A printable worksheet for story-based English conversation classes.
Difficulty: Elementary A2
PDF: The mysterious green children of Woolpit
Do you know any English folk stories? (Yes, I know... / No, I don't think so.)
raw - | - small town | |
village - | - showed up | |
weird - | - not so strong | |
tale - | - cows, etc. | |
cattle - | - strange | |
appeared - | - uncooked | |
faded - | - story |
Listen and fill in the blanks with words from above.
In the 12th century, something strange happened in the English ________ of Woolpit. Two children, a boy and a girl, ________ near a field. They wore ________ clothes, spoke a language nobody understood, and their skin was green. They only ate ________ beans at first, but as time went on, they started eating other foods, and their green skin ________. Sadly, the boy became sick and died.
The girl, however, grew up, learned English and told her story. She said they came from a dark, green place. They heard a loud noise while looking after their father's ________, and then they were in Woolpit. The villagers didn't know if they should believe her, but the ________ of the green children has been told for hundreds of years. It's one of the most mysterious stories in English history.
A: | Hey, did you hear about those green kids that showed up in Woolpit? |
B: | Yeah, I heard they spoke a weird dialect that nobody could understand. |
A: | I wonder where they came from. |
B: | The girl said they came from a dark, green place. |
A: | That's so strange. And they only ate beans. |
In the 12th century, something strange happened in the English village of Woolpit. Two children, a boy and a girl, appeared near a field. They wore weird clothes, spoke a language nobody understood, and their skin was green. They only ate raw beans at first, but as time went on, they started eating other foods, and their green skin faded. Sadly, the boy became sick and died.
The girl, however, grew up, learned English and told her story. She said they came from a dark, green place. They heard a loud noise while looking after their father's cattle, and then they were in Woolpit. The villagers didn't know if they should believe her, but the tale of the green children has been told for hundreds of years. It's one of the most mysterious stories in English history.
village → small town |
appeared → showed up |
faded → not so strong |
cattle → cows, etc. |
weird → strange |
raw → uncooked |
tale → story |