The Golden Apple Once there lived a king. He had a very beautiful daughter and two sons. He was very kind and funny. One day he said.
‘I have a golden apple. I shall give it to the man who will tell me the biggest lie.’
Many people came to that king. They told the king lies. All wanted to get the golden apple. But the king did not like the lies.
‘That is all very well, and it can be true,’ he said.
One day a poor man came to the king. He said, ‘Oh king, give me back my gold.’
‘What gold?’ cried the king.
‘The gold which I gave you last year. Did you forget about it?’ said the poor man.
‘I did not take any gold from you. It is a lie!’ cried the king.
‘If it is a lie,’ said the poor man, give me the golden apple.
it can be true – це може бути правдою
LISTENING COMPREHENSION VARIANT 16
Listen to the text and decide if the statements are true or false. The king was kind and liked jokes.
The king had a golden ring and wanted to find a wife.
He said: ‘I shall give it to the man who will tell me no lies’.
Nobody came to that king.
The king believed the people’s lies and thought they could be true.
A poor man wanted to tell the king a lie.
The king didn’t take any gold from the poor man.
The poor man told the king the truth.
The king had no choice. He had to give the golden apple to the poor man.
The king forgot about the gold which the poor man gave him.
Choose the correct answer to complete the sentences.
1. How many children did the king have?
a) three b) four c) two
2. What was the king like?
a) bad and evil b) funny and kind c) old and ill
3. What did the king have?
a) a red rose b) a golden ring c) a golden apple
4. What did the king want to give his gift for?
a) for the best joke b) for the biggest lie c) for the worse song
5. What did the people want to get from the king?
a) the golden apple b) his daughter c) money
6. Who came to the king one day?
a) a magician b) a poor man c) a rich man
7. What did the man demand from the king?
a) his gold b) his kingdom c) his house
8. What did the king borrow from the man?
a) nothing b) money c) the golden apple
9. What did the poor man tell the king?
a) a joke b) a lie c) the truth
10. What prize can be for the poor man?
a) a golden ring b) the golden apple c) the red rose