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Responding to Interesting News

Act the dialogue below.
Loki : Hi, Tari. Whatre you doing?
Tari : Hi, Loki. Im reading the story of Si Pungguk from West Sumatra.
Guess what, this is the second time Im reading it.
Loki : Well, what so special? Tell me more.
Tari : This story is about a powerful love. Pungguk was a poor good-looking
young man. He fell in love with Princess Purnama Bulan, although
they were in love with each other, Purnama Bulan already had a
fiance. One day, Purnama Bulan gave Pungguk a veil. When Pungguk
walked, Purnama Bulans fiance noticed the veil, and thought that
Pungguk stole it. With his sword, he killed Pungguk. Believe it or not,
from Pungguks dead body grew some mushrooms, it changed into
living creatures, birds. Those birds were called Pungguk, they used to
sit on the highest branch of a tree looking at a full moon. Surprisingly,
they called Pungguk! Pungguk!.
Loki : What an interesting story! Well unfortunately, it ended sadly.
From the dialog above, we find some expression used for telling and
responding news or information, such as

Make a short dialogue with your partner using the expressions

above.
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Narrative Text
Read the text below
The Greedy Dog
One day, a dog stole a big piece of meat and he was very proud of it. Then,
he ran off until he reached the bank of the river.
He looked down into the river water carefully and he saw another dog with a
piece of meat in its mouth. Funnily enough, the dog did not realise that it
was his own reflection in the water. When he was full, he threw himself on
the other dog to steal his meat as well. Unfortunately, when he was in the
water, he had to let go the remains of the meat to avoid drowning, and so
was left with nothing.
The text above is a narrative text.
Narrative text is a text used to entertain listeners or readers with a true
experience or an imaginary one. The characteristic of the text is marked by
conflict and resolution.
Text structure is indicated by:
who, where, action verbs
linking words, specific characters
end of the storys conflict
coda : changes that occurred and the moral of the story
Characteristics of a Narrative Text
Orientation
It is about the opening paragraph where the characters of the story are
introduced.
Example : One day, a dog stole a big piece of meat and he was very proud
of it.
Complication
Where the problems in the story developed.
Example : Unfortunately, when he was in the water, he had to let go the
remains of the meat to avoid drowning, and so was left with nothing.
Resolution
Where the problems in the story is solved.
Example : Mantu then climbed upon his little friends back and went home
to the village.
Answer these questions based on the text A Greedy Dog
1. The dog was very _______ after he stole a big piece of meat.
a. displeased

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b. pleased
c. regret
2. What did the dog do in the bank of the river?
a. The dog looked down into the river water.
b. The dog ran off.
c. The dog saw another dog.
3. What was the other dog in the river?
a. Another dog with a piece of meat in its mouth.
b. A reflection of another dog with a piece of meat in its mouth.
c. Reflection of himself.
4. Did the dog realise it?
a. No, he didnt.
b. Yes, he did.
c. Yes, he did, but he ignored it.
5. What is meant by "when he was full"?
a. Full with hunger.
b. Full with meat in his stomach.
c. Full of greed.
6. What is meant by "so was left with nothing"?
a. The dog got nothing.
b. The dog stayed hungry.
c. The dog left the river.
In the text A Greedy Dog we can find many verbs ended with -ed. This is
a participle form of the verb. We use this verb to talk about past events.
We call this kind of sentence as Simple Past.
Observe the following examples.
He looked down into the river.
They moved to a bigger house.
We loved him very much.
There are also irregular verbs that change the form in different time
expression.
Observe the following examples.
a dog stole a big piece of meat.
he ran off until...
he threw himself on the other dog.
The form of simple Past Tense is:

Subject + Participle Verb (V2) +

Object
Change the following regular verbs into their past forms.
1. lie

Lied

6. prefer

Preferred

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2.
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Described

7. like

Liked

3. cry

Cried

8. control

Controlled

4. try

Tried

9.
manage

Managed

5. stop

Stopped

10. look

Looked

Change the words in the brackets into simple past form.

1. I (stay) there for an hour.
2. The singer (sing) new songs at the concert last week.
3. My sister (have) four Barbie dolls. But now she has none.
4. AC Milan (win) the Champions League in 2003.
5. Mother (buy) me a new pair of shoes.
6. Mr Hartawan (become) the president of the company when he was 25
years old.

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Complete this paragraph with the past tense of the verbs in
the box.
Rob
Happe
n
Finish
Walk
Escape

Grab
Screa
m
Drop
Take

Once upon a time, two bandits robbed an old lady. The

robbery happened near the old bridge over the river.
The old lady finished shopping and walked toward
the bridge. When she was near the bridge, two bandits
jumped toward her and took her purse. She
screamed, and they dropped it. Then, they escaped
through the forest.

Arrange these paragraphs into a good story.

The Singer and the Dolphin
a) Arion did not put up a struggle; instead he asked only that he be
allowed to sing one last song. His wish was granted and the sailors
were so enchanted by his voice that they were hardly aware of what
happened next. At the first notes of his song, a dolphin swam
alongside, attracted by the beautiful music. Immediately Arion
jumped overboard onto the dolphins back and was carried back
across the sea.
b) In memory of this event, a statue, of a young man on the back of a
dolphin, was erected in the port of Corinth. This statue is still there

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today.
c) Arion was one of the most famous singers in the ancient world. On
one occasion he won an important festival in Sicily, and as his prize
he received so many jewels and golden cups that he was obliged to
hire a ship to carry them all home to Corinth.
d) When the ship finally reached port in Corinth, the wicked sailors
began to tell everyone that there had been a storm, during which the
famous singer had been lost at sea. They were struck dumb with
amazement, however, when Arion arrived with a company of soldiers
to arrest them.
e) Unfortunately, this huge treasure made the sailors very jealous, and
in order to have it for themselves, they attacked the singer and were
about to throw him overboard.