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Ali Baba and the yaa MW} DOMINOES Pens Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves EEN Series Editors: Bill Bowler and Sue Parminter Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves Retold by Janet Hardy-Gould Illustrated by Trystan Mitchell Janet Hardy-Gould has worked as a teacher of English for many years. In her free time she enjoys reading history books and modern novels, visiting other European countries, and drinking tea with her friends. She lives in the ancient town of Lewes in the south of England with her husband and their two children. ‘She has written a number of books, including Henry Vill and hhis Six Wives, and King Arthur in the Oxford Bookworms series, and The Great Fire of London, Sinbad, Mulan, Hercules, and an adaptation of Sherlock Holmes: The Emerald Crown in the Dominoes series. OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS Story Characters Contents Before Reading Thieves in the forest Activities Inthe treasure cave Activites Kasim visits the cave Activities A thief in town Activites, The chief arrives Activities FE Clever Morgiana Activities B) Project A Project B Word Work Grammar About Dominoes eee RR ag =z BEFORE READING 1 Match the words with the story characters. Use a dictionary to help yo Ali Baba’s brother is a rich 2 Our story is about / i poor woodcut merchant. His name is Kasim, ZF . Arshad isthe One day, Ali Baba is working in the forest. Suddenly he hears some ‘men, They are coming nearer. b «Sold butworks wel with his hands 4 0 quick and clever, avy with Al Baba an Kasi, READING CHECK [re these sentences true or fase? Tick the boxes. True False a some rocks. Their says, (Open Sesame!’ A door in the ick opens, and the GUESS WHAT ‘What does Ali Baba do in the next chapter? Tick one box. / Later, the thieves come out. They say, ‘Close Sesame!’ and the door closes. | ‘Hmm. Interesting. What's in that | cave?" Ali Baba thinks, ‘Td like to see.” 1 He s aid ofthe thieves, 50 he doesnt go into the cave. 1b He visits the cave and finds easure init. He takes some hore. C = He goes ino the cave but some thieves arent They kil him. J al es 44 He tans hme ad tel Kas. Kai goes into the cave fest. ee : serene He takes some gold coins and leaves. ‘Close s. The cave door behind him, \fter the thieves leave, Ali Baba goes fo the rocks. ‘Open Sesame!” he says. The door opens, and he walks in. She runs to Kasim’s house. ‘Can | borrow your scale: Lwant to weigh somethin; she tells Kasim’s wife, 90ld eneperneysionml —errow touletrashut time weigh a fein rare sales jou ine ow ee Sascecrurmepcitsiae totareetgs cake se ‘of course.” Kasim’s wife But what are you weighinj (Oh, nothing important,’ Ali Baba's wile answers her } Later, Ali Baba’s wife takes back the scales. Kasim’s wife finds a gold coin on the wax, ‘They're weighing gold!” she thinks, They're richer than us!’ Kasim’s wife thinks, "That's not true!" She quickly puts some wax on the scales, She tells Kasim. ‘My brother's a poor “woodcutter,’ Kasim | cries angrily. “How can | || he have lots of gold? I READING CHECK [Match the fst and second parts ofthe sentences GUESS WHAT What happens to Kasim in the next chapter? Tick the boxes. He goes to Al Baba house He leans about the cave from Al Saba we He goes tothe cave wth lots of ends. He remembers to ay.'Open Sesame and goes in He doesnt find any treasure inthe cave He forgets to say Open Sesame and cant eve {The thieves fn im in the cave 1h He sal ofthe thevesin the cave ‘open Salt!” he says When th when he wants to selec, The leave. But the cave door doesn’t open. Kasim asks his brother, ‘Where's this gold coin from?" Ali Baba explains, Later, Kasim visits the cave. ‘Open Sesame!" he says and goes in. at a ‘Cut his body into four pieces!’ | | Later, Ali Baba finds Kasim's | | their chief, Arshad, says. ‘Do || body. He takes it back home. 's my treasure now!’ he cries. more people know about our || ‘Perhaps the thieves can find ‘The cave door cave? This dead body can seare | and kill me now!’ he says. hi | them, and stop their visits” | | 'Hllp! What can I dor wt fat ae So Morgiana Baba Kasim’s very il, tell everybody Morgiana says. “The cobbler, Baba Must n come and s Kasim’s body. Then we Morgiana blindfolds him and He sews up Kasim’s body. Then ‘akes him back home, | Alter that, the family buries Kasim. ‘Now the thieves can’t find me,’ Ali Baba thinks happily. ‘Or can they?" volo someting ove a ee when we Ti Oe READING CHECK Put the sentences in order. Number them 1-10. Casino buy 15 hte ct a do by nar ces io) ee 1 Crass J) Tal soba tates rosin ead bry home asim b hen ti the te GUESS