Listening
1. Listen to the fairy tale The Princess and the Dragon and correct the following statements.
1. Once upon a time, there was a king, a queen and a prince.
2. One night, a giant captured the princess and put her in his tower.
3. One day, a dragon heard the princess sing for help.
4. At the end of the story, the dragon made friends with the princess.
2. Listen again. Fill the missing words.
Once upon a time, there was a king and a queen who lived in a (1) __________ with their beautiful daughter. One night an ugly ogre captured the princess and put her in his tall, dark tower. The king and the queen were very sad.They promised to (2) __________ to the knight that rescued the princess. Many knights wanted to rescue her. But they all ran away when they reached the tower and saw the ogre roaring (3) __________. One day a dragon was flying over the tower when he heard the princess cry for help. The dragon flew down to the tower, took a big fiery (4) __________ and blew the ogre far away. The dragon rescued the princess from the tower and gently put her on his (5) __________. They flew back to the castle. The king and the queen were so happy. The dragon turned into a handsome prince and married the princess. They all lived happily ever after.
Writing
3. Make notes about one of your favourite fairy tales. You can invent your own story.
| Title: | ________________________________________ ________________________________________ |
| Main characters: | ________________________________________ ________________________________________ |
| Plot: beginning | ________________________________________ ________________________________________ |
| Plot: middle | ________________________________________ ________________________________________ |
| Plot: end | ________________________________________ ________________________________________ |
4a. Use your notes in 3 to write the fairy tale. Use The Princess and the Dragon as a model.
Remember!
Fairy tales always begins with Once upon a time… and end with lived happily ever after.
