"Better to have stones", the text with tasks

Listening Comprehension

Text «Better to have stones»

There was an old man who had a lot of money, but he didn't like to spend it. He always said: «I don't buy meat and fruit because I can eat bread and drink water. I don't buy new clothes because I can wear my old trousers and my old shirt. If I spend my money, I shall have it no more. If I hide the money, I shall always have it». So he put his money in a box in the ground under a big tree.

Every Sunday he went to the tree, opened the box and looked at his money. He did the same thing for many years; he never spent his money but always put some more into the box.

One day he came to the tree, but the box wasn't there. «Oh, my money! My money! » -he shouted. «Where is my box of money? Somebody has taken my money! What shall I do without it? »

The people heard him and they began to ask him questions and the old man told them his story.

«It was a bad man who took your money, » said a woman, «and we shall try to find him».

« But what shall I do without my money if you don't find the man? », asked the old man. «What did you do with your money when you had it? » said the woman. « Nothing. »

So get some beautiful stones, put them in a box, hide the box and go there every day to look at them.

Listening Comprehension

Text «Better to have stones»

Tasks

       I Match

1. to spend money                                     a)  багато грошей
2. to come to the tree                                  b) сховати коробку
3. a  lot  of money                                      c) розповідати історію
4. to put in a box                                        d) ходити до дерева
5.  to tell the story                                      e) класти у коробку
6. to hide the box                                       f) витрачати гроші

     II Complete the sentences

1. The man said : «If I spend my money, I shall have it …»

1. No more;
2. More;
3. A lot.

2. Every Sunday he…

1. Took some money;
2. Went to the tree;
3. Spent his money.

3. One day a man came to the…

1. Tree;
2. Shop;
3. Forest.

4. He looked at the…

1. Stone:
2. Credit card;
3. Money.

5. The man said: «What shall I do without my…? »

1. House;
2. Money;
3. Box.

6. The woman asked the man: «What did you do with your…? »

1. Trouble;
2. Trousers;
3. Money.

III Choose a correct answer

1. Who had a lot of money?

1. A woman;
2. Men;
3. An old man.

2. Where did the hero of this story hide money?

1. He hid it under the tree;
2. He hid it under the big tree;
3. He hid it under the bush.

3. What happened one day?

1. He became rich;
2. He became poor;
3. He became fool.

4. What did a woman say when a man told his story?

1. She said: «It was a good man…»;
2. She said: «It was a bad man…»;
3. She said: «It was Batman».

5. What did the man do with his money?

1. He collected it;
2. He hid it;
3. Nothing.

6. What is better to put in a box?

1. Wealth is better to put in a box;
2. Stones are better to put in a box;
3. Trousers are better to put in a box.

IV Render the text in Ukrainian. Remember the story and explain where it lies the humerous effect of it. Tell the story as if you were this old greedy man.