8. a Cake for the Queen

8/18/2019 8. a Cake for the Queen

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p:

coke

for

f6e

gueen

Horrg wos

o

cooh.

He

worhed

in

Grogwatts

Costte

where he hod

to

cooh

o[[

the

meals

Jor

Queen

Alice.

The

gueen wos

very

unhind

and

she

oJten

mode Harrg's

job

very

dfJicutt.

Horrg

ond his two

helpers,

John

ond

Kort, worhed

hord i.n

the

costte hitchen

every

dog,

but

Queen

Atice

never

gove

them

ong

moneu, so

their

Jomities

on[g

ote

cotd vegetables.

They were hungrg

ond

unhoppg most

oJ

the

time

ond

Queen

Atice

wos ongrg most

oJ

the time.

Nothing

coutd

mohe

her

smile.

One dcg, she

colled

Horry

ond soid,

'l

hote

birthdoys,

but

next

Fridoy I

witl

be 50

geors o[d, so

mohe o birthdoy

cohe

Jor

me.

I

wont

Uou

to

put

50 hinds

oJ

Jood

in this

cohe

ond

it must be

the

biggest and

the best cohe I hove

ever

tosted. Do

you

understqnd?'

'Yes,

I

do,' Harrg

soid, ond

went

bqck

downstoirs to

the

kitchen

to

tetl John

ond

Kar[

the

bod

news.

John

and

Kor[

tried to

thinh

oJ

things to

put

in

the

cake.

'We

coutd

put eggs,

jom ond

lots

oJ

butter ond

milk in i.t,'

John

soid.

'What

else

con

we

put

in it?'

Horrg

oshed.

'We

ccn

put

Jlour,

mongoes

ond

brown sugor in

it tool' Kor[

said.

Ouch

Thot

wos hot


2/8

'OK.

Thot's

seven

dfJerent

things. Whot etse?'

Horrg

oshed ogoin.

'How

about

some

lemon

julce,

opples,

colJee,

ccrrots

ond chocotate?'

said

o child

who

suddenly

oppeored

in the

hitchen.

Horrg

dldn't

hnow

her,

but

she loohed hind

ond

Jriendty.

'Thonh

gou '

he

soid.

'Those

ore

greot

ideos '

Soon,

theg

hod 49

dfJerent

hinds

oJ

Jood

on

the toble.

John

and

Kar[ begon

to mix evergthing

together

[n

on

enormous bowt,

but

Horru

stopped them.

'We've

got

o.

probtem,'

he soi.d.

'We've

onlg

got

49 things

to

put

in this

cohe

but the

gueen

wonts

50

We

need

one

more

thing.'

The

girt

tooh

a

peor

Jrom

her

pochet ond soid,

'Here

This is

Jrom

my

gro.ndmother's

speciol

peor tree.

It'[[

mohe

the

cohe

taste

reotlg

deticious '

Horry

tooh the

little

peor

ond

odded

it to o[[

the

other

Jood

in

the

bowt.

'Thonh

Uou

verg much '

he

soid.

'Now,

[et's

cooh

this

cohel'

Horry,

John

ond

Kor[ corried

the

cohe coreJutly to

the old

cooher. Then

they

went

outside

to

worh

in

the

vegetoble

gorden.

The

girl

woved

goodbge ond disappeared

into

the

wood thot wos next to

the

costle.

,l

)

I


3/8

An

hour loter,

Horrg

went boch

to [ooh

qt

the cohe. But

when

he

opened

the

hitchen

door,

he

coutdn't see

the

tobte,

the

cooher or

the

stolrs thot

went

up

to the

queen's

dining

room. The room

wos

Jutt

oJ cohe He broke o piece ojj

ond ote

it.

'Wow

This

cohe tostes

Jontostic '

he loughed.

'It's

the

biggest

qnd

the

most

deticious

cohe

thot I've ever

mode '

The

queen

loohed out oJ

the top window.

