Marian Goes to Sherwood Forest This story happened a long time ago!

Marian Goes to Sherwood Forest
This story happened a long time ago!
Very early one morning, Marian put on boy's clothes and a boy's hat and woke
up Friar Tuck. The friar took his staff and Marian her bow and arrows. Then
they walked out of the house and entered the forest.
After some hours, the friar suddenly stopped and sat down under a tree.
“Please let's stop, My Lady,” he said. “I’ve never walked so much in my entire
life! It’s the longest and most painful thing I have ever done! I’m so tired!
Moreover we had/have had no breakfast and I am very hungry!” Marian laughed.
“I am sorry, Friar Tuck. You are right. Stay here. I will take your staff and my
bow and arrow, and catch some animals. We can cook them here in the forest.”
Marian left the friar and moved quickly between the forest trees. While she
was walking, she suddenly saw a huge deer. Very quietly, she grabbed an arrow
and put it to her bow.
“Stop there, boy!” shouted a man behind her. The man spoke very loudly. The
deer jumped at the noise and ran away into the trees. Marian got very angry.
She turned to the speaker but he wore/was wearing a big hood. She couldn't
see his face. “Well, boy,” the man added. “Don't you know that you can’t eat the
king's deer? The Sheriff of Nottingham killed two people last week because
they caught a deer.”
“I’ve never heard anything more stupid/stupider than this! Besides, I am not
frightened of the sheriff or of you! Leave now - or fight!” replied Marian.
“Fight with you?” the man laughed. “But you are only a boy! Well, you have a
staff and I have one too. I will fight with you -with one hand!”
Marian fought well. She was strong and quick. With only one hand, the man could
not win. She hit him again and again on his head and across his back. “Stop, stop!”
he begged. “You are young, but a good fighter. In fact you are one of the best
fighters I’ve ever seen!” He threw back his hood. “I am Robin Hood. Will you
come with me, and be one of my men?”
‘Robin!’ screamed Marian, who pushed back her hood too. Her lovely red hair fell
down her back. “Marian! What are you doing here, in the forest?”
“I was looking for you! I am with a friend, Friar Tuck,” said Marian, “and he is
very hungry! The deer is for him. But I think that he will be/would be happy to
eat at Robin Hood's table.”
She and Robin went back to the road and tried to find Friar Tuck but he was
nowhere to be seen.
Marian felt bad. “I don’t understand why he is not here. I have just left him!”
While they were looking for him, she told Robin about her father and the
sheriff. “I cannot go home now, Robin. I want to be with you here, in Sherwood
Forest…. I hope to marry you… admitted Marian. “So let's find him!” declared
Robin Hood.
2. RELATIVE PRONOUNS. Fill in the gaps in each of the following
sentences with a relative pronoun. Do NOT use that or Ø!
a) The packet (that / Ø /) which Jim received came from Germany.
b) I saw the man who is talking to Michael this morning at the railway
station.
c) The news (that / Ø /) which we saw on TV last night was very sad.
d) The airport security stopped a man whose behaviour was suspicious.
e) My best friend who is leaving for China has two children.
f) The street where an accident took place is now closed.
/6 pts
3. GRAMMAR REVISION. In each of these sentences, there is ONE
grammar mistake.
a) This bakery is famous. It has a lots of delicious cakes.
_____________________ a lot of / lots of_____________
b) How many time do we have before the train leaves? – One hour.
How much ______________________________________
c) Our new house is more pretty than our old one.
________________ prettier _____________________
d) Please buy a little carrots when you go to the supermarket!
___________ a few ___________________________
e) The phone’s ringing! – Oh, I’m going to get it.
______________________ I’ll / I will ____________
f) My brother is pilot, he is always travelling around the world.
____________ a pilot __________________________
g) You must to come with us tonight to the restaurant.
_________ come __________________________________
h) Peter and her wife are coming for dinner next week.
________ his _____________________________________
i) I invited so many friends to my party, but anybody came… I’m so
disappointed!
____________________________________ nobody _______
j) Isabel is looking forward to go on holiday next week.
________________________ going ______________________
k) This is Jenny daughter. Have you met her before?
_______ Jenny’s ____________________________________
l) There aren’t much cars on the road at this time, it’s nice and quiet.
___________ many _____________________________
/12 pts
Part II:
READING COMPREHENSION
..... /13x2 =
Total: ....../26
1. Are the following statements true (T) or false (F)... circle the correct
answer and justify your answer by giving the precise line number(s).
Example:
T / F L.nb: …32-33....
0) The baby’s name is Luck.
1) In Roaring Camp, the excitement came from a fight.
T / F L.nb: …..4 ou 7...
Si l'on part du principe que la ligne 1 correspond au début du texte: (2 ou 5)
2) Everybody in the Camp was prepared to what happened.
T / F L.nb: ….L.6-8...
Si l'on part du principe que la ligne 1 correspond au début du texte: (4-6)
3) Among the people in the Camp, there was a college professor. T / F L.nb: ….L.14...
Si l'on part du principe que la ligne 1 correspond au début du texte: (4-6)
4) The mother’s name was Cherokee Sal.
T / F L.nb: ….L.6-7 ou 20-21...
Si l'on part du principe que la ligne 1 correspond au début du texte: (4-5 ou 18-19)
5) Everybody gave something to the baby.
T / F L.nb: ….L.23-26...
Si l'on part du principe que la ligne 1 correspond au début du texte: (21-24)
6) When Kentuck took the baby’s fingers, the baby cried.
T / F L.nb: ….L.28...
Si l'on part du principe que la ligne 1 correspond au début du texte: (26)
7) The mother died after the birth.
T / F L.nb: ….L.20-21 ou 29...
Si l'on part du principe que la ligne 1 correspond au début du texte: (19-19 ou 27)
8) Kentuck was his godfather (=parrain)
T / F L.nb: ….L.34...
Si l'on part du principe que la ligne 1 correspond au début du texte: (32)
9) That summer, they found a lot of gold.
T / F L.nb: ….L.39...
Si l'on part du principe que la ligne 1 correspond au début du texte: (37)
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2. Answer the following questions in your own words. Do not quote or
copy the text!
Why does everybody choose Stumpy and not someone else to take care of the child? /2
…....Because he was a father before he came to the camp (l.10), ........
How do the men change their behaviour and why?
…..They get more sociable, organised together for the child. They wash themselves,
paint their houses, grow flowers. There are two reasons: the child they learn to take
care of and because they have luck, find gold and are richer...... (I.40: they
“...improve the camp and themselves.”)
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