N A R R ATIV E TEX T 7. What moral lesson can we learn?

A. Don’t judge too quickly.

Sub ject: English
B. Dogs are dangerous animals.
G rade: 8
C. Always punish lazy pets.
Skill: Reading Comprehension (Narrative Text)
D. Thieves come at night.
Tim e: 45 minutes
Text 3
D irection: Read each text carefully, then choose the best
answer (A, B, C, or D)! One day, a young fisherman caught a small golden fish. The
fish begged him, “Please let me go, and I will grant you a
Text 1 wish.” The fisherman agreed and wished for a new boat. The
Once upon a time, there was a small bird who wanted to next morning, he found a beautiful boat waiting for him by
learn to fly. Every day she watched other birds flying happily the river.
in the sky. One day, she decided to jump from her nest. At 8. Who is the main character in the story?
first, she fell down, but she kept trying. Finally, she flew high A. The golden fish.
above the trees. B. The fisherman.
1. What is the social function of the text? C. The fisherman’s wife.
A. To describe a bird’s daily life. D. The river.
B. To entertain and give a moral lesson. 9. What is the complication?
C. To inform about birds. A. The fish was caught by the fisherman.
D. To explain how to fly. B. The fisherman wished for a boat.
2. What is the complication of the story? C. The fish swam in the river.
A. The bird fell when she tried to fly. D. The fisherman found a boat.
B. The bird watched other birds. 10. What can we learn from the story?
C. The bird flew in the sky. A. Kindness brings good fortune.
D. The bird lived in a nest. B. Always eat your catch.
3. What is the resolution? C. Never trust magical creatures.

A. The bird stopped trying. D. Don’t go fishing alone.

B. The bird flew successfully. Text 4
C. The bird was helped by others.
D. The bird built a new nest. Once, a boy liked to play tricks on villagers. He shouted,
“Wolf! Wolf!” and everyone came running, but there was no
4. What can we learn from the story? wolf. He laughed every time he fooled them. One day, a real
A. Keep trying until you succeed. wolf came. The boy shouted for help, but nobody believed
B. Birds are strong animals. him. The wolf attacked his sheep.
C. Never jump from trees.
D. Always stay in your nest. 11. What is the social function of the text?
A. To inform about wolves.
Text 2 B. To entertain and give a moral lesson.

A farmer had a dog that used to sleep all day. One night, a C. To describe village life.
thief came and stole many things. The farmer was angry with D. To explain about animals.
the dog for not barking. The next day, the dog barked loudly 12. What is the complication?
when there was no danger. The farmer realized he had been A. The boy lied to the villagers.
unfair and forgave the dog. B. The wolf attacked the sheep.
5. What is the orientation of the story? C. The villagers came running.

A. The thief came at night. D. The boy watched the sheep.

B. The farmer had a lazy dog. 13. What is the moral lesson?
C. The farmer forgave the dog. A. Don’t lie, or people won’t trust you.
D. The dog barked loudly. B. Always protect your sheep.
6. What is the social function of the text? C. Villagers are kind people.
A. To entertain and give moral value. D. Wolves are dangerous animals.

B. To describe farm animals. Text 5

C. To explain how to guard a house.
D. To persuade people to love dogs.
A crow was very thirsty. He found a jar with a little water B. tried
inside, but he couldn’t reach it. Then he dropped small C. trying
stones into the jar until the water rose high enough to drink. D. try
The clever crow finally quenched his thirst.
22. The farmer ____ (forgive) his dog.
14. What is the complication of the story? A. forgave
A. The crow found a jar with little water. B. forgives
B. The crow couldn’t reach the water. C. forgiving
C. The crow dropped stones into the jar. D. forgive
D. The crow drank the water.
23. The fisherman ____ (catch) a golden fish.
15. What is the resolution? A. caught
A. The crow drank the water after dropping stones. B. catch
B. The crow flew away thirsty. C. catching
C. The crow broke the jar. D. catches
D. The crow left the jar.
24. The boy ____ (shout) for help when the wolf
16. What moral lesson can we learn? came.
A. Use your intelligence to solve problems. A. shouted
B. Always look for water in jars. B. shout
C. Don’t drink too much water. C. shouting
D. Birds can learn from humans. D. shouts

