ROBIN HOOD

ROBIN HOOD
(retold by Liz Austin)
Activity sheets
INTRODUCTION + CHAPTER 1
Vocabulary
adventure
arrow
bow
bowman
follow
famous
fight, fought, fought
greedy
get off
have to
important
look up
look for
sword
take, took, taken
try
village
villager
dobrodružství
šíp
luk
lučištník
sledovat, následovat
známý, proslulý
bojovat
nenasytný, chamtivý
zmizet, uniknout
muset
důležitý
vzhlédnout
hledat
meč
vzít, brát
zkusit
vesnice
vesničan
Exercises
Answer the questions
1. Where was Robin Hood born?
2. When (in which century) did he live?
3. How far is Nottingham from London?
4. What was the king´s name in those days?
5. Was the king in England? Why?
6. Was Robin Hood Saxon or Norman?
Match
the king of England
Robin of Locksley
Robin Hood´s girlfriend
Robin Hood´s father
Name the things
Lady Marian
Richard
William Fitzooth
Robin Hood
CHAPTER 2 + 3
Vocabulary
abbey
abbot
bed, worse, the worst
carefully
good, better, the best
invite
kind
laugh
learn
push
rob
through
use
wear, wore, worn
opatství
opat
špatný
opatrně
dobrý
pozvat
milý, laskavý
smát se
dozvědět se
tlačit
krást
skrz
použít
nosit
Exercises
Answer the questions
1. How did the sheriff learn who really Robin Hood was?
2. Why did Robin and lady Marian stand in front of the abbot in St.Mary´s Abbey?
3. Who interrupted the marriage?
4. Did sheriff¨s men take Robin?
5. Why didn´t Robin go back to Locksley House?
True or false
1. Robin Fitzooth lived in Locksley House.
2. People liked Robin Fitzooth.
3. Robin Hood robbed king´s men.
4. The king wanted the sheriff to catch Robin Hood.
5. Robin Fitzooth married lady Marian.
6. The Sheriff of Nottingham interrupted the marriage.
7. Robin couldn´t return to Locksley House.
Which of these are words for people and which for places?
abbey
abbot
sheriff
forest
villager
king
castle
bowman
village
CHAPTER 4 + 5
Vocabulary
ask for
as fast as possibletak
as hard as he could
catch, cought, cought
close to
cut down
deer
fall off, fell, fallen
forester
pay, paid, paid
pull
pul down
sell, sold, sold
žádat
rychle, jak je možné
tak silně, jak mohl
chytit
blízko k
kácet
jelen, vysoká zvěř
spadnout z
lesník
platit
táhnout
zbořit
prodat
Exercises
Make the dialogues between
1. Much the forester (he´s carrying the dead deer) and the sheriff (he wants money)
2. Will Scarlet (Robin Hood´s man) and young Much (he wants to go with Will to
Sherwood forest)
3. Little John and Robin Hood ( introducing)
Number these sentences
Robin Hood falls into the river.
The sheriff´s men kill Much the forester.
The sheriff buys Robin Hood´s land.
Will Scarlet takes young Much to Robin Hood.
Robin Hood fights Little John.
Where is the bowman?
CHAPTER 6 + 7
Vocabulary
Make sentences with these words
be afraid
obávat se
come out of
vyjít z
too much
příliš mnoho
pay, paid, paid
platit
shine, shone, shone
svítit
Exercises
Correct the mistakes
When are you so sad?
He were very hungry.
With a little gold I can help many rich families.
This money are for the abbot.
Who will listen to the abbot answer?
If you don´t pay me, your house will be my.
They are dangerous man.
Make the dialogue
Student A: You are Sir Richard of Lee, you haven´t got the abbot´s money, ask for more time.
Student B: You are the abbot. You want the money now or you want sir Richard´s house and
lands.
CHAPTER 8 + 9
Vocabulary
friar
mnich
Exercises
Translate the sentences.
These words can help you: be interested in
look for
through
would like to
Cesta vede přes les. Zajímám se o sport. O co se zajímá John? Už si našel ty klíče?
Co hledáš? Rád bych šel s tebou. Chtěl by sis zatancovat?
Which is the right word?
Marian´s father has a party every spring/summer.
This year, the sheriff comes with 50/10 men.
Marian´s father is Lord Fitzooth/ Lord Fitzwalter.
The Sheriff of Nottingham is a friend of king Richard/ Prince John.
A friar is a churchman and has/ hasn´t got money.
Fill in the puzzle and complete the sentence.
The sheriff is in the lead of ……
Bratranec
Syn
Dcera
Neteř
Otec
Rodokmen
CHAPTER 10 + 11
Vocabulary
staff
throw, threw, thrown
hůl, berle
házet
Exercises
Put the sentences in the correct order.
Friar Tuck throws Robin into the water.
Friar Tuck married Robin and Marian.
Robin asks friar Tuck to carry him across the river.
Friar Tuck joins Robin to the Sherwood Forest.
Find other words with similar meanings.
staff
marriage
friar
forest
bowman
Find the opposites.
weak
interesting
stop
marry
answer
rich
Play the roles.
Student A – You are Marian, you want to kill deer.
Student B - You are Robin Hood, you interrupt Marian.
CHAPTER 12 + 13
Exercises
Listen and answer the questions.
How many churchmen were on the road?
Where did they go?
Why did Little John invite them to a forest dinner?
Where did Robin´s men find money?
How much money did they find?
Correct the words in bold.
I will invite a rich churchman to a forest lunch.
He waited in front of a tree.
He moved to the forest.
I can show you a quick way to the church.
Say this in one word.
a large church with buildings next to it where churchmen live
a soft yellow metal that is used to make coins, jewellery…
a large area of land that is covered with trees
to make sounds with your voice while you are smiling
to go in the same direction as someone or something
Take roles and act out the episode.
1. Little John and churchmen on the road.
2. By the fire in the forest.
CHAPTER 14
Vocabulary
contest
soutěž
Exercises
before reading
The sheriff is going to have a contest for best bowmen. The winner will get a gold arrow.
Why is sheriff doing it?
Are the statements true or false?
The sheriff has got a plan.
Prince John heard a lot of stories about Robin Hood.
The sheriff wants to kill Robin Hood.
A gold arrow is a prize for the winner of the contest.
The sheriff helds the contest because he wants to know, who the best bowman is.
Make two sentences with these words.
CHAPTER 15 +16
Exercises
Answer the questions.
Why do people love King Richard?
Do people love Prince John, too? Why?
Who is the tall friar?
Why does he go from town to town?
Is the friar afraid of Robin´s men?
Who is the King two years later?
Put the events in the correct order.
Prince John got a letter from the Sheriff of Nottingham.
King Richard came back from Jerusalem.
Prince John met King Richard on the Great North Road.
King Richard fought in Jerusalem.
Write the names.
……gives Robin his house and land again.
…….goes to England with King Richard.
Two years later, ……is the new king.
…….dies at St. Mary´s Abbey.
…….is with him when he dies.
Write a letter to your friend.You are King Richard.You are walking through England in
the clothes of a friar, you hear stories about your brother and about the country.