Hansel and Gretel

Hansel and Gretel

1. Make the right choice.

1. A poor woodcutter lived a) in a village.

b) next to a great forest.

c) in a small town near Berlin.

2. When a great famine came

to the land his wife told him a) to send their children to a boarding house.

b) to take the children to their grandparents.

c) to take the children out into the thickest part of the woods

and leave them by themselves.

3. The children heard everything a) because they were very curious.

b) because they never go to bed so early.

c) because they couldn’t fall asleep as they were hungry.

4. The children could find their

way out of the forest a) because they did marks on the trees

b) because their cat helped them.

c) because the pebbles which Hansel had been throwing on the

ground on their way to the forest glistened in the moonlight,

showing them the way.

5. Next time a little snow-white

bird helped them an led to a) their house.

b) a large beautiful city.

c) a little house built from bread.

6. The witch didn’t eat them a) because they were very thin and not tasty

b) because she didn’t eat children at all.

c) because Gretel was very clever and fooled the wicked old

woman.

2. Answer the following questions. Use more than one sentence.

1. Who lived next to a great forest?

2. Why did his wife order him to take the two children in the forest and leave them

their?

3. Did the woodcutter agree at once?

4. How did the children happen to find the way out of the forest?

5. Why did the woodcutter take his children to the forest the second time?

6. Why couldn’t the children find the way home that time?

7. How did they get to a little house made of bread?

8. Who lived in the house and why was she so kind to the children?

9. What did the witch do the next morning?

10. How did the children free themselves?

11. How did the children find the way home and get across the river?

12. Did they live happily together because their stepmother had died?

3. Retell the text using the questions in ex.2 as a plan in the name of

a) Hansel b) Gretel c) the woodcutter