Narrative, Past Tenses Quiz
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A Story From The Farm Yard Two roosters were fighting fiercely to be the king of the farm yard. One finally gained advantage and the other surrendered.
The loosing rooster slunk away and hid itself in a quiet corner. The winner flew up to a high wall, flapped its wings and crowed its victory, as loud as it could.
Suddenly, an eagle came sailing through the air and carried it off, with its talons. The loosing rooster immediately came out of its corner and ruled the farm yard from then on.
What can we learn from the story?
A. There’s always a bigger enemy in this life
B. Your friend can be your enemy
C. Always grab an opportunity before you
D. Don’t be cocky when we have achieved our goal
While I ………..to school I ….. my friend.
A. was walking, saw
B. was walking, see
C. were walking, saw
D. were walking, see
The girls ____________ a cockroach so they screamed loudly.
A. saw
B. was seeing
C. seen
D. had see
By the time the teacher arrived, the class ____________ their composition.
A. was writing
B. wrote
C. had written
D. had wrote
E. bangkai- cacing – ayam – elang
The teacher asked if we ____________ her bag.
A. was seeing
B. had see
C. saw
D. had seen
The Rabbit and the Turtle
One day a rabbit was boasting about how fast he could run. He was laughing at the turtle for being so slow.
Much to the rabbit’s surprise, the turtle challenged him to a race. The rabbit thought this was a good joke and accepted the challenge. The fox was the umpire of the race. As the race began, the rabbit raced way ahead of the turtle, just like everyone thought.
The rabbit got to the halfway point and could not see the turtle anywhere. He was hot and tired and decided to stop and take a short nap. All this time the turtle kept walking step by step by step. He never quit no matter how hot or tired he got. He just kept going.
However, the rabbit slept longer than he had thought and woke up. He could not see the turtle anywhere! He went at full-speed to the finish line but found the turtle there waiting for him.
Who was the umpire of the race?
A. The rabbit
B. The turtle
C. The fox
D. The cat
The generic structure of narrative text are…
A. Orientation, Complication, and Resolution.
B. Orientation, Events, and Reorientation.
C. Orientation, and Complication.
D. Orientation and Resolution.
The man ____________ when he suddenly fainted.
A. was running
B. ran
C. had run
D. had ran
Emily ……………… breakfast when the phone ……….
A. was eating, ring
B. were eating, rang
C. was eating, rang
D. was eating, was ringing
She __________ when the phone rang.
A. was sleeping
B. had slept
C. slept
D. had been sleeping
What is the social function of narrative text?
A. To describe something.
B. to tell past experiences.
C. to inform the readers about the news.
D. To tell stories or past events and entertain the readers.
Jim ____________ the vase so his mother would not get angry at him.
A. hid
B. hidden
C. had hidden
D. hiding
We __________ Maths lesson when the fire alarm rang.
A. had had
B. were having
C. had
D. had been
The Lim family __________ to Japan last year.
A. went
B. had went
C. was going
D. had gone
The vase ____________ to the floor and ____________
A. fell, broken
B. had fallen, broke
C. was falling, broke
D. fell, had broken
Jane and her sister ____________ home when they saw the injured cat on the road.
A. was walking
B. were walking
C. walked
D. had walked
The boy __________ when he fell down and hurt his knee.
A. was crying
B. had cried
C. cried
D. cryed
By the time we __________, the football match _________.
A. were arriving, had ended
B. arrived, ended
C. arrive, ended
D. arrived, had ended
A Story From The Farm Yard Two roosters were fighting fiercely to be the king of the farm yard. One finally gained advantage and the other surrendered.
The loosing rooster slunk away and hid itself in a quiet corner. The winner flew up to a high wall, flapped its wings and crowed its victory, as loud as it could.
Suddenly, an eagle came sailing through the air and carried it off, with its talons. The loosing rooster immediately came out of its corner and ruled the farm yard from then on.
What is the main idea of paragraph 3?
A. Only one An eagle watching the rooster from a distance rule the roost
B. The loosing rooster came out from its hiding place to flap their wings
C. The eagle took the winning rooster as its prey
D. The winning rooster celebrates its winning proudly king
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