Aulas Multimídias – Santa Cecília

Professora: Kenia Fernandes

Disciplina: Inglês

Série: 8º ano EF

REVIEW HANDOUT– 8TH GRADE

QUESTION 1. Read the key words and name of the fairy tale:

a) A wicked Queen, stepmother, a beautiful girl, a magic mirror,

‘mirror mirror on the wall, who’s the fairest of them all?’, seven

dwarves, a poisoned apple, a kiss from prince charming.

b) A little girl, mother asks, a red hood, visit sick grandmother,

forest, big bad wolf

LITTLE RED RIDING

HOOD

c) A baby was born, given to a witch, locked in high a

tower, became a beautiful young women with long

locks of blonde hair, saved by a prince

RAPUNZEL

d) Jack, a poor country boy, a family cow, magic beans, grow into an enormous beanstalk reaching up into the clouds, castle of an unfriendly giant.

e) Three brother pigs, build different houses, different materials, big bad wolf blows down the straw and wood houses, unable to destroy the bricks’ house.

THREE LITTLE

PIGS

2. What other fairy tales do you know?

3. What’s the traditional opening of fairy tales?ONCE UPON A TIME…4. Which phrase commonly closes a fairy tale?And they lived happily ever after.

Read the options and tick ( ) or cross () about the common elements of a fairy tale.

( ) There is a clear good versus evil battle.

( ) It always has animals.

( ) There are sometimes magic objects which influence the story.

( ) In some stories, the heroine is a beautiful princess (or young girl who isn’t well treated)

( ) There is never a lesson or a moral in the a fairy tale.

6. Write the names of the people, objects and places related to fairy tales

SWORD

PRINCE CHARMING

DRAGON

6. Write the names of the people, objects and places related to fairy tales

FAIRY

KNIGHT

7. Observe the picture, read the text and answer.

a) What were the responsibilities of peasants? Which social class did they correspond?

They had to work and obbey the lords, they also had to produce food and service for the society. They correspond to the poor.

b) Why knights were important to the barons and kings?

Because they provided protection and military service. They were able to fight wars

c) What was the base of the feudal system?

Exchange of land by benefits

d) What were the main causes of the end of feudalism?

The change in the commerce, since economy started to move from land based to money based; the disease known as Black Death, which killed thousands of people and the change of power, nobles became weaker, Kings took back their lands and power.

8. Match the information of the natural and external defenses of the castles.

a) TOWER ( D ) It was the most vulnerable place of the castle.

It had to be extremely fortified to defend it

from enemies.

b) CURTAIN

WALL

( C ) The portion of dirty water that surrounded the

castle.

c) MOAT ( A ) The best way to see an enemy was standing at

this high place.

d) GATEHOUSE ( B ) The first obstacle an enemy would encounter

outside the castle, because they were very

high and difficult to invade.

9. True (T) or False (F)? Correct the false statements.

a) A fable ends with a moral. ( T )

b) A fairy tale is a type of fiction literature originated in folklore. ( T )

c) Most people believe Aesop was Italian and he lived around the year 500BC. ( F )

d) The plot of a fable is fictional and the events presented on the narrative are essential to the story. ( T ) e) The characters in a fable represent sophisticated heroes and villains. ( F )

f) Animals in fables behave like human beings. ( T )

g) Fables usually take place indoors. ( F )

10. Who is who in King Arthur’s story?a) UTHER PENDRAGON HIGH-KING OF BRITAIN AND ARTHUR’S FATHER

b) MERLIN KING UTHER’S WIZARDc) CAMELOT KING ARTHUR’S COURT

d) EXCALIBUR SWORD WITH SPECIAL POWERS GAVE TO ARTHUR BY THE LADY OF THE LAKE

e) LADY OF THE LAKE A WITCH FRIEND OF MERLIN

f) MORGAN LE FAY KING ARTHUR’S WICKED (WITH MAGICAL POWERS) HALF-SISTER

g) MORDRED KING ARTHUR’S NEPHEW AND MORGAN LE FAY’S SON

h) SIR LANCELOT THE BEST AND THE BRAVEST OF THE KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE. QUEEN

GUINEVERE FELL IN LOVE WITH HIM.

i) GUINEVERE KING ARTHUR’S WIFE

11. What is the message of the round table of King Arthur?

Everyone who sat there had equal status.

12. In your opinion, what are the advantages or disadvantages of living in the Buckingham Palace? List at least TWO advantages/disadvantages.

13. True (T) or False (F)? Correct the false statements.

a) The Tower of London is a museum that is now used as a castle. (F )

b) The Tower of London was built in 1066. ( T )

c) The Crown Jewels are kept in the Buckingham Palace. ( F )

d) Queen Elizabeth I was kept prisoner in the tower. ( T )

e) The first wife of Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn, was executed in the Tower of London. ( F )