45 Contoh Soal Narrative Text Essay dan Jawabannya sebagai Bahan Belajar

Contoh soal narrative text essay, foto hanya ilustrasi, bukan soal sebenarnya: Unsplash/Mel Poole

Narrative text jadi salah satu materi dalam pelajaran Bahasa Inggris di sekolah. Agar lebih mudah memahami materi tersebut, maka contoh soal narrative text essay dalam bahasa Inggris dan jawabannya perlu diketahui untuk dijadikan bahan belajar.

Dikutip dari buku Jenis-Jenis Teks dalam Bahasa Inggris, Joko Prayudha, (2022:19), narrative text merupakan teks yang bertujuan untuk menghibur para pembaca. Teks ini menceritakan kejadian berupa dongeng, cerita rakyat, pengalaman seseorang, dan lainnya.

45 Contoh Soal Narrative Text Essay dan Jawabannya untuk Dipelajari

Contoh soal narrative text essay, foto hanya ilustrasi, bukan soal sebenarnya: Unsplash/Mana Akbarzadegan

Ada banyak contoh soal materi narrative text yang bisa dipelajari. Bagi yang mencari contoh soal tersebut, inilah contoh soal narrative text essay dalam bahasa Inggris beserta jawabannya sebagai bahan belajar, dikutip dari buku Siap UN Bahasa Inggris SMP/MTs, Atiko, S.S.,M.M.Pd. dkk., (2019:58), dan sumber lainnya.

Read the following text to answer questions number 1 to 5.

Once upon a time, a grandmother and her granddaughter lived in Roti Island, Nusa Tenggara Timur. They had a field and grew some vegetables. The grandmother sold them at the market.

In one morning, the grandmother would go to the market. Before she left, she asked her granddaughter to cook. "Please cook some rice for lunch. But just cook one grain of rice. It's enough for both of us." "Why, Grandma?" asked the girl. "Just do what I said.”

The grandmother then left for the market. Later, the girl started to cook. However, she felt a grain of rice would not be enough for them.

"I think it's not enough for me and my grandmother." Then she took two handfuls of rice. Suddenly, something bad happened to the rice pot. "oh, no! The rice flowed out of the pot!" shouted the girl. "What should I do? The rice became rice porridge. It flowed and flowed until it covered the kitchen. Suddenly the grandmother came home. The girl explained what happened.

"You are naughty girl! Why didn't you listen to me? The grandmother was so angry. She hit the girl with a wooden stick. "Please forgive me, Grandma! The little girl cried and cried. But the grandmother kept hitting her.

Then, an incredible thing happened! The girl turned into a monkey. The monkey then ran away and climbed a tree. The grandmother chased it. From the tree, the monkey said. "Grandmother, I'm a monkey now. I cannot live with you anymore. You are all alone."

The monkey climbed up and disappeared. The grandmother was very sad. She regretted what she had done to her beloved granddaughter. "Please come back to me. Please forgive me, my granddaughter!" but it was too late.

The little girl has turned into a monkey and never came home. The people of Roti Island believe this story. And that is until now; people in the Roti Island never hit their children or other people's child. They are afraid that the child would turn into a monkey.

1. What is the purpose of the text above?

Jawaban: to teach moral value with a story.

2. What happened when the granddaughter cooked the rice?

Jawaban: the porridge flooded the kitchen.

3. How much rice should the grandchildren cook?

Jawaban: just one grain of rice.

4. “The grandmother chased it” (paragraph 5), the word “it” refers to …

Jawaban: monkey

5. What is the moral message of the text?

Jawaban: don’t hit children or other people.

Read the following text to answer questions number 6 to 10.

The Magic Box

Once upon a time, there was a poor farmer who dug up a big box in his field. He took it home and showed it to his wife. His wife cleaned it and kept it in their house. One day, she dropped an apple into it. Immediately, the box began to fill up with apples. No matter how many were taken out, others took their place. So, the farmer and his wife sold the apples and were able to live quite comfortably.