'Whot's

hoppening down

there?' she

catled.

'And

where's my

blrthdog

cahe?'

'We've

mqde it,'

Horrg

onswered,

'but

it's so enormous

we con't get

back

into the

hitchen.'

'Thot

meons

gou

can't bring

me

mg

dlnner get, ond

I

didn't

eat

enough lunch, so

]'m

sti[[

hungrg '

Queen

Atice

shouted ongritg.

'Do

something

quichtg '

Horry

loohed

ot John ond

Kor[.

'We

must

eot the

cohe,' he

soid,

'becouse

we con't

get

boch

into the

kitchen unt[[ we

do '

tnffi

The

three

coohs

began to

eot

the

cqhe

ond

eoch

doy

the

cohe

got

more

qnd

more

delicious

qnd

eoch

doy the

three

cooks

got

hcppier

ond

hoppier. Their

wives

ond

children

come to

eot

the

cohe too

ond soon

otl

the people

Jrom

the

villoge

came

to hetp

eot the

cohe.

Evergone

Jorgot

their

probtems ond

stqrted

to

smite ogoin. The

girl

wqtched

Jrom

the

top oJ

o

tree [n

the wood

and

smi[ed too.

It's reollg

delicious


4/8

The

people

Jrom

the

vitloge were

getting

happier

ond

hoppler, but

Queen

Alice was

getting

hungrier

cnd

hungrier

ond angrier

ond

ongrler. She could

onty eot drg

biscuits ond she coutd

onlg drink

raln

woter

Jrom

the little

gold

cup

thot

she

[eJt outside her window.

The coohs, their

Jomilies

and

the

people

Jrom

the

vitloge

Jinished

eating

the

cohe on

the

mornlng

oJ

the

queenis

birthdag.

Horrg

put the

lost

piece

on o

beoutiJul sltver

ptote

ond

corried

it coreJully up

the stoirs.

He

didnt

Jeel

oJraid oJ

the

queen

now.

He

Jett

hoppg

qnd

brove.

'This

is the

most

deticious

piece

oJ

the

cqhe

and it's

Jor

gou,'

he

soid

hindtg.

Queen

Atice

loohed ot Horrg,

tooh

the

cohe,

ote

it stowly ond smited

qt

him.

'She's

never, never, never

done

thot beJore '

Horry

thought.

The

queen

smited ogoin.

'l

con toste 49 hinds

oJ

Jood

in

this

coke,

but

what's

the

lost

one?

It tostes better

thon

onything

etse

in

the

wor[d,' she soid.

'lt's

a

speclal

peor,'

Horrg

qnswered.

'A

hind

ond

happg

littte

gir[

gove

it to

us

to

put in

gour

cohe.'

'Yes,

I did,'

the

girl

in the wood

whispered.

'My

grondmother's

hlndness

ond

happiness

cre

in

your

coke

too.

They were

our

present

to

gou

ond to

everuone

in the

vlltage. Hoppu birthdag,

Your Mojestgl'


5/8

I

coke

for

the

queen

,'1

,(i

.....r'.gh.t

@

New words

for

gou

Drow

[ines

between

Uour

new

words ond

their

meonings.

verg

good

to

eot

veru

different, better,

more

importont

verg

big

greot

@

*no

soid

this?

Write

A,

B

or C.

.,i

Exomple:

I

hqte

birthdogs.........

Right

or

wrong?

Write

right

or

wrong.

Exomple:

The

three

cooks were poor.

I

The

queen

wos

olwogs kind

to the

cooks.

2

Horrg

knew

the girl

in

the

kitchen.

3 The

girl

gove

the cooks her

grondmother

peor.

4

There

wos

o

wood next

to the

costle.

5 More

thon

one

person

qte

o

piece

of the

coke.

5 Horrg

wos

ofroid when

he

took

the coke to

the

queen.

Whot's

hoppening

down

there? ........

