Androcles and the lion- Pre-teaching vocabulary

What does the underlined word mean?

Androcles fled to the forest

• To enter somewhere

• To run away

• To jump on something

• To go somewhere

A thorn is...

• a stiff, sharp-pointed piece of glass

• a stiff, sharp-pointed piece of metal

• a stiff, sharp-pointed piece of wood

• a stiff, sharp-pointed piece of paper

What does the underlined word mean?

The Emperor and all his Court came to see the spectacle

• An amazing performance or display

• Glasses

• Something very bad

• A ghost

An emperor is someone who

• Serves food at restaurants

• Manages a shop

• Arrests people

• Rules an empire

What does the underlined word mean?

But as soon as he came near to Androcles, he recognised his friend, and fawned upon him.

• To show someone love and affection

• To jump on someone

• To eat someone

• To show how much you hate someone

What does the underlined word mean?

Whereupon the slave was pardoned

• To say you are sorry.

• To be forgiven.

• To be moved from one place to another.

• To be taught something

A slave is...

• A friend.

• A ruler of empires

• Someone forced to obey someone else.

• A sick person