Narrative Text

Aladdin and the Magic Lamp

Once upon a time, there lived a handsome boy in Baghdad. The name was Aladdin. He
was a clever boy, but he did not like to work.
One day Aladins mother sent him to the market place to look for a job. In the market he
met a magician. The magician asked him to work together with him. If Aladdin could do, he
would get a lot of gold coins and jewellery. The magician asked Aladdin to go inside the cave
and find a magical lamp there. He also gave a ring and said, If you are in any trouble, rub this
ring and a genie will come to your rescue!
Aladdin went into the cave. Inside the cave, Aladdin was surprised by what he saw. Every
corner was full of gold and treasures. A few minutes later, he found the lamp and quickly
returned to the entrance of the cave. Aladdin called out, Magician, I have found the lamp.
Excellent, answered the magician. Quick, pass it to me!
Aladdin did not trust the magician so he said, Not so fast Magician. You must help me
out of this cave first.
The magician became very angry. When Aladdin was walking to the entrance, the
magician pushed a huge rock over the entrance of the cave and left Aladdin and the lamp behind.
Aladdin tried to move the rock all by himself, but it was too big and heavy, Oh no! I am trapped
in the cave! he cried.
Suddenly, he remembered the magic ring. He rubbed it with the palm of his hand. To his
surprise, a genie appeared before him and in a powerful voice said, Master, I am the Genie of
the ring. How can I help you?
Aladdin was frightened, but he soon found the courage to ask, Could you please send
me back to my house? In no time at all Aladdin was back home.
Aladdin took out the lamp. He wondered what would happen if he rubbed it. As Aladdin
was rubbing it, all of a sudden another enormous genie stood before him. The genie of the lamp
said, Master, your wish is my command. Aladdin was very excited and wished for an
enormous palace and bags full of gold.
One day, a beautiful princess was passing by Aladdins palace. She stopped to talk to
Aladdin and soon they became good friends. Before long, Aladdin and Jasmine fell in love each
other. She married Aladdin and lived happily.
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Question.
What is the type of the text?
What is the text about?
What is the purpose of the text?
What kind of generic structure will you find in the text ?
What is the main idea of paragraph 2 ?
What's in the magic lamp aladin ask?
What is given by the magician in aladin?

8. " He wondered what would happen if he rubbed it. "(paragraph 8). What does the underlined
word refer to ?
9. "The name was Aladdin. He was a clever boy, but he did not like to work". What is the similar
meaning of the word "like"?
10. Who favored aladin?
Answer
1. Narrative Text
2. Aladdin and the Magic Lamp
3. To amuse or entertain the reader about Aladdin.
4. Orientation complication resolution.
5. The magician asked aladin to work together with him.
6. Aladin asked for a large palace and a bag full of gold.
7. He gave her a ring and if the ring is rubbed the genie aladin come to the rescue.
8. The lamp.
9. "like" = love, favor off,keen on.
10. Jasmine

Story of Rabbit and Bear

Once upon a time, there lived as neighbours, a bear and a rabbit. The rabbit is a
good shot. In contrary, the bear is always clumsy ad could not use the arrow to
good advantage.
One day, the bear called over the rabbit and asked the rabbit to take his bow and
arrows and came with bear to the other side of the hill. The rabbit was fearing to
arouse the bear's anger so he could not refuse it. He consented and went with the
bear and shot enough buffalo to satisfy the hungry family. Indeed he shot and killed
so many that there was lots of meat left after the bear and his family had loaded
themselves and packed all they could carry home.
The bear was very gluttonous and did not want the rabbit to get any of the meat. Th
e rabbit could not even taste the blood from the butchering as the bear would throw
earth on the blood and dry it up. The poor rabbit would have to go home hungry
after his hard day's work.
The bear was the father of five children. The youngest child was very kind to the
rabbit. He was very hearty eater. The mother bear always gave him an extra large
piece of meat but the youngest child did not eat it. He would take it outside with
him and pretended to play ball with the meat. He kicked toward the rabbit's house
and when he got close to the door he would give the meat with such a great kick.
The meat would fly into the rabbit's house. In this way, the poor rabbit would get his
meal unknown to the papa bear.

