FAIRY TALE CHARACTERS -

Link the words with the correct illustrations.

● ● A monster

● ● A fairy

● ● A mermaid

● ● An elf

● ● A ghost

● ● A werewolf

● ● A giant

● ● A wizard

● ● A mummy

● ● A witch

● ● A dwarf

● ● A genie

● ● A knight

crown 

Beauty  

fairy

Snow White

shield

Cinderella

gnome

Red Riding Hood  

knight

Goldilocks

wizard

frog

wand

mermaid 

golden ball

Queen

coach

king

sword

bow and arrow

dragon 

prince

princess

palace

castle

unicorn

Story Time

Do you know these popular stories?

1)Hansel and Gretel 2)Little Red Riding Hood 3)Sherlock Holmes 4) Beauty and the Beast 5)Robin Hood 6)The Little Mermaid

A B C D E F

Did you read stories when you were young? Which one was your favourite?

Complete the stories with the words in the box:

Sleeping Beauty lived lived woke slept took was cast

grew came married cut saw

A long time ago there _________ a beautiful princess . She __________in a very high tower. A wicked fairy ___________ a spell and the princess ________ for a hundred years. A big forest _________ around the tower. One day a handsome prince ________ to the tower. He ________ his sword and _________ the trees. He ________ the princess and ______ her with a kiss. The prince ____________ the princess and they ______ happily ever after.

The Three Little Pigs made tried ate built were lived fell blew was used came

Once upon a time there ___________ three little pigs. One _________ a house with straw, one _________ a house with wood and the other _________ bricks. One day a big bad wolf _________ and _________ to destroy the houses. He ________ on each house. The houses of straw and wood _________ down and he ______ the pigs. The house of bricks ________ very strong so the final pig _______ a long and happy life.

Now complete the tables with the past simple verbs from the stories:

Answers:

Present simple Past simple live sleep grow cut cast marry be take

…………………….. …………………….. …………………….. …………………….. …………………….. …………………….. …………………….. ……………………..

Present simple Past simple be eat make build use blow try fall

…………………….. …………………….. …………………….. …………………….. …………………….. …………………….. …………………….. ……………………..

Answers: Sleeping Beauty

A long time ago there was a beautiful princess . She lived in a very high tower. A wicked fairy cast a spell and the princess splept for a hundred years. A big forest grew around the tower. One day a handsome prince came to the tower. He took his sword and cut the trees. He saw the princess and woke her with a kiss. The prince married the princess and they lived happily ever after.

The Three Little Pigs

Once upon a time there were three little pigs. One built a house with straw, one made a house with wood and the other used bricks. One day a big bad wolf came and tried to destroy the houses. He blew on each house. The houses of straw and wood fell down and he ate the pigs. The house of bricks was very strong so the final pig lived a long and happy life.

Optional song  

There was a princess long ago, long ago, long ago, there was a princess long ago, long long ago. IF DOING IN A CIRCLE THEN WE ALL CURTSY/BOW; IF NOT PRINCESS IN MIDDLE DANCES ABOUT. And she lived in a big high tower, a big high tower, a big high tower, and she lived in a big high tower, long long ago WE PUT HANDS IN "TRIANGLE" SHAPE TO MAKE TOWER, PRINCESS STILL DANCES AND WE ALL DO TOWER HANDS A wicked fairy cast a spell etc FAIRY CHASES PRINCESS ABOUT, THEN TAPS HER HEAD AS CASTING A SPELL. ALL- CAST SPELL WITH "WANDS" The princess slept for a hundred years etc PRINCESS LIES IN MIDDLE OF CIRCLE SLEEPING; ALL PUT HEAD ON HANDS AS SLEEPING ACTION. A great big forest grew around etc SMALL GROUP KIDS CHOSEN TO HOLD HANDS AROUND SLEEPING PRINCESS AND BE FOREST. IF ALL DOING IT WE CROSS ARMS AND HOLD (VERY AMUSING TO GET DONE!!!) A handsome prince came riding by etc PRINCE RUNS/GALLOPS ROUND CIRCLE, IF ALL DOING IT THEN JUST KIND OF GALLOP ON SPOT!?! He took his sword and cut the trees etc PRINCE CHOPS TREES WITH ARM; IF ALL THEN ALL PRETEND TO CUT TREES He woke the princess with a kiss etc PRINCE GIVES PRINCESS A WEE KISS ON HEAD/CHEEK/LIPS WHATEVER OR BLOWS ONE! (NO FORCING!) IF ALL THEN ALL BLOW KISSES The wedding bells go ding dang ding etc ALL WITH HANDS PRETEND TO RING BELLS; PRINCE AND PRINCESS DANCE IN MIDDLE And everybodys happy now etc ALL HAPPY, CLAPPING, DANCING, JUMPING ETC

