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G624.313 2009 - 293 Name of Book: The Happy Prince and The Selfish Giant Author: Osear Wilde Retold by: Elizabeth Ann Moore Editors: Claudia Fiocco, Monika Marszewska Computer graphics: Simona Corniola Design and art direction: Nadia Maestri Illustrations Gianni De Conno REEF SAMBA (Black Cat A % ROHEMIE Level 1) 3% lil: BR ik KR: WAM LAPS lovenotes@163.com A aS: KA RAS: KTR HA ARACTT > AAR INTEC Et HOR od Sh: bye TTP dt 3663 cy MB: 200062 BIBRA : 021 - 62450163 44 88] $7BUEH + 021 - 6257 (Th (BBR) ABI : 021 - 62869887 ARBIB : 021 - 62865537 (AEH) Uri aSE ¢ EMT LAL 3663 SAE ARTE ERS A EB aE: ari ecnaaean concn 2D i Bs bie Pema SRA OBA RA al FR AR: 8901240 32 FF EDGR : FR 56 TF MRR: 2009 4F 7 ARH EDR : 2009 4 7 HBT A HK: 1-5 100 60 -S : ISBN 978-7-5617- 6590-6/H - 458 tt: 19.0076 (@CD) HR AC RASA (AAS AL ET CT» FL A HL a LH 021 ~ 6286553:FF “FERED FALSR H HAA > RS /MEEOR Read for pleasure; Read for information; Read for language improvement. 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So the Swallow takes out the Prince’s eye and flies to the writer’s attic. When the writer sees the sapphire on his desk, he is very happy. ‘Now I can finish my book!’ says the young man. The next day the little Swallow flies to the port. He looks at all the ships. In the evening he returns to the Happy Prince. ‘Lam here to say goodbye,’ he says. ‘I am going to Egypt!’ ‘Swallow, Swallow, little Swallow,’ says the Prince. ‘Can you stay with me another night?’ ‘It is winter and it is cold here. In Egypt the sun is warm. My friends are making a nest.' Dear Prince, I must leave you. Next spring I can bring you a ruby and a sapphire.’ ‘In the street below,’ says the Happy Prince, ‘there is a little match girl.? Look, her matches are falling in a puddle ® of water! Now she can’t sell them. She is crying. She is poor and has no shoes. Take my other eye and give it to her.’ ‘I can stay with you another night,’ says the Swallow. ‘But I can’t take out your other eye, because then you can’t see.’ 1. nest 4 2. match girl : RAMI ABE © 3. puddle: =? 24yt _ The Sapphire ‘Swallow, Swallow, little Swallow,’ says the Prince, ‘do as I say.’ So the Swallow takes out the Prince’s other eye. He flies to the little match girl and puts the sapphire in her hand. ‘What a lovely piece of glass!’ says the little girl. She laughs and runs home. The Swallow returns to the Prince. ‘You can’t see now. I want to stay with you always.’ ‘No, little Swallow,’ says the poor Prince. ‘You must go to Egypt.’ ‘I want to stay with you always,’ says the Swallow.UNDERSTANDING THE TEXT Bi Tick the correct answers to complete the sentences. a. The next evening the fly to Egypt. Swallow wants to visit the city. b. The Prince asks the Swallow another ruby. to take [a sapphire ¢. The young mon in [very i. the attic is [very cold and hungry. d. The little girl in is selling flowers. the street can't sell her matches. e. She is happy she likes the colour of the glass. because now she is rich. {. The Prince now wants [to stay with him forever the Swallow to go to Egypt. 2 The Happy Prince wants to give his eye to a poor writer. ‘His’ is used because the eye belongs to the Prince. Remember: when a thing belongs to a boy we use ‘his when it belongs to a girl we use ‘her’. Complete the sentences with the following possessive adjectives (¥#) =)81i) : my, your, his, her, their. .. friends are already in Egypt,’ says the Swallow. . The little girl looks at the blue stone in ............... hand. . The birds in Egypt are making ............... nests. . ‘Tcam't take out ............. eye, my dear Prince,’ says the Swallow. . The young man can't write ............... Book because he’s very cold. aaa,What words can you associate with winter and summer? Use the words in the box to complete the spidergram. Can you think of any other words to add to the spidergram? 4 Speaking - Topic MONTHS OF THE YEAR In my country summer months are -and winter months are a. What do you like to do in summer and winter? b. Describe the weather in your country in summer and winter months. ¢. Which month do you prefer? 27& Label the city using the words in the box. tree cloud window column statue sky house church __ bridgePART THREE The Broken Heart he next day the Swallow tells the Prince stories about strange places. ‘In Egypt there are red birds called ibises.! They stand by the river Nile and catch fish. There is a Sphinx, ? too. It is very old and lives in the desert. It knows everything. There is a big green snake. It sleeps in a palm tree.’ ‘Dear little Swallow,’ says the Prince, ‘you tell me about marvellous things. But misery is the biggest mystery. 4 Fly over the city and tell me what you see.’ So the little Swallow flies over the city. He sees rich people 1. ices: > 3. marvellous : BAF © 4. mystery : HRA © 2 sri Bye 29The Happy Prince in beautiful houses. He sees poor people in dark streets. He sees hungry children with white faces. They are very cold. He flies back to the Prince and tells him everything. ‘I am covered with gold,’ says the Prince. ‘You must take it off. Then we can give the gold to the poor.’- >»- The Broken Heart The Swallow takes off the gold, leaf! by leaf. He takes it to the poor. Now the Prince looks dull? and grey. The children’s faces are happy. They laugh and play in the streets. ‘We've got bread now!’ they say. 1, leat: i, 2. dull : SGURAY © 3. laugh :The Happy Prince It is winter and it is very cold. There are some little boys skating on the ice. They are wearing red caps. ! The poor little Swallow is very cold. He does not want to leave the Prince. He loves him very much. ‘Goodbye, dear Prince. I am dying,’ says the poor little Swallow. He kisses the Happy Prince and dies near his feet. At that moment there is a strange noise inside the statue. The Prince's metal heart is breaking. ? It is certainly very cold. The next morning the Mayor® of the city looks at the statue. ‘Dear me! The Prince looks very ugly!’ ‘Yes! He looks very bad,’ say the Mayor's friends. They always agree with the Mayor. ‘There is a dead bird near his feet! Birds must not die here!’ So they pull down the statue of the Happy Prince. They melt * the statue in a furnace. * But the broken heart does not melt. ‘How strange!’ says a worker. ‘The broken heart does not melt in the furnace. We must throw it away.’ The worker takes the broken heart and puts it near the dead Swallow. ‘Bring me the two most precious things in the city,’ says God to his angel. The angel brings him the broken heart and the dead bird. ‘Very well!’ says God. ‘In my garden of Paradise ° this little bird can sing and the Happy Prince can live forever.’ 1 ops: 4, mete: fh 2. breaking : BED + 5. furnace : Hid « 3. mayor: thik © 6. paradise : Ke#t © 34UNDERSTANDING THE TEXT > Read the paragraph and write the best word (A, B or C) in the space. The first one is done for you. The Prince listens '... the stories about Egypt. Then the little swallow flies 2..... the city. He *..... rich people and poor people. The Prince wants to give ‘..... gold to the poor. The little swallow helps him. But *.,.., the Prince looks grey. The swallow is very cold and ¢..... near the Prince's feet. The Mayor of the city does not ’..... the statue ®..... melts it in a furnace. The broken heart does not melt. °..... angel takes the broken heart and the dead bird ™.,.., Paradise. 1, A for B to Cc at 2. A over Bon c up 3. A tosee B see ¢ sees 4. A his B him C its 5. A before B now ¢ again 6. A dies B die © dying 7. A liking B like € likes 8. A and B but Cor 9. A that Ba ¢ an 10. A to B up c in & Crack the code! A= @ L=* s * c= % N= * T= * E=- @ o=-* v= @ Ho= *& P= & w- * l= R= * Kw KOK KKK KK OS Ke 36Complete the chart about your pet/pets or your friend’s pet/pets. Look at the example: (nome kind of pet age Ny Lucky dog 3 years old ee x where it sleeps what it eats what you do together my bedroom meat, chocolate play ball EA @ speaking - Topic PETS Use a picture of your pet to answer the following questions: What is its name? What does it ect? . Where does it sleep? . What do you do with your pet? popa ST° @d Find the words in the left column in the text and underline them. Now match the opposites. 1. old a. bright 2. little b. poor 3. rich ¢. young 4. cold 4. sad 5. dull e. big 6. happy f. hot Complete the following sentences using the words in the right column. a. She is crying. I think she's very ; b, It's got a lot of bedrooms. It’s a ................ hotel. ©. issn people like discos. @. Ican't drink my tea. It's t00 vee! e. Look at the stars! They're very 1. She's said because she's . Listen and circle the words you hear. There is a golden statue called / cold the Happy Prince. A Swallow stops near the statue to test / rest one night. He is going to Egypt because it has / is winter. The Happy Prince is crying because he can’t / can see the poor people in the city. The Prince asks the Swallow to help him / I'm. The Swallow stays. He gives the more / poor people precious stones and gold, Now the Prince is very full / dull. It's very / merry cold and the Swallow dies, The Prince's heart / part breaks. The next day the Mayor / Major of the city orders to pull down the statue. An angel brings / thinks God the bird and the heart. God says the Prince and the Swallow can't / can live in Paradise forever. 38Migratory Birds There are many migratory birds in the world. Swallows, ducks and storks? are migratory birds. They build their nests in the north. Every autumn they fly long distances to the south. They fly together in big groups. In the south it is warmer and there is more food. Every spring they return to their nests in the north. Disa el nee ace San Juan Capistrano in (OF iire emo mres ccd Celso) TS eis Ute bana In autumn wild® ducks leave America. They always Perit n Eee aS sce) return on 19th March! WG MISCO see Stic Ts Bu omccate Monten natn ety 1. migratory birds : #8 © "Sc > 2. storks: + EN a 3, wild : SAE A ©Maps and Birds The Arctic! tern? lives in the Arctic. In winter it flies ar ARCTIC to the Antarctic. > It travels > 17,000 km ina year! Draw a black dotted line to the correct place NORTH Pvt 31 er.y Seen) Capistrano te Vunere do storks go in autumn’ Draw a blue dotted line to the correct place. Where do swallows go in autumn? Draw a green dotted line to the correct place. 1. the Arctic : AUB ° 2. tern: Ai > 3. the Antarctic : PUB ©Let's help the birds fly south! SIBERIA UROPE Dram eros CtCroR Ty Ronee cas stra ANTARCTICPROJECT ON THE WEB Let's find out more about migratory birds! Find the right website. Look at the pictures of the migratory birds. Choose the birds you like and click on them. Find out their names, where they live and where they migrate. Use a map of the world to see where they travel. ® speaking - Topic ANIMALS Use a picture of a bird to help you describe it. Answer the following questions: a. Where does it live? b. What is special about it? ¢. What can it do?The Selfish GiantBEFORE YOU READ mid Here are some words from the story. Do you know them? es en frost a hole 4 giant blossoms BA ra & Look at the title of the story. What do you think? Put a tick in the box. a. Agiant is c. A'selfish’ person a tall man. likes fish. amonster. [J only loves himself. an alien. [sells fish. b. He d. The Selfish Giant means loves children. the giant is selfish. hates children. the selfish is a giant. eats children. gicmts are selfish.Winter very afternoon the children play in the Giant’s garden. It is a big, lovely garden with green grass. Beautiful flowers grow there. There are twelve peach ' trees with delicate? pink blossoms. The birds sit on the trees and sing sweet songs. The children listen to the birds. ‘How happy we are here!’ the children say. The Giant is away. He is visiting his friend the ogre.* After seven years the Giant returns home. When he arrives he sees the children in his garden. They are playing. ‘What are you doing here?’ he says in a loud voice. The children are very scared‘ and run away. * 1 peach: @& 4, seared : SICH + 2. delicate : rity © 5. mum away : BIE © 3. ogre : RIL, © 45The Selfish Giant __ ‘This is my garden! My garden!’ says the Giant. ‘Only I can play here.’ So the Giant builds! a high wall around the garden. Then he puts up a sign: He is a very selfish Giant. Now the poor children have no place to play. They can’t play on the road. There are big stones? on the road and the children don’t like them. After school, the children walk near the high wall. They talk about the beautiful garden inside. It is spring and there are little blossoms and little birds everywhere. But in the garden of the Selfish Giant it is still winter. The birds do not sing there because there are no children. There are no blossoms on the trees. A beautiful flower puts its head out of the grass. It looks for the children. It sees the sign and goes back into the ground. It goes to sleep. Only the Snow and the Frost are happy. ‘Spring doesn’t come to this garden,’ they say. ‘We can live here all year!’ The Snow covers the grass with her big white cloak. * The Frost paints the trees silver. * The Snow and the Frost invite the North Wind to stay with them. The North Wind comes and 1. builds : #628 © 3. cloak : & 2, stones : &. 