Answer the questions.

1. What title of the text ?
Answer : Story of Rabbit and Bear
2. What was ordered when the bear called over the rabbit and asked the rabbit ?
Answer : the bear called over the rabbit and asked the rabbit to take his bow and
arrows and came with bear to the other side of the hill.
3. How responses rabbit ?
Answer : The rabbit was fearing to arouse the bear's anger so he could not refuse it.
4. How many children bear ?
Answer : The bear have five children.
5. who was very kind to the rabbit ?
Answer : The youngest child was very kind to the rabbit

Narrative Text & questions

One day while a mousedeer was walking in the forest, he saw a big black snake sleeping under the tree. When he
saw the snake, the mousedeer was frightened. When he wanted to run away from the snake, he suddenly fell on top
of a tiger which was sleeping not far from the snake. The tiger woke up and took of the mousedeer. He told the
mousedeer that he was going to eat him for lunch. Please dont eat me now, said the mousedeer. I have something
important to do.
Look, said the mousedeer. That is the kings belt. He asked me to stay here and watch it while he was
away in the forest. The tiger looked at the snake and said, That is a beautiful belt. I need a belt like that. Can I wear
it? He asked the mousedeer.
Oh all right, said the mousedeer. So he picked up the snake and winded it around the tiger. Then the
snake woke up and saw the tiger. The snake twisted itself tighter until the tiger couldnt breathe. The tiger asked the
mousedeer to help him. But the mousedeer turned and ran away into the forest.
1.
What kind of text is in the story above?
A.
B.

Narrative Text
Recount Text

C. Report Text.
D. Descriptive Text

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Where was the tiger sleeping?

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B.
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In the middle of the forest.

Next to the mousedeers house.
Next the black snake sleeping under the tree.

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Far away from the place where the mousedeer fell.

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Why did the mousedeer trick the tiger by saying that the snake was a kings belt.

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The mousedeer liked to trick other animals.

The mousedeer was a clever animal.
The tiger wanted to eat him.
The tiger wanted to wear it.

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After reading this story, we can learn that

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We have to behave like the mousedeer.

We have to find a way to save ourselves from danger.
Sleeping black snake was a dangerous animal.
We have to be careful with the mousedeers.

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What is the communicative purpose of this text?

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B.
C.

To inform the readers about activities happened in the past.

To describe something in general.
To give information about the mousedeer.

D. To entertain the readers.

Jack and the Beanstalk

Once upon a time there lived a poor widow and her son Jack. One day, Jacks
mother told him to sell their only cow. Jack went to the market and on the way he
met a man who wanted to buy his cow. Jack asked, What will you give me in return
for my cow? The man answered, I will give you five magic beans! Jack took the
magic beans and gave the man the cow. But when he reached home, Jacks mother
was very angry. She said, You fool! He took away your cow and gave you some
beans! She threw the beans out of the window. Jack was very sad and went to
sleep without dinner.
The next day, when Jack woke up in the morning and looked out of the
window, he saw that a huge beanstalk had grown from his magic beans! He climbed
up the beanstalk and reached a kingdom in the sky. There lived a giant and his wife.
Jack went inside the house and found the giants wife in the kitchen. Jack said,