Text 6 25. The crow ____ (drop) stones into the jar.
A. drop
Once upon a time, a small ant fell into a river. A dove saw it
B. dropped
and dropped a leaf into the water. The ant climbed onto the
C. dropping
leaf and was saved. Later, the ant bit a hunter’s foot when he
D. drops
tried to shoot the dove, saving the dove’s life in return.
26. The ant ____ (fall) into the river.
17. What is the orientation of the story?
A. falls
A. An ant fell into a river.
B. fell
B. The dove dropped a leaf.
C. fallen
C. The hunter aimed at the dove.
D. falling
D. The ant bit the hunter.
27. The dove ____ (save) the ant with a leaf.
18. What is the complication?
A. save
A. The hunter tried to shoot the dove.
B. saved
B. The ant fell into the water.
C. saving
C. The dove flew away.
D. saves
D. The ant bit the hunter.
28. The hunter ____ (try) to shoot the dove.
19. What is the social function of the text?
A. tried
A. To entertain and show kindness between
B. try
creatures.
C. trying
B. To describe how ants and doves live.
D. tries
C. To explain how hunters catch birds.
D. To persuade people not to hunt. 29. The dog ____ (bark) loudly after the thief left.
A. barked
20. What is the moral value of the story?
B. barking
A. One good turn deserves another.
C. barks
B. Never go near a river.
D. bark
C. Always help animals.
D. Don’t shoot birds. 30. The wolf ____ (attack) the boy’s sheep.
A. attack
SIM PLE PA ST TEN SE QU ESTION S
B. attacked
(Based on the stories above) C. attacking
D. attack.
21. The bird ____ (try) many times to fly.
A. tries
 No Aturan Penjelasan (B ahasa Indonesia) C ontoh (10 K ata)
1 K ata kerja biasa → Digunakan untuk kata kerja reguler - Call → C alled - Help → H elp ed
tambah “ -ed” yang tidak memiliki huruf akhir - Push → Pushed - Finish → Finished
khusus seperti e atau y. - Work → Worked - Watch → Watched
- Open → Op ened - Cook → C ooked
Tambahkan -ed di belakang kata.
- Clean → C leaned - Talk → Talked
2 K ata kerja Jika kata sudah berakhiran huruf e, - Love → Loved - Hope → H op ed
b erakhiran “ -e” → cukup tambahkan -d saja (tidak - Live → Lived - Decide → D ecided
tambah “ -d” perlu menambah “-ed”). - Dance → D anced - Move → M oved
- Agree → A greed - Type → Typ ed
- Smile → Sm iled - Close → C losed
3 B erakhiran “ -y” Jika kata berakhiran y dan huruf - Cry → C ried - Marry → M arried
setelah konsonan → sebelumnya konsonan, maka ubah - Try → Tried - Apply → A pplied
ubah “ y” jadi “ i” + - “y” menjadi “i”, lalu tambahkan “- - Study → Studied - Worry → Worried
- Carry → C arried - Copy → C opied
ed ed”.
- Hurry → H urried - Reply → R eplied
4 B erakhiran “ -y” Jika huruf sebelum “y” adalah - Play → Played - Employ → Em ployed
setelah vokal → vokal, maka tidak p erlu - Enjoy → Enjoyed - Display → D isplayed
tetap + -ed mengubah “y”. Langsung - Stay → Stayed - Relay → R elayed
- Pray → Prayed - Obey → Ob eyed
tambahkan “-ed”.
- Delay → D elayed - Sway → Swayed
5 K ata satu suku Jika kata berakhiran pola C VC - Stop → Stopp ed - Tap → Tapped
kata (C VC ) → (konsonan–vokal–konsonan) dan - Plan → Planned - Grab → G rabb ed
gandakan konsonan mendapat tekanan di suku - Drop → D ropp ed - Slip → Slipp ed
- Clap → C lapp ed - Hop → H opp ed
terakhir + -ed terakhir, maka konsonan
- Step → Stepp ed - Beg → B egged
terakhir digandakan sebelum
menambah “-ed”.
6 K ata lebih dari satu Jika kata lebih dari satu suku kata, - Admit → Adm itted - Permit → Perm itted
suku kata, tekanan p enekanan jatuh pada suku - Occur → Occurred - Regret → R egretted
di akhir → terakhir, maka konsonan - Prefer → Preferred - Commit → C om m itted
- Control → C ontrolled - Equip → Equipp ed
gandakan konsonan terakhir digandakan .
- Refer → R eferred - Format → Form atted
+ -ed
7 B erakhiran “ -l” → Dalam British English, jika kata - Travel → Travelled - Model → M odelled
gandakan “ l” berakhiran “l” dan sebelumnya ada - Cancel → C ancelled - Fuel → Fuelled
