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I-The Happy Prince

A) Say if these sentences about Chapter 1 are True or False and correct the False ones, showing you know the story you’ve read in class. 1- The author who wrote this story was Shakespeare. ______________________________________________________________________________ 2- Not everyone liked the statue of the Happy Prince. ________________________________________________________________________________ 3- The poor kids loved the statue most of all. _____________________________________________________________________________ 4- The weathercock was useless for most people. ________________________________________________________________________________ 5-Some kids looked at the statue and cried. __________________________________________________________________________________ 6- It was a wooden statue which had two blue sapphires in the eyes and a golden sword with a ruby. __________________________________________________________________________________ B) 1)Complete the gaps with suitable words about chapter 2 and 3: _____________was coming and it was time to fly away to a ___________ place. All the swallows decided to go to _____________________ but one swallow____________________to go. He wanted to stay near the river because he was in love with a __________. She was tall and _________. All the other swallows thought that staying was________________ because he could___________________with cold. When the other swallows left, he was very_________________ but soon he was_______________.The reed said she________________go

and so the swallow left. He flew over the________________________and arrived at

the________________ where he sat in the Prince’s ____________. It was a ________________place to sleep. He called it a ________________bedroom. 2)Read the sentences on the left and fill in the gaps with a word from the box .

hurt blind You You You You You You

sparrow hole

beg

agree

thirsty

angry

hungry wonder

are tremendously mad, upset. desperately need water. cut your hands with a knife. want your parents to let you go to a party. had a brilliant idea. are on the second floor of your house. You want

clever gift peacock

journey balcony

soon wings tired

You are_____________________ at every one today! You are________________________. Your hands are_______________. They say Yes, so they____________with your idea. You are really________________. So, you go to the____________________ and there

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some fresh air but you don’t come downstairs. Big bird with an unusual and colourful tail. It’s your birthday and everyone brings you a present.

you can feel the breeze in your face. It’s a_______________________________. Everyone brought you a____________________.

3) Match the words on the left with the synonyms or definitions on the right. 1-silly 2-wings 3-chase 4-blind 5-disease 6-dull 7-starving 8-strength 9-crumbs 10-heavy

A)You have it when you are strong. B)Little pieces of food C)Fool D)Go after someone, to run E)What birds have to fly F)A person who cannot see G)Boring H)Not light I)Desperate to eat something J)Sickness

KEY1-______ 2-______ 3-______ 4-______ 5-______ 6-______ 7-______

Read TEXT 1 and answer the questions: C)

8-______ 9-______ 10-_____

1- Why did the swallow arrive at that house? What problems were there? ______________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ 2- What was that poor mother’s job? ______________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ 3- Did she work hard? Explain. ______________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ 4- Why did the swallow need to go to Egypt very soon? ________________________________________________________________________________________ Read TEXT 2 and answer the questions on it using your own words as far as possible.

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1- Why was the swallow taking the golden leaves from the statue? ______________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ 2- What did the Prince think about the fact of having no gold? ________________________________________________________________________________________ 3- At the beginning of the book, the children were crying. Why are they smiling now? ______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ 4- According to the end of the story, explain why this story is about friendship. ______________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ 5- Why did both friends go to Heaven? ______________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________

KEY: Correction of the test IA- 1- False-The author who wrote this story was Oscar Wilde. 2-False 3-True 4-True 5-False-The kids looked at the statue and smiled.

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6-False-It was a golden statue….. B) 1- Winter was coming and it was time to fly away to a warmer place. All the swallows decided to go to Egypt but one swallow didn’t want to go. He wanted to stay near the river because he was in love with a reed. She was tall and thin. All the other swallows thought that staying was silly because he could die with cold. When the other swallows left, he was very happy but soon he was sad. .The reed said she couldn’t go and so the swallow left. He flew over the countryside and arrived at the city where she sat in the Prince’s shoulder. It was a nice place to sleep. He called it a golden bedroom. 2- angry,thirsty, hurt, agree, clever, balcony, peacock, gift 3- 1C 2- E 3-D 4-F 5-J 6-G 7-I 8-A 9-B 10-H D) 1)The swallow arrived at that house to help that family. The mother worked hard and didn’t have money to take car of her sick son , who wanted fresh oranges. 2) She was a sewer. 3) Yes, she did. She worked day and night to make a beautiful dress for a rich girl. Her hands were red. 4) She wanted to go away because soon it would be winter and she couldn’t resist such a terrible weather. Swallows need a warmer place. 1)The swallow was taking the golden leaves from the statue to give them to the poor people. 2) He didn’t care about money nor jewels. People were more important to him. 3) At first, they were crying because they were hungry and cold. Now, with the money from the leaves of gold, they have bought food and wood to warm themselves. 4)This story is also about friendship because the swallow and the Prince built a strong relationship. At the end, the swallow refused do go to Egypt and stayed to help the blind Prince even knowing he would die from cold. Good friends stick together even in bad moments. 5) Both friends went to Heaven because they did good deeds on Earth: they helped those in need. Good people get they reward and go to Paradise when they die.

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