The Fox and the Grapes

One day the Fox goes for a walk. He comes to a wall and sees some sweet grapes there. The Fox wants to get and eat the sweet grapes. But the sweet grapes are very high up on the wall. So the Fox jumps to get the grapes.
He jumps again and again, but he cannot get the grapes.
He is very angry and decides to stop. Then the Fox says, ‘The grapes are green and sour. They are very sour.’ And he goes away.

1 Прочитай текст “The Fox and the Grapes”.
2 Повтори следующие слова и выражения.
sweet grapes — сладкий виноград
wall — стена
high — высоко
to get — доставать
again — снова
sour — кислый
to go away — уходить
to be angry — сердиться
3 Подбери к английским словам и выражениям их русские эквиваленты.
1) sweet grapes
2) wall
3) high
4) to get
5) again
6) sour
7) to go away
to be angry a) кислый
b) уходить
c) доставать
d) снова
e) высоко
f) сладкий виноград
g) сердиться
h) стена
4 Прочитай еще раз.
5 Выбери окончание предложения, определяющее основную идею текста.
The text is about
a) some sweet grapes on a wall.
b) the Fox who jumps to get the grapes.
c) the Fox who says that the grapes are sour because he cannot get them.
6 Выбери правильные ответы на вопросы.
1) Where does the Fox see the grapes?
a) on a wall
b) on a table
c) in a tree
2) How does the Fox try to get the grapes?
a) He runs.
b) He jumps.
c) He swims.
3) Why can’t he get the grapes?
a) Because the Fox cannot jump higher.
b) Because the Fox doesn’t want to get the grapes.
c) Because the grapes are green and sour.
7 Закончи предложения.
a) One day the Fox sees some sweet _________ on a wall.
b) The grapes are very__________________ .
c) The Fox cannot __________________the grapes.
d) The Fox says that the grapes are_____________ and _____________.
8 Выполни тест на понимание текста.
Если утверждение верно, то рядом с номером поставь знак «+», если нет, то знак «—».
a) The Fox sees some pears in a tree.
b) The Fox doesn’t want to eat the grapes.
c) The sweet grapes are high up on the wall.
d) The Fox jumps to get the grapes.
e) The Fox tries again and gets the grapes.
f) The Fox says that the grapes are green and sour.

Keys
3 1) f; 2) h; 3) e; 4) c; 5) d; 6) a; 7) b; g.
5 c).
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6 1) а; 2) b; 3) а.
7 a) grapes; b) high; с) get; d) green, sour.
8 a) – ; b) – ; c) +; d) +; e) – ; f) +.