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Soal Teks Narrative Legend 8
Once upon a time, there was an old woman who lived in a very old hut near a forest with her only daughter. The daughter’s name is Misna. She is
beautiful but she had envious heart. One day she saw girl of her age passing by her hut. The girl was joining her father hunting. She dressed in beautiful
cloth. His father’s assistants respected her. Misna could not sleep when she was remembering this. She was very angry with her condition. She hated
her hopeless mother.
In the morning she shouted at her mother. She wanted her mother to buy the most beautiful gown in the markets for her. Of course , her mother could
not afford it. Then she cried and cried. She did not want to eat anything. Her mother was very sad. She decided to sell a piece of land, the only valuable
thing that she had. She bought her beloved daughter a very beautiful dress. Misna admired herself. She wanted to show everybody that she was a very
beautiful girl. She asked her mother to bring her to another village. Along the way, she smiled to everyone. People in the village thought that she was a
princess. They gave her a high respect and invited her to have meal in their house. Misna enjoyed this and told everybody that she was princess and
mother was maid. Her mother was very sad but she kept her felling deep in the heart.
On the way home Misna met a handsome prince. He was interested in her and wanted to marry her. Misna told the prince that her mother had died and
father went married to another woman. She was having a long trip with her loyal maid. Listening to this, her mother was very upset. She cried loudly
Misna was very angry to her and told her to be away from her. Suddenly there was a heavy rain accompanied with big thunders. Everyone runaway to
save themselves. Misna was very afraid. She cried. Her mother wanted to help her but she did not want to at that time a big thunder hit her to dead.

1. She is beautiful but she had envious heart.” What is the synonym of c. By robbed a bank
the word “envious”? d. From her salary
a. Ambiguous e. By selling the only land she had
b. Jealous 4. What made her mother cried aloud?
c. Fierce a. She told everyone that she was her maid
d. Festive b. She told the prince that her mother had died
e. Humble c. She told the prince that she was her maid
2. When did she ask her mother a beautiful dress? d. She wanted her mother to buy the most beautiful gown
a. After she saw another girl with beautiful dress e. She was joining her father hunting for a long time
b. On the way home she met a handsome prince 5. What happened at last?
c. After her mother sold a piece of her land a. Misna got married to a prince
d. When a heavy rain and big thunders came b. Misna was wet in rain
e. Since the villagers invited her to have meal in their house c. Her mother bought her the most beautiful gown
3. How could her mother buy her a beautiful dress? d. A thunder hit Misna to dead
a. From her saving e. She had meal in villager’s house
b. By asking her relative some money

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Soal Teks Narrative Legend 9

In the Kingdom of Medang Kamulan, in Java, came a young when man, by the name of Aji Saka to fight Dewatacengkar, the cruel King of The Country
who had a habit to eat human flesh of his own people. Aji Saka himself he came from Bumi Majeti. One day he told his two servants, by the name of
Dara and Sembodo, that he was going to java. He told them that while he was away, both of them have to guards his Heirloom/ Pusoko. No one except
Aji Saka himself not a allowed to take the Pusoko. In the big battle, Aji Saka could successfully push Dewata Cengkar to fall to the South Sea. Dewata
Cengkar did not die, he became a Bajul Putih (White Crocodile). Aji Saka became a ruler of Medangkamulan.
Meanwhile a woman of the village of Dadapan, found an egg. She put the egg in her Lumbung (Rice Barn). After a certain period , the egg vanished,
instead a snake found in the rice barn. The villagers would like to kill the snake, but the snake said: “I’m the son Aji Saka, bring me to him”. Aji Saka told
the snake, that he would be recognized as his son, if he could kill the Bajul Putih in the South Sea. After a long stormy battle which both sides
demonstrating physical strength and showing skillfull ability of fighting, the snake could kill Bajul Putih. As had been promised the snake was recognized
as Aji Saka’s son and he was given a name Jaka Linglung (a stupid boy).
In the palace Jaka Linglung greedily ate domestic pets of the palace. He was punished by the King, expelling him to live in the Jungle of Pesanga. he was
tightly roped until he could not move his head. He was instructed only to eat things which fall to his mouth.
One day, a group of 9 (nine) village boys were playing around in that Jungle. Suddenly it was raining heavily. They had to find a shelter, luckily there was
a cave. Only 8 (eight) boys went inside the cave, the other one who was suffering from very bad skin disease, sting and dirty, he had to stay out of the
cave. All of a sudden, the cave was falling apart. The 8 (eight) boys vanished, only the one who stayed outside was safe. The cave in fact was the mouth
of Jaka Linglung.