seb elum + ed satu vokal, maka “l” digandakan - Label → Lab elled - Equal → Equalled
- Signal → Signalled - Control → C ontrolled
(terutama British sebelum menambah “-ed”.
- Marvel → M arvelled - Enrol → Enrolled
English)
8 B erakhiran “ -c” → Jika kata kerja diakhiri huruf c, - Panic → Panicked - Metric → M etricked
tambahkan “ k” tambahkan huruf k terlebih dahulu - Picnic → Picnicked - Topic → Topicked
seb elum + ed agar ejaannya benar secara fonetik, - Mimic → M im icked - Magic → M agicked
- Traffic → Traffi cked - Replic → R eplicked
lalu tambahkan “-ed”.
- Frolic → Frolicked - Attic → Atticked
9 K ata kerja tak Tidak mengikuti aturan - Build → B uilt - Burn → B urnt
b eraturan penambahan “-ed”. Beberapa - Feel → Felt - Learn → Learnt
(Irregular verbs) → memiliki bentuk past dengan - Keep → K ept - Deal → D ealt
- Sleep → Slept - Leave → Left
b entuknya b erb eda, akhiran “-t”.
- Dream → D reamt - Mean → M eant
bisa b erakhiran “ -t”
10 Pengucapan Bentuk pengucapan tergantung - Wanted → /ɪd/ - Played → /d/
akhiran “ -ed” bunyi akhir kata dasar: • /ɪd/ - Needed → /ɪd/ - Cleaned → /d/
setelah t/d → wanted, needed • /t/ - Worked → /t/ - Called → /d/
- Laughed → /t/ - Opened → /d/
setelah bunyi tak bersuara →
- Cooked → /t/ - Closed → /d/
worked, laughed • /d/ setelah bunyi
bersuara → played, cleaned
 Latihan Soal 31. I ____ (go) to the market with my mother
yesterday.
1. The bird ____ (try) many times to fly.
32. The wind ____ (blow) very strongly last
2. The farmer ____ (forgive) his dog.
night.
3. The fisherman ____ (catch) a golden fish.
33. She ____ (buy) a new dress for the party.
4. The boy ____ (shout) for help when the wolf
34. He ____ (lose) his wallet on the way home.
came.
35. The students ____ (clean) their classroom
5. The crow ____ (drop) stones into the jar.
after school.
6. The ant ____ (fall) into the river.
36. The baby ____ (cry) loudly because he was
7. The dove ____ (save) the ant with a leaf.
hungry.
8. The hunter ____ (try) to shoot the dove.
37. The sun ____ (shine) brightly in the
9. The dog ____ (bark) loudly after the thief
morning.
left.
38. The man ____ (build) a small house near
10. The wolf ____ (attack) the boy’s sheep.
the river.
11. The fox ____ (see) a bunch of grapes
39. We ____ (listen) to music together after
hanging from the vine.
dinner.
12. The rabbit ____ (run) as fast as he could to
40. The children ____ (dance) happily at the
escape the hunter.
festival.
13. The farmer ____ (plant) many trees in his
41. The teacher ____ (ask) the students to open
garden last year.
their books.
14. The turtle ____ (move) slowly but never
42. The boy ____ (find) a coin on the road.
stopped.
43. The bird ____ (fly) high above the trees.
15. The monkey ____ (climb) the tall tree to get
44. The girl ____ (bake) a cake for her friend’s
some bananas.
birthday.
16. The fisherman ____ (pull) his net full of fish.
45. My parents ____ (travel) to Bali last month.
17. The lion ____ (sleep) under a big tree after
46. The snake ____ (hide) under the rock.
hunting.
47. The students ____ (answer) all the questions
18. The cat ____ (catch) a mouse in the
correctly.
kitchen.
48. The rain ____ (stop) in the evening.
19. The man ____ (help) the old woman cross
49. The farmer ____ (feed) the cows in the
the road.
morning.
20. The bird ____ (sing) beautifully in the
50. The old man ____ (walk) slowly to the park.
morning.
21. The children ____ (play) football at the field
yesterday.
22. My mother ____ (cook) a delicious meal for
dinner.
23. The students ____ (study) hard for the
exam.
24. The teacher ____ (teach) us about fractions
last week.
25. The boy ____ (break) his toy accidentally.
26. The girl ____ (draw) a picture of her family.
27. My father ____ (wash) the car on Sunday.
28. The dog ____ (chase) the cat across the
yard.
29. We ____ (visit) our grandparents last
weekend.
30. They ____ (watch) a movie together last
night.