Classic Tales – Level 2
Answers to Exercises in the Readers
Amrita and the Trees
Page 20 1 1 It’s a village 2 It’s a forest 3 It’s a desert 4 It’s an axe
5 It’s a river 6 It’s a tree 2 1 a Amrita lives In the village
2 b The desert is hot 3 a The king wants wood 4 b The river floods
the village 5 c The villagers cling to the tree
Page 21 3 1 plays 2 chop down 3 floats 4 build 5 plant 6 help
4 1 “Cling to the tree!” 2 “Get up and help us.” 3 “You can’t chop it
down!” 4 “Move away from the trees!”
Big Baby Finn
Page 20 1 1 clever 2 gold 3 smaller 4 big 5 stronger 2 1 No 2 Yes
3 Yes 4 Yes 5 No 3 2 Have, 5 Get in, 1 Catch, 4 Bring, 6 Give,
3 Make 4 4, 2, 7, 3, 1, 6, 5, 8: Students’ own answers
The Fisherman and his Wife
Page 20 1 1 cottage 2 house 3 castle 4 palace, queen 5 world
2 1 prince 2 small 3 purple 4 tired 5 black 3 1 blue 2 black 3 green
4 brown 5 grey 6 purple 4 1 sea 2 cottage 3 castle 4 fish 5 home
6 hut
The Gingerbread Man
Page 20 1 1 can’t 2 eat 3 talk 4 swim 2 1 The old woman’s in the
kitchen. 2 The little gingerbread man runs and runs. 3 I want
to be friends with you. 4 The fox swims across the river and
jumps out.
3 1 The gingerbread man has two eyes, a nose, and a mouth.
2 The old woman opens the oven door and he jumps out.
3 He runs away from a cow and a horse. 4 He sees a river but he
can’t swim. 5 The fox says, ‘I can help you.’ 6 So the gingerbread
man sits on the fox’s tail. 4 The fox swims across the river and
jumps out. He throws the gingerbread man up. Then he catches
him in his mouth. He eats the gingerbread man’s legs and arms.
Then he eats the gingerbread man’s head. That is the end of the
gingerbread man.
Jack and the Beanstalk
Page 20 1 1 climbs 2 sees 3 gives 4 brings 5 lays 6 runs 2 1 beans
2 Hide 3 Wash 4 smell 3 1 Go and sell the cow. 2 Can I have some
breakfast? 3 Jack climbs out of the window. 4 My big man eats
boys. 4 1 Jack and his father mother have no food. Jack sells the
cow for some money magic beans. In the morning Jack climbs
down up a beanstalk. A giant man woman makes him breakfast.
Jack takes some gold, a cow hen, and a harp from the giant man.
The giant sings shouts, ‘Stop!’ Jack runs away and cuts down the
tree beanstalk. The giant climbs falls down
King Arthur and the Sword
Page 20 1 1 Sir Ector 2 Kay 3 Merlin 4 King Uther 5 Arthur
6 Guinevere 2 1 It’s Arthur. 2 Yes, he can. 3 Yes, he does. 4 No, he
isn’t. 5 Yes, he is. 6 Yes, he is.
Page 21 3 1 beautiful 2 strong 3 baby 4 big 5 safe 6 bad 4 1 Arthur
arrives at the tournament with the sword from the stone.
2 All the people at the tournament stop and look. 3 Arthur goes
to the stone with Merlin and all the people. 4 Arthur pulls the
sword, and it comes out of the stone. 5 Arthur is the new king of
England, and he lives in Uther’s castle.
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Nour and the Three Princes
Page 20 1 1 carpet 2 shoot 3 marry 4 palace 5 ride (Name:
Ahmed) 2 1 kind 2 marry 3 inn 4 cup 5 hands 6 contest
Page 21 3 1 The three princes want to marry Nour. 2 She says,
‘Find a wonderful thing, and bring it to me after one year.’
3 Houssain goes very far, and he buys a wonderful carpet.
4 Ali buys a silver cup. 5 Ahmed buys a wooden apple.
6 The brothers all have wonderful things, so Nour has a shooting
contest. 7 Ali is the best, so he and Nour marry. 4 1 (page 6) Yes,
it’s very expensive. 2 (page 7) To the mountains. 3 (page 12) A
wooden apple. 4 (page 14) He sees Nour.
Rainforest Boy
Page 20 1 1 up 2 under 3 behind 4 next to 5 out of 6 down
2 1 Curupira 2 red 3 backwards 4 fast 5 whistle
Page 21 3 1 The children go and see the jaguars with Curupira.
2 A hunter listens to Curupira and the children. 3 The children
come back and say, ‘Can we see the jaguars today?’ 4 The hunters
follow Curupira. 5 Curupira runs very fast, and the hunters can’t
follow him. 6 The hunters follow Curupira’s footprints. 7 The
hunters run home. 8 The next day the children come back. 4 1 with
her cubs 2 tomorrow 3 His footprints 4 an animal
Thumbelina
Page 20 1 1 It’s a toad. 2 It’s a mole. 3 It’s a bird. 4 It’s a maybug.
5 It’s a fish. 6 It’s a mouse. 2 1 I don’t want to marry a toad.
2 He carries her up to a tree. 3 She makes a green grass blanket.
4 All winter Thumbelina works for the mouse. 5 There is a little
prince in a flower. 3 1 legs 2 rich 3 house 4 blanket 4 Thumbelina
gets onto the bird’s back. They fly up into the blue sky. They fly
to another country. There are flowers and butterflies. There are
oranges on the trees. Thumbelina’s home is in a flower. There is a
little prince in a flower. The bird tells Thumbelina, ‘Be happy!’
The Town Mouse and the Country
Mouse
Page 20 1 The country: 1 cow 2 fire 3 grass 4 cheese 5 feet; The
town: 1 clock 2 trousers 3 cat 4 cart 2 1 b 2 b 3 a 4 c 5 a 3 1 No,
No 2 Yes, No 3 Country Mouse, No, No 4 1 You can have my bed
tonight. 2 Hurry up, you sheep! 3 Oh! What’s that? 4 Write to me.
The Two Brothers and the Swallows
Page 20 1 1 rice 2 fly 3 house 4 seed 5 kinder/kind 6
2 1 Heungbu 2 seven 3 poor; kind 4 Nolbu 5 child 6 rich; not kind
Page 21 3 1 stick 2 nest 3 treasure 4 swallow 5 seeds 6 cut 7 tie
8 goblin 9 hit 4 1 Let’s break 2 Let’s plant 3 Let’s fly 4 Let’s open
The Ugly Duckling
Page 20 1 1 little ducklings! 2 duckling 3 eggs 4 with you 2 1 egg
2 hut 3 milk 4 butter 5 flour 6 river 3 1 The ducks say, ‘That
duckling is ugly!’ 2 One day the ugly duckling runs away from
his brothers and sisters. 3 He comes to an old woman’s hut but
the old woman’s hen says, ‘Go!’ 4 A man takes him home but the
man’s wife says, ‘Get out!’ 5 The ugly duckling runs and suddenly
he starts to fly. 6 He looks down in a river and he sees a beautiful
swan. 4 1 You can give me some eggs. 2 Then he falls into the
butter. 3 He is not an ugly duckling any more. 4 One of the ducks
pecks him.
Answers to Exercises in Classic Tales Readers