THE ANT AND THE DOVE
One day an ant is in the forest. He is very hot and goes to the river to
drink. The ant falls into the river and he can’t swim!
‘Help! Help!’
A dove sees the ant and decides to help him.
She drops a leaf into the water. The ant climbs on the leaf and gets to
the river bank. Later, a man is in the forest. He sees the dove and
decides to shoot her with his bow and arrow. But the ant sees the
man and bites the man’s leg. The arrow misses the dove. The man
goes home and the ant and the dove talk.
‘Thank you, little ant,’ says the dove.
‘Don’t worry,’ says the ant, ‘one good turn deserves another!’
1) Read the fable and write true or false. Correct the false
sentences.
The dove falls into the river. _________
The dove eats the ant. _________
The ant helps the man to shoot the dove. _________
The ant and the dove help each other. _________
2) Explain the moral of the fable in your own words.
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3) Match the picture to the right word.
ANT
FOREST
DOVE
LEAF
RIVER
4) Wordsearch. Find and circle the verbs in the chart.
SHOOT-DRINK-SWIM-BITE-CLIMB-TALK-HELP
A T Y S S F E R
C U B W H E G S
L D R I N K P H
I T I M D H I O
M C U A F E T O
B I T E Z L W T
R D E U C P U R
U F T A L K S E
5) A- Imagine you are the ant and write sentences using the words
below.
SWIM CLIMB ON THE PHONE
TALK IN THE RIVER HELP
BITE A TREE A SANDWICH
YOU
I can´t swim in the river.______________________________
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A- What can you do? Rewrite the sentences but about you.
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6) Answer the questions.
Why does the ant go to the river?
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Why does the ant help the dove?
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Do you think that the ant and the dove are friends now?
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7) Complete the sentences with the present simple tense of the
verbs in brackets.
The dove and the ant ________ (help) each other.
The man ______ (go) home without food.
The ant, the dove and the man ________ (go) to the river every
day.
The man ______ (not-drink) water from the river.
The ant ______ (bite) the man´s leg.
The animals of the fables ________ (talk).
