The Selfish Giant

I. Compose the sentences

1. Cover:

2. Disappear:

3. Proud:

4. Selfish:

5. Rest:

II. Complete these sentences from the story of The Selfish Giant. Use one word from the
box in each case.

bird boy children day door flowers friend

garden giant hand hole spring tears trees

wall winter

(a) Once there was a selfish _____________

(b) He had a big _____________

(c) But he didn’t want the _____________to play in it.

(d) So he built a high _____________around it.

(e) _____________ never came to the giant’s garden.

(f) It was always _____________there.

(g) One morning, the giant heard a little _____________singing outside his window.

(h) He looked out and saw that there was a _____________ in the garden

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(i) – and there were children in all the _____________

(j) One very small _____________could not climb his tree.

(k) The giant opened the _____________and went out.

(I) The little boy’s eyes were full of _____________

(m) The giant took the little boy carefully in his _____________and put him in the tree.

(n) The tree was suddenly covered with _____________

(o) From then on, the children played in the garden every _____________

(p) But the giant didn’t see his first little _____________again for years.

III. Choose TRUE or FALSE

11. The giant was lying in bed one morning when he heard some beautiful music from
the bird singing. __________

12. They children were coming in through a door and were climbing up into the trees.
__________

13. The giant wasn’t really sorry about his unkindness and didn’t allow the children to
come and play again. __________

14. After the giant put a little boy in the tree, it was suddenly covered with flowers and
the birds came and sang in it. __________

15. The other children saw that the giant was not bad and selfish now __________

IV. Setting and senses

Place: Garden
Time ________________________________
I see ________________________________
I feel ________________________________
I hear ________________________________
I touch ________________________________
I smell ________________________________
V. Answer the question

16. Why was the giant selfish?

17. Why was the giant kind?

18. Why did the giant unhappy?

19. Why did the giant love the little boy?

20. Do you think people who are selfish happy? Why or why not?