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A narrative is an imaginative story but may be based on fact.

What is a narrative text?

The aim is to entertain the reader or listener

The Monkey and The Crocodile

One day there was a monkey. He wanted to cross a river. There he saw a crocodile so he asked the crocodile to take him across the other side of the river. The crocodile agreed and told the monkey to jump on its back. Then the crocodile swam down the river with the monkey on his top.

Unluckily, the crocodile was very hungry, he stopped in the middle of the river and said to the monkey, “My father is very sick. He has to eat the heart of the monkey. So he will be healthy again.”

At the time, the monkey was in dangerous situation and he had to think hard.

Then he had a good idea. He told the crocodile to swim back to the river bank. “What’s for?” asked the crocodile. “Because I don’t bring my heart,” said the monkey. “I left it under a tree, near some coconuts in the river bank.”

The crocodile agreed and turned around. He swam back to the bank of the river. As soon as they reached the river bank, the monkey jumped off the crocodile’s back. Then he climbed up to the top of a tree.

“Where is your heart?” asked the crocodile. “You are foolish,” said the monkey

to the crocodile. “Now I am free and I have my heart.

Orientation

Complication

Resolution

Vocabulary• Jump on : /ʤᴧmp on/

The monkey jumped on crocodile’s back

• Jump off : /ʤᴧmp ɒf/

The monkey jumped off crocodile’s back and climbed up the tree

• River bank : /’rıvǝ(r)/ /bæŋk/ Land sloping up beside a river

The crocodile swam back to the river bank

• Foolish : /fu:lı∫/ Silly

“You are foolish”, said the monkey.

Types of narrativesFolktales, crime fiction, thrillers, fantasy, romance, horror, adventure, myths and legends, and picture book stories.

How many characters are in the story?

a. 2 c. 4b. 3 d. 5

Why did the monkey ask the crocodile to take him across the river?

a. Because he could swimb. Because he could not swimc. Because he could climb upd. Because he could not climb up

What is the social function of the text? a. To tell about past eventsb. To report who is Snow Whitec. To describe about Snow Whited. To entertain the readers

What happened to the monkey when the crocodile asked his heart?

a. He lied and said that his heart was leftb. He gave it to the crocodile directlyc. He swam back and climbed up the treed. He killed the crocodile ang left him in the

river

Past tense1. One day there was a monkey. 2. He wanted to cross a river. 3. There he saw a crocodile so he asked the crocodile to take

him across the other side of the river. 4. The crocodile agreed and told the monkey to jump on its

back. 5. Then the crocodile swam down the river with the monkey on

his top.

Practice!• My mother (buy) a new car three days ago.

• (Do) you update your status last night?

• I (call) ……… Roger at nine last night, but he (be, not) ……… at home

Your turn!!!

Try to find another narrative text