4, silver:The Selfish Giant blows! all day in the garden. He has a big warm coat and a hat. ‘This is a wonderful place,’ says the North Wind. ‘We must invite the Hail.” So the Hail comes. He is dressed in grey. For three days he runs around the garden. Then he dances on the roof.’ There is a lot of hail. ‘Why doesn’t the Spring come?’ asks the Selfish Giant. He sits at the window and looks at his cold, white garden. The Spring never comes and the Summer never comes. The Autumn gives fruit to all gardens. But it doesn’t give any fruit to the Selfish Giant’s garden. ‘He is too selfish,’ the Autumn says. So, it is always winter there. The North Wind, the Hail, the Frost and the Snow live in the Selfish Giant's garden. x 2. hail : TK © 50UNDERSTANDING THE TEXT Pid Are these sentences ‘Right’ (A) or ‘Wrong’ (B)? If there is not enough information to answer, choose ‘Doesn't say’ (C). Tick (V) the correct answers. A BC 1, Every morning the children play in the Giant's garden. 2. There are beautiful flowers and peach trees in the Giant's garden. . The Giant is visiting his brother, the ogre. The ogre lives in a big forest. . The Giant builds a high wall around the garden. The poor children have no place to play. Nogaw . Itis spring everywhere, but in the garden of the Selfish Giant it is still winter. 8. The North Wind, the Hail, the Frost and the Snow don't like the Giant's garden. & Here is the dialogue between the Giant and the children. Circle the correct words. Giant: ‘Who is /are you? What am / are you doing in my garden?’ Children : ‘We are / is the poor children of the village. We'm / re only playing. We likes / like your garden.’ Giant: ‘Go / Going away! Get out / in of here!’ Children : ‘We want to play here We have / has not got a garden.’ Giant: ‘This is my garden. Ido / does not want / wants any children in my garden’ 512 When are these fruits in season? Put the fruits in the correct baskets. Sf by /w- ie KSesty di LPO / 1 Poe? WINTE! cherries = “ @0 &® @ chestnuts apples ’R as peaches oranges Answer the questions with: Yes, there are / No, there aren't. a. Are there peaches in winter? d. Are there apricots in spring? b. Are there chestnuts in spring? e. Are there grapes in cutumn? c. Are there plums in summer? f. Are there oranges in summer? What fruit do you like? 52a ne morning the Giant hears some lovely music. ‘It must be the King’s musicians!’ says the Giant. A little bird is singing a lovely song. The Hail stops dancing on the roof. The North Wind stops blowing. There is a sweet perfume! in the air. Y ‘Tthink Spring is here at last,’ says the Giant. He goes to the window and looks outside. What does he see? He sees something wonderful! There is a little hole in the wall. Now the children can enter the garden. There is a little child on every tree. The trees have beautiful blossoms. They are very happy to have the children. The birds are flying in the sky and singing. The flowers are laughing. There is happiness in the garden. But it is still winter in one corner of the garden. In that corner there is a little boy. He is very small and he can’t climb? the 1. perfume : #2 © 2. climb : IR 53The Selfish Giant tree. He is walking around the tree and crying. The tree is covered with snow. The North Wind is blowing. ‘Climb up, little boy!’ says the Tree. But the boy is too small.When he sees the little boy the Giant's heart melts. ‘T am very selfish!’ he says. ‘Now I know why the Spring does not come here. I must put that little boy on the tree. Then IThe Selfish Giant must knock down! the wall. My garden must be the children’s playground? forever.’ The Giant opens his door and goes out into the garden. When the children see the Giant they are afraid. They run away. The Winter returns to the garden. The little boy does not run away. He is crying. The Giant takes him in his big hand and puts him on a branch of the tree. Suddenly, there are blossoms on the tree. The birds come and sing. The little boy is very happy. He kisses the Giant. When the children see this, they come back to the garden. The Spring comes back too. ‘It is your garden now, little children,’ says the Giant. He takes a big axe* and knocks down the wall. 1. knock down : #78 ° 22: 2. playground : #5RSH «UNDERSTANDING THE TEXT eo Here