Then the farmer dropped a coin into the box. At once, the apples disappeared and the box began to fill itself with coins. Every day the farmer and his wife collected hundreds and hundreds of coins from the box. Soon, they became very rich.

Now, the farmer's grandfather lived with the couple. He has not very strong and he could not go out to work. So, the farmer asked the old man to help him take the money out of the box. When his grandfather became tired and wanted to rest, the farmer shouted at him, "Why are you lazy? Why can't you work harder?"

The old man did not say anything, but he continued working until he fell inside the box and died. At once, the money disappeared and the box began to fill up with dead grandfathers.

The farmer had to pull them out and bury them. To do this, he had to spend all the money he had collected. When he had used up all the money, the box broke and the farmer was just as poor as he was before.

6. What is purpose of the text above?

Jawaban: to entertain readers with the story.

7. The main idea of paragraph 2 is that …

Jawaban: the farmer dropped a coin into the box to have a lot of money.

8. How was the farmer according to the writer?

Jawaban: greedy.

9. What statement is TRUE according to the text?

Jawaban: the poor farmer found a big box when he dug his field.

10. What do we learn from the text?

Jawaban: it’s not good to be greedy.

Read the following text to answer questions number 11 to 20.

On the night of the flood. Mr Sarkawi and his wife were on their way home from visiting his brother in another village. They went home by bicycle, Mr Sarkawi peddling and Mrs Sarkawi on the back seat. They just left his brother's village when it suddenly began to rain. They stopped at the side of the road and wheeled the bicycle under a shade. It was a hut belonging to Mr Sarkawi's neighbour.

The rain did not stop, it even got heavier and heavier. Water poured down very hard. Dark clouds hung heavily in the sky. They started to get tired and worried. “This will take a long time”, Mrs Sarkawi said. Mr Sarkawi thought the same thing, “We must get moving” he said, “The children might be in danger.” His wife agreed and she took the raincoat from her bag.

They were on the bicycle again, under one raincoat. Mr Sarkawi peddled as fast as he could and the rain poured even harder. Suddenly, they heard the sound of kentongan from the direction of their village. Mr Sarkawi tried to peddler harder. Mrs Sarkawi got very worried, too. but she kept silent. They knew that something bad was happening in their village.

They finally reached the gate of their village. The road was flooded. The water rose knee-high. People were running in and out their houses. Now Mr Sarkawi had to push the bicycle toward their house. He put the bicycle in the shade and they burst into their house. Their two children were pushing chairs to the side of the room. They were glad that their parents were home. Now, everybody was busy packing some clothes and other things. Outside, the water rose still higher. They gathered their bags and things in the front room. They waited for the truck that would take them to a safer place.

11. What is the story mainly about?

Jawaban: about flood in Mr Sarkawi’s village.

12. What is the main idea of paragraph 1?

Jawaban: the main idea of paragraph 1 is Mr Sarkawi and his wife were on their way home from visiting his brother by bicycle and suddenly began to rain.

13. Mr and Mrs Sarkawi got tired and worried because …

Jawaban: the rain did not stop and water poured down very hard.

14. Paragraph 4 mainly tells that …

Jawaban: Mr and Mrs Sarkawi finally reached their house and found their children.

15. How many people in that text?

Jawaban: 4

16. How is the main actor on that text?

Jawaban: Mr Sarkawi

17. What is the meaning of “flood” in that text?

Jawaban: banjir

18. What is the meaning of “raincoat” in that text?

Jawaban: jas hujan

19. How many children who pushing the chairs?

Jawaban: two

20. What is the suitable title for that text?

Jawaban: Flood

Read the following text to answer questions number 21 to 25.

Once upon a time, there were two butterflies, Teri and Roni. They had the same crown.

One day, Kodi a frog, saw Teri and Roni quarrelling,

"You took it!" said Teri.

"Hey, what's the matter?" asked Kodi.

