Hansel

Gretel

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woodcutter

stepmother

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Meet the main characters:

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Once upon a time there ____(be) a woodcutter who ___(have) two children: Hansel and Gretel. They ___(be) very poor.

They ____(live) with their kind father and a mean stepmother.Their home ____(be) a small house at the edge of a forest.

One day the stepmother ____(say) to the father, “We cannot keep the children. We don’t have enough food for them.We must take them deep into the forest.”The father _____(feel) very sad.Hansel ____(be) in the room and ______(hear) everything.He _____(go) and ____(tell) Gretel.Gretel_____(start) to cry."Don't worry," he ____(say) , "I have a plan.”The next morning they_____(go) into the forest.

The stepmother ____(give) each child a piece of bread.As they _____(walk) Hansel _______(drop) the pieces of bread on the ground.  

Write the verbs in the Past Tense:

The father fire ____(say) to his children to stay there fire. He promised to pick them up on the way back."

Soon it _______(become) dark and cold in the forest."Don't be afraid," ____(say) Hansel. "We will soon find our way home." But they ___(can) not find any bread crumbs. The birds had eaten them. They _____(sit) down to rest. Soon they ____(fall) asleep.

It ____(be) the third morning since they ____(leave) their father’s house. They ____(go) further and further into the forest.

It ____(be) about noon when they _____(come) to a house. It ____(be) a cottage made out of bread, candy, and cake. The children _____(start) to eat some of the cake and candy.Suddenly an old woman _____(appear) at the door. “Don’t be afraid,” she ____(say). “I have tasty food inside for you.”

The old woman ____ (be) a bad witch. First she ____ ( give) them to eat. Then the she ____ (take) Hansel and ____ ( put) him in a cage. Gretel ____ ( have) to do all the work in the cottage. She ____ ( cry) when she ____ ( see) Hansel in the cage. The old witch ____(want) to cook Hansel and eat him but he ____ (be) too thin She ____ ( give) him lots of food to make him fat. Finally the old lady ____ (tell) Gretel to turn on the oven. "Climb in and tell me if it is hot enough," ____ (say) the old lady. Gretel ____ (pretend) she did not know how to do that.

The old lady ____ (push) her aside and ____ (say) , "You stupid goose, let me show you."

She ____ (bend) over and ____ (look) into the oven. 

Gretel ____(trick ) the witch and ____(push) her into the oven.

She____( run) to Hansel and___( let) him out of the cage. "We are safe," she____( cry). Hurry," ____(say) Hansel. We must take what we can."

They ____(find) a big treasure box in the house. It ___(be) full of gold. Hansel and Gretel____(be) very happy.They _______(start) to look for their way home. Soon they ____(see) their father’s house. They _____(run) as fast as they ____(can)to the door. "We're home," cried Hansel. They _______(hug) their father.

He ___(be) very happy to see them he ___(begin) to cry. The stepmother no longer ___(live) there. The children ___(show) the big treasure box to their father. "We will always be together," ____(say) the father. They ___(live) happily ever after.

Complete the chart:

A Fairytale

opening sentence

good characters

bad characters ending sentence

once upon a time

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HanselGretelfather

stepmotherwitch

they lived happily ever after

Write sentences in the past tense about the pictures:

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see, push, catch, fight, be, live, trick, become

Answer true or false:

1.Hansel and Gretel were twins.

2.The kids’ father was very rich.

3.Hansel and Gretel lived with their father and stepmother.

4.Their stepmother loved the children.

5.The stepmother wanted to leave them alone in the forest.

6.Hansel dropped stones.

7.The kids liked to play in the forest.

8.A kind woman lived in the house in the forest.

9.The kids weren’t hungry.

10.The witch wanted to eat Hansel.

11.Gretel pushed the old witch in the oven.

12.They found a box full of clothes.

13. Their father wasn’t happy to see them.

14. They lived happily ever after.

Answer true or false:

kind, pocket, forest, cruel, happily ever after, characters, treasure box, dark

1.Hansel put stones in his ___________________.

2.The kids’ father was a _________ man.

3.Hansel and Gretel lived near the _____________.

4.Their stepmother was __________.

5.At the end they all ________________________.

6.Hansel and Gretel found a ___________________.

7.It became _________ in the forest at night.

8.The witch and the stepmother are bad ___________ in the fairytale.

because……1.Why did Hansel and Gretel feel sad that evening?

2.Why was the kids’ father sad ?

3. Why did Hansel take the stones with?

4. Why did Gretel cry in the forest?

5. Why did Hansel and Gretel get lost?

6. Why did Hansel and Gretel go into the witch’s house?

7. Why did Gretel push the witch in the oven?

Complete the WH- chart:

Who?

When?

Where?

What?

Why?

Hansel and Gretel

fairy tale

How?