you have a summary of Part Two. Choose the right words and circle them. One day the Giant hears some lovely / loud music. It is a little / pretty bird singing The North Wind stops / doesn’t stop blowing. The children cam enter the garden / house because there is at hole / door in the wall. Now there is happiness / sadness in the garden But a little boy / girl can’t climb the tree / walll. ‘Now I know / remember why the Spring / Winter doesn't come here!” says the Giant. ‘must / can help that child’ says the Giant. So he puts him on / in a branch of the tree. The children / North Wind and Hail come back to the garden and the Giant knocks down the wall. 2 The Hail stops dancing on the roof. The North Wind stops blowing. What's the weather like? eas We eis i vee cet b. It's gMe GTS coe se = rae ME EB iii och tio ing. 57® @d First -1*, second - 2™* and third - 3'%, Find the word and write the letter in the box below. a. The opposite of rich is P.O OR : write the first letter b. The North Wind stops ___ write the second letter. ¢. There is a hole in the wall. Now the children _ _ _ enter the garden: write the second letter. d. The little boy can't climb the tree. He is third letter. write the e. The Giant has got a beautiful ____ write the first letter. flu dale peyscnet afternoon, evening : write the third letter. g. The Spring does __ _ __ come to the Giant's garden: write the second letter. h. ‘Imust _ _ _ the little boy on the tree,’ says the Giant: write the second letter. 1. The Hail stops ____ on the roof: write the third letter. j. The Giant opens his _ _ _ __ and goes into the garden: write the first letter, ROOOOOOOO Listen to part of the text again and fill in the missing words. ‘I think Spring ................. here at last,’ says the Giant. He es .. to the window and looks outside. What ......... ee ne S00? He something wonderfull There ...... see A little hole in ere . Now the children .. enter the garden. There is a little child on every .. se The trees have beautiful blossoms. They are very ‘i to have the children. The ... are flying in the ky deel einging. The . eter loughing There is happiness in the Now turn to Page 53 and check.PART THREE White Blossoms t twelve o’clock people go to the market. They see the Giant playing with the children in the beautiful garden. The children play all day. In the evening they say goodbye to the Giant. ‘Where is the little boy?’ asks the Giant. ‘We don’t know,’ answer the children. “You must tell him to come tomorrow,’ says the Giant. ‘We don’t know where he lives,’ say the children. The Giant is very sad and says, ‘He is my little friend and I want to see him.’ Every afternoon, after school, the children play with the Giant. The Giant is very kind to the children. But he wants to see his first little friend. ‘Where is he?’ he says to himself. Many years pass and the Giant grows old. He can’t play with the children. So he sits in an enormous ! armchair and watches 1. enormous : FfThe Selfish Giant the children play. He looks at his garden and says, ‘I have many beautiful flowers, but the children are the most beautiful flowers of all.’ One winter morning the Giant looks out of his window. He does not hate the Winter now. He knows that the Spring is sleeping and that the flowers are resting. Suddenly, he sees something marvellous. He looks and looks. He is very surprised. In a corner of the garden there is a tree with lovely white blossoms. Its branches are golden and there is silver fruit on them. Under this tree there is a little boy. It is the Giant's little friend. The Giant runs to the garden. He is very happy. He runs across the green grass and goes to the child. When he is near the child he becomes angry. He says, ‘What are these wounds?’! There are the marks? of two nails? on the child’s hands and feet. 1. wounds : fist ° 2. marks : SLE © 3. nails E> SSRThe Selfish Giant ‘What are these wounds?’ says the Giant. ‘These are the wounds of Love,’ says the child. ‘Who are you?’ asks the Giant. The Giant has a strange sensation. ' He kneels” in front of the little child. The child smiles at the Giant and says, ‘You let me play in your garden. Today you can come with me to my garden. It is Paradise.’ When the children come to the garden they find the Giant dead under a tree. He is covered with white blossoms. 