"Teri stole my crown!" said Roni.

"No. I didn't," said Teri.

"Yesterday, I still had my crown when she came to visit me," said Roni.

"Today I cannot find the crown! Look! She is wearing it!" Roni shouted.

"My mom gave me this crown," Teri explained.

Kodi suggested they all go to Roni's house.

"Where did you put it?" said Kodi to Roni.

"l put it on the table," Roni answered.

They didn't find the crown.

"Maybe, it fell down."

"Kodi looked under the table. Nothing was there.

"It was my favourite crown!" Roni sobbed.

"l didn't steal yours, but if you like it so much, you can have mine," Teri gave Roni crown.

"It's here!" Kodi saw the crown behind the curtain. Roni stopped crying, "Thank God, Kodi found it!"

"Sorry, Teri, I accused you. I'm a terrible friend!"

"It's OK," said Teri. "Let's say thanks to Kodi!"

21. Where did Kodi find the crown?

Jawaban: behind the curtain.

22. “I put it on the table,” (line 12). What does the underlined word refer to?

Jawaban: the crown.

23. What can we learn from the story?

Jawaban: we shouldn’t accuse of others without proof.

24. From the story above, we can conclude that Kodi is a … friend.

Jawaban: wise

25. What is the meaning of wise in Bahasa Indonesia?

Jawaban: the meaning of wise is bijaksana.

Read the following text to answer questions number 26 to 30.

The Wolf and The Goat

A wolf saw a goat grazing at the edge of a high cliff. The wolf smacked his lips at the thought of a fine goat dinner.

"My dear friend," said the wolf in his sweetest voice,

"aren't you afraid you will fall down from the cliff? Come down here and graze on this fine grass beside me on safe, level ground."

"NO, thank you," said the goat.

'"Well then," said the wolf, "aren't you cold up there in the wind? You would be warmer grazing down here beside me in this sheltered area."

"No, thank you," said the goat.

"But the grass taste better down here!" said the exasperated wolf, "Why dine alone?"

"My dear wolf," the goat finally said, "are you quite sure that it is my dinner you are worrying about and not your own?"

26. What did the wolf ask when he saw the goat grazing at the edge of a high cliff?

Jawaban: to graze on the level ground.

27. “Aren’t you cold up there in the wind?” the word ‘there’ refers to …

Jawaban: a high cliff.

28. What can we learn from the story above?

Jawaban: don’t easily believe in well behaved creatures.

29. From the story we know …

Jawaban: the wolf was eager to eat the goat.

30. What is the animal in the text?

Jawaban: wolf and goat.

Read the following text to answer questions number 31 to 35.

Last week my parents, sister, brother and I went to the zoo. We went there for recreation. We left at 6.00 a.m. and arrived there at 8.00 a.m. It is about a hundred kilometers to go to the zoo from my house.

There were a lot of people watching a giant snake. The snake was there for about a week. It was 9 metres long. I thought it was the biggest snake I had ever seen. After going around and watching various animals, we went home. On the way home, we stopped at the Borobudur temple for half an hour.

31. What is the most suitable title for the text above?

Jawaban: Having Recreation

32. How many people were looking at the giant snake?

Jawaban: many

33. How many persons did the writer go to the zoo with?

Jawaban: 3

34. “After going around and watching various animals, we went home.” (paragraph 2). The word various has the same meaning as …

Jawaban: different

35. Where is the writer stopped on the way home?

Jawaban: Borobudur temple

Read the following text to answer questions number 36 to 40.

Once upon the time, Sunan Kalijaga planned to visit Sunan Muria in Pati, Central Java. He asked his friends Ki Rangga to go with him. Several servants also joined them to carry their luggages. And they began walking to Sunan Muria's house.

