KEY VOCABULARY
NOUN PHRASES
bread: pa
good smell: bona olor
piece of bread: bocí de pa
payement: pagament
pot of soup: olla de sopa
smell: olor
soup: sopa
steam: vapor
ADJECTIVES
mean and greedy: mesquí i avariciós
compassionate: amb empatia, compassiu
fair and just: just
OPPOSITE ADJECTIVES
Angry - Happy
Bad - Good
Poor - Rich : Wealthy
Small - Big : Large
LINKING WORDS:
because: per què
so: per tal què
PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES
walking past a restaurant: passant caminant al costat d'un restaurant
over the soup: damunt de la sopa
the steam from the soup went into the bread: el vapor des de la sopa va anar cap a dins el pa
REGULAR VERBS
To ask -ed -ed: demanar, preguntar
To answer -ed -ed: contestar, respondre
To protest -ed -ed: protestar
To walk -ed -ed: caminar, passejar
To warm -ed -ed: escalfar
To smell -ed -ed: ensumar, fer olor, olorar
IRREGULAR VERBS
To eat ate eaten: menjar
To have had had: tenir
To go went gone: anar
To go went gone back: tornar, 'regresar', 'volver'
To hold held held: sostenir, 'aguantar', agafar
To mean meant meant: voler dir, significar
To shake shook shaken: sacsejar
To take took taken: portar, agafar, prendre
To think thought thought: pensar
Nasreddin and the Smell of Soup
One day, a poor man, who had only one piece of bread to eat, was walking past a restaurant. There was a large pot of soup on the table. The poor man held his bread over the soup, so the steam from the soup went into the bread, and gave it a good smell. Then he ate the bread.
The restaurant owner was very angry at this, and he asked the man for money, in exchange for the steam from the soup. The poor man had no money, so the restaurant owner took him to Nasreddin, who was a judge at that time. Nasreddin thought about the case for a little while.
Then he took some money from his pocket. He held the coins next to the restaurant owner's ear, and shook them, so that they made a jingling noise.
"What was that?" asked the restaurant owner.
"That was payment for you," answered Nasreddin.
"What do you mean? That was just the sound of coins!" protested the restaurant owner.
"The sound of the coins is payment for the smell of the soup," answered Nasreddin. "Now go back to your restaurant."
TASK 1. CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER TO FILL IN THE GAPS.
1. What food did the poor man have? (1)__________________________.
The poor man had soup
The poor man had bread
The poor man had nothing
2. What kind of food did he see in the restaurant? (2)__________________________.
He saw bread
He saw meat
He saw soup
3. Why did he hold the bread over the soup? He held the bread (3) ___________________.
so the steam from the soup would go into the bread.
so he could warm his hand.
so the restaurant owner would get angry.
4. Why did the restaurant owner take the poor man to Nasreddin? The restaurant owner took the poor man to Nasreddin (4)__________________________.
because Nasreddin was a judge.
so that Nasreddin could pay for the soup.
because Nasreddin was the man's relative.
5. What did Nasreddin do with the coins? (5)__________________________.
He gave them to the restaurant owner.
He made a noise with them.
He gave them to the poor man.
6. What was the payment for the smell of the soup? (6)__________________________.
The sound of money.
A few coins.
There was no payment.
7. What was the owner of the restaurant like? (7)__________________________.
The owner of the restaurant was mean and greedy
The owner of the restaurant was compassionate
The ower of the restaurant was just and fair
TASK 2. VOCABULARY REVIEW
NOUN PHRASES
· (8)_______________: pa
· good (9)_______________: bona olor
· (10)_______________ of bread: bocí de pà
· (11)_______________: pagament
· (12)_______________ of soup: olla de sopa
· (13)_______________: olor
· (14)_______________: sopa
· (15)_______________: vapor
ADJECTIVES
mean and (16)_______________: 'mezquino' i avariciós
(17)_______________: amb empatia, compassiu
(18)_______________ and just: just
OPPOSITE ADJECTIVES
· (19)_______________ - (20)_______________: enfadat - content
· (21)_______________ - (22)_______________: dolent - bo
· (23)_______________ - (24)_______________, Wealthy: pobre - ric
· (25)_______________ - (26)_______________, Large: petit - gran
PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES
· walking (27)_______________ a restaurant: passant caminant al costat d'un restaurant
· (28)_______________ the soup: damunt de la sopa
the steam (29)_______________ the soup went (30)_______________ the bread: el vapor des de la sopa va anar cap a dins el pà
REGULAR VERBS
· To (31)_______________ -ed -ed: demanar, preguntar
· To (32)_______________ -ed -ed: contestar, respondre
· To (33)_______________ -ed -ed: protestar, queixar-se
· To (34)_______________ -ed -ed: caminar, passejar
· To (35)_______________ -ed -ed: ensumar, fer olor, olorar
IRREGULAR VERBS
· To (36)_______________ (37)_______________ eaten: menjar
· To (38)_______________ (39)_______________ had: tenir
· To (40)_______________ (41)_______________ gone: anar
· To (42)_______________ (43)_______________ gone back: tornar, 'regresar', 'volver'
· To (44)_______________ (45)_______________ held: sostenir, 'aguantar', agafar
· To (46)_______________ (47)_______________ meant: voler dir, significar
· To (48)_______________ (49)_______________ shaken: sacsejar
· To (50)_______________ (51)_______________ taken: portar, agafar, prendre
· To (52)_______________ (53)_______________ thought: pensar
Adapted from the original source available at the English Language Centre (ELC) at the University of Victoria (Canada) at http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/
NOTE: Text and quiz has been partially adapted from The Study Zone for students of the English Language Centre (ELC) at the University of Victoria at http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/
Adapted and Glossed from the Original Source by N2014 available at http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/
The interactive and self-corrected version of this quiz is available online at www.serratibonastre.cat
