WorksheetsFables
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 3hrs 30mins
A fable is a ________ story, that teaches a ___________.
long, poem
short, everyone around
short, lesson
long, student
Long ago a beautiful princess had all beautiful expensive dresses. She bragged about them all the time. The other girls got so tired of hearing about that they stopped being friends with her.
Eat all of your vegetables.
Never trust your enemy.
Don’t brag, be modest
Don’t talk to strangers.
A long time ago there was a king who wanted nothing but gold. He wished everything he touched turned into gold. A fairy made this wish come true for him. Then anything he tried to eat turned into gold, so he starved to death.
Don’t be greedy.
United we stand; divided we fall.
Don’t steal.
Respect your elders.
Usually the characters in a fable are ___________.
humans
adults
cartoons
animals
There once was an ugly duckling. The other ducks laughed at her, and she felt ashamed. However, as she got older, they saw that she was not a duck at all. She was actually a swan and she was beautiful.
Look both ways before crossing the street.
Don’t steal.
Slowly but surely wins the race.
We are all able to improve.
A lion was about to eat a mouse, when the mouse pleaded, “Let me go, and someday I may help you.” Laughing, the lion let the mouse go. Later, hunters caught the lion in a trap. The mouse, seeing what happened, came to chew the ropes that held the lion. The lion escaped.
Respect your elders.
Don’t be lazy.
Help others because what goes around comes around.
We are all able to improve.
A Hare once bragged to all the animals that he could beat anyone in a race. A tortoise said, “I challenge you.” So they raced. The hare ran fast and the tortoise plodded along. The hare was so confident that he took a nap. The tortoise kept up his steady pace and won the race.
Don’t be lazy.
Slow and steady wins the race.
We are all able to improve.
You are more likely to succeed if you work together.
Fables use "personification" with their characters in each of the stories. What does "personification mean?
animals who are mean to one another
animals that do things like humans do
people that look like animals
people who do not like animals
Once a frog jumped off the ledge into what he assumed was a pond. Unfortunately it was not a pond; it was a ditch. There was a raccoon in the ditch that ate him.
Respect your elders.
Don’t steal.
Look before you leap.
Don’t be boastful.
There was once a tiny fish that was tired of being in the school of fish at the time. He picked a fight with a couple of the other fish, and said, “I don’t need you; I’m leaving.” So he swam away, without the protection of the group, and was eaten by a bigger fish.
Slowly but surely wins the race.
Don’t be lazy.
We are all able to improve.
You are more likely to succeed if you work together.