5

Whot

else

cqn

we

put

in

it?.

Where's

mg

birthdog

cqke?...9...

Hoppg

birthdog,Your

Mojestg ........


6/8

@

*not's

hoppening

in

the

kitchen?

Look

ot the

picture

on

poge

60. Write

ges

or no.

Exompte:

Three delicious

biscuits ore on

o

sitver

plote.

no

1

You con

see

o

chicken

on the

ground.

2

There

is

one lorge

pocket

on the

girl's

dress.

4

Someone

hos opened

the

door

of the old

cooker.

5

There's

on enormous

spoon

in

Horrg's

right

hond.

(B

*not have

theg

done?

Write the

missing

words in

eoch sentence.

Exompre:

Ho..g

..h.9.s..hLqt(911..

lots of

eggs

into the

bow[.

I John

..

some

milk

in

the bowl too.

2 Theg

..

the

coffee.

3 Another

cook

................,.,,,,

the

chocolote.

4

The

girt

......................

the

peor

to

Horrg.

5 Horrg

..

qll

the

food

together.

6 John

ond

Korl

..

the

toble

6

It's

two

o'clock

in

the

ofternoon.

3

One

of

the

cooks

hos

burnt

his

finger

(breok)

(put)

(odd)

(brin9)

(9ive)

(mix)

(not

cleon)


7/8

Whot kind of food is

this?

Write the

word.

Exomple:

These

ore

oronge.Theg're vegetobles.

I

This is white or brown.

Some

people put

it in teo.

2 This

gettow

fruit isnt

sweet.

3 This is

white.You

need it

ro

moke cokes

ond

breod.

4 This

drink

comes from

fruit

or

vegetobles.

5 These

orqnge

fruits grow

in

hot

countries.

6 This is

usuollg

dork brown

ond

tostes

sweet.

@

@tu

or

This

tqstes

deticious

Listen

ond

write Robert's

onswers.

Write

one

word.

He[[o Robert

Let's

tolk

obout

food.

Whot

do gou

like eoting

for breqkfost?

Who

cooks

the meots

in

gour

house?

Where

do gou

eot

gour

meqls?

Tel[

me

obout

the food gou

often

eot.

I love

..................

.

I

often hove

for dinner.

I usuollg

hove..................

on

mg breod.

cornots

@

,"t

ond

sfill

Cross

out

the

wrong

word

in

eqch

sentence.

Exomple:

The

queen

is

---

sitting

in

her

room.

1

Horrg

hosnt

brought

the

queen

her birthdog

coke

The

cooks

ore

The

queen

hqsnt

eoten

her

biscuits

The cooks

hovent

eoten

o[[

the

coke

two dogs

ogo

2

3

4

5

eqting

the cqke.

The

queen

is

hungrg

ond

ongrg.

now


8/8

Q

Cft"nge

port

of

the

storg.

Write

new

words

in

the spoces.

The

cooks,

tf'r"ir"

....til91d9....

ond

the

people

from the

vittoge

finished

eoting the

cqke on

the

morning

of

the

queen's

birthdog.

Horrg

put

the

lost

piece

on

o

(t)

silver

plote

ond

(2)

..................

it

corefutlg

up

the

stoirs. He didnt feel

ofrqid of the

queen

now. He fett

hoppg

ond

(3)...................'This

is

the

(4) piece

of the

coke

ond

itt

for gou,'

he soid

(5)

..................

.

@

GFu.r

Who's

in

the

vegetoble

garden?

Listen

ond drow lines.

Horrg

John Michoel

Anno

@

*no

wos

the

girt?

You

decide.

Write ond sog.

Whot wos

the

girl's

nome?

How

otd

wqs she?

Whg

did

she wont

to

help

Queen

Alice

ond evergone

in

the vi[[oge?

Whot did she

do

next?

@

Mg friend

Write

obout

q

friend.

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8. a Cake for the Queen