Little Red Riding Hood II
The wolf thought to himself, "What a tender young creature. What a nice plump mouthful, she will be better to eat than the old woman. I must act craftily, so as to catch both." So he walked for a short time by the side of Little Red Riding Hood, and then he said, "see Little Red Riding Hood, how pretty the flowers are about here. Why do you not look round. I believe, too, that you do not hear how sweetly the little birds are singing. You walk gravely along as if you were going to school, while everything else out here in the wood is merry."
Meanwhile the wolf ran straight to the grandmother's house and knocked at the door.
"Who is there?"
"Little Red Riding Hood," replied the wolf. "She is bringing cake and wine. Open the door."
"Lift the latch," called out the grandmother, "I am too weak, and cannot get up."
The wolf lifted the latch, the door sprang open, and without saying a word he went straight to the grandmother's bed, and devoured her. Then he put on her clothes, dressed himself in her cap, laid himself in bed and drew the curtains.
Little Red Riding Hood, however, had been running about picking flowers, and when she had gathered so many that she could carry no more, she remembered her grandmother, and set out on the way to her.
She was surprised to find the cottage-door standing open, and when she went into the room, she had such a strange feeling that she said to herself, oh dear, how uneasy I feel to-day, and at other times I like being with grandmother so much.
She called out, "Good morning," but received no answer. So she went to the bed and drew back the curtains. There lay her grandmother with her cap pulled far over her face, and looking very strange.
"Oh, grandmother," she said, "what big ears you have."
"The better to hear you with, my child," was the reply.
"But, grandmother, what big eyes you have," she said.
"The better to see you with, my dear."
"But, grandmother, what large hands you have."
"The better to hug you with."
"Oh, but, grandmother, what a terrible big mouth you have."
"The better to eat you with."
And scarcely had the wolf said this, than with one bound he was out of bed and swallowed up Little Red Riding Hood.
I. Read the text and decide if the following sentences are true (T) or false (F). Circle the right answer.
1. The wolf wanted to eat Little Red Riding Hood and his grandmother. T/F 2. The wolf told Little Red Riding Hood to go straight to her grandmother. T/F 3. The wolf came into grandmother’s house without knocking. T/F
4. The grandmother was too week to open the door. T/F
5. The wolf swallowed the grandmother and put on her clothes. T/F
6. Little Red Riding Hood felt happy when she entered the grandmother’s cottage. T/F 7. The wolf swallowed up Little Red Riding Hood. T/F
II. How did the story end? Number the sentences below.
a. The wolf died.
b. The huntsman heard snoring and found the wolf in the old woman’s bed. 1 c. Little Red Riding Hood and her grandmother came out of the wolf’s stomach.
d. The wolf fell asleep and began to snore very loud.
e. The huntsmen cut the wolf’s stomach with a pair scissors.
f. They put stones into wolf’s stomach.
III. Match the words with the definitions.
to act
to hold something or someone with your hands, arms, or on your back and take them from one place to another
to catch
to take someone or something with you when you go somewhere
to bring
to eat something quickly because you are very hungry
to devour
to make something disappear
to pick
to stop someone or something that is moving through the air by getting hold of it
to carry to behave in a particular way
to swallow up to take flowers, fruit, etc. off a tree or out of the ground
IV.
1. Dogs have big ears. They need them to hear well.
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2. Monkeys have long and strong tails. They need them to move quickly in the jungle.
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3. He went to shop. He wanted to buy some fruit.
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4. She ran to the bus stop. She wanted to catch the bus.
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5. She pressed the button. She wanted to switch the machine on.
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6. They asked many questions. They wanted to understand everything.
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V. Combine the two halves of the sentences.
Column A Column B
I raised my hand to look good.
You opened the fridge to catch the early flight.
He took a taxi to ask the teacher a question.
She put on some make up to see the Eiffel Tower.
We got up early to arrive at the meeting on time.
They went to Paris to get some ice-cream.
