Worksheet on O. Wilde and the Happy Prince


About the author

Answer the questions:
-    Can you say the author´s real name?
-    When was he born? Who was the Queen of England at that time?
-    Name his most famous novel
-    Why did he go to jail?
-    What did he write while he was in jail?
-    What genre is The Happy Prince?

Vocabulary:

-Write at least three new words that you have learnt by reading and listening this tale:

-Make a sentence with every word: LEAF/ SHOULDER/ BLIND/ BEGGAR:

-Complete the text:
 “When I was ……………….and had a ………………heart, I did not know what ……………..were, for I lived in the palace of Sans-Souci, where sorrow is not…………………….to enter. In the daytime I ………………with my companions in the garden, and in the evening I led the………………in the Great Hall.
  My courtiers called me the……………..   ………………, and happy indeed I was.
  And now that I am………………..they have set me up here so………………that I can see all the ugliness and all the ………………..of my city.”

-Can you translate the fragment above?

Listening comprehension:

-Answer the questions according to the text you are listening:
1.What was the poor woman seated at a table doing?


2.Who was with her? Was he happy?

3.What did the swallow take them?

Production:-Imagine and write down another ending for the tale (about two lines)