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WHO SAYS WHAT ?

A/ Identify the tale where the quotations come from


B/ Explain what happens at that moment of the story
C/ Find the verbs that introduce speech. Can you add more on the list?
D/ Can you find other famous quotations
E/ Turn the sentences into indirect speech

1) The queen asked the mirror : ‘who is the most beautiful woman in the whole country?’

This comes from Snow White and the 7 dwarves

The queen asked the mirror about who was the most beautiful …

2) The Prince said :’go and search for the girl whose foot fits in this slipper’

It’s from Cinderella.

The Prince said (to the servant) to go and search for the girl whose foot fitted in this slipper.

to the servant that he should go and search …

3) Hansel exclaimed: ‘Look, Gretel, a house that is made of delicious things!’

This comes from Hansel and Gretel;

Hansel exclaimed that Gretel should look at the house …

4) The mother said to her 3 kids: ‘You must go to the forest and build your own houses.’

This comes from The three Little Pigs.

The mother said to her kids that they had to go to the forest and build their own houses.

5) The girl cried: ‘How big your teeth are!’

This comes from Little red Riding Hood.

The girl cried to her grand mother that she had such big teeth.

about how big her grandmother’s teeth were.

6) The good fairy added : ‘She won’t die but fall asleep, and only real love will awaken her.’
The Sleeping Beauty.

The good fairy added that she wouldn’t die but fall asleep and true love would awaken her.

7) The prince begged: ‘Rapunzel, let down your long hair!’

This is Rapunzel

The Prince begged Rapunzel to let down her long hair.

8) ‘come on sit down and have some tea!’ The Mad Hatter insisted.

This is from Alice in Wonderland

The Mad Hatter insisted that Alice should come and sit down, and have some tea.

9) The bear wondered : ‘Who has slept in my bed? Who has eaten in my plate?’

This is from Goldilock and the 3 bears.

He wondered who had slept / had eaten

10) The princess complained: ‘I didn’t sleep well at all.’

Princess and the pea

She complained that she had not slept well

WHO SAYS WHAT ?

A/ Identify the tale where the quotations come from


B/ Explain what happens at that moment of the story
C/ Find the verbs that introduce speech. Can you add more on the list?
D/ Can you find other famous quotations
E/ Turn the sentences into indirect speech

11) The queen asked the mirror : ‘who is the most beautiful woman in the whole country?’

12) The Prince said :’go and search for the girl whose foot fits in this slipper’

13) Hansel exclaimed: ‘Look, Gretel, a house that is made of delicious things!’

14) The mother said to her 3 kids: ‘You must go to the forest and build your own houses.’

15) The girl cried: ‘How big your teeth are!’

16) The good fairy added : ‘She won’t die but fall asleep, and only real love will awaken her.’

17) The prince begged: ‘Rapunzell, let down your long hair!’

18) ‘come on sit down and have some tea!’ The Mad Hatter insisted.

19) The bear wondered : ‘Who has slept in my bed? Who has eaten in my plate?’

20) The princess complained: ‘I didn’t sleep well at all.’

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