Exercises for The Elephant and the Cock
A. How much did you understand?
Who said these sentences?
- "I'm much, much more important than you."
- "You're not more important than I am."
- "But we'll never agree, so let's have a competition."
- "I'll win. Of course I'll win!"
- "You see? It's much, much better to be clever than to be big!"
B. Fill in the gaps
Fill in the gaps in these sentences from the story.
- The cock soon became …… of the elephant.
- "What kind of ……?"
- "Let's go to the ……"
- The elephant put his …… into the water and the cock put his …… into the water.
- The elephant began to pour water down his ……
- At last, the elephant ……
C. Jokes
This story is a really a joke.
Did it make you laugh?
Do you know any good jokes?
Tell them to your friends!