Reading comprehension

Read the English text about the Little Red Riding Hood. Then answer the questions.

Little Red Riding Hood

Once upon a time there was a dear little girl who was loved by every one who looked at her, but most of all by her grandmother, and there was nothing that she would not have given to the child. Once she gave her a little cap of red velvet, which suited her so well that she would never wear anything else. So she was always called Little Red Riding Hood. One day her mother said to her, "Come, Little Red Riding Hood, here is a piece of cake and a bottle of wine. Take them to your grandmother, she is ill and weak, and they will do her good. Set out before it gets hot, and when you are going, walk nicely and quietly and do not run off the path, or you may fall and break the bottle, and then your grandmother will get nothing. And when you go into her room, don't forget to say, good-morning, and don't peep into every corner before you do it." I will take great care, said Little Red Riding Hood to her mother, and left The grandmother lived out in the wood, half a league from the village, and just as Little Red Riding Hood entered the wood, a wolf met her. Little Red Riding Hood did not know what a wicked creature he was, and was not at all afraid of him. "Good-day, Little Red Riding Hood," said he. "Thank you kindly, wolf." "Whither away so early, Little Red Riding Hood?" "To my grandmother's." "What have you got in your apron?" "Cake and wine. Yesterday was baking-day, so poor sick grandmother is to have something good, to make her stronger." "Where does your grandmother live, Little Red Riding Hood?" "A good quarter of a league farther on in the wood. Her house stands under the three large oak-trees. You surely must know it," replied Little Red Riding Hood. The wolf thought to himself, "What a tender young creature. She will be better to eat than the old woman. I must act carefully." So he walked for a short time by the side of Little Red Riding Hood, and then he said, "See Little Red Riding Hood, how pretty the flowers are about here — why do you not look around? I believe, too, that you do not hear how sweetly the little birds are singing; you walk gravely along as if you were going to school, while everything else out here in the wood is very merry.” Little Red Riding Hood raised her eyes, and when she saw the sunbeams dancing here and there through the trees, and pretty flowers growing everywhere, she thought, 'Suppose I take grandmother a rose. That would please her too. It is so early in the day that I shall still get there in good time.' And so she ran from the path into the wood to look for a rose. Meanwhile the wolf ran straight to the grandmother's house and knocked at the door. "Who is there?" "Little Red Riding Hood," replied the wolf. "I am bringing cake and wine. Open the door." "Lift the latch," called out the grandmother, "I am too weak, and cannot get up." The wolf lifted the latch, the door sprang open, and without saying a word he went straight to the grandmother's bed, and devoured her. Then he put on her clothes, dressed himself in her cap, laid himself in bed. Little Red Riding Hood, however, had been running about picking roses, and when she had gathered so many that she could carry no more, she remembered her grandmother, and set out on the way to her. She was surprised to find the cottage-door standing open, and when she went into the room, she had such a strange feeling that she said to herself, 'Oh dear, how uneasy I feel to-day, and at other times I like being with grandmother so much.' She called out, "Good morning," but received no answer. So she went to the bed. There lay her grandmother. "Oh, grandmother," she said, "what big ears you have." "The better to hear you with, my child," was the reply. "But, grandmother, what big eyes you have," she said. "The better to see you with, my dear." "But, grandmother, what large hands you have." "The better to hug you with." "Oh, but, grandmother, what a terrible big mouth you have." "The better to eat you with." And scarcely had the wolf said this, he was out of bed and swallowed up Little Red Riding Hood. When the wolf had appeased his appetite, he lay down again in the bed, fell asleep and began to snore very loud. A huntsman was just passing the house, and thought to himself, 'How the old woman is snoring. I must just see if she wants anything.' So he went into the room, and when he came to the bed, he saw that the wolf was lying in it. "Do I find you here, you old sinner," said he. "I have long sought you." Then just as he was going to fire at him, it occurred to him that the wolf might have devoured the grandmother, and that she might still be saved, so he did not fire, but took a pair of scissors, and began to cut open the stomach of the sleeping wolf. When he had made two snips, he saw the Little Red Riding Hood, and then he made two snips more, and the little girl sprang out, crying, "Ah, how frightened I have been. How dark it was inside the wolf." And after that the aged grandmother came out alive also, but scarcely able to breathe. Little Red Riding Hood, however, quickly fetched great stones with which they filled the wolf's belly, and when he awoke, he wanted to run away, but the stones were so heavy that he collapsed at once, and fell dead.

What colour was the coat that her grandmother gave her?

Then, how did they call the girl?

What food does she bring to her grandmother?

What happens to the grandmother?

Where is her grandmother from?

What animal was found in the wood Riding Hood?

What questions does the wolf ask to Riding Hood?

What does the wolf think about Riding Hood?

What flower takes the Riding Hood?

What did do the wolf while Riding Hood was in the forest?

Now you can read the text in Spanish.

