Latihan Soal Narative text
Monkey and crocodile
Once upon a time there was a monkey called Ram. He lived on a big mango tree near
the lake. The tree had the sweetest mangoes growing on it. Near the tree lived a crocodile
with hiswife.
The crocodile, called Karo, and Ram become friends. Sometime Ram used to throw
Karo some delicious mangoes for himself and hiswife.
One day, Karo’s wife told him, “The monkey eat such sweet fruit every day, he must be
having the sweetest heart. Get his heart for me, dear husband!”. “I cannot, he is my friend,”
replied Karo, “That means you do not love me,” cried thewife.
So sadly, Karo went to Ram the next day. “Ram, please come to my house, I want you
to meet my wife.” “My friend, how can I come? I live on the land and you in the water,”
answeredRam.
“Don’t worry, my friend, just sit on my back and I shall carry you, “Karo cunningly
offered him. The poor monkey sat jumped on his friend’s backand off they went.
Ram, was having a lot of fun when he saw that Karo was very sad and quiet. The
monkey asked, “Why are you so quiet, my friend?” Karo replied, “Because your life is short.
My wife wants to eat your heart and that is why we‘re going toher.”
Ram was shocked but could not run. He came up with a plan in his mind and sad, ”Why
did you not tell me before? I always leave my heart in the tree when I go out.” “Oh, no!” Cried
Karo, “Now, what can we do?” “Let’s go back and take it,” said the clever monkey.
So the foolish Karo turned around and swam for the mango tree. As soon as Ram could
rich a tree branch, he swung up into the tree to safety. He laughed down at the crocodile,
“How can I be alive without my heart! Go! Tell your greedy wife how foolish youare!”
From that day, Karo didn’t only lose a friend but the delicious mangoes as well.
Answer these questions based on the text!
1. What is the textabout?
a. A big mango tree near thelake
b. A crocodile with hiswife
c. Karo, the foolishmonkey
d. Crocodileheart
e. The clever monkey and the foolishcrocodile
2. How many characters are there in thestory?
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
e. 5
3. Where did the story takeplace?
a. In Karo’shouse
b. On theland
c. In thewater
d. Near a big mangotree
e. On a big mango tree near thelake
4. What is the moral values implied in thestory?
a. Being honest is not alwayswise
b. Being a miser is sometimesimportant
c. All that glitters is notgold
d. To love to means toshare
e. To be greedy is notgood
5. What is the purpose of thetext?
a. to amuse the readers with actual or imaginary experience in differentways
b. to persuade the readers that something is thecase
c. to show how to do something through a set ofsteps
d. to inform the readers about event of the day which is considerednewsworthy
e. to describe the way thingare
6. The generic structure of the text above is…
a. Orientation – resolution –complication
b. Resolution – orientation –complication
c. Complication – resolution–Orientation
d. Orientation – resolution –complication
e. Orientation – complication –resolution
7. “Once upon a time there was a monkey called Ram. He lived on a big mango tree near
the lake. The tree had the sweetest mangoes growing on it. Near the tree lived a
crocodile with hiswife.”
This part of the text is called the …
a. Introduction
b. Orientation
c. Resolution
d. Complication
e. Identification
8. The complication started when…
a. Karo and Ram become afriend
b. Ram laughed down at thecrocodile
c. Ram sat jumped on his friend’s back and off theywent.
d. Ram lived on a big mango tree near thelake
e. Karo’s wife asked her husband to get Ram’s heart forher.
9. The Tense is used in the text is…
a. Simple presenttense
b. Simple pasttense
c. Present continuoustense
d. Past continuoustense
e. Futuretense
10. What solution did Ram for theproblem?
a. Ram eat such sweet fruiteveryday.
b. Ram sat jumped on his friend’sback.
c. Ram met Karo’swife.
d. Ram used to throw Karo some mangoes for himself and hiswife.
e. Ram riched a tree branch, he swung up into the tree tosafety