WHAT What happens in the next chapter? Tick one of the boxes. One of the thieves ... a (2... finds Ali Baba near the cave,and Bb [1]... inds Al Babin the cave, and leaves kills him, him there, ¢ (1... goes to the cobbler’ shop. Baba ‘Mustafa takes him to Al Baba’ house, dO)... goes tothe cobbler’ shop Babs ‘Mustafa doesnt tak about his visto ‘Ni Baba house u chapter A thief in town In town, Najid visits the cobbler Go into town,’ Arshad tells Najid, one of the thieves. ‘Perhaps you can learn something about the dead man there” _ J tere we are,’ the cobbler says. Najid Soon after that, puts a white mark on the door. Morgiana comes out, must tell Arshad about this,’ he She sees the mark on | thinks, and he leaves, Baba Mustafa Ali Baba’s door. P| walks slowly back to his shop. Hmm. Somebody wants to mark our house," she thinks. ‘Perhaps it's the thieves. What shall Ido? READING CHECK {Choose the correct words to complete these sentences. ions ab Mil hae 83) Mtl aking is rates en He ks about aces Bi oes to tro Ba Mistta closes ts mou four pieces / verse ce a Musas one Ther he tates ajo Al Bobo / Kos hos. Aad puts ved white mark onthe on ia / Ml Baba wife ee he mark onthe door Wasa KBOr EO con Np Ft GUESS WHAT What does Morgiana do inthe next chapter? Read the sentences and write yes or no, | She mars all the frat doos nA Baba steet, and Arshad can' find the house € ‘She tells Al Baba about the markon his front door. Bb She goes tothe cote lots of money to Baba Mu el the thieves again, She goes tothe teaser cave and talks tothe thieves there Die Veh ‘the cobbler takes him to Ali Baba's house. Arshad looks carefully at it. He doesn’t mark (a it. Morgiana is watching through the window. | Ga =a ©) Morgiana marks ever | door in the st Later, Arshad comes back in different clothes. He knocks on Ali, Baba's door. ‘I'm an oil merchant. I'm taking my oil to a town far He visits the cobbler's ‘away. Can I sleep here tonight?’ he says, li Baba is a good man. shop, and gives three gold “OL course,’ he answers. ‘Leave your oil jars behind my house and come in’ thes ee nes se oct of sgh st me 0 joucook things nth Arshad lea One jar here are thieves in thirty-nine of the When I knock on the jars," Arshad tells his men ‘come out and kill Ali Baba!’ Then he goes Phas oll in, butt quietly, into the house, Later, Morgiana visits the jars. She needs oil for her lamp. Is it time?’ the thieves ask, he answers, | She puts hot oil in the jars, and the thieves die suddenly. When Arshad comes and knocks on the jars, nobody answers him. ‘Hey, my men are all dead!’ he cries. He leaves very quickly. READING CHECK ‘Correct ten more mistakes in the story. doors ‘Morgiana mars al the windows in the street an! Arshad can find ‘Al Babes house. He goes tothe merchant’ shop and gives two gold coins ‘to Baba Mustafa, Baba Mustafa takes him to Al Babalshouse, but Moriana is watching through the door. ‘Arshad comes back ater He inthe thes of salt merchant. He hasty jars with him. He wants to ste at Al Baba house Al Baba says, Yet ths So Arshad puts his jars infront of Al abs house. Later, Morgiana needs ol for her lamp, she lars something intetestng There ae thieves in forty-nine of the jars! They want to come out and help ‘Ni Baba! Morgana puts some cold olin the jars and the thieves de. Arshad finds his dead men inthe jars and he slowly leaves Al Babals house GUESS WHAT ies 2 Doeomes back and kills Ali Baba, Semet ia | 1 Ditrows Arshad when he wsits Al Saba house 2 Cells Arshad, Go away and never come back” 3 Oils Arshad, 4 Cis Al Babes new wife in the end. ss shad com, to town. Now he’s w the clothes of a rich But when clever Morgiana brings the dinner Ali Baba doesn’t recognize Arshad when he comes to the shad opens a new shop. | Baba’s son, Morad, has old shop across the street. Arshad and po ES are soon friends, ‘Father, can my new friend come for dinner?’ Morad asks Ali Baba one day. “Of course,” Ali Baba says. Alter dinner, Morgiana dances for them. Suddenly Arshad attacks Ali Baba with a knife, dinner sete After that, she explains everyth giana, you're the cleverest se all Persia" Ali Baba says. “You muy Morad, and have some treasure, too!” “Thank you, Father! Morad and Morgana marry ‘he two of them marry, and they move into the next ‘ouse in the street, In time, they have many children, suid they live there very happily for many years, READING CHECK Choose the correct ptures | vy i¢ GUESS WHAT What does Ai Baba do after the story ends? Tick the boxes and ada your own ideas, 2 Ce stays a wooden wets in the forest 1b Cle stops working inthe foe, and stays ot home & COW never vis the teaune cave gsi 4 Ce often goes tothe cave