Stories Worksheet

Name
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Unit
Literary genres

1 Copy.

1 fairy tale 2 fable 3 adventure

fairy tale

4 science fiction 5 romance 6 horror

2 Circle.
1 NOVEL: novel VELNO levon NOVEL
2 classic: SSICCLA classic CLASSIC icsslac
3 POEM: meop poem POEM MOEP
4 essay: YESSA ESSAY sseay essay
5 MORAL: moral larom MOLAR MORAL
6 book: KOOB BOOK book obok

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 Stories Name
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Unit

Reading Writing
1 Read the fable. Then match 2 Look at the picture. What is the title
sentences 1–6 with paragraphs A–F. of this fable?
a The Tortoise and the Hare
b The Rabbits
c Jumping

The Lion and the Mouse

A A lion was sleeping when a little mouse ran
on its back.
B The lion saw the mouse. “I’m going to eat
you,” said the lion. It opened its mouth.
C “Please don’t eat me,” said the mouse.
“If you don’t eat me, I’ll help you when you
have a problem.”
D The lion said, “A little mouse like you can’t
possibly help a big lion like me.” It laughed
at the mouse, but it didn’t eat it.
E Then one day some men caught the lion.
F The mouse saw the lion, and it ran quickly
behind the tree where the lion was sitting. 3 Complete the fable with these words.
It started eating the ropes around the lion’s
paws. It ate and it ate until the lion While won’t but until If When
could escape.
The tortoise and the hare had a race. The hare
ran quickly, (1) but the tortoise walked
1 The lion had a problem. E slowly. “I can win easily,” the hare said, “so I
2 The mouse ran on the lion’s back. can have a rest.”
(2) the hare was sleeping, the
3 The mouse saved the lion, and the lion could
escape. tortoise walked past quietly. “(3)
I don’t make noise, the hare (4)
4 The mouse promised to help the lion.
wake up,” it thought.
5 The lion opened its mouth to eat the mouse. The hare didn’t wake up (5) it
was too late. (6) the hare
6 The lion laughed, but it didn’t eat the opened its eyes, the tortoise was celebrating
mouse. its victory.

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Stories Worksheet
Name
8
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Unit
Vocabulary Grammar
First conditional
Literary genres Time clauses / unless

1 Complete the words in the sentences. 3 Match the two parts of the sentences.
science fiction play horror love and romance 1 If I’m ill tomorrow, d
fairy tale fable classic tragedy 2 We’ll buy a new computer when
3 I phoned for a taxi as soon as
4 We won’t go out unless
5 If you don’t pass your exam,
6 We stayed until
7 As soon as you get home, please

a we have more money.

b phone me.
c you’ll have to study in the summer.
d I won’t go to school.
e it stops raining.
f I got home.
g nine o’clock in the evening.

1 Romeo and Juliet is a p la y . It is in the l o v e

a n d ro m an c e section of the school library.
Adverbs of manner
2 “Sleeping Beauty” is a traditional f ir t le.
3 Frankenstein is a ho or novel.
4 If you like sci nc f ct on, you could read
4 Complete the sentences. Write the
adverbs for the underlined adjectives.
the novel 2001, A Space Odyssey.
5 “The Boy Who Cried Wolf” is a famous fa l . carefully slowly hard badly
quickly terribly well
6 Shakespeare’s Macbeth isn’t a comedy, it’s a
ra edy. 1 He’s a terrible player. He plays terribly .
7 The Odyssey by Homer is a Greek c ass c. 2 She’s a bad singer. She sings .
3 They’re quick painters. They paint .
2 Complete the table with the titles and 4 I’m a hard worker. I work .
genres from exercise 1.
5 She’s a good writer. She writes .
Title Genre
6 You’re a slow swimmer. You swim .
1 Romeo and Juliet love and romance
7 We’re careful drivers. We drive .
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 Stories Name
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Unit

Reading Grammar
1 Read the text. Answer true or false. First conditional
Time clauses / unless

2 Circle the correct answer.

1 As soon as / If Red Riding Hood saw the
wolf, she knew it wasn’t her grandmother.
2 Sleeping Beauty won’t wake up if / until the
Prince kisses her.
3 The woman screamed when / until the birds
attacked her.
4 “I'll help you if / unless you don't eat me,”
said the mouse.
5 The boy thought, “I won’t shout ‘Wolf’ again,
unless / as soon as there’s a real wolf.”
6 “Unless / When I catch you, I’ll eat you!”
The Lion and the Mouse
said the wolf to Red Riding Hood.
A lion was sleeping when a mouse began
running on its back. When it felt the mouse,
the lion woke up and caught it. When the lion
opened its mouth, the mouse said, “Please
don’t eat me. If you don’t eat me, I’ll Writing
remember you are a good lion. If you ever
have any problems, I’ll help you.” The lion
answered, “A little mouse like you can’t
3 Write about your favorite fable or
fairy tale. Who are the characters?
possibly help a big lion like me.” But it didn’t What is the story about? Why do
eat the mouse. you like it?
The lion didn’t see the mouse again for a long
time, until one day some hunters caught the My favorite is
lion. “We’re going to take you to our king,”
said the hunters. “He won’t be happy unless
we take you to him.”
At that moment, the mouse was walking past.
When it heard the hunters, it saw the lion. As
soon as it could, the mouse ran quickly behind
the tree where the lion was sitting and started
eating the ropes around the lion’s paws. It ate
and ate until the lion was free.

1 The mouse woke up the lion. true

2 The lion promised to help the mouse.
3 The hunters wanted to take the lion to their
king.
4 The mouse saw the lion before it heard the
hunters.
5 The mouse saved the lion from the hunters.

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