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)