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King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table
Book key
1 Open answers
2 a brave b swords c helmets
d kings and queens e castles
3 a Uther, Igraine b Merlin c Sir Ector
d Sir Kay
4 a does not have b easily c Guinevere
d No knight is e Sir Galahad
5 – 6 Open answers
7 a No b No c No d Yes
8 1 c 2 d 3 f 4 e 5 b 6 a
9–10 Open answers
11 hates Excalibur Damas sword Queen
castle nuns
12 a in the nuns’ house
b scabbard from his bed
c before he is well
d for hours
e his scabbard into a lake
f his scabbard again
13 –14 Open answers
15 a Merlin b Lady Vivien c Arthur
16 a 7 b 3 c 3 d 7 e 3
17–18 Open answers
19 a Sir T b Sir M c Sir M d Sir P e Sir P
f Sir P g Sir T
20 a Stay at home!
b Don’t drink it!
c Find a different girl!
d You marry her!
e Take your sword!
21 Open answers ( Jesus used a gold cup at the Last
Supper. This is the Grail. The story says that Joseph of
Arimathea brought it to Britain.)
22 Open answers
23 On page 6, he says that Sir Galahad will be ‘a good
knight, your best knight’.
24 a old man b father c knights d ship (/table)
e church
25 a France b London c Dover d Dover
26 a An animal jumps on the foot of one of Mordred’s
men. He pulls out his sword. Arthur’s men think
this means a fight. So they take out their swords.
The fight begins.
b He knows because the hand didn’t come out of the
lake for it.
c He dies in a boat on the lake.
27–35 Open answers
c Pearson Education Limited 2008
Discussion activities key
1 Open answers. King Arthur is both a legendary and a
historical hero. The real Arthur may have lived in the
5th century while most of his legends appeared in the
15th. There are lots of films about him, among them
First Knight, starring Sean Connery and Richard Gere.
The legend was passed down by word of mouth. For
more details on the written version see ‘The Original
Text’.
2–3 Open answers
4 Uther was a great king because people did not fight in
his country.
5 Possible answer: Merlin used his magic.
6 Open answers
7 Merlin brought the stone and the sword there.
8 The Saxons were a group of people who came from
Germany. King Arthur had to go to the north and
east with his knights to fight them.
9–12 Open answers
13 King Arthur has two swords: the sword he pulled out
of the stone and Excalibur. Swords are very important
because this is a story of knights and knights use
swords to fight. This sword has a name because it is a very important sword, it is a magic sword.
14 –15 Open answers
16 Possible answers: Cinderella, Snow White and Sleeping
Beauty.
17 Open answers. According to legend, Morgan le Fay
hates King Arthur because she is his half-sister.
18 King Arthur fights people without knowing who they
are twice: in this chapter and in Chapter 3. These
fights are more interesting because Arthur has to fight
his own knights.
19–20 Open answers
21 In Chapter 3, Arthur also finds magic in the woods.
22–24 Open answers
25 Stories of a man and a woman who die because of love
are recurrent in every culture. One story that is very
well known is that of Romeo and Juliet.
26 The Grail’s importance is that it was used by Jesus and
magic things happen to the one that has it.
27 King Arthur takes long journeys in Chapters 3 and 4.
Tentative answer: Knights take long journeys because
they are looking for dangerous things to do / they like
travelling / they are looking for something, etc.
28–31 Open answers
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King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table
32 You can find the number three in lots of folk tales and
fairy tales. Some of these tales are: Goldilocks and the
Three Bears, The Wolf and the Three Pigs, Cinderella’s
father has three daughters, etc.
33–34 Open answers
35 Possible answers: A knight must be kind, do brave
things, fight for his king, go on long journeys, fight
for his lady, etc.
Activity worksheets key
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Open answers
NAME: Merlin AGE: (open answers)
COUNTRY: British LAST JOB: (open answers)
MAGIC:
I can change into an animal or bird.
When I use magic, nobody can see me.
I can help you marry the woman/man you love.
I can help people with my magic.
Open answers
Possible answers:
– Merlin’s magic
– The sword in the stone
– The knights that couldn’t move the sword
– A young boy, Arthur, who could take the sword out
of the stone
Come to Arthur’s / and Guinevere’s wedding at /
Camelot where the / Archbishop will marry / them.
We will enjoy a / wonderful party.
a 150 b wood c stone d best e bravest
f sit g chair h top i bottom
Open answers
Morgan Le Fay was a queen, with a castle in the
country of Gorres. She was a very bad woman. She
could do magic for bad things. She hated King
Arthur but he did not know it. She wanted King
Arthur to die.
a he wanted to catch animals.
b he thought that she was a kind friend / he did not
know about her evil plans.
c he went a long way into the dark woods / night
came.
d he saw a small light on the ship.
e he wanted the three knights and himself to leave
the castle.
f Morgan le Fay gave him Excalibur back.
g the sword was not Excalibur.
h Morgan le Fay sent him / he thought Arthur was Sir
Damas.
i he was not a brave knight.
c Pearson Education Limited 2008
j he had a big wound from a fight.
k she said that she loved her king / she wasn’t going to
wake him up.
l she did not want Arthur to use the scabbard’s magic
when men fought him.
10 Open answers. Students have to write from Morgan le
Fay’s point of view.
11 Open answers
12 a 4 b 6 c 8 d 1 e 9 f 2 g 3 h 5
i 7 j 10
13 Make his wound better and he will teach you to play
the harp. Enjoy playing it and learn it well. You may
end up liking music and your teacher a lot!
14 Open answers
15 Possible phrases: old man, white hair, white clothes,
red clothes, red helmet, beautiful face, round table,
gold letter, loud noise, white light, gold cup, dead
king, great men, long journey, beautiful church, brave
knights and new knights.
16 –21 Open answers
Progress test key
1 a 4 b 1 c 5 d 9 e 3 f 8 g 2 h 7
i 10 j 6
2 a Merlin b Uther c the knights
d the Archbishop e Arthur f Arthur
g the knights h Merlin
3 a horse b wood c castle d queen e magic
f door g wall h knight
4 a 7 – he didn’t know.
b 7 – he went to sleep on a ship but he woke up in a
small room.
c 7 – there were three knights in the room.
d 3
e 7 – he told him (Chapter 3) about an evil woman
but he did not name her.
5 a the Lady of the Lake b Merlin c Vivien
d Vivien and Merlin e Vivien f Arthur
6 a queen, died b king, uncle c poison, wound
d bed, nights e helmet, clothes, horse
f help, come g evil, ground h eat, drink
i gold, letters j cup, table k ship, Grail
l dead, happy
7 Possible answers:
a fight Sir Lancelot.
b his fight with Sir Mordred.
c took out their swords/started to fight.
d came out of the water and caught it.
e Some ladies dressed in black.
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