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Activity 3 Happily Ever After

A. Pre-Listen. Below are some vocabularies used in the story you will listen to so that you can
understand the story better. Write the letter of the best meaning after each word. Work with
another student.

WORDS DEFINITIONS
1. Reign v _____ a. to where
2. Sole adj _____ b. a person who will legally receive money, property or a title
from another person, especially an older member of the
same family, when that other person dies
3. Heir n _____ c. to accept or obey an agreement, decision or rule
4. Cloak n _____ d. to stay somewhere for longer than expected and delay
leaving
5. Whither adv _____ e. a loose outer piece of clothing without sleeves, which
fastens at the neck, and is worn instead of a coat
6. Enrage v _____ f. when there is not enough food for a great number of
people, causing illness and death, or a particular period
when this happens
7. Straitened adj _____ g. to cause someone to become very angry
8. Abide by v _____ h. to be the king or queen of a country
9. Busybody adj _____ i. describes a situation which is difficult because there is
much less money available to you than there was in the
past
10. Tarry v _____ j. to say a person or thing is stupid and not worth anything
11. Overjoyed adj _____ k. being one only; single
12. Slay v _____ l. a person who is too interested in things that do not involve
them
13. Scorn v _____ m. to kill in a violent way
14. Rejoice v _____ n. extremely pleased and happy
15. Famine n _____ o. to feel or show great happiness about something

B. Listen to and read along an unfinished fairy tale entitled “The Water of Life” by Brothers Grimm.
While listening, take some notes about what happened at the beginning and in the middle of the
story and discuss it with your classmates.

Exposition:

BEGINNING
Conflict:

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