6. Who was Dewatacengkar? d. Bumi Majeti

a. a young wise man e. Dadapan Village
b. The cruel king 9. Who was Jaka Linglung?
c. White crocodile a. A greedy pet belong to Aji Saka
d. Bajul Putih b. The cruel king
e. Jaka linglung c. A stupid boy
7. Where did the woman put the egg? d. The snake was recognized as Dewaracengkar’s son
a. In a rice barn e. The snake was recognized as Aji Saka’s son
b. In the south sea 10. Why did the king punish Jaka linglung to live in the jungle of
c. In the palace Pesanga? because ...
d. In the jungle of pasanga a. Jaka linglung greedily ate human flesh of the village
e. Inside the cave b. Jaka linglung greedily ate domestic pets of the palace
8. Where did Aji Saka come from? c. Jaka linglung put the egg in the rice born
a. Medang Kamulan d. Jaka linglung could kill Bajul Putih
b. South Sea e. Jaka linglung pushed Dewata Cengkor to fall to the Sout sea
c. Jungle of Pesanga

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Soal Teks Narrative Legend 10

Once upon a time there was a prince, he wanted to get himself a princess, but she had to be real princess. So, he traveled all over the world to find one,
but in every case, something was the matter. There were lots of princess, but he could never quite make out whether they were real or not. So, he came
home feeling very unhappy, for really wanted to find a true princess.
One evening a terrible storm came; lightening flashed, thunder rolled, and the rain poured down in torrents-it was simply awful! suddenly there was a
knock at the city gate, and the old king went out to answer it. There was a princess standing outside, but what a sight the rain and the bad weather had
made of her! The water streamed down her hair and her clothes, and yet she said she was a real princess. “It won’t take long to find that out,” thought
the old Queen. Without saying anything, she went into bed chamber, took off all the bedclothes, and places one pea on the bottom boards of the bed.
Then she took twenty mattresses and put them on top of the pea, and after that she put twenty feather-pillows on top of the mattresses. That was
where the princess was to spend the night.
In the morning they asked her how she had slept. “Oh, dreadfully! said the princess. “I hardly slept a wink all night. Whatever could have been in the
bed? I was lying on something so hard that I’m black and blue all over.” So, of course they could see that she was a real princess, since she had felt the
pea through twenty mattresses and twenty feather-pillows. No one but a real princess could have such a tender skin as that. So, the prince took her for
his wife, and they lived happily ever after.

11. What kind of the text is it? d. To amuse the reader with the story of the princess and the pea
a. Report e. To describe how the princess could feel the pea on the bottom
b. Recount boards of the bed
c. Narrative 14. What is the dominant structure used in the text?
d. Descriptive a. The simple present tense
e. News item b. The simple past tense
12. The generic structure of the text is ... c. The present continuous tense
a. Orientation – Complication – Resolution – Re-Orientation d. Passive voice
b. Orientation – Events – Reorientation e. Imperative
c. General Classification – Description 15. No one but a real princess could have such a tender skin as that.
d. Identification – Description The SYNONYM of ‘tender’ is …
e. Newsworthy Events – Background Events – Sources a. Hard
13. What is the purpose of the text? b. Light
a. To inform about princess and the pea c. Weak
b. To describe the story of the princess and the pea d. Strong
c. To give information that the prince looked for the real princess e. Soft

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Soal Teks Narrative Legend 11

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 lad 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 pan 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 tail woman on the doorstep. Jack greeted her and asked for the giantess mercy to give him breakfast,
because he fell 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.

16. What is the story about 19. What do learn from the text?
a. Jack and a butcher a. Jack’s mother was a furious mother
b. Jack and the giantess b. Poverty makes people hopeless
c. A poor widow and his son c. The giantess pity on jack
d. Jack and the bean stalk d. Jack was innocent boy
e. The giantess and her husband e. Sincerity makes jack get something precious
17. “Oh! It’s my husband!” cried the giantess” (paragraph 3). From the
sentence we know that the giantess is ... her husband
a. Afraid of
b. Angry with
c. Fed up with
d. Annoyed with
e. Displeased with
18. Jack’s mother looked very furious when jack told that…
a. The beans were precious
b. The butcher bought his cow
c. He traded his cow for the beans
d. He had sold his cow to a butcher
e. He met a butcher on the way to the market

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