He filled some bags with coins and put them on his donkeys. “shut sesame”,he said and the door shut. He quickly took the gold home to his wife. His wife
borrowed scales from ali baba’s brother casim,to weigh the gold. After she had done this. Ali baba buried the gold in the ground. But there was a piece of gold stuck to the bottom of the scales when she returned them. Casim went to the rock and took ten donkeys with him. “open sesame”,he said and the door opened. He took as much gold and jewels as he could,but he forgot the magic word thieves came back and were very angry to see casim inside. They killed him and went away. That night ali baba went to look for casim. When he found casim’s body,he took it home on his donkey.
tlng cariin jwban ini di cerita ali baba.
1. What is the generic structure of this text?
2. What is the purpose of the text above?
3. Is the text easy to follow? Why/why not?
4. What tense is mostly used in the text?
borrowed scales from ali baba’s brother casim,to weigh the gold. After she had done this. Ali baba buried the gold in the ground. But there was a piece of gold stuck to the bottom of the scales when she returned them. Casim went to the rock and took ten donkeys with him. “open sesame”,he said and the door opened. He took as much gold and jewels as he could,but he forgot the magic word thieves came back and were very angry to see casim inside. They killed him and went away. That night ali baba went to look for casim. When he found casim’s body,he took it home on his donkey.
tlng cariin jwban ini di cerita ali baba.
1. What is the generic structure of this text?
2. What is the purpose of the text above?
3. Is the text easy to follow? Why/why not?
4. What tense is mostly used in the text?
2. To entertain listeners or readers on a story or stories of the past
3. No, because the text starts in the middle of the actual story
4. Simple Past Tense