Guess The Title Of The Fairy Tale/Tales With The Clues Given 

  CLUES    ANSWERS 

The word three plays a major role in this story  Goldilocks And The Three Bears 

A poisoned apple kills the Princess  Snow White 

The fairy’s curse turns the prince into an animal, and  tells that the 

Prince would meet a Princess who would fulfil all the three promises 

that were granted by the witch. He would then turn back into a 

handsome Prince once again. 

The Frog Prince 

An animal turns out to be a wicked one   Little Riding Hood And The Three Little Pigs 

Three animals build three different kinds of houses for themselves.  The Three Little Pigs 

A man helps in driving away all the rats from the village.  The Pied Piper Of Hamelin 

A Princess who has tiny little men as friends.  Snow white And The Seven Dwarfs 

A Princess who had to sleep on a pile of mattresses, so that she could 

be identified as the real Princess who could  marry the Prince. 

The Princess And The Pea 

Few things & animals change into various things to help the Princess 

to go to the ball. 

Cinderella 

The Stepmother who thinks she is the most beautiful woman in the 

whole universe 

Snow‐ white 

The Princess meets an ugly tall creature & falls in love. The title of the 

story has her name in it. 

 Beauty And The Beast 

A little girl who always wears a nice bright blood coloured cap and is  

very fond of her grandmother 

Little Red Riding Hood 

The little Princess who is locked inside a tower.  Rapunzel 

The poor boy and his family who get richer and richer just by planting 

a few beans. 

The Jack And The Beanstalk 

The strike of 12 midnight in the clock is an integral part of the story.   Cinderella 

The little Princess leaves behind what she was wearing on her leg and 

flees from the ball.  

Cinderella 

A determined animal that requests for help but after being refused 

several times ends up doing everything  on her own and is happy. 

The Little Red Hen 

The Princess drops something into the pond and weeps bitterly. An 

ugly little creature helps her in getting out. 

The Frog Prince 

A part‐human part‐fish falls in love with a prince.  The Little Mermaid 

"When she is fifteen years old, the Princess shall prick herself with a spindle and shall fall down dead!" 

Sleeping Beauty 

The youngest Princess requests her father to get a rose for her as a gift. The Beauty And The  Beast 

The seven little men have seven of something in the story. Snow white And the seven Dwarfs 

The little girl always wore a bright coloured dress with a cap, carried a basket with cookies and the huntsman saves her by driving away the wicked animal.

Little Red Riding Hood And The Big Bad Wolf 

The boy’s nose grew longer and longer every time he told a lie. Pinocchio 

One of the siblings looked different from others. The Ugly Duckling 

The little Princess sat inside a magic flower. Thumbelina 

The little boy who was healthy and strong but only as big as a finger. His name was Thomas.

Tom Thumb 

The three animals had to cross the wooden bridge. Under the bridge lived a terrible ugly creature.

Three Billy Goats Gruff 

The boy meets the magician and is asked to find the magic lamp. Aladdin 

The little girl gets trapped in world of fantasy Alice In the Wonderland 

The Little girl was given the name because of the kind of hair she had. Goldilocks 

The animal was gifted to the third son by his father before dying. Theanimal only wanted a pair of boots & a bag. He promised to change the life of the third son.

 Puss In Boots 

The two animals decide to have a race. The proverb “Slow and steady wins the race.” is apt for this story

The Hare And the Tortoise 

The mother decides to bake something special adding ginger to it. After the baking the mother hears a sound someone calling “ Please let me out”. The mother opens the oven door and is shocked to see it run out of the window.

The Gingerbread man 

In this story the brother and sister are driven away from their house by their stepmother.

Hansel  And  Gretel 

This activity is related to Fairy Tales. 

The teacher reads out the clues in any order of her/his choice. The children have to tell the name/names of the story(ies). 

The children form two groups A & B. 

The clue goes to group A & then B 

The group that gives the maximum correct answers is the winner. 

 Variation:

 A Matching activity 

The activity can be photocopied depending upon the number of children. 

It can be a group or paired activity. 

The teacher can cut the clues separately and the answers separately 

The sets can be put in separate ziplock bags and later distributed.  

