The country mouse and the city mouse

The Tale’s Planet

Adapted by Natali Kovalska Elementary Level 1

УДК 811.111.(0753) ББК 81.432.1-922-3 К56 Укладач: Ковальська Н.В., вчитель англійської мови Кам’янецьПодільського навчального комплексу № 9 ім. А. М. Трояна. Рецензенти: Євчук О.В., заступник директора з іноземної мови Кам’янецьПодільського навчального комплексу № 9 ім. А. М. Трояна. Доценко І.В., вчитель-методист Кам’янець-Подільського навчального комплексу № 9 ім. А. М. Трояна. Рекомендовано до друку рішенням кафедри учителів іноземної мови навчально-виховного комплексу № 9 ім. А. М. Трояна м. Кам’янеця-Подільського (протокол №2 від 1 листопада 2917р.)

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The Country Mouse and the City Mouse.

I Vocabulary

1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) 8)

busy– зайнятий to find – знайти glad – радий, задоволений to hope – сподіватися quiet – спокійний a root – корінь to stay – зупинятись welcome – радо зустрічати

The Country Mouse lived in the country in the roots of the old tree. He was very busy all day long finding food for the winter. One day his friend came to see him. His friend lived in the city.

The Country Mouse was glad to see the City Mouse.

“Welcome to my home,” said the Country Mouse. “You will love the county. It is so nice and quiet. I hope you can stay for a long time.”

Exercises I. Match the phrases: busy roots of stay welcome food

the old tree for a long time to my house for the winter all day long 3

II. Put the phrases to the right order of the text He was very busy.

Mouse lived in the country.

“You will love the county.

His friend came.

“Welcome to my home,” III. Make up questions to the sentence: The Country Mouse lived in the country in the roots of the old tree.

Did ___________________________________________ Who __________________________________________ Where _________________________________________ What tree ______________________________________ IV. Change the given sentence You will love the county. into: the Present Simple +_____________________________________________ –____________________________________________ ?______________________________________________ the Past Simple +______________________________________________ – ___________________________________________ ?______________________________________________ 4

II Vocabulary 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7)

a candle – свічка a mug – чашка to pick – колоти plain – простий to sneeze – чхати straw – солома thick – товстий

The Country Mouse made a big supper. But the City Mouse did not like the plain food, or the thick mugs and plates. At bedtime the City Mouse did not like his little straw bed. It picked him and he sneezed.

“It’s too dark and too quiet in the country,” said the City Mouse. “I can’t sleep”.

So the Country Mouse gave him more candles and a hot drink.

Exercises I. Unscramble the words. acedln ________

cihkt _________

wsart tocnuyr ________ ___________

II. Translate into Ukrainian.

1) a big supper – _________________________ 2) plane food – __________________________ 5

3) straw bed – ___________________________ 4) a hot drink – __________________________ III. Find the eight words from the text.

Q W E R T Y U B

P I O C P A S E

L D M O U S E D

A F M U G G H T

T C A N D L E I

E G S T R A W M

K L Z R X C V E

B N M Y Q A W E

E R T Y U I O O

R S U P P E R P

IV. Make up questions to the sentence: The Country Mouse gave him candles and a hot drink.

Did _________________________________________ Who ________________________________________ Whom _______________________________________ What ________________________________________ V. Write the digress of comparison of the adjectives.

Thick Hot Quiet Dark Little Little 6

III Vocabulary 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6)

dirty – брудний to fly (flew) – летіти to grab – схопити a lane – стежка an owl – сова to push – штовхати

Every morning before the sun was up the Country Mouse was busy finding food for the winter.

“Come and help me, cousin,” said the Country Mouse.

The City Mouse did not like to help. He did not like to work and he did not like to get his clothes and hands dirty.

One evening they walked down the lane. An Owl tried to grab the City Mouse. But the Country Mouse gave him a big push and the Owl flew away. What a fight they both had!

Exercises I. Write the past forms of the verbs: 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7)

to be to come to give to have to get to find to fly

________________ ________________ ________________ ________________ ________________ ________________ ________________ 7

II. Correct the sentences: 1) The Country Mouse was busy finding food for the summer. ____________________________________________ 2) The Country Mouse doesn’t work every morning. __________________________________________ 3) The City Mouse likes to help him. __________________________________________ 4) The City Mouse didn’t like to get his clothes dirty. __________________________________________ 5) One evening they walked down the lane. ____________________________________________ 6) An Owl tried to grab the City Mouse. ____________________________________________ III. Translate into English 1) Мій брат не любить носити брудний одяг. ___________________________________________ 2) Дивись! Хлопці б’ються. ___________________________________________ 3) Є гарна сова у нашому зоопарку. ___________________________________________ 4) Стежки у нашому парку чисті. ___________________________________________ 5) Ми були зайняті цілий день вчора. ___________________________________________ 6) Хвора пташка погано літає. ___________________________________________ 8

IV Vocabulary

1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) 8) 9)

to be surprise – бути здивованим to be tired – бути втомленим to cross – переходити grass – трава a heel – каблук to look for – шукати to make friend – потоваришувати a meadow– луг a mushroom – гриб

One morning they crossed the meadow to find mushrooms.

“I don’t like the country,” said the City Mouse. “It’s dark, it’s cold, it’s wet, and too quiet.”

The horse who lived in the meadow came to make friends with mice. The Country Mouse was so surprised that he fell head over heels into the wet grass.

“Oh, cousin”, said the Country Mouse, “I am tired of the country. In the town it is warm and dry, and there is no need to look for food. You must come and see yourself.”

Exercises I.

Find the words to the pictures: 9

_________

____________

______________

__________

___________

_____________

II.

