1. the-very-quiet-world-of-silent-letters-activity-1.doc
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Some words in the English language contain letters that are spelt but not pronounced. These are called silent letters. Study the six groups of words below. In each group there is a silent letter which ...

2. the-very-quiet-world-of-silent-letters-activity-2.doc
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Some words in the English language contain letters that are spelt but not pronounced. These are called silent letters. Study the six groups of words below. In each group there is a silent letter which ...

3. the-very-quiet-world-of-silent-letters-activity-3.doc
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Some words in the English language contain letters that are spelt but not pronounced. These are called silent letters. Study the six groups of words below. In each group there is a silent letter which ...

4. The Miser In The Bush
(Fairy Tales/Brothers Grimm)

... not a whit the more for their entreaties, till the judge not only gave him his life, but promised to return him the hundred florins. Then he called to the miser, and said, 'Tell us now, you vagabond, ...

5. Clever Elsie
(Fairy Tales/Brothers Grimm)

There was once a man who had a daughter who was called Clever Elsie. And when she had grown up her father said: 'We will get her married.' 'Yes,' said the mother, 'if only someone would come who would ...

6. Snowdrop
(Fairy Tales/Brothers Grimm)

... cheeks as rosy as the blood, and her hair as black as ebony; and she was called Snowdrop. But this queen died; and the king soon married another wife, who became queen, and was very beautiful, but so ...

7. Sweethearth Roland
(Fairy Tales/Brothers Grimm)

... grasped the axe with both hands, and cut her own child's head off. When she had gone away, the girl got up and went to her sweetheart, who was called Roland, and knocked at his door. When he came out, ...

8. Frederick And Catherine
(Fairy Tales/Brothers Grimm)

There was once a man called Frederick: he had a wife whose name was Catherine, and they had not long been married. One day Frederick said. 'Kate! I am going to work in the fields; when I come back I ...

9. The Little Peasant
(Fairy Tales/Brothers Grimm)

There was a certain village wherein no one lived but really rich peasants, and just one poor one, whom they called the little peasant. He had not even so much as a cow, and still less money to buy one, ...

10. Clever Gretel
(Fairy Tales/Brothers Grimm)

... were nearly ready, but the guest had not yet arrived. Then Gretel called out to her master: 'If the guest does not come, I must take the fowls away from the fire, but it will be a sin and a shame if they ...

11. Rumpelstilskin
(Fairy Tales/Brothers Grimm)

... little friend came she sat down upon her throne, and called all her court round to enjoy the fun; and the nurse stood by her side with the baby in her arms, as if it was quite ready to be given up. Then ...

12. Tom Thumb
(Fairy Tales/Brothers Grimm)

... not much bigger than my thumb. So they said, 'Well, we cannot say we have not got what we wished for, and, little as he is, we will love him dearly.' And they called him Thomas Thumb. They gave him plenty ...

13. The Robber Bridegroom
(Fairy Tales/Brothers Grimm)

... the old woman called out, 'Come and eat your suppers, and let the thing be till tomorrow; the finger won't run away.' 'The old woman is right,' said the robbers, and they ceased looking for the finger ...

14. Little Red Riding Hood
(Fairy Tales/Brothers Grimm)

... she gave her a little cap of red velvet, which suited her so well that she would never wear anything else; so she was always called 'Little Red-Cap.' One day her mother said to her: 'Come, Little Red-Cap, ...

15. Mother Holle
(Fairy Tales/Brothers Grimm)

...  The next thing she came to was a little house, and there she saw an old woman looking out, with such large teeth, that she was terrified, and turned to run away. But the old woman called after her, 'What ...

16. The Mouse, The Bird, And The Sausage
(Fairy Tales/Brothers Grimm)

... but he could nowhere see the cook. In his alarm and flurry, he threw the wood here and there about the floor, called and searched, but no cook was to be found. Then some of the wood that had been carelessly ...

17. Hansel And Gretel
(Fairy Tales/Brothers Grimm)

Hard by a great forest dwelt a poor wood-cutter with his wife and his two children. The boy was called Hansel and the girl Gretel. He had little to bite and to break, and once when great dearth fell ...

18. The Valiant Little Tailor
(Fairy Tales/Brothers Grimm)

... Good jams, cheap!' This rang pleasantly in the tailor's ears; he stretched his delicate head out of the window, and called: 'Come up here, dear woman; here you will get rid of your goods.' The woman came ...

19. Fundevogel
(Fairy Tales/Brothers Grimm)

... children grew up together. And the one, which he had found on a tree was called Fundevogel, because a bird had carried it away. Fundevogel and Lina loved each other so dearly that when they did not see ...

20. The Goose - Girl
(Fairy Tales/Brothers Grimm)

... the fairy's gift, and it was called Falada, and could speak. When the time came for them to set out, the fairy went into her bed-chamber, and took a little knife, and cut off a lock of her hair, and ...