Caperucita Roja

	Había una vez una adorable niña que era amada por todo aquel que le miraba, pero sobre todo por su abuela, y no había nada que ella no le habría dado a la niña. Una vez, ella le dio un pequeña casaca de terciopelo rojo, que le quedaba tan bien que ella no vestía otra prenda. Así fue que siempre le decían Caperucita Roja. Un día su madre le dijo, "Ven, Caperucita Roja, aquí hay un trozo de torta y una botella de vino. Llévalas a tu abuela, ella está enferma y débil, y le harán bien. Emprende tu viaje antes que haga calor, y cuando vayas, camina bien y tranquila y no te apartes del sendero, o puedes caerte y romper la botella, y entonces tu abuela no tendrá nada. Y cuando entres a su cuarto, no te olvides de decir, buenos días, y no curiosees en cada rincón antes de hacerlo." "Tendré especial cuidado", dijo Caperucita Roja a su madre, y se fue. La abuela vivía hacia el bosque, a media legua de la aldea, y apenas Caperucita Roja entró en el bosque, un lobo la encontró en el camino. Caperucita Roja desconocía qué criatura perversa era él, y no le tuvo miedo. "Buenos dias, Caperucita Roja," le dijo. "Gracias , lobo." "¿Andando lejos tan temprano, Caperucita Roja?" "A la casa de mi abuela. " "¿Qué traes en tu delantal?" "Torta y vino. Ayer fue dia de hornear, así que la abuela enferma tendrá algo bueno que la fortalezca." "¿Dónde vive tu abuela, Caperucita Roja?" "A un buen cuarto de legua en el interior del bosque. Su casa está debajo de los tres grandes robles. Seguramente usted la conoce", respondió Caperucita Roja. El lobo pensó: "Qué criatura joven y tierna. Será más fácil de comer que la anciana. Debo actuar con cuidado." Entonces caminó un rato al lado de Caperucita Roja, y luego dijo, "Observa Caperucita Roja, qué hermosas son las flores por aquí — ¿por qué no miras a tu alrededor? Creo, también, que no escuchas lo dulcemente que están cantando los pajarillos; caminas seria como si fueras a la escuela, mientras que todo aquí en el bosque es muy alegre." Caperucita Roja alzó sus ojos, y cuando vio los rayos de sol bailando por aquí y por allá a través de los árboles, y las hermosas flores creciendo por doquier, pensó, '¿Y si le llevo a mi abuela una rosa? Eso la complaceria también. Es tan temprano que tendré tiempo suficiente para llegar.' Y se alejó del sendero hacia el bosque en busca de una rosa. Mientras tanto el lobo corrió directamente a la casa de la abuela y golpeó la puerta. "¿Quién es?" "Caperucita Roja," contestó el lobo. "Traigo la torta y el vino. Abre la puerta." "Levanta el cerrojo," gritó la abuela, "Estoy demasiado débil, y no puedo levantarme." El lobo levantó el cerrojo, la puerta se abrió violentamente, y sin decir una palabra fue derecho a la cama de la abuela, y la devoró. Luego se puso su ropa, se vistió con su gorro, se echó en la cama. Caperucita Roja, por su parte, había estado buscando y recogiendo rosas, y cuando había recolectado tantas que ya no podía llevar más, se acordó de su abuela, y se dirigió hacia ella. Le sorprendió encontrar la puerta de la cabaña abierta y cuando entró al cuarto, le sobrevino una sensación tan extraña que se dijo a sí misma, 'Vaya, qué inquieta me siento hoy, y en otras oportunidades deseo tanto estar con la abuela.' Gritó, 'Buenos días," pero no recibió respuesta. Entonces se dirigió hacia la cama. Allí estaba recostada su abuela. "Oh, abuela," dijo, "qué oídos tan grandes tienes." "Para escucharte mejor, mi niña," fue la respuesta. "Pero, abuela, qué ojos tan grandes tienes," dijo. "Para verte mejor, querida." "Pero, abuela, qué manos tan grandes tienes." "Para abrazarte mejor." "Oh, pero, abuela, qué boca tan grande y terrible tienes." "Para comerte mejor." Y apenas había dicho esto, el lobo saltó de la cama y se tragó a Caperucita Roja. Cuando el lobo había calmado su apetito, se echó nuevamente en la cama, cayó dormido y comenzó a roncar muy ruidosamente. Un cazador pasaba en ese momento por la casa, y pensó, "Cómo está roncando la anciana. Veré si necesita algo." Entonces entró al cuarto, y cuando se acercó a la cama, vio que el lobo estaba echado en ella. "Vengo a encontrarte justo aquí, viejo pecador," le dijo. "Te he buscado por largo tiempo." Entonces justo cuando estaba por dispararle, se le ocurrió que el lobo podía haberse devorado a la abuela, y que ella aún podría salvarse, así que no disparó, sino tomó un par de tijeras, y comenzó a cortar el estómago del lobo que dormía. Cuando había hecho dos cortes, vio a la pequeña Caperucita Roja, y entonces hizo dos cortes más, y la niña saltó, gritando, "Ay, qué asustada he estado. Qué oscuro estaba dentro del lobo." Y a continuación la envejecida abuela salió viva también, pero casi incapaz de respirar. Caperucita Roja, sin embargo, rápidamente fue a buscar grandes piedras con las que llenaron el vientre del lobo, y cuando éste se despertó, intentó huir, pero las piedras eran tan pesadas que se derrumbó al instante, y cayó muerto.

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Read the book The Beauty & the Beast and then write what happens in the following images. You can do the same reading the lion King or Aladdin.

 

  

 

Answers

 

• This image is after the dance. Where they understand they are in love.

• The Beauty and the prince are dancing together. This Dance is the end of the movie.

• Simba is born and the monkey shows the other animals who is going to be the king in the future.

• Simba is becoming an adult and sings Hakuna matata with his friends Timon and Pumba..

• Princess Jasmin is speaking with her friend, a tiger.

• Jasmin, Aladdin and the magic carpet flying. Aladdin is showing the country to his girlfriend.