.      “It was very, very smart”. The underlined word refers to ….

9.      “The parrot was very, very smart”

10.  “The parrot was screaming at the fourth chickens”. What does the underlined word mean?

Answer

1.      Puerto Rico 

2.      Catano

3.      Many times

4.      At last the parrot could say Catano

5.      The man taught the bird.

6.      The bird killed the three chickens.

7.      A parrot and the owner

8.      The bird

9.      Clever 

10.  Shouting