Ajutor repede. Dau coroana și 25 de puncte.

4. Read the story of The Ugly Duckling. 30p.



A duck sat on her nest, waiting for her eggs to hatch. When the eggs cracked and the little ducklings came out, she saw that one of them was very ugly. She looked at him angrily, so the little duckling ran away in the fields.

Soon he arrived at a great marsh where the wild ducks lived. All the ducks there told him he was very ugly and laughed at him. He ran away from the great marsh. The rain started to fall. The ugly duckling was wet and cold and hungry.

Just as the night fell, he found a little house. He went in to get warm. An old woman lived there. She had a cat and a hen. But when they all found him in the morning, they sent him away, telling him how ugly he was. So the little duckling was on his own again.

One day, he saw a flock of beautiful white swans and felt sorry he wasn`t as beautiful as they were. Winter came and the duckling had nowhere to go and no food to eat. He was always cold and hungry.

But after many long weeks, the spring sun began to shine again. The duckling spread his wings – they were strong wings now! He flew high into the sky to meet the beautiful white swans. Now he was one of them.



nest = cuib

duckling = ratusca

to hatch = a iesi din ou

marsh = mlastina

flock = stol

swan = lebada

so spread the wings = a intinde aripile



Ask questions about the story:

Example: Why did the ugly duckling run away from the duck’s nest?

He ran away because the duck was angry with him for being ugly.

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The duck sat on her nest, waiting for the eggs to hatch.

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She saw that one of them was very ugly.

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He arrived at the marsh where the wild ducks lived.

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No, he didn’t stay there long.

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Next he went to a small house.

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An old woman lived there.

7. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------?

He went away from the old woman because she told him he was ugly.

8. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------?

One day he saw a flock of beautiful white swans.

9. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------?

He felt sorry because he wasn’t like them.

10. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------?

When spring came, he turned into a beautiful white swan.





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