Several hours later Ki Rangga felt tired. He was embarrassed to walk together with Sunan Kalijaga because Sunan Kalijaga did not look tired while Ki Rangga was very tired and thirsty. Finally Sunan kalijaga asked Ki Rangga to take a rest under a big tree. It was time for the Dhuhr prayer. But there was no water around to clean up or 'wudu'. Ki Rangga was Confused. He told Sunan Kalijaga about it. Sunan Kalijaga only smiled and said, "we should pray for Allah Swt. for water. Now you must guard this big tree, Ki Rangga, it might bring water to us. But remember! Everything happens because of Allah SWT. Don't act alone. You must inform me when water comes out. I will be behind that hill," Ki Rangga promised Sunan Kalijaga to inform him when water came out. So Sunan Kalijaga went behind the hill. Ki Rangga with his servants sat under the big tree. They quickly fell a sleep. Suddenly water came out of the big tree. Ki Rangga and his servants became wet. They woke up. They were very happy to see water. They drank and played in the water. Ki Rangga forgot Sunan Kalijaga's message to inform him when the water came out.

Behind the hill Sunan Kalijaga was worried. So he went to the big tree. He was surprised to see Ki Rangga and his servants were playing in the water, "you forgot my message to inform me when the water comes out. Instead you are playing in the water like a turtle," said Sunan Kalijaga, softly. A miracle happened. Ki Rangga and his servants turned into turtles. Ki Tangga was sad. He had changed into turtles because he did not keep his promise. The water formed a pond. It is now called Sendang Sani, in Pati Central Java. Many people still visit Sendang Sani now.

36. Where is Sunan Kalijaga planned to go?

Jawaban: go to Pati, Central Java

37. Where was Sunan Kalijaga when the water came out?

Jawaban: behind the hill.

38. Why did Ki Rangga and his servants become turtle?

Jawaban: because they disobeyed Sunan Kalijaga’s message.

39. “The water formed a pond.”. The word formed means …

Jawaban: turned into

40. What can we learn from the story above?

Jawaban: don’t break your promise.

Read the following text to answer questions number 41 to 43.

One day a man stopped at a flower shop to order some flowers. He wanted to send it to his mother who lived far in another town through a delivery company. Meanwhile he was looking at sad young girl who was sitting in front of the flower shop. He asked her what was wrong and she replied, "I wanted to buy a red rose for my mother but my money is not enough". The man smiled and said, "Come on in with me I'll buy you a rose." He bought the little girl a rose and he ordered for his own mother flowers too.

After buying a rose flower for the girl the man offered the girl a ride to her home. She said "yes please! You can take me to my mother.” She directed him to a cemetery. The girl placed the rose on her mother's fresh grave. Knowing the girl's mother had died the man realized that he must show his love to his mother while she was still alive. Then the man returned to the flower shop. He cancelled the flower delivery order picked up the rose flower and drove to reach his mother's house.

41. We can learn that we have to …

Jawaban: show our loves to our mother.

42. What did the man do after buying the girl a red rose?

Jawaban: he took the girl to her mother’s cemetery.

43. What is the main idea of the first paragraph?

Jawaban: a man helped a girl by buying her a flower.

Read the following text to answer questions number 44 to 45.

An ant nimbly running in search of food came across a chrysalis that was close it's time to change. The chrysalis moved and this attracted the attention of the ant who for the first time realized that it was a living thing. "Poor, pitiable animal!", cried the ant disdainfully "what a sad fate is yours! While I can run with my pleasure, you lie imprisoned here in your shell". The chrysalis heard all this, but did not try to make any reply.

After a few days, when the ant passed that way again, nothing but the shell remained. Wondering what had happened to its content, he felt himself suddenly shaded and fanned by the gorgeous wings of a beautiful butterfly. "Behold in me," said the butterfly, "your much pitied friend!". So the butterfly rose in the air and lost in the summer breeze.

44. What happened to the chrysalis after few days?

Jawaban: the chrysalis had become a butterfly.

45. What is the main idea of the first paragraph?

Jawaban: the ant was feeling sorry for the chrysalis.

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