B VOCABULARY BUILDER
Match the words
with their Indonesian equivalents. Compare your work to your classmate’s.
a sled (noun) arang
gentle (adjective)
bergetar
jealous (adjective)
lembut
rags (noun) kereta
es
coals (noun) tali
panah
remain (verb) membakar
bow (noun) baju
lusuh
burn (verb) tetap
bowstring (noun)
panah
turn into (verb)
mengubah
tremble (adjective)
iri
fear (noun) kejahatan
meanness (noun) ketakutan
Jawab :
sled (noun) kereta
es/sluncur
gentle (adjective) lembut
jealous (adjective) iri
rags (noun) baju
lusuh
coals (noun) arang
remain (verb) tetap
bow (noun) panah
burn (verb) membakar
bowstring (noun) tali
panah
turn into (verb) mengubah
tremble (adjective) bergetar
fear (noun) ketakutan
meanness (noun) kejahatan
D READING COMPREHENSION
Task 1:
Read the story and fill in the blanks with
the following words: tremble, lying, jealous, bow, long, fine, invisible,
rope, gentle, rags.
STRONG WIND
Once there was a
great warrior named Strong Wind. He lived with his sister in a tent by the sea.
Strong Wind was able to make himself _______________(1). His sister could see
him, but no one else could. He had said he would marry the first woman who
could see him as he came at the end of the day.
Many women came up
to his tent to watch for him. When his sister saw him coming, she would ask,
“Do you see him?”
Each girl would
answer, “Oh, yes! I see him!”
Then Strong Wind’s
sister would ask, “What is he pulling his sled with?”
And then the girls
would answer, “with a _____________ (2)” or “with a wooden pole.”
Then Strong Wind’s
sister would know that they were lying, because their guesses were wrong.
A chief lived in a
village. His wife had died, and he had three daughters. One was much younger
than the other two. She was gentle, kind and beautiful, but her sisters were
___________ (3) of her and treated her badly. They cut off her long black hair
and they made her wear rags. They also burned her face with coals so that she
would be ugly. They lied to their father that she did these things to herself.
But she remained calm and _______________ (4).
The two older
sisters also went to try and see Strong Wind. When he was coming, Strong Wind’s
sister asked them, “Do you see him?”
“Oh, yes! I see
him!” Each of them answered.
“What is his bow
made out of?” asked Strong Wind’s sister.
“Out of iron,”
answered one. “Out of wood,” answered the other.
“You have not see
him,” said Strong Wind’s sister.
Strong Wind
himself heard them and knew that they had lied. They went into the tent, but
still they could not see him. They went home very sad.
One day the
youngest daughter went to try and see Strong Wind. She was wearing ____________
(5), and burn covered her face. People laughed at her, but she kept going. When
she got to Strong Wind’s tent she waited.
When Strong Wind was coming, his sister
asked the girl, “Do you see him?”
“No,” the girl answered. “I don’t see
him.”
Strong Wind’s sister was surprised because
the girl had told the truth. “Now do you see him?” asked Strong Wind’s sister.
“Yes,” answered the girl. “Now, I do see
him. He is very wonderful.”
“What is his
_______________ (6) made of?” asked Strong Wind’s sister.
“The rainbow,”
answered the girl.
“And what is the
bowstring made of?” asked Strong Wind’s sister.
“Of Stars,”
answered the girl.
Then Strong Wind’s
sister knew that the girl could really see him. He had let her see him because
she had told the truth.
“You really have
seen him,” said Strong Wind’s sister. Then the sister washed the girl, and all
the burns went away. Her hair grew ____________ (7) and black again. The sister
dressed the girl in _______________ (8)clothes. Strong Wind came and the girl
became his wife.
The girl’s two older sisters were very angry, but
Strong Wind turned them into aspen trees. Ever since that day, the leaves of
the aspen tree always ______________ (9) with fear wherever he comes near,
because they know he remembers their ______________ (10) and meanness.
Jawab
Task 1:
1. invisible
2. rope
3.jealous
4.
gentle
5. rags
6. bow
7. long
8. fine
9. tremble
10. Lying
Task 2:
Answer the following questions:
1. Who is Strong
Wind?
2. What was Strong
Wind’s special capability?
3. How would
Strong Wind’s sister know that the girls were lying?
4. Who burned the
chief’s youngest daughter?
5. Who could see
Strong Wind and how could she do that?
6. How did the
chief’s youngest daughter regain her old face?
7. What did Strong
Wind change into an aspen tree?
8. Did Strong Wind
know that the chief elder daughters were rude to their youngest sister? Justify
your answer.
9. Why did Strong
Wind decide to have the chief youngest daughter as his wife?
10. If you were in the story, which role would you
play? Why?
Jawab :
Task 2:
1. He was a great warrior who lived
in a tent by the sea.
2. Strong Wind was able to make
himself invisible.
3. By identifying their guesses. If
their guesses were wrong, she could
conclude that the girls were lying.
4. Her elder sisters burned her
face.
5. The chief ’s youngest daughter.
She could do this because Strong Wind had
let her see him.
6. Strong Wind’s sister washed her
face and the face clean again.
7. The chief ’s elder daughters was
turned into aspen trees.
8. Yes, he knew that.
9. Because she was an honest girl.
10. The answer is up to the
students’ preferences.
11. Strong Wind decided to have the
chief youngest daughter as his wife
because he had promised to marry
anyone who could see him and the girl
could see him because she was
honest.
12. Jawaban terserah S, semua
jawaban S dihargai. If I were in the story, I
would like to be …..
E VOCABULARY EXERCISE
Complete the
following sentences using the words in the box. If needed, you may change the
parts of speech.
wind warrior sled
invisible rope
gentle
jealous rags coals
remain mean
bowstring
seated tremble
fear
1. The poor
peasants wear ______________ every day.
2. You may not
______________ of somebody else’s wealth.
3. Coming home,
her ______________ body made us anxious to know what had happened.
4. Remain
______________ although your name is called for hundred times.
5. She is always
______________ to me. I don’t know why.
6. The
______________ is elastic. It can stretch as long as 60 centi metres.
7. She
______________ to speak in her father’s presence.8. The great,
fearless ______________ fight for his beloved country.
9. They used
______________ to pull the carts.
10. The
______________ blew the young man’s hat.
11. The
______________ hand help her solve the chronic problem.
12. The
______________ was pulled by two dogs.
13. The girl is ______________ and beautiful.
Jawab :
E. VOCABULARY
EXERCISES
1. The poor peasants wear rags
every day.
2. You may not feel jealous of some
body else’s wealth.
3. Coming home, her tremble body
made us anxious to know what had
happened.
4. Remain seated although your name
is called for hundred times.
5. She is always mean to me. I don’t
know why.
6. The bowstring is elastic. It can
stretch as long as 60 centimeters.
7. She fears to speak in her father’s
presence.
8. The great, fearless warrior
fought for his beloved country.
9. They used rope to pull the
carts.
10. The wind blew the young man’s hat.
11. The invisible hand helps her
solve the chronic problem.
12. The sled was pulled by two
dogs.
13. The girl is gentle and beautiful.
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