Reading Narrative Text The Legend of Beowulf

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SOAL ULANGAN BERSAMA

MATA PELAJARAN : INGGRIS WAJIB

KELAS : X IPA / X IPS

TAHUN AJARAN : 2019/2020

HARI/TANGGAL : JUMAT 27 MARET 2020

READING

NARRATIVE TEXT

THE LEGEND OF BEOWULF

Once upon a time , there was a horrible monster called Grendel. He was half-man and half-
monster. He lived in Denmark . One day , he went to the King’s castle . The king and his mem tried to
kill the monter but their swords were useless. A knight called Beowulf heard about the problem and
went to Dermark to help the king.

That night, Beowulf and his men took off their armour and put away their swords and went
to sleep. The monster came into the castle and killed a knight. Beowulf woke up and fought the
monster , he pulled off an arm!. Grendel went back to his home in a lake and died. Grendel’s mother
was very angry and the next night , she went to the castle and killed a knight.

In the morning, Beowulf went to the lake .He killed Grendel’s mother with special sword.
When he came back , the king was very happy and he gave Beowulf presents and money.

Beowulf went back to his country and became a king. He was king for fifty years. But one
day , a dragon came to his country , and it attacked people . It lived in a cave with treasure . The
dragon was very big and breathed fire. The knights were afraid and they did not want to fight the
dragon . King Beowulf was an old man but he put on his armour again and went to the dragon’ s
cave with his men.....

(taken from Opportunities Elementary,2003)

Answer the following questions based on the text.

1. Who was half-man and half-monster?

2. Were the king and his men succeed in killing Grendel? Why?

3 .Why did Beowulf come to Denmark?

4. What did Beowuld do to Grendel when he fought him?

5. What happened to Grendel after he fought Beowulf?

6 .What did Grendel’s mother do when she find out about her son’s death?

7. What did Beowulf use to kill Grendel’s mother?


8 How long did Beowulf become king?

9 . What attacked the people in Beowulf’s country?

10 .What did Beowulf do about it ?

RECOUNT TEXT

Ki Hajar Dewantoro was born in jogyakarta , on May 2, 1889. His real name was
Raden Mas Soewardi Soerjaningrat.As a part an aristocratic family , Soewardi was free to
enjoy his education . His recognition in the world of education was extraordinary.
He always thought that education was one of the most important factors in freeing
Indonesian people of suffering from colonization . He never considered his aristocracy
important, instead he discarded his aristocracy and changed his name to Ki Hajar Dewantoro.
He did that because he wanted to bring himself closer to people.
Ki Hajar Dewantoro was honored as a” Bapak Pendidikan Indonesia” because of his
ideas in the world of education . His opinions were modern although he lived in colonial
times.He always thought that everybody had the right to education. He was also chosen as
Minister of Indonesian Education under President Soekarno’s administration. His birthday is
celebrated as National Education Day .( Hari Pendidikan Nasional)

11 What did Ki Hajar Dewantara do to to bring himself closer to people ?

12 “ He never considered his aristocracy important ..........” (paragraph 2) The underlined


word is synonymous with ...............

13 He was honored as “ Bapak Pendidikan Indonesia” because of........

14 When was he chosen as Minister of Education ?


15.What is his great opinion about education?

WRITING

Make a Recount text about your activities at your house last week .

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