Hansel and Gretel

The old witch locked Hansel in a cage and set Gretel to clean the house. She planned to eat them both. Each night the children cried and begged the witch to let them go.

Meanwhile, at home, their stepmother was beginning to wish she had never tried to get rid of the children. “I must find them,” she said and set off into the forest.

Many hours later, when her feet were tired from walking and her lips were dry from thirst, she came to the cottage belonging to the witch. The stepmother peeped through the window. Her heart cried out when she saw the two children.

She picked up the broom leaning against the door and crept inside. The witch was putting some stew in the oven when the stepmother gave her an almighty push. The witch fell into the oven and the stepmother shut the door.

‘Children, I have come to save you,’ she said hugging them tightly. I have done a dreadful thing.

I hope in time you will forgive me. Let me take you home and become a family again. They returned to their home and the stepmother became the best mother anyone could wish to have, and of course they lived happily ever after!

The story tells about….

• Two children went to school for the first time

• A witch who is really kind

• A father who begged a witch for money

• A stepmother who saved her children from a witch

• Two children saved their stepmother from a witch

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Which statement is FALSE about the witch?

• She locked Hansel in a cage

• She planned to eat Hansel & Gretel

• She fell into the ocean

• She hated the children

• She set Gretel to clean the house

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“The witch fell into the oven and the stepmother shut the door.” (Paragraph 4)

The underlined word can be replaced by the word…

• Marked

• Pointed

• Opened

• Polished

• Closed

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How did the stepmother find her children?

• She walked into the forest

• She got tired and met her children

• She peeped through the window of the witch’s cottage

• She fell into the cliff

• She was pushed against the wall

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The Story of the Smart Parrot

A man in Puerto Rico had a wonderful parrot. There was no other parrot like it.

It was very, very smart. This parrot would say any word-except one. He would not say the name of the town where he was born. The name of the town was Catano.

The man tried to teach the parrot to say Catano. But the bird would not say the word. At first the man was very nice, but then he got angry. “You are a stupid bird! Why can’t you say the word? Say Catano, or I will kill you!” but the parrot would not say it. Then the man got to so angry that the shouted over and over, “Say Catano, or I’ll kill you!” but the bird wouldn’t talk.

One day after trying for many hours to make the bird say Catano, the man got very angry. He picked up the bird and threw him into the chicken house. “You are more stupid than the chickens. Soon I will eat them, and I will eat you, too.”

In the chicken house there are four old chickens. They were for Sunday’s dinner. The man put the parrot in the chicken house and left.The next day the man came back to the chicken house. He opened the door and stopped. He was very surprised at what he saw!

He saw three dead chickens on the floor. The parrot was screaming at the fourth chicken, “Say Catano, or I’ll kill you

Where does the story take place?

• Indonesia

• Brazil

• Puerto Rico

• New York

• Japan

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From the text we learn that…

• We have to follow others

• We have to respect pet owner

• We have to imitate others

• We are not allowed to force others

• We are not allowed to help others

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Which statement is false according to the text?

• Catano was the name of the city where the parrot came from

• The man got angry at the parrot

• The parrot couldn’t say Catano

• The man killed the parrot

• The parrot could say Catano

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“It was very, very smart”

The underlined word refers to…

• The chicken

• The man

• The catano

• The bird

• The city

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The Bear and the Two Friends

Once, two friends were walking through the forest. They knew that anything dangerous can happen to them at any time in the forest. So they promised each other that they would remain united in case of danger.

Suddenly, they saw a large bear approaching tern. One of the friends at once climbed a nearby tree. But the other one did not know how to climb. So being led by his common sense, he lay down on the ground breathless, pretending to be a dead man.

The bear came near the man lying on the ground. It smelt his ears and slowly left the place. Because the bear did not touch him, the friend on the tree came down and asked his friend on the ground, "Friend, what did the bear tell you into your ears?"The other friend replied, "He advised me not to believe a false friend.

What can we get from the story?

• We have to save our live

• We have to learn how to climb

• Bear will not harm a dead man

• True friend will stand by us in ups and down

• We have to walking the forest alone

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He advised me not to believe a false friend." (Paragraph 3) The underlined word refers to ....

• The bear

• The dead man

• The friend who cannot climb

• The friend who climb the tree

• The two friend

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