Упражнения
1. Выберите правильный вариант:
1. The woman lies to the king; she tells him that her daughter can spin five skeins.
2. The woman lies to the king; she tells him that her daughter can spin three skeins.
3. The woman lies to the king; she tells him that her daughter can spin six skeins.
4. The woman lies to the king; she tells him that her daughter can spin two skeins.
2. Where does the king shut the girl?
1. The king shuts the girl in a castle with no food.
2. The king shuts the girl in a room with impets.
3. The king shuts the girl in a castle room with a spinning wheel.
4. The king shuts the girl in a basement with ugly rats.
3. What is an impet?
1. a noble man
2. an animal
3. a big bird
4. a small demon
4. Why does the girl agree to marry the king?
1. Because she knows how to spin.
2. Because she does not need her head.
3. Because she thinks that he will forget about his promise.
4. Because she has nobody to marry.
5. What is a skein?
1. a machine for spinning
2. a length of yarn or thread in a loose coil
3. a round piece of wool
4. silk bobbin
6. What is Tom Tit Tot’s payment?
1. three jars of gold
2. the girl herself
3. the pies
4. the kingdom
7. Выберите правильный вариант:
1. The king helped his wife to spin.
2. The king is very kind.
3. The king killed the impet.
4. The king learned the impet’s name.
8. What does it mean, “the pies will come again”?
1. The pies have legs.
2. The pies will be ready soon.
3. The pies left, but they promised to return.
4. The pies usually come and go away.
9. Why did the impet twirl his tail?
1. He was nervous.
2. He was proud of his tail.
3. He had nothing to play with.
4. He did not know what to do with his tail.
10. Выберите нужный глагол:
The impet _______ from the girl a promise that she will be his.
1. tells
2. gives
3. makes
4. extracts
11. Выберите нужные глаголы:
The king ___ to his wife, “Now ___ me what you _________.”
1. told, promise, give
2. tells, give, promised
3. promised, tell, give
4. gave, promise, give
12. Выберите нужный предлог:
for – of – with – on
1. Put the pies __ the shelf and leave them there a little.
2. During eleven months __ the year, she will have everything that she wants.
3. I’ll shut you here tomorrow __ some food and some flax.
4. Next day, that little impet looked very maliceful when he came __ the flax.
13. Ответьте на вопросы:
1. How many persons are mentioned in the story?
2. What is the name of the impet?
3. What have you learned about the impet?
4. What do you like and what don’t you like about the girl?
5. What would you do if you were the main character of the story?
6. What is the end of the story?
7. Retell the story.
14. Заполните таблицу:
Ответы:
1. The woman lies to the king; she tells him that her daughter can spin five skeins.
2. The king shuts the girl in a castle room with a spinning wheel.
3. a small demon
4. Because she thinks that he will forget about his promise.
5. a length of yarn or thread in a loose coil
6. the girl herself
7. The king learned the impet’s name.
8. The pies will be ready soon.
9. He was nervous.
10. The impet extracts from the girl a promise that she will be his.
11. The king tells to his wife, “Now give me what you promised.”
12.
1. Put the pies on the shelf and leave them there a little.
2. During eleven months of the year, she will have everything that she wants.
3. I’ll shut you here tomorrow with some food and some flax.
4. Next day, that little impet looked very maliceful when he came for the flax.
13.
How Jack Went to Seek His Fortune
Once on a time, there was a boy named Jack, and one morning he decided to go and seek his fortune.
He did not go very far, and he met a cat.
“Where are you going, Jack?” said the cat.
“I am going to seek my fortune.”
“May I go with you?”
“Yes,” said Jack, “the more the merrier.”
So on they went.
They went a little further, and they met a dog.
“Where are you going, Jack?” said the dog.
“I am going to seek my fortune.”
“May I go with you?”
“Yes,” said Jack, “the more the merrier.”
So on they went.
They went a little further, and they met a goat.
“Where are you going, Jack?” said the goat.
“I am going to seek my fortune.”
“May I go with you?”
“Yes,” said Jack, “the more the merrier.”
So on they went.
They went a little further, and they met a bull.
“Where are you going, Jack?” said the bull.
“I am going to seek my fortune.”
“May I go with you?”