The pair or group that matches the maximum number correctly wins. 

Cinderella

Cut the images and put them in the correct order.

Then, put each sentence under the correct picture.

1. Cinderella's stepsisters were invited to the ball.

2. The prince and Cinderella were married at the castle.

3. Cinderella's father got married again after her mother died.

4. The prince found Cinderella when the glass slipper fit her foot.

5. Cinderella's stepmother made her do all the household tasks.

6. Cinderella's fairy godmother changed a pumpkin into a fine coach.

7. The clock struck midnight.

8. The prince and Cinderella danced at the ball.

9. Cinderella cried because she wanted to go to the ball.

10. Cinderella lost her glass slipper when she was running from the castle.

They had a lot of children and lived happily ever after.

The End.

Now read the text again and underline all the verbs.

What do you notice ?

So, what can you conclude for this tense in the affirmative form ?

For the ____________ verbs, you must :

For the ____________ verbs, you must :

SQ Once Upon A Time

Once Upon A Time

Put all the verbs into brackets in the past ! Be careful, they might not all be regular

verbs !

Underline the subjects of these verbs in green.

When Tamisin (to discover) ________________ that she (to be) ________________ half fairy, she (to decides)

________________ to find out more answers directly from the fairies themselves, including her mother, the fairy queen Titania.

At an elite Massachusetts boarding school, three fifteen-year-old girls of very different backgrounds (to discover)

________________ a common bond and (to form) ________________ a club to plot revenge against their evil stepmothers.

Upon the death of her father, seventeen-year-old Charlotte (to struggle) ________________ to keep the family's woolen mill

running in the face of an overwhelming mortgage and what the local villagers (to believe) ________________ (to be)

________________ a curse. When a man (to offer) ________________ to spin straw into gold, Charlotte didn't (understand)

________________ the consequences.

A young man with a mysterious past and a penchant for inventing things (to leave) ________________ the troll who raised him,

(to meet) ________________ an unhappy princess he (to have) ________________ loved from afar, and (to discover)

________________ a plot against her and her father.`

There (to be) ________________ once a Prince who (to wish) ________________ to marry a Princess;

ONCE upon a time there (to live) ________________ on the outskirts of a large forest a poor woodcutter with his wife and two

children; the boy (to be) ________________ called Hansel and the girl Gretel. He (to have) ________________ always little enough

to live on, and once, when times (to be) ________________ bad, they (to have) ________________ to get by with one piece of bread

and butter each

There (to be) ________________ once a merchant who (to be) ________________ so rich that he (could) ________________

have paved the whole street, and perhaps even a little side-street besides, with silver.

LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD by Leanne Guenther

Once upon a time, there was a little girl who lived in a

village near the forest. Whenever she went out, the little girl

wore a red riding cloak, so everyone in the village called her

Little Red Riding Hood.

One morning, Little Red Riding Hood asked her mother if

she could go to visit her grandmother as it had been awhile

since they'd seen each other.

"That's a good idea," her mother said. So they packed a nice

basket for Little Red Riding Hood to take to her

grandmother.

When the basket was ready, the little girl put on her red

cloak and kissed her mother goodbye.

"Remember, go straight to Grandma's house," her mother cautioned. "Don't dawdle along the way and please

don't talk to strangers! The woods are dangerous."

"Don't worry, mommy," said Little Red Riding Hood, "I'll be careful."

But when Little Red Riding Hood noticed some lovely flowers in the woods, she forgot her promise to her

mother. She picked a few, watched the butterflies flit about for awhile, listened to the frogs croaking and then

picked a few more.

Little Red Riding Hood was enjoying the warm summer day so much, that she didn't notice a dark shadow

approaching out of the forest behind her...

Suddenly, the wolf appeared beside her.

"What are you doing out here, little girl?" the wolf asked in a voice as friendly as he could muster.

"I'm on my way to see my Grandma who lives through the forest, near the brook," Little Red Riding Hood

replied.

Then she realized how late she was and quickly excused herself, rushing down the path to her Grandma's

house.

The wolf, in the meantime, took a shortcut...

The wolf, a little out of breath from running, arrived at Grandma's and knocked lightly at the door.

"Oh thank goodness dear! Come in, come in! I was worried sick that something had happened to you in the

forest," said Grandma thinking that the knock was her granddaughter.

The wolf let himself in. Poor Granny did not have time to say another word, before the wolf gobbled her up!

The wolf let out a satisfied burp, and then poked through Granny's wardrobe to find a nightgown that he liked.

