1. Roderick Hunt Alex
Brychta
Continue the story. Fill in the empty space with the correct
describing word.
Wilma is writing a story about a quest. According to her friend
Biff, the story is _______________. The story is taking part in the
_______________ land of Ulm, where everyone is _______________.
The land of Ulm gets its beauty from a _____________ bell, which is
found in a _______________ cave, _______________ underground.
But there is an evil who lives in the _______________,
_______________ mountains of Grim who cannot not bear to look at
the bell. When the _______________ Grimlock finds the bell, he
carries it through the forest and _______________ desert until he
locks it in his castle _______________ in the mountains. Without
the bell, the people of Ulm are _______________, the land is
_______________ and the days are _______________. Ulm needs
someone _______________ to get the bell back.
brave long bare sad high rocky evil
black cold deep big crystal happy beautiful brilliant
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2. Describing words are also known as ‘Adjectives’. Find all the
adjectives in this part of the story.
When the magic key glowed, Wilma became part of her own story.
In the meantime, Grimlock turned himself into an old woman. As
an old woman, the Grimlock gave Wilma the wrong directions to
rescue the crystal bell. On her way, she was going to sink in a
muddy swamp. A white unicorn helped her to get out and gave
her a ring, which granted her one wish. While she walked across
the rocky desert, hot and tired, Wilma met a gnome who needed
help. Together they defeated the terrible dragon and the cruel
basilisk. When they were in the castle, Wilma used the magic ring
to make her wish. Wilma succeeded in her quest and beauty
came back to the land of Ulm.
Match: What is the meaning of?
1 quest an elf
2 gnome A monster whose eyes can turn you into a
stone.
3 basilisk When the sky is dark. The opposite of day.
4 knight A soldier who served the king in
Medieval times.
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3. 5 night empty, uncovered, clear
6 Bear to accept
(verb)
7 bare A search for something that is lost.
Look at these nouns. Then place them next to the correct title.
branches Wilma mud Grim Grimlock animals
stories journey bell Chip plants woods
forests castle mountains land desert gnome
key tree Ulm ring Biff
Find
Four proper
nouns
Four common
nouns
Four plural nouns
Four singular
nouns
A collective noun
(a noun that shows many even though it does not
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4. end with a ‘s’)
Give the singular of
branches:__________
Give the plural of
journey: __________
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