Narrative Text : Beauty and The Beast

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Once upon a time there was a prince. He was good looking and very rich. He lived in a beautiful castle together with his knights and servants.

One rainy dark night, a woman came to his castle. She was old and ugly. The prince didn't like her and sent her away. After he sent the woman away, she turned into a beautiful fairy. She cast a spell over the prince and his castle. The prince became a beast. He was no longer good looking. He looked very ugly instead and all his servants turned into furniture.

One day, an old man named Maurice was traveling past the castle. It was raining so hard that he decided to enter the castle. When the beast saw him, he captured him. After sometime Maurice's daughter, Belle began to worry about him.

She started to look for him. Finally, she arrived in the castle and she found her father there. She asked the beast to let her father go but he refused. Belle, then, agreed to stay in the castle so that her father could go home.

While Belle was staying at the castle the beast slowly changed. He was not meant anymore. Belle began to like him and finally they fell in love with each other. Right after she declared her love for him the spell was broken. The beast and her servants became human again.Then, the beast and Belle got married. They lived happily ever after.

Answer the questions based on the text above!

1.      Based on the text the writer writes the text in order to ....

a.       Entertain the reader with the story

b.      Inform about a good looking and very rich prince

c.       Describe about a prince and a woman

d.      Express her/his opinion about the story

2.      How is the ending of the story?

a.       Tragic

b.      Painful

c.       Unpleasant

d.      Delighted

3.      What is the main idea of the last paragraph?

a.       The beast and her servants became human again

b.      Belle found her father in the castle

c.       Belle and beast got married and live happily

d.      Belle and beast stayed in the castle

4.      Why did the prince send away the woman who came to his castle?

a.       She wanted to steal in the castle

b.      She wanted to kill the prince

c.       She was old and bad looking

d.      She was a beggar and the prince dislike her

5.      “When the beast saw him, he captured him”

The underlined word has similar in meaning to ....

a.       Caught

b.      Pushed

c.       Released

d.      Lost