Beauty and the Beast

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TITLE: BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
LEVEL: A2.1
SKILL: Reading
DATE: __ / __ / ____
TIMING: 20'
Cross Curricular Issues:
Individual Work: X
Pair Work: __ Group Work: __
PEL LEARNING AIM: I can read very short, simple texts. I can find specific, predictable information in
simple everyday material such as advertisements, prospectuses, menus and
timetables and I can understand short simple personal letters. Provided I can
count on visual support, reread or use a dictionary... I can understand short
stories about familiar topics if simply written.
Beauty and the Beast
Once upon a time there was a merchant who had three daughters. One day he had to go away and he
asked the girls what they would like as a present. Two of the girls asked for big things, but Beauty asked for
a rose.
When he was going back there was a storm. He found a castle and slept there.
The next morning he went to the garden and picked a rose. A beast appeared and shouted “you are stealing
my roses, bring your daughter to me or I’ll kill you”.
Beauty went to the castle with her father. She had a room and lots of things. She and the Beast became
friends. Beauty used a mirror to see her family. The Beast said that Beauty could visit her father, who was ill,
and go back to the castle after eight days. The sisters were surprised to see her. When Beauty went back to
the castle, the Beast was dying. She shouted “Don’t die, I love you!”. These words broke the spell and the
Beast turned into a prince.
They got married and lived happily ever after.
THE END
The adjective box
rich, beautiful, pretty, expensive, simple, sudden, terrible,
empty, dark, sunny, colourful, wonderful, pink, angry, favourite,
youngest, miserable, sad, fine, new, lonely, good, magic,
jealous, so elegant, poor, romantic, old, ugly, handsome.
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We wanted to tell you the popular story of Beauty and the Beast, but a terrible wizard has spoilt it! He has
taken all the adjectives out of the text so that we miss all the details.
Your mission:
1. Read the story. You probably are already familiar with it, so use the dictionary only when you are
really confused about a sentence.
2. Go through the adjectives in the ADJECTIVE BOX. Do you understand them all? Use a dictionary if
you need to.
3. Try to insert the adjectives in the text again. They are in order of appearance, but sometimes you’ll
need to use TWO adjectives for one single noun.
4. When you finish, check the answer key at the end of this worksheet.
If you still have time, you can copy the complete story on your notebook, underlining the adjectives.
CRITERIA
ME
MY TEACHER
Level: A2.1
Skill: Reading
KEY: Beauty and the Beast
Once upon a time there was a rich merchant who had three beautiful daughters. One day he had to go away and he
asked the pretty girls what they would like as a present. Two of the girls asked for big, expensive things, but Beauty
asked for a simple rose.
When he was going back there was a sudden and terrible storm. He found an empty, dark castle and slept there.
The next sunny morning he went to the colourful garden and picked a wonderful pink rose. An angry beast appeared
and shouted “you are stealing my favourite roses, bring your youngest daughter to me or I’ll kill you”.
Beauty went to the castle with her miserable and sad father. She had a fine room and lots of new things. She and the
lonely Beast became good friends. Beauty used a magic mirror to see her family. The Beast said that Beauty could visit
her father, who was ill, and go back to the castle after eight days. The jealous sisters were surprised to see her so
elegant. When Beauty went back to the castle, the poor Beast was dying. She shouted “Don’t die, I love you!”. These
romantic words broke the old spell and the ugly Beast turned into a handsome prince.
They got married and lived happily thereafter.
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