Басня с заданиями

1. Work with these words. Find the word with the opposite meaning.

1. Use some of these words to describe these animals.

I think the line is…

I think the mouse is…

1. Compare the lion and the mouse.

The lion is (big) bigger than the mouse.

1. Read the fable and use the past form of the verbs in the brackets.

The Lion and The Mouse

Once when a Lion (be) asleep a little Mouse (begin) running up and down upon him; this soon (waken) the Lion, who (place) his huge paw upon him, and (open) his big jaws to swallow him. ‘Pardon, O King,’ (cry) the little Mouse: ‘forgive me this time, I shall never forget it: who knows but what I may be able to do you a turn some of these days?’
The Lion (be) so tickled at the idea of the Mouse being able to help him, that he (lift) up his paw and let him go. Some time after the Lion (be) caught in a trap, and the hunters who (desire) to carry him alive to the King, tied him to a tree while they (go) in search of a waggon to carry him on.
Just then the little Mouse (happen) to pass by, and seeing the sad plight in which the Lion (be), went up to him and soon (gnaw) away the ropes that bound the King of the Beasts. ‘Was I not right?’ (say) the little Mouse.
Little friends may prove great friends.

1. Truth or false.

1.Once when a Lion was listening to music a little Mouse began running up and down upon him.

2. The Mouse wanted to eat the lion.

3. The Lion caught the mouse.

4. The hunters caught the Lion.

5. The mouse helped to the Lion.

1. Answer the questions.

1. What did the Lion do when the little Mouse began running up and down upon him?

2. Who caught the Lion?

3. What did the Mouse do when he saw the Lion?

4. How do you understand the moral of the fable?

6. Work in pairs. Compose the dialogue between the Lion and The Mouse.

7. How do you understand the moral of the fable?