“Yes,” said Jack, “the more the merrier.”
So on they went.
They went a little further, and they met a rooster.
“Where are you going, Jack?” said the rooster.
“I am going to seek my fortune.”
“May I go with you?”
“Yes,” said Jack, “the more the merrier.”
So on they went.
The day was over, and they began to think of some place where they could spend the night. They found a house, and Jack told his friends to keep still while he went up and looked in through the window. There were some robbers; they were counting their money. Then Jack went back and told his friends to wait till he gave the word and then to make all the noise they could. So when they were all ready, Jack gave the word, and the cat mewed, and the dog barked, and the goat bleated, and the bull bellowed, and the rooster crowed, and all together they made such a dreadful noise that it frightened the robbers, and they ran away.
And then our friends came in. Jack was afraid that the robbers could come back in the night. So when it came time to go to bed, he put the cat in the chair, and he put the dog under the table, and he put the goat upstairs, and he put the bull down cellar, and the rooster flew up on to the roof, and Jack went to bed.
The robbers saw that it was all dark, and they sent one man back to the house to look after the money. But he came back in a great fright and told them his story.
“I went back to the house,” said he, “and went in and tried to sit down in the chair, and there was an old woman; she was knitting, and she stuck her knitting-needles into me.” That was the cat, you know.
“Then I went to the table to look after the money, and there was a shoemaker under the table, and he stuck his awl into me.” That was the dog, you know.
“Then I started to go upstairs, and there was a man up there; he was threshing, and he knocked me down with his flail.” That was the goat, you know.
“Then I started to go down cellar, and there was a man down there; he was chopping wood, and he knocked me up with his axe.” That was the bull, you know.
“But the most dreadful thing was that little boy on top of the house. He was crying, ‘Chuck him up to me-e! Chuck him up to me-e!’” Of course that was the cock-a-doodle-do.
Jack the Buttermilk
Jack was a boy who sold buttermilk. One day he met a witch. She asked him to give her some of his buttermilk for free. “If you don’t give me some buttermilk,” said the witch, “I’ll put you into my bag and carry away”. Jack refused to give the witch any of his buttermilk, so the witch put him into a bag that she carried over her shoulders.
She walked home with him. But on her way she suddenly remembered that she forgot a pot of fat that she bought in the town. Jack was very heavy, and the witch did not want to carry him back to the town, so she asked some men who were brushing the hedge by the road to take care of her bag till she came back.
When the witch went away, Jack cried to the men, “If you take me out of this bag and fill it full of thorns, I will give you some of my buttermilk.”
So the men took Jack out of the bag and filled it with thorns, and then Jack gave them some buttermilk and ran home.
When the witch came back from town, she picked up her bag and walked home. But the thorns began to prick her back. When she came home, she emptied the bag on a clean white table. But when she found that there was nothing in the bag but thorns, she was very angry and said, “I’ll catch you tomorrow, Jack, and I’ll boil you.”
Next day she met Jack again and asked him for some buttermilk and told him, “If you do not give me some buttermilk, I’ll put you into the bag again.” But Jack said, “I’ll give you no buttermilk.” So the witch put him into her bag, and again she remembered that she forgot something in the town.
This time she left the bag with some men who were mending the road.
When the witch went away, Jack cried to the men, “If you will take me out and fill this bag full of stones, I will give you some of my buttermilk.”
Then the men took Jack out of the bag, and he gave them the buttermilk.
When the witch came back from town, she picked up her bag and walked home. But the bag was very heavy. So she chuckled and said, “Indeed, Jack, you must eat less.”
When she came home, she emptied the bag on the white table again. But when she saw the stones, she was very angry and cried, “I swear, Jack, that I’ll boil you when I catch you!”
Next day she met Jack again and asked for some buttermilk. But Jack said, “No,” again, so she put him into her bag and went straight home with him and threw him out on the white table.
When she did this, she saw she did not have enough water to boil the boy. So she put Jack back in the bag and went away. But she forgot to tie the bag. So while she was away, Jack crept out of it, opened all the cupboards in the house, and filled the bag with all the pots that he could find. After that he went away, and soon he was safely home.
When the witch came back, she emptied the bag on the table again and broke all the pots that she had. After this she never caught Jack any more.
