NARRATIVE TEXT

The old witch locked Hansel in a cage and set Gretel to clean the house.  She planned to eat them both.  Each night the children cried and begged the witch to let them go.

Meanwhile, at home, their stepmother was beginning to wish she had never tried to get rid of the children.  “I must find them,” she said and set off into the forest.

Many hours later, when her feet were tired from walking and her lips were dry from thirst, she came to the cottage belonging to the witch.  The stepmother peeped through the window.  Her heart cried out when she saw the two children.

She picked up the broom leaning against the door and crept inside.  The witch was putting some stew in the oven when the stepmother gave her an almighty push.  The witch fell into the oven and the stepmother shut the door.

‘Children, I have come to save you,’ she said hugging them tightly.  I have done a dreadful thing.

I hope in time you will forgive me.  Let me take you home and become a family again.  They returned to their home and the stepmother became the best mother anyone could wish to have, and of course they lived happily ever after!

1. The story is about….

A.  Two children went to school for the first time

B.  A witch who is really kind

C.  A father who begged a witch for money

D.  A stepmother who saved her children from a witch

E.  Two children saved their stepmother from a witch

ANS : D

2. Which statement is FALSE about the witch?

A.  She locked Hansel in a cage

B.  She planned to eat Hansel & Gretel

C.  She fell into the ocean

D.  She hated the children

E.  She set Gretel to clean the house

ANS : C

A man in Puerto Rico had a wonderful parrot.  There was no other parrot like it.

It was very, very smart.  This parrot would say any word-except one.  He would not say the name of the town where he was born.  The name of the town was Catano.

The man tried to teach the parrot to say Catano.  But the bird would not say the word.  At first the man was very nice, but then he got angry.  “You are a stupid bird! Why can’t you say the word? Say Catano, or I will kill you!” but the parrot would not say it.  Then the man got to so angry that the shouted over and over, “Say Catano, or I’ll kill you!” but the bird wouldn’t talk.

One day after trying for many hours to make the bird say Catano, the man got very angry.  He picked up the bird and threw him into the chicken house.  “You are more stupid than the chickens.  Soon I will eat them, and I will eat you, too.” In the chicken house there are four old chickens.  They were for Sunday’s dinner.  The man put the parrot in the chicken house and left. The next day the man came back to the chicken house.  He opened the door and stopped.  He was very surprised at what he saw! He saw three dead chickens on the floor.  The parrot was screaming at the fourth chicken, “Say Catano, or I’ll kill you!

3. From the text we learn that…

A.  We have to follow others

B.  We have to respect pet owner

C.  We have to imitate others

D.  We are not allowed to force others

E.  We are not allowed to help others

ANS : D

4. Which statement is false according to the text?

A.  Catano was the name of the city where the parrot came from

B.  The man got angry at the parrot

C.  The parrot couldn’t say Catano

D.  The man killed the parrot

E.  The parrot could say Catano

ANS : C

5. “It was very, very smart”.  The underlined word “It “refers to…

A.  The chicken

B.  The man

C.  The Catano

D.  The city

E.  The bird

ANS : E