Could you please give me something to eat? I am so hungry! The kind wife gave
him bread and some milk.
While he was eating, the giant came home. The giant was very big and
looked very fearsome. Jack was terrified and went and hid inside. The giant cried,
Fee-fifo-fum, I smell the blood of an Englishman. Be he alive, or be he dead, Ill
grind his bones to make my bread! The wife said, There is no boy in here! So, the
giant ate his food and then went to his room. He took out his sacks of gold coins,
counted them and kept them aside. Then he went to sleep. In the night, Jack crept
out of his hiding place, took one sack of gold coins and climbed down the beanstalk.
At home, he gave the coins to his mother. His mother was very happy and they lived
well for sometime.
Climbed the beanstalk and went to the giants house again. Once again, Jack
asked the giants wife for food, but while he was eating the giant returned. Jack
leapt up in fright and went and hid under the bed. The giant cried, Fee-fifo-fum, I
smell the blood of an Englishman. Be he alive, or be he dead, Ill grind his bones to
make my bread! The wife said, There is no boy in here! The giant ate his food
and went to his room. There, he took out a hen. He shouted, Lay! and the hen laid
a golden egg. When the giant fell asleep, Jack took the hen and climbed down the
beanstalk. Jacks mother was very happy with him.
After some days, Jack once again climbed the beanstalk and went to the
giants castle. For the third time, Jack met the giants wife and asked for some food.
Once again, the giants wife gave him bread and milk. But while Jack was eating, the
giant came home. Fee-fi-fo-fum, I smell the blood of an Englishman. Be he alive, or
be he dead, Ill grind his bones to make my bread! cried the giant. Dont be silly!
There is no boy in here! said his wife.
The giant had a magical harp that could play beautiful songs. While the giant
slept, Jack took the harp and was about to leave. Suddenly, the magic harp cried,
Help master! A boy is stealing me! The giant woke up and saw Jack with the harp.
Furious, he ran after Jack. But Jack was too fast for him. He ran down the beanstalk
and reached home. The giant followed him down. Jack quickly ran inside his house
and fetched an axe. He began to chop the beanstalk. The giant fell and died.
Jack and his mother were now very rich and they lived happily ever after.

* THE END *

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Questions:
What type of the text?
Why do Jack and his mother decide to sell the cow?
How many beans does the old man give Jack?
What kind of beans are they?

5) What does Jack's mother do with the beans?

6) What does Jack see the next morning?
7) What is the first thing Jack takes from Ogre?
8) What kind of eggs does the hen lay?
9) How does Jack kill the giant?
10) What happens at the end of the story?
Answers:
1) Narrative Text.
2) Because theyre poor.
3) Five beans.
4) Magic beans.
5) Throws them out the window.
6) A giant beanstalk outside his window.
7) One sack of gold coins.
8) Golden eggs.
9) He chops down the beanstalk with giant on it.
10) Jack and his mother were now very rich and they lived happily ever after.

Narrative Text
My Neighbour

David had been waiting for his mother in front of the school. His mother usually fetched him
from school but today she was not there. David waited for 15 minutes before he walked home by
himself.
When he reached home, he knocked on the door as he did not bring the keys. Surprisingly, no
one answered the door. David knocked again but still no one answered the door. Just as he was
about to go to the nearby coffee shop where his father worked to get the keys, he heard the
friendly voice of his neighbour, John.
David told him that no one was home and John's mother suggested that David stayed in their
house till his mother came back. David and John played happily till evening when David's
mother came back.

David thanked John and his family before he went back into his house. David's mother explained
to David that she had a backache and she had to see a doctor. From this experience, David learnt
an important lesson, "Neighbours are people who help each other."
Taken from: http://www.vtaide.com/png/neighbours.htm Story by Huang YiZhong
Vocabulary List
- fetched = menjemput
- knocked = mengetuk
- friendly = ramah
- backache = sakit punggung
- experience = pengalaman
A. Circle T if the statement is True and F if it is False.
1. Davids father worked in the post office. T F
2. John is Davids neighbour. T F
3. Davids mother went to the market that day. T F
4. David and John played together till the next morning. T F
5. Davids mother had a backache. T F
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Answer the following questions based on the text above.

Where had David been waiting for his mother?
Did Davids mother fetch him after school that day?
How long did David wait for his mother?
Did anybody answer the door when he knocked it?
Who suggested David to wait for his mother in their house?
What did David do in Johns house?
Why didnt Davids mother fetch him that day?
What lesson did David learn that dayhat day?
What lesson did David learn that day