Write the opposites to the words: 1) cold _______________________ 2) warm _______________________ 3) quiet _______________________ 4) tired _______________________ 5) dark _______________________ 6) wet _______________________

III. Fill the gaps, use am, is, are, do, does, don’t, doesn’t.

1. I ______________ like the country.

2. It __________ wet.

3. The horse ___________ live in the city.

4. The town it __________ warm and dry.

5. There ______________ no need to look for food.

6. ________ the City Mouse like the country?

7. The mice ________ friends.

8. __________ the mice like cheese?

9. The City Mouse ___________ work every day.

10. I _________ tired of the country.

11. There __________ many mushrooms in the forest.

12. I _________ happy to live in the country.

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V Vocabulary

1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) 8) 9)

an awful – жахливий to cry – кричати to hear (heard) – чути to hide (hid) – ховатись light – світло in the middle of – посередині noise –шум rich – багатий sweet – солодкий

Late one night the City Mouse saw the family at the end of the lane getting into the car to go to town.

“Come on, the Country Mouse”, he cried. “Let’s go.”

They hid in the car and jumped out in the middle of the town. The Country Mouse had never heard such an awful noise or seen so many lights.

“This is where I live,” said the City Mouse.

How big the house was! How happy his family was to see the City Mouse with his country cousin! They welcomed the Country Mouse. They gave lovely food, fruit, cakes, biscuits, cream and chocolate. It was all too rich and sweet for the Country Mouse.

Exercises I.

Fill in much or many: _______________ noise _______________ candles 11

_______________ cream _______________ cake _______________ food _______________ chocolate _______________ fruit _______________ families _______________mice II.

Fill in the right preposition: Out, in, of, to, at, with,

1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6)

to jump _________ the car to hide _________ the car in the middle _________ the town _________ the end of the lane The City Mouse ________ his country cousin to go ________ town

III. Answer the questions 1. Where did the mice hide? ______________________________________________ 2. What did the Country Mouse see? _______________________________________________ 3. Was the house big? _______________________________________________ 4. Who was glad to see the Country Mouse? _______________________________________________ 5. Did they welcome the Country Mouse? _______________________________________________ 6. What did they give the Country Mouse? _______________________________________________ 12

VI Vocabulary

1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) 8)

almost – майже bright – яскравий the carpet cleaner – пилосос to chase – переслідувати litter – сміття a picnic –пікнік poor – бідний soft – м’який

The City Mouse and his family took the Country Mouse round the house. It was all too big for poor the Country Mouse.

At bedtime the Country Mouse did not like his little soft bed. The room was too bright from lights in the street.

Next day they went for a picnic in the park. But the pelicans and the ducks ate their food and made them run away. A dog chased the Country Mouse under a litter basket. How they were both afraid!

Back at the house, the Country Mouse was almost taken into the carpet cleaner. How unhappy he was!

Exercises I. Write the opposites to the words: unhappy ___________________ poor ___________________ 13

bright little soft

___________________ ____________________ ____________________

II. Match the phrases: the carpet the house a litter bed bright basket run cleaner round away soft lights III. Complete the chart.

Be ate run went make IV. Make up your own sentences with the verbs in the past. _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ 14

VII Vocabulary

1) hungry- голодний 2) to save – рятувати 3) smell – відчувати запах 4) a trap – пастка 5) a van – вантажівка 6) to wish – бажати In some days he was saved from a trap by the City Mouse and his family. But they were all seen by the cat.

They ran for their lives back to a hole in the wall.

The cat stayed in the room all day and all night. The mice were very hungry. They had no food at all.

That night the Country Mouse had a dream of home. He smelled the trees and the ground. How he wished he was back at home.

In the morning the smell of trees was real. It was Christmas and someone put a tree in the room. Under the tree was a basket.

“It’s going near your home,” cried the City Mouse.

The Country Mouse could go home. He jumped into the basket just as it was being into the van.

Exercises I. Correct the mistakes in the words.

Houle drim Ander Chrismas busket graund naight hungri 15

II. Write the definition in one world: 1) to help the person in the trouble ________________ 2) a big car __________________ 3) to say good words ______________ 4) a person without food for a long time ____________ 5) the winter holiday ___________________ 6) a box for food ___________________ III. Translate the sentences.

1. Миші зазвичай роблять свої нори в стіні. _____________________________________________ 2. Було багато іграшок у корзині під столом. _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________ 3. Я люблю запах шоколаду. _____________________________________________ 4. Я повернуся додому через годину. _____________________________________________ 5. Послухай! Маленький хлопчик плаче. _____________________________________________ 6. Школа біля мого дому. _____________________________________________ IV. Draw a present you would like to get on Christmas.

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VIII Vocabulary

1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7)

an adventure – пригода a bell – дзвінок to breath – дихати a carol – колядка Christmas Eve – переддень Різдва a church – церква to forget ( forgot) – забувати

The Country Mouse jumped out of the van, into the lane where he lived. He could hear church bells. It was Christmas Eve. The Country Mouse ran to the church .He knew that all the country mice would be there to sing Christmas carols.

“Come, the Country Mouse,” said the little mouse.

“You can spend all Christmas telling us all your great adventures.” The Country Mouse breathed a long sigh. All he wanted to do was to FORGET!

Exercises I. Circle the odd one out:

a car mouse church cheese lane

a lorry cat meadow basket tree

a van trap house cake grass 17

horse dog building cream bush

I. Discribe the Country Mouse. ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ II. Discribe the City Mouse. _______________________ _______________________ _______________________ _______________________ _______________________ _______________________ _______________________ _______________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ 18