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Departamento de Educacin
y Ciencia

Escuela Oficial de Idiomas n 2

de Zaragoza

ACTIVIDAD SOPORTE FICHA N

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C.E.
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EXPRESIN
ESCRITA

AULA DE
AUTOAPRENDIZAJE
A FAIRY STORY
1. Read the story and put an adjective or an adverb from the box into each gap. Use each word only
once. Check the meaning of new words in your dictionary.
Adjectives
green
hot
angry
deep
beautiful
handsome
unhappy

Adverbs
carefully
happily
quickly
suddenly
immediately
unfortunately
quietly

The Princess and the Frog

ONCE UPON A TIME there was a (a) beautiful princess who had a golden ball. She lived in a palace
with her father, the King, and her seven sisters. Every day she played with her ball in the garden of the
palace.
At the end of the garden there was a (b) ______________ , dark pond. When the weather was (c)
______________ , the princess liked playing near the pond.
(d) ______________ , one day she dropped her golden ball into the water. She was very (e)
______________ and she sat on the grass and started to cry.
(f) ______________ she heard a voice: Dont cry, princess.
She opened her eyes and saw a large, (g) ______________ , frog. Oh, please help me! she said, I
cant get my ball.
Ill help you, said the frog, if I can come and live with you in the palace!
Yes, yes, of course. I promise, said the princess.
So the frog jumped into the water and came back with the ball. The princess laughed and took the ball.
She ran (h) ______________ back to the palace and forgot all about the frog.
The frog was very (i) ______________ . He followed the princess into the palace and told his story to the King.
A promise is a promise, said the frog.
Yes, said the King and called his daughter. A promise is a promise, my daughter. Take this frog to your
room and look after him (j) ______________ .
The princess cried again, but she took the frog and put him on her bed. The frog looked at her and said
(k) ______________ , Please kiss me, princess. She closed her eyes and kissed him. (l)
______________ , the frog turned into a (m) ______________ prince. Of course, he and the princess
fell in love. One week later they married and they lived (n) ______________ ever after.
2. Many English fairy stories begin Once upon a time and end ...and they lived happily ever after. Write
another story that you know and like. Begin and end in the same way. Write about 200 words. For
ideas you can check worksheet number 19.

KEY
(a) deep
(b) hot
(c) Unfortunately
(d) unhappy
(e) Suddenly
(f) green
(g) quickly
(h) angry
(i) carefully
(j) quietly
(k) Immediately
(l) handsome
(m) happily
From Headway Elementary Workbook, p. 71
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