Exercises
1. Answer the questions.
1. Was Cinderella the sweetest or the naughtiest girl in the kingdom?
2. How did Cinderella’s stepmother treat her?
3. Did Cinderella have a suitable dress for the ball?
4. What did Cinderella’s fairy godmother asked her to do?
5. What did Cinderella’s godmother give her?
6. Did anyone recognize Cinderella at the ball?
7. Did Cinderella dance with the Prince at the ball?
8. What happened when the clock struck midnight?
9. What happened when Cinderella turned into the beautiful girl from the ball?
10. Did Cinderella marry the Prince?
2. True or False?
1. Cinderella’s father married the proudest and meanest woman in all the land.
2. Cinderella’s stepmother loved her very much.
3. Cinderella’s stepmother made her do the hardest and most dreadful work in the house.
4. Cinderella was going to attend the ball.
5. Cinderella’s fairy godmother gave her a pair of glass slippers.
6. Everybody recognized Cinderella at the ball.
7. Cinderella even made time to approach her step-sisters, and shared some of the oranges the prince had presented to her as a gift.
8. The Prince declared that he would marry the woman whose foot fit in the slipper.
9. Cinderella’s sisters didn’t try to make the slipper fit.
10. Cinderella didn’t forgive her sisters.
3. Put these sentences in the right order.
1. Cinderella, who was very kind, gave her two sisters rooms in the palace, and everyone lived happily ever after.
2. When Cinderella’s foot slid perfectly into the slipper, her sisters were astonished.
3 Cinderella promised to return before midnight, thanked her fairy godmother again and drove off to the ball.
4. No one recognized Cinderella at the ball, she was a complete mystery.
5. Cinderella’s stepmother was extremely jealous of her beauty and charm and made her do the hardest and most dreadful work in the house.
6. After his beautiful and kind wife died, Cinderella’s father married the proudest and meanest woman in all the land.
7. A few days later the Prince declared that he would marry the woman whose foot fit in the slipper.
8. When the clock struck midnight, Cinderella was shocked and ran away immediately, leaving one of her glass slippers behind in haste.
9. The King’s son decided to give a ball, inviting all the young ladies in the land to attend.
10. When the big day finally came, Cinderella’s fairy godmother appeared.
11. Cinderella, who was very kind, gave her two sisters rooms in the palace, and everyone lived happily ever after.
12. Cinderella managed to get home, but was quite out of breath and in her dirty old clothes.
4. Translate into English:
от предыдущего брака, устроить бал, весь день напролет, великолепный вкус, принеси мне тыкву, превратились в платье, самое почетное место, в качестве подарка, тереть глаза, примерять туфельку, тщетно.
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
alone a одинокий, в одиночестве
amazement n удивление, изумление
angrily adv злобно, в ярости
angry a злой, разъяренный
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 cj так как, поскольку
ask v спрашивать, просить
astonished a изумленный, шокированный
attend v посещать, присутствовать на
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
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
climb v взбираться
climb over перелезть
climb up взобраться
close adv близко
close by по соседству
coach n карета
coachman n кучер
come v приходить, приезжать
comfortable a спокойный, чувствующий себя удобно
completely adv абсолютно, полностью
cook n повар
Court n Двор (короля)
courtyard n внутренний двор
creature n существо, создание
cross over пересечь
cruelly adv жестоко, бессердечно
cry n крик, плач
curious a любопытный
