The tragic myth of Orpheus and Eurydice (TED Ed video)

The marriage of Orpheus, the greatest of all poets and musicians, to Eurydice, a wood nymph, was heralded as the perfect union. Anyone could tell the couple was deeply in love. However, ...

Do the interactive exercises below to find out about their tragic story. When you finish, click the "Finish" button at the end to check your answers.

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The Selfish Giant by Oscar Wilde (worksheet)

Here is a worksheet based on an animated film of The Selfish Giant, the famous story written by Oscar Wilde. It contains a gap-fill exercise, a crossword puzzle and an exercise in which students are asked to write suitable comprehension questions for a set of statements about the story practising wh-questions in the Past Simple and Continuous mainly.

To download the worksheet click here.

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The Selfish Giant by Oscar Wilde (video)

Here is an animated film of The Selfish Giant, the famous story written by Oscar Wilde.

Comprehension Questions

1. Where did the children use to play after school?
2. How long had the Giant been away?
3. What did he see when he came back?
4. What did he do to keep the children out of his garden?
5. Why didn't the Spring come in the Giant's garden?
6. Who did the Snow and the Frost invite to stay with them?
7. Where did the lovely music come from, which the Giant heard one morning?
8. Where was the little boy standing and why was he crying?
9. How did the tree try to help the boy?
10. What decision did the Giant take?

  Vocabulary

• A blossom is a flower on a tree. When a tree blossoms, it produces flowers.
• A gruff voice has a rough low sound.
• A trespasser is a person who goes on somebody's land without their permission.
• When somebody is prosecuted, they are officially charged with a crime in court.
• A linnet is a small brown bird that makes a pleasant sound.
• A wicked person is an evil (bad) person.
• If you are feeble, you are very weak, especially because you are old or ill.

  Irregular Past Forms Quiz

There is a number of irregular past forms in this story. Take the following quiz to check how well you remember them.

The Selfish Giant (irregular past forms) » Create A Quiz

Bang Bang - My Baby Shot Me Down (song)

Bang Bang (Nancy Sinatra) - YouTube 

(two versions - three pages) I used this worksheet as a follow up activity after teaching "used to" and "would" for past habits. The students listen to the song once and number the pictures in the correct order. Then they listen again and complete the lyrics with the past simple of the irregular verbs in the song. In the second version they have to sort a number of words into rhyming pairs and then complete the lyrics with these words. I have also included a few comprehension questions.

Download: http://www.scribd.com/doc/75246259/Bang-Bang-My-Baby-Shot-Me-Down-Song