1. sensation : Ait © 2. kneels : 4 62UNDERSTANDING THE TEXT ri Are these sentences ‘Right’ (A) or ‘Wrong’ (B)? If there is not enough information to answer, choose ‘Doesn't say’ (C). Tick (/) the correct answers. A BOC 1, The children play ball in the garden. 2. The Giant is sad becaruse he wants to see his little friend. 3. The Giant sleeps in an enormous armchair. - In a corner of the garden there is a tree with lovely pink blossoms. . Under this tree there is the Giant's little friend . The little boy’s garden is Paradise The Giant is covered with white blossoms. exon . The children cry because the Giant is dead. & You have the answers. Now ask the questions. Look at the example. @: Do the children play in the garden? A: Yes, the children play in the garden. GQ. cece: HE POOPIE .......ssece tO the market att eleven o'clock? A: No, the people go to the market at twelve o'clock. eee the children 0.0.0.0... ll dary? Yes, the children play all day © +o * the Giant .................. to see his little friend? Yes, the Giant wants to see his little friend. eNO cece the Winter now? No, he aosatt hate the Winter now. . the Giant ............::. the boy’s name? No, the Giant doesn't know the boy's name >D >D > 632 Write the missing words in the boxes. a. The little boy is the Giant's f. The Giant has got a beautiful b. The grass is ... g. The Giant is .. c. Birds live ... trees. h. The Gicmt loves the little boy. = d. The blossoms on the Giant's ae body are... . i. The Giant ... in an armchair. e. ... one must enter j. So 7 b. c. a. e. f. é ] Pb ‘What's the word in the red boxes? 64Gardens A garden is a beautiful place. Children play in gardens. Trees, bushes, grass and flowers are part of a garden. Birds, butterflies, insects ' and other little animals live there. Some gardens are small. Others are big. Palaces and castles usually have enormous gardens. Italian villas? and palaces have beautiful gardens with statues and fountains. The Boboli Gardens in Florence, Italy, are a splendid The Boboli Gardens in Florence, Italy. example. In France and in England there are many lovely gardens: the gardens of the Castles of the Loire valley in France and Hampton Court in England. Most American and British people have a flower or vegetable garden. They often have parties or barbecues’ in their gardens. A Castle of the Loire Valley. Hampton Court. 1. insects : Ft 3. barbecues : BEASTIE » 2. villas : USE © 65Flowers Do you know these flowers? Match the flowers with their names. . Tulip . Violet Rose . Sunflower Geranium Daisy ropaeagpa ‘What flower is it? Read the sentences and write the names of the flowers in the pots. a. It's the symbol of love \ y 7». Girls pull off its petals and say, / ‘He loves me, he loves me not.’ ¢. It comes from Holland. y es V d. It clways looks at the sun. areas senna e. It has the name of a colour. / t. You put it on your balconyHave you got green fingers?’ Let’s plant an avocado? stone! * Soon you can have an avocado plant! It’s very easy. 1. . Put it near a window Take an avocado stone and wash it. Lstone . Put three toothpicks in the stone. Put 1/2 of it in a glass of water. toothpick inside your house. . Change the water every week. earth When you see the first roots, put the stone in a pot of earth. J roots . Keep the pot inside your house. Remember to water it every week. v 1. fingers ne 2. avocado : “il « 3. stone : WBE « 67EXIT TEST 2 Are these sentences ‘Right’ (A) or ‘Wrong’ (B)? If there is not enough information to answer, choose ‘Doesn't say’ (C). Tick (/) the correct answers. e A BC The Prince cries because he sees the misery of his city. . The Prince is thirty-five years old. . The little swallow’s friends are in Italy. . The little swallow takes the Prince’s ruby, sapphires and gold to the poor people. ‘Tel. . The little swallow dies because he is very hungry. 6. The Mayor pulls down the statue of the Prince and makes another one. . The Prince and the little swallow go to Paradise. ] © summary Put the sentences A-H in the correct order and you have a summary of The Selfish Giant. a The Giant sees ct hole in the wall and some children enter the garden, One day the Giant builds a high wall around the garden and the children cannot enter The Giant puts the little boy on the tree. Then he knocks down the wall. One morning the Giant hears a bird singing. The Gicmt is away and the children play in his garden every day. Now the garden is beautiful and the Giant plays with the children Winter comes to the garden and never leaves. The Giant dies and goes to Paradise with the little boy.