because a the «© Ce gies est of his money topo pole Cle gives ot of his money to Morad a Morgana 19 Cie dest go un mvc because t's aad of thew, Biers LO) otc cniid ves there Natural products 1 Read about gold Complete the tal Goll comes from many different countries in the world. Alot of gold comes from South Africa, but China is now a big gold producer The United States. Australia and Russia produce gold too. Most gold comes fiom far under the ground. Some gold in South Africa comes from 3.585 metres down! There is a lot of gold in sea water t00, but people can't easily take gold out of the sea. You can do lots of different things with gold, You can make jewellery wih 1" and expensive watches. Some people have gold teeth, t00, There s some gold in most Tvs, home computers. and mobile phones. Ofcourse: there isn't very much. So don't open your TV’ Gold is very expensive. One kilogram of gold is about [Wai there Which countries produce i? Where does the product come fom? \What do people do witht? How expensive 2. Read the notes in the table and complete the text. Whats the product Vegetable ol e ‘Mosty Indonesia and Malaysia the United States, China, and Argentina Which counties produce? From the fruit ofthe oll palm vee, fiom the soya bean plant ‘Where does the product come from? Make soap, perfume, and pant. Cook. Makebiofuel fom and use this in cars What do people do with eteoa aE Two dollars ite ‘comes from different ot countries inthe world and produce most ofthe world’s vegetable oll. But and are vogetable oll producers, too. Vegetable oil comes from many different plants. Most vegetable ol is palm ol. t ‘of the oll palm tee. Soya bean oil isan important vegetable ol, too. It comes from the seed ofthe plant. ‘comes from the People do diferent things with vegetable oil. They make : sand with it. And of course, people can with itat home, too. In some countries, people make theie “from vegetable oi. They use this in -In Brazil lots of drivers do this. ‘Vegetable ol is good because it isnt very expensive. People usually pay about ess» Describing a shop The comect err of adjectives before a nouns 1 Write the words i the correct order to make sentences. gold. oi. kacaps. » re/od picture 4 bg /char/a 1 reresting long /an ke fea 9 /Tuhish / wandedul/ shoes hh fee /cat/ Pesan fa/ white 2 Look at the picture, Complete the text on page 27 with the words from Activity 1. % ‘her ar ts of ciferent things in Moras shop. At the front on the eft, yu can see some wonderful, red, Turkish shoes... and neat them ther are some Behind these, there's ‘onthe wall and theres ‘tthe bake the shop on the right you can see Nett this, there’ all thin table with elephants on tn fron ofthese things there are lots of Nextt these, there ae two Morass Is siting in front of them. 3. Whatis your favourite shop? 4 asporsshop © at0yshop ‘4 Whatisin your favourite shop? Make alist of things. fdas woRo WORK 1 + these words don't match the pictures. Correct them. i ald coins i 9 7 merchant wwe treasue 2 Complete the sentences with words from Chapters 1 and. "is ad ie! es They maketh... SBSOME,..£ hast got much money. He vey, Your ne” Yes, but give back to me ater eens My Gren ofthe forest peopl, ano yg forme?” Yes es wenty hlogeams” She ves n an expensive house under these there they say, b 4 ean imponant man He the ‘ 3 h os old Spanish, Fy + Find words fom Chapters 3 and 42 K2 woro woR! id match them with the pictures. = bboctrel salt a nce e—tolindat f wee pu 2 Complete each sentence with a word from the box in the correct form. ory cut_explain mark piece sie ‘Your howseisno mare than tht... RS... fom my front doo Ourdogoten things under the ees in our garden. € “canteat all that apple! ‘OK But da you want a... fit” 4 Ohno! There ae COnthis shit Theyre a ferent colour © Ganyou this word to me? I don't understand it f tm, this sandwich into two pieces ane for you and one for me + Find words rom Chapters Sand 6 to match the pictures. qAMMAR CHECK cern ory escent reco iaksnne me ame ee do Beat etna omic grat mae Pa SSE ae ree outa questions sk or gS and the verbs in brackets. complete the sentences with can or can't (Gee all the wonderful treasure {borom) the sales and so she is happy. (eave) the cave, {find Al Baba house because Morgiana marks the ihe A Babs goes nto the cave, he. Ai pabas wie < asimis raid because he vfs, shad oars fall he houses inthe street. Nowa. (eat the thieves inthe oars behind Ali Baba’ house. -fecogrize) Ashad in his gold merchant's clothes. .d something i and al the thing somebody. 2 HECK AMMAR Se , lk about‘ the PoP subject adel pronouns : ve :

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