Bonfire Night lNovember 5th]

The Story of Guy Fawkes

Bonfire Night is also called Guy Fawkes'Night.
Read the questions about Guy Fawkes. Find the corre(t answer to each question.

Cl ,, this a story from the nineteenth century?

G Were Guy Fawkes and his friends Protestants?

fi! Were there religious problems between the Catholics and the Protestants?
GtWas there a law saying that Catholics weren't allowed to go to church?
Gt Did Guy Fawkes and his friends decide to kill King James?
i3l Oia Guy Fawkes put explosives in the Houses of Parliament?
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{flWas the date the 'llth of December 1605?

Gl oiA the plan succeed?

Q oiu the king forgive Guy Fawkes and his friends?

{EI ,o British people celebrate Guy Fawkes' Night with bonfires and fireworks?
{!| Do children make models of King James and burn them on the bonfires?
@Are the models called'guys'?
Gpl Are ice-cream and salad popular on Bonfire Night?

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ED Yes, they do.
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ED Yes, he did.

E) Yes, there were

ED Yes, they are.

ED Yes, there was.

E} Yes, they did.

E) No, it isn't. lt's a story from the seventeenth century.

E} No, it didn't. The king's soldiers discovered the plan.

reD No, they weren't. They were Catholics.

ED No, he didn't. decided to kill
He Guy Fawkes and his friends.

ED they aren't. Toffee

No, apples, soup and baked potatoes are popular

EE No. it wasn't. lt was the 5th of November 1605.

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E} No, they dont. They make models of Guy Fawkes.

Guy Fawkes wasn't the leader of the Gunpowder Plot. Write the letter of each answer under

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the correct number. You can find the name of the leader of the Gunpowder Plot.

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 multi-word verbs; simple past

Guy Fawkes and the GunPowder Plot

Guy Fawkes was one of the group of men who plotted to blow up the
hlouses of Parliament in't605. The Roman Catholic plotters wanted the Protestant
King James to be more tolerant to Catholics. One plotter sent a letter to warn a friend
not to go the Houses of Parliament. The King found out and his guards searched
the cellars of Parliament and found Guy Fawkes.

Go through the maze joining up the

went down
multi-word verbs which complete the It was late at night when Guy Fawkes to
sentences. lf you join them up correctly the cellars of the Houses of Parliament. He looked round for
and take the alphabet letters in the
somewhere to sit. At first he sat down
on one of the
corners of the squares you will see the lay down
barrels, but then he felt tired so he ..-.......................................... on the
name of the leader of the plotters.
floor. He fell asleep for a few minutes but
woke up
when he heard a noise. He
got up quickly and hid behind a barrel.
called out "Who's there?!"
A voice
Suddenly a group of guards burst in

and ...................
knocked over one of the barrels. They
came round the corner and saw something
fell over
move. Guy almost ............. ... as he tried to
run away ran after
but they
him and caught him. He was carried
.................... away

tortured and executed and a few days later all the

other plotters were caught and killed too. Now
English people burn a 'guy' on a bonfire each
November 5th to remind everyone of that moment
in history.

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went sat lay lay put
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A R E c U

passed called called came carried

out out on up away
v T H F Y

gave burst knocked came ran

up in over round after
M c A T B

came broke brought fell run

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L I P E

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