ESSAY
- Arrange the sentences below become a good story.
(1)
The rabbit started to count while jumping from one
crocodile to another : one....,two….,three…, until twenty.
(2)
The boss of crocodile called his friends to make a
line in order from on side to the other of the river.
(3)
Finally, he thanked all the crocodiles because he had
crossed the river.
(4)
One day , a rabbit wanted to cross a river but he
could not swim.
(5)
He asked the boss of crocodile to help him crossing
the river.
(6)
He saw a boss crocodile swimming in the river.
- Complete the orientation and resolution of this story with the correct form of verbs .
A long time ago, in a small village near the beach in West Sumatra, a
woman and her son (1)….(live). They were Malin Kundang and her mother. Her
mother (2)….(be) a single parent because Malin
Kundang's father had passed away when he was a baby. Malin Kundang had to live
hard with his mother.
Malin Kundang was a healthy, dilligent, and strong boy. He usually (3)….(go) to sea to catch fish. After getting fish he would bring it to his mother, or sold the caught fish in the town.
One day, when Malin Kundang was sailing, he (4)….(see) a merchant's ship which was being raided by a small band of pirates. He (5)….(help) the merchant. With his brave and power, Malin Kundang defeated the pirates. The merchant was so happy and thanked to him. In return the merchant (6)…..(ask) Malin Kundang to sail with him. To get a better life, Malin Kundang agreed. He left his mother alone.
Many years later, Malin Kundang (7)….(begin) to be wealthy. He had a huge ship and was helped by many ship crews loading trading goods. Perfectly he (8)….(have) a beautiful wife too. When he was sailing his trading journey, his ship landed on a beach near a small village. The villagers recognized him. The news ran fast in the town; “Malin Kundang has become rich and now he is here”.
An old woman ran to the beach to meet the new rich merchant. She was Malin Kundang’s mother. She (9)….(want) to hug him, released her sadness of being lonely after so long time. Unfortunately, when the mother (10)….(come), Malin Kundang who was in front of his well dressed wife and his ship crews denied meeting that old lonely woman. For three times her mother begged Malin Kundang and for three times he yelled at her. At last Malin Kundang said to her "Enough, old woman! I have never had a mother like you, a dirty and ugly woman!" After that he ordered his crews to set sail. He would leave the old mother again but in that time she was full of both sadness and angriness.
Malin Kundang was a healthy, dilligent, and strong boy. He usually (3)….(go) to sea to catch fish. After getting fish he would bring it to his mother, or sold the caught fish in the town.
One day, when Malin Kundang was sailing, he (4)….(see) a merchant's ship which was being raided by a small band of pirates. He (5)….(help) the merchant. With his brave and power, Malin Kundang defeated the pirates. The merchant was so happy and thanked to him. In return the merchant (6)…..(ask) Malin Kundang to sail with him. To get a better life, Malin Kundang agreed. He left his mother alone.
Many years later, Malin Kundang (7)….(begin) to be wealthy. He had a huge ship and was helped by many ship crews loading trading goods. Perfectly he (8)….(have) a beautiful wife too. When he was sailing his trading journey, his ship landed on a beach near a small village. The villagers recognized him. The news ran fast in the town; “Malin Kundang has become rich and now he is here”.
An old woman ran to the beach to meet the new rich merchant. She was Malin Kundang’s mother. She (9)….(want) to hug him, released her sadness of being lonely after so long time. Unfortunately, when the mother (10)….(come), Malin Kundang who was in front of his well dressed wife and his ship crews denied meeting that old lonely woman. For three times her mother begged Malin Kundang and for three times he yelled at her. At last Malin Kundang said to her "Enough, old woman! I have never had a mother like you, a dirty and ugly woman!" After that he ordered his crews to set sail. He would leave the old mother again but in that time she was full of both sadness and angriness.
- Write the resolution of the story above with your own sentences. The picture above can help you to find the idea. (write 5 sentences)
- What is the moral value you get from the story.