© Circle the correct words. All birds have feathers/ wings, but some birds can't fly. The smallest/ biggest bird is the hummingbird. Penguins can fly/swim. The ostrich can run/fly very fast. Migratory birds fly to cold/ warm places in the autumn. They return home in the spring/ winter. ra Tick the correct answers to complete the sentences. 1, The Happy Prince is very happy. very sad 2. He sees all the misery in his city. in the world 3. The little Swallow takes the Prince's sapphires, ruby and gold to the poor. to Egypt. 4. It is very cold and the little Swallow dies goes to Egypt. 5. The Mayor and his friends pull down the statue of the Happy Prince. build another gold statue of the Happy Prince. 6. The Happy Prince and the little Swallow go to Egypt. go to paradise. 7. The Selfish Giant builds anew home. @ wall around his garden 698. The poor children __ have no place to play. » play in the school garden. 9. The North Wind, Snow, Frost and Hail | never come to the Giant's garden. __ like the Giant's garden. 10. There is a little hole in the wall and the giant is very angry. © the children com enter the garden. 11. The giant helps the little boy and the Spring comes back to the garden. but the Spring never comes back. 12. Every afternoon after school the children play with the Giant in the garden, _ the Giant visits his friend, the ogre. 13. When the Giant is old he dies and ») the Winter returns to the garden. he goes to paradise. Read the answers and then fill in the gaps with WHERE/WHO/WHY /WHEN/ WHAT. Gesu dS Very Selfish? The Giant is very selfish, sissies: SCSON is it? It is spring, ©. ssssssssssssses GO the children play? The children play in the Giant's garden, a. uso is the little match girl crying? The little match girl is crying becemse she is cold and hungry. e. ssi is the little Swallow going to Egypt? The little Swallow is going to Egypt tonight. 70© Put a tick in the correct box. a. The [rose {geranium | violet is the symbol of love. b. The |!) daisy |" sunflower |) tulip comes from Holland ¢. The |) violet |) sunflower "rose always looks at the sun. @® which is your favourite story? THE HAPPY PRINCE THE SELFISH GIANT aKEY TO THE ACTIVITIES Part On Page 13 Exercise 3 a. ruby b. skate c. sword d. swallow e. column f. sapphire Page 18 Exercice 1 1.A 2.C 3A 4B 5.A 6.C 7.B 8A 9A 10.B 11,A 12.B Page 18 Exercise 2 a5 b4 G1 d3 e2. Birds Page 21 Exercise 1 Keyto THE EXERCISES AND EXIT TEST » Bree | ae ee x a Ge ' we Oe D one, 02, aa (eames | ‘eet iam Toan fly. 72Part Two Page 26 Exercise 1 fly to Egypt a sapphire very cold and hungry can't sell her matches she likes the colour of the glass to go to Egypt Pepe op Page 26 Exercise 2 a.My b.her c.their d. your e. his Page 27 Exercise 3 Winter: snow, cold, skiing, rain, ice- skating Summer: hot, sun, ice cream, swimming costume, flowers, holidays Page 28 Exercise 5 statue pridge column. Part Three Page 36 Exercise 1 1.B 2,A 3.C 4.B 5.B 6A 7.B 8.A 9.C 10.A 73 Page 36 Exercise 2 The swallow loves the prince. Page 37 Exercise 3 Open ended. Page 38 Exercise 5 1c 2e 3b 4f 5a 6d a. sad b. big ©. young d. hot e. bright f. poor Page 38 Exercise 6 called, rest, is, can, him, poor, dull, very, heart, Mayor, brings, can Page 42 Project on the Web http://www.nationalzoo.si.edu/Gonserv ationAndScience/MigratoryBirds THE SELFISH GIANT Part One Page 51 Exercise 1 1.B2A 3B 4.C 5A 6A 7A 8.B Page 51 Exercise 2 Giant: are, are Children: are, re, like Giant: Go, out Children: have Giant: do, want Page 52 Exercise 3 No, there aren't. No, there aren't. Yes, there are. No, there aren't. Yes, there are. No, there aren't. mepogePart One Page 57 Exercise 1 lovely, little, stops, garden, hole, happiness, boy, tree, know, Spring, must, on, children Page 57 Exercise 2 windy icy sunny raining snowing hailing peaose Page 58 Exercise 3 blowing can crying garden morning not put dancing j. door “SE me pos PLAYGROUND Page 58 Exercise 4 is, goes, does, sees, is, wall, can, tree, happy, birds, flowers, garden Part Three Page 63 Exercise 1 1.0 2A 3.B 4B 5A 6.0 7.A B.C Page 63 Exercise 2 a. Do, go b. Do, play c. Does, want d. Does, hate e. Does, know Page 65 Exercise 3 a. [F]/2\[1|[z|[m\[> ». fe |[R][z| ec. [IN a. 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