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The Legend of Prambanan Temple

This is one of the folklores from Indonesia about one of the temples in Central Java

Exercise 1

Read each statement carefully. Decide whether the statement is True or False based on the information from the text.

The purpose of the story is to give instructions on how to build a temple.
The text was written mainly to entertain readers with a legend from Indonesia.
The phrase “at once” is used in the story to show that something happened suddenly.
The word “meanwhile” is used to show the order of events.
The word “You” in the sentence “You have been cheated” refers to Bandung Bondowoso.

Exercise 2

What is the main purpose of the writer in the story?

a. To persuade people to visit the temple

b. To entertain readers with a folktale

c. To give facts about the Prambanan temple

d. To explain the detailed process of making temples

2. What is the writer’s intention in writing this text?

a. Make readers believe in the supernatural

b. Teach moral lessons through a traditional tale

c. Describe Rara Jonggrang’s daily life

d. Show how temples are built

3. How does the writer want the reader to feel after reading the story?

a. Inspired to build temples

b. Hate Bandung Bondowoso

c. Informed and serious

d. Entertained but get a lesson

4. What does the word “suddenly” mean?

a. Something happened slowly

b. Something happened unexpectedly

c. Something happened as a result of an action

d. Something that has been predictable

5. Which of the following words is used to show the cause of an event?

a. Meanwhile

b. But

c. Because

d. Then

6. Which sentence best shows the result of something?

a. She made all the women grind rice so that the rooster would crow early

b. She did not want to marry Bandung because he had killed her father

c. When it was almost midnight, the work would be nearly done

d. But she was also afraid of Bandung

7. Why does the word “because” in the sentence “Bandung Bondowoso got frustrated because he failed to complete the thousandth temple” trying to convey?

a. It shows the result

b. It shows the cause

c. It introduces a character

d. It shows the order of events

8. What does the word “he” refer to in the sentence “…because he had killed her father”?

a. Bandung Bondowoso

b. The king

c. A demon

d. Rara Jonggrang

9. What does the word “them” refer to in the sentence “she ordered them to make the noisy sounds”?

a. The roosters in the palace

b. The demons help Bandung

c. The women in the palace

d. The villagers in the kingdom

10. What does the word “it” refer to in the sentence “the rooster thought that it had already been dawn”?

a. The rooster

b. Rara Jonggrang

c. The situation

d. The demon

Exercise 3

Answer the following questions with your own words shortly. Make sure your answers are based on the text.

What moral value does the writer want readers to learn from Rara Jonggrang’s fate?
What does the word “meanwhile” in the sentence, “Meanwhile, Princess Rara Jonggrang felt sad due to her dead father,” mean?
What does the word “So” in the sentence “So, to refuse politely, she made a condition.” mean?
If the roosters are referred to, what pronoun can be used?
“From then on, people called it ..” What cohesive devices are being used in this sentence?

Answer Key

Exercise 1

False
True
True
False
False

Exercise 2

Exercise 3

Expected answer: Every action has its own consequences.
Expected answer: Two actions happen at the same time
Expected answer: Showing the result of something
Expected answer: they
Expected answer: From then on (sequencing), it (pronoun)

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