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When the impet heard her, he cried awfully and flew away into the dark, and she never saw him any more.

1. Выберите правильный вариант:

1. A woman lies to a king; she tells him that her daughter can spin five skeins.

2. A woman lies to a king; she tells him that her daughter can spin three skeins.

3. A woman lies to a king; she tells him that her daughter can spin six skeins.

4. A woman lies to a 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 a 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 in the girl?

5. What would you do if you were [21]the main character of the story?

6. What is the end of the story?

7. Retell the story.

14. Заполните таблицу:

1. A woman lies to a 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 onthe shelf, and leave them there a little.

2. During eleven months ofthe year she will have everything that she wants.

3. I’ll shut you here tomorrow withsome food and some flax.

4. Next day that little impet looked very maliceful when he came forthe flax.

14.

Once on a time there was a boy named Jack, [23]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. [24]”

So on they went. [25]

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 [26]while he went up and looked in through the window. [27]There were some robbers, they were counting their money. Then Jack went back and told his friends to wait till he gave the word, [28]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, [29]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 [30]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.