EPISODE 3

Little John
Robin Hood lives in Sherwood Forest. He and his men
get money from the rich and give it to the poor.

Let me go! This is a present from

a kind traveller ...

Not before you Thank you,

give us money to Robin Hood!
help the poor!
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Go back and let me ... or would you like
get across, stranger! to go swimming?

You go back…
Now it’s a fair
fight! Go back!
Why? Because
you’ve got a sword Aaaah!
and I haven’t?
4 Welcome to
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Sherwood Forest!
3 I am Robin Hood.
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You fight very well, You are Robin Hood? ... Oh

friend! Why don’t ... but ... I’m sorry about ...
you join me and
my men?

Don’t worry about it!

What’s your name?

I’d like to ... but I can’t. I want

to find the man they call Robin
Hood, and help him against Well, John, new outlaws
Gisborne and the Sheriff. get new names. And because
John Little. you are so ... small ... your
new name is — Little John!

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Pre-Reading Activities
1 Look at the pictures. Which show(s):
a poor family ....; a rich traveller riding a horse ....;
Robin with his sword on a log across the river ....;
a tall man with a quarterstaff ...........; Robin with his
bow ....; a fight ........?
Listening and Reading
Activities
2 Listen and correct the words in bold.
1 This is a present from a kind tourist .
2 Now it’s a fair friend .
3 Your new name is Big John.
3 Read the episode, then read the sentences
and say who the words in bold refer to.
the traveller
1 “Not before you give us money.”
2 “Go back and let me get across.”
3 “Why don’t you join me ?”
4 You are so ... small.”
“Y
4 Replace the words in bold with their
o p p o s i t e s : little,, kind,, fair,, rich .
1 rude traveller ≠ ....................
2 poor woman ≠ ....................
3 unfair fight ≠ ....................
4 big man ≠ ....................
Grammar
ñ Comparative forms of adjectives
5 Study the examples and complete the rule.
Robin is tall.
Little John is taller than Robin.
ñ We use the comparative form to compare
two people, animals or things.
We usually use ............................. with
comparative adjectives.
EPISODE 3
6 Study the examples and complete the rules,
then fill in the comparative form of the
adjectives in brackets.
SHORT ADJECTIVES tall - talleer , big - big
gg er,
heavy - heaviier
LONGER ADJECTIVES beautiful - more beautiful
IRREGULAR FORMS good - better, bad - worse
little - less, many/much - more
Form/Spelling
ñ With s h o r t a d j e c t i v e s , we usually add ........
to make their comparative form.
ñ With l o n g e r a d j e c t i v e s , we use .................
to make their comparative form.
ñ Short adjectives ending in a v o w e l + a
consonant double the consonant.
ñ Short adjectives ending in - y drop y and add
............ .
1 He’s got ... more ... money ... than ... me. (much)
2 Your clothes are ....................... mine. (dirty)
3 John is ..................................... Jerry. (big)
4 Ann is ................................ Lyn. ( b e a u t i f u l )
5 This dress is ...................... that. ( e x p e n s i v e )
7 Use the adjectives in the list to compare:
i) Robin to the traveller; ii) Little John to Robin.
young, tall, short, slim, fat, long hair, old,
heavy, rich, poor, fast, slow
The traveller is older than Robin.
traveller Listen to the episode again and follow
woman 8 the lines, then take roles and act out the
fight dialogue.
man
9 Expand the notes into full sentences.
1 Ro bin / his me n rob
/ ric h tra ve lle rs / giv e
the mo ne y / po or
et / str an ge r
2 On e da y / Ro bin / me
g / tha n Ro bin
3 He / be / tal l / str on
4 Th ey / fig ht / Ro bin
/ fal l in riv er
bin / ou t of wa ter
5 Th e str an ge r / he lp Ro
join / them / in forest
6 Robin / ask / him / to
he ca n’t / be ca use /
7 Th e str an ge r / sa y /
od
wa nt / to fin d / Ro bin Ho
/ for est / int rod uc e
8 Ro bin / we lco me him
him sel f to / str an ge r
him / ne w na me
9 Th en , Ro bin / giv e /
w na me ?
W ha t’s the str an ge r’s ne
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