He added a frilly sleeping cap, and for good measure, dabbed some of Granny's perfume behind his pointy ears.

A few minutes later, Red Riding Hood knocked on the door. The wolf jumped into bed and pulled the covers

over his nose. "Who is it?" he called in a cackly voice.

"It's me, Little Red Riding Hood."

"Oh how lovely! Do come in, my dear," croaked the wolf.

When Little Red Riding Hood entered the little cottage, she could scarcely recognize her Grandmother.

"Grandmother! Your voice sounds so odd. Is something the matter?" she asked.

"Oh, I just have touch of a cold," squeaked the wolf adding a cough at the end to prove the point.

"But Grandmother! What big ears you have," said Little Red Riding Hood as she edged closer to the bed.

"The better to hear you with, my dear," replied the wolf.

"But Grandmother! What big eyes you have," said Little Red Riding Hood.

"The better to see you with, my dear," replied the wolf.

"But Grandmother! What big teeth you have," said Little Red Riding Hood her voice quivering slightly.

"The better to eat you with, my dear," roared the wolf and he leapt out of the bed and began to chase the little

girl.

Almost too late, Little Red Riding Hood realized that the person in the bed was not her Grandmother, but a

hungry wolf.

She ran across the room and through the door, shouting, "Help! Wolf!" as loudly as she could.

A woodsman who was chopping logs nearby heard her cry and ran towards the cottage as fast as he could.

He grabbed the wolf and made him spit out the poor Grandmother who was a bit frazzled by the whole

experience, but still in one piece."Oh Grandma, I was so scared!" sobbed Little Red Riding Hood, "I'll never

speak to strangers or dawdle in the forest again."

"There, there, child. You've learned an important lesson. Thank goodness you shouted loud enough for this

kind woodsman to hear you!"

The woodsman knocked out the wolf and carried him deep into the forest where he wouldn't bother people any

longer.

Little Red Riding Hood and her Grandmother had a nice lunch and a long chat.

THE GINGERBREAD MAN

One day an old woman prepared a gingerbread man for her

husband. Suddenly, she heard a voice from the oven. "Let me out! Let me

out!" it said. She opened the door and the gingerbread man ran out.

The old couple ran after him, shouting "Stop! We want to eat you!"

But the gingerbread man ran away singing "Run, run as fast as you can, you can't catch me I'm

the gingerbread man!"

A horse saw him and said "Stop! I want to eat you!" But the gingerbread man ran away

even faster singing "Run, run as fast as you can, you can't catch me I'm the gingerbread man!"

A cow saw him and said "Stop! I want to eat you!"But the gingerbread man ran away

even faster singing "Run, run as fast as you can, you can't catch me I'm the gingerbread man!"

A fox saw him and said "Stop! I want to talk to you!" The gingerbread man ran on

singing "Run, run as fast as you can, you can't catch me I'm the gingerbread man!" But the fox

chased him all the way to a river.

The gingerbread man didn't know how to swim."I can help you," said the cunning fox. "If

you jump on my tail, I'll carry you across." The gingerbread man jumped on the fox's tail and

the fox started to swim across the river. But the fox said "jump on my nose. You are too heavy

for my tail."

When they reached the river bank the fox tossed the gingerbread man high up into the air.

Down he fell and the fox gobbled him all up! And that was the end of the gingerbread man.

THE GINGERBREAD MAN – WORKSHEET Cut the images and put them in the good chronological order to tell the story.

2. Using compound adjectives to make the portrait of a character. Find adjectives to fill in the blanks.

1) Jasmine has got a _________________ face.

2) She has got __________________ hair.

3) She has got __________________ hair.

4) She has got __________________ eyes.

5) She has got __________________ nose.

6) She has got __________________ lips.

Now, you can transform all these sentences to form compound adjectives. Example : She has got a long face. → She is long-faced.

She is a long-faced woman.

= 1) adjective + part of the body/face + -ED

Exercise 2 : Transform all these sentences above (from 2 to 6) following the example.

3. Using the superlative to describe a character. You can use the superlative to describe your character to all the other fairy tale characters.

strong

intelligent

muscular

good-looking

tall

attractive

Short adjectives : THE + adjective + -ESTExample : He is the youngest captain. Long adjectives : THE MOST + adjective

Example : He is the most strategic man.

Exercise 3 : Form other sentences with the adjectives given.

* * *

Be careful : there are some exceptions for the superlative.

ADJECTIVES SUPERLATIVES

good The best

bad The worst