Exercises
1. Answer the questions.
1. Whom did the Queen invite to the christening?
2. What did the fairy who was a bit of a witch as well say passing the baby’s cradle?
3. What happened on the Princess’s sixteenth birthday?
4. Was it possible to waken the Princess?
5. Why did the Queen die?
6. What happened when the good fairy cast a spell?
7. What did the Prince look like?
8. Why did the Prince decide to explore the forest?
9. What happened when the Prince kissed the princess?
10. Did the whole castle wake up too?
2. True or False?
1. The queen invited all the wizards in the kingdom to the christening.
2. A good fairy quickly chanted a magic spell to change the curse.
3. On her sixteenth birthday the Princess pricked herself with the spindle.
4. The sleeping Princess was taken to the highest tower in the castle and laid on the bed.
5. After the sleeping Princess was taken to her room everybody left the castle.
6. The Prince was young, handsome and melancholy.
7. The Prince wasn’t very much surprised when he saw the castle.
8. The Prince at first thought that the inhabitants of the castle were dead.
9. After the Prince kissed the Princess she opened her eyes.
10. One year later the Prince and Princess got married.
3. Translate into English:
пригласила на Крестины, уколоться веретеном, прошли годы, бродить по замку, чистое сердце, влюбиться, с разбитым сердцем, незнакомые лица, верный конь, чудо из чудес, в изумлении.
4. Put these sentences in the right order.
1. The sleeping Princess was taken to her room and laid on the bed surrounded by garlands of flowers.
2. The fairy cast a spell; and everyone that lived in the castle – soldiers, ministers, guards, servants, ladies, pages, cooks, maids and knights – all fell into a deep sleep.
3. The queen invited all the fairies in the kingdom to the christening, but unfortunately forgot to invite one of them, who was a bit of a witch as well.
4. One day it happened that a Prince arrived in these parts.
5. The years went by, the little Princess grew and became the most beautiful girl in the whole kingdom.
6. The Prince and Princess got married and they lived happily ever after.
7. Once upon a time there was a Queen who had a beautiful baby daughter.
8. The princess pricked herself with the spindle and, with a sigh, dropped to the floor.
9. The good fairy said that only love of a man with pure heart could bring the Princess back to life.
10. When the prince kissed the sleeping princess she quickly opened her eyes.
5. Complete the table with the past forms of the verbs from the text.
Vocabulary
Словарь
Список сокращений
a – adjective – прилагательное
adv – adverb – наречие
cj – conjunction – союз
int – interjection – междометие
n – noun – имя существительное
pl – plural – множественное число
prn – pronoun – местоимение
prp – preposition – предлог
v – verb – глагол
A
a bit of немного
a few несколько, некоторое количество
able a способный, в состоянии
admit v допустить
adventurous a любящий приключения
advice a совет
afternoon n вторая половина дня
again adv снова
agree v согласиться
all day long весь день напролет
allow v позволять, разрешать
alone a одинокий, в одиночестве
amazement n удивление, изумление
anymore n больше не (с отрицанием)
anyway adv как бы то ни было
appear v появиться
approach v подойти
around prep вокруг
arrive v приезжать, прибывать
as так как, поскольку
ask v спрашивать, просить
asleep a спящий
astonished a изумленный, шокированный
at last наконец-то
at that moment в этот момент
attention n внимание
B
back adv назад
background n происхождение
ball n бал
beautiful a красивый, прекрасный
beauty n красота
became past от become
become v становиться
beg v просить, умолять
began past от begin
begin v начинать
behind prp позади
belong v принадлежать
beside adv рядом
bird n птица
birthday n день рождения
blind a слепой
borrow v взять взаймы, позаимствовать
branch n ветвь
bring v приносить
bring back принести
bush n куст
but prp но
С
call v звать, созывать
call out выкрикивать
came past от come
can v мочь
careful a осторожный
cast a spell произнести заклинание
castle n замок
charm n очарование
child n ребенок, дитя
christening n крещение, крестины
climb v взбираться
climb over перелезть
climb up взобраться
close adv близко
close by по соседству
come v приходить, приезжать
comfortable a спокойный, чувствующий себя удобно
completely adv абсолютно, полностью
cook n повар
cottage n небольшой дом
Court n Двор (короля)
courtyard n внутренний двор
cradle n люлька, колыбель
creeper n вьющееся растение
cross over пересечь
cruelly adv жестоко, бессердечно
cry n крик, плач
curious a любопытный
cut off отрезать
