Name : …………..

Class : ..…………

Grammar of narrative text test

Instructions:
1. Write down your name and your class on the paper
2. Please read the text carefully
3. Underlined the words that you cannot understand in the text.
4. Read the question and cross (X) for the best answer that you have choose
5. There are 25 questions and please answer the questions correctly.

The Hen with the silver eggs

One day, in an Arabian city, a woman went to the market and (1)…… a beautiful hen.
A few days later to her surprise the hen she bought laid a silver egg. If the hen could only be
persuaded to lay more than one egg each day, the woman was sure she would never have to work
again.
(2)……..the woman decided to make the hen eat more, so that it could lay more eggs. But
the only result was that the hen died of indigestion and did not lay more eggs at all.

1. A. bought
B. brought
C. buy
D. bring

2. A. Then
B. Soon
C. Before
D. After
3. What kinds of tenses used in the text?
A. Simple present tense
B. Simple past tense
C. Present continuous tense
D. Simple perfect

4. Then, the woman decided to make the hen eat more. The underlined words also
called as?
A. Noun
B. Verb
C. Adjective
D. Connector

5. One day, in an Arabian city, a woman went to the market. Which is the adverb of
time in the sentence?
A. Arabian city
B. make
C. market
D. One day
 The Fox and the Grapes

Once upon a time there (1)……a fox with empty stomach, which went in search for food.
Suddenly, he saw a vineyard where large bunches of golden grapes hung from the vines above
his head.

The fox jump up and down. The fox (2)…… to bite into a bunch of the grapes, but he failed.
He tried again with all his might, but he still failed to reach the grape. Finally, he thought all of
the grapes were sour because he could not reach them.

1. A. Was
B. Is
C. Were
D. Are

2. A. Try
B. Trying
C. Tried
D. Tri

3. I ……..to the market yesterday

A. Go
B. Going
C. Went
D. Gone

4. Finally, he thought all of the grapes were sour.

Which is the connector in the sentence?
A. Once upon a time
B. One day
C. Finally
D. Thought

5. Which sentence involved adverb of time in sentence below?

A. One day, there was a boy named Raka
B. Finally, he thought all of the grapes were sour
C. The fox saw a vineyard he came in
D. The fox failed to reach the grapes
 Long a time ago, in a peaceful side of US country, there (1)…… a boy, named Raka and a
girl named Nimas. Raka and Nimas had been good friends since their childhood however, there
was something that led them to be apart, Nimas and her parents had to move to another town.
Then, there was Raka, left alone. He felt miserable from the moment when Raka and Nimas
(2)….. Contact.
Since Nimas left Raka, he felt so sad and murung. He also tried to find the Nimas’ contact
but he got nothing. Finally, he tried to forget Nimas and their memories.

1. A. Life
B. Live
C. Living
D. Lived

2. A. Lost
B. Lose
C. Losing
D. Loser

3. Nimas and Raka……bestfriend?

A. Are
B. Was
C. Were
D. Is

4. Finally, he tried to forget Nimas and their memories.

Which is the connector in sentence above?
A. Finally
B. Next
C. After
D. Soon

5. Which sentence involved adverb of time in sentence below?

A. Since they were junior high school
B. They got married
C. After Nimas and her parents moved
D. There was a child
 A Greedy Dog

One day a dog was feeling very proud of himself. He (1)…….. a big and juicy bone at the
market. He carried it quickly in his mouth and ran off to find a place to eat it.

He (2)…….. to a stream which had very clear water. He started to walk across it, taking his
own sweet time. He was thinking what a wonderful time he would have when he could eat the
juicy bone all by himself.

(5)…… he stopped and saw into the water. He saw a dog there that looking back at him, also
with a bone in his mouth. He did not know he was looking at himself.

He said to himself, “that dog’s bone looks bigger than mine; I will grab his bone and run
away as fast as I can” then, he jumped into the water and started to grab the bone, but he just got
wet and lost his bone.

1. A. Find
B. Found
C. Finding
D. Finds

2. A. Came
B. Come
C. Coming
D. Comes

3. Where did the dog find the bone…..?

A. At a house
B. At restaurant
C. At market
D. At his kennel

4. From the story above we may conclude that the dog was…..?
A. Active
B. Passive
C. Greedy
D. Kind

5. A. Suddenly
B. Soon
C. Finally
D. One day

Long, long ago terrible dragon came to the kingdom of Tarania. It (1)……away the Princess.
“Oh no, save my princess” the king of Tarania shouted. “Who can save my princess Tara?”
“I can save Princess Tara. I’m the bravest knight in your kingdom”, prince Gregor (2)….
proudly.
“I can save her too, but I’m the poorest boy in your kingdom” Thomas said humbly.
“You? Ha..ha..ha..how can you save the princess? You have no soldiers and swords” prince
Gregor laughed loudly. “I’ll save the princess, beggar boy!”

(4)……….., the dragon started roared. Prince Gregor and his soldiers ran away, But Thomas did
not do it. He opened his basket, and took out a ladder, a flute, a rope, a piece of meat, a spear,
and a blanket. Then, Thomas ran into the cave and saved the Princess Tara.

1. A. Carry
B. Carrying
C. Carried
D. Carries

2. A. Said
B. Says
C. Saying
D. Say

3. Where the story happened…..?

A. At the kingdom of Tarania
B. At the Thomas’ house
C. At the Prince Gregor kingdom
D. At the forest

4. A. Suddenly
B. Soon
C. Once upon a time
D. One day

5. From the text above we may conclude that Thomas was….?

A. Brave
B. Cheerful
C. Handsome
D. Calm