Mrs Gasbag´s Hat Mrs Gasbag went to see her best friend Mrs Goff in the morning She knocked at the front door and Mrs Goff opened Mrs Goff invited her for a cup of coffee Mrs Gasbag went in and looked very sad “What´s the matter with you?“ Mrs Goff asked “Where is your lovely hat with the lovely flowers on it?“ Mrs Gasbag “Oh, dear,“ Mrs Gasbag answered “Yesterday I met farmer Gimbel and his donkey His donkey saw my new, beautiful hat and came towards me This stupid animal tried to eat the flowers from my new hat and knocked it down onto the road Then he kicked my hat along the road Mrs Guf Now my hat is very dirty and the flowers on it are dirty I´m so sad.“ The two ladies decided that farmer Gimbel had to buy a new hat for Mrs Gasbag So they went to Mrs Gasbag´s home to get the hat The red and yellow flowers on the hat were nearly black and the hat looked very, very old They took it and went to farmer Gimbel´s A Choose the correct answer! Mrs Gasbag went to …  Mr Brown  a shop  Mrs Goff Mrs Gasbag was very …  sad  happy  tired It was farmer …  Gimbel´s  Dambel´s  Jumbel´s donkey They arrived at the farm and looked over the gate They looked at the donkey in the field and the donkey looked at them But they couldn´t see farmer Gimbel They opened the gate and walked across the field to farmer Gimbel´s house The donkey noticed them and came to them Mrs Gasbag held her hat in her hand and the donkey looked at it “Let´s run,“ Mrs Gasbag cried “The donkey wants to eat my hat again!“ So the ladies ran across the field and the donkey ran after them Then they saw farmer Gimble He said “Shoo, shoo!! Go away you silly donkey!“ “What?“ Mrs Goff shouted “What did you say to me? You call me a donkey?“ “I´m not talking to you.“ Farmer Gimbel answered “I´m talking to the donkey.“ Mrs Gasbag and Mrs Goff went to …  the farm  the They wanted to drink ……  tea  coffee  lemonade A …… ate some flowers from her hat  cow  sheep  donkey The donkey was in the …  stable  field  wood The two ladies …… the donkey  ran away from  fed  shouted at B Name some farm animals! ………………………………………………… ………………………………………………… ………………………………………………… C Fill in the missing words! The donkey looked at Mrs Gasbag´s …………… The two ladies opened the … They ……… across the field Then they saw ……… Gimble Farmer Gimble said “You …… donkey.“ Then Mrs Gasbag showed her hat to farmer Gimbel He was very sorry „You must buy a new hat for my friend Mrs Gasbag!!“ Mrs Goff said And farmer Gimbel said all right, but he was very angry Mrs Gasbag and Mrs Goff went home Mrs Gasbag put her old hat into a box and also put a letter to farmer Gimbel in it Here´s her letter: Here is my old hat Your donkey likes it very much, so to he can have it Then she sent the parcel farmer Gimbel Some days later the postman brought Mrs Gasbag a parcel It was from farmer Gimbel Mrs Goff was at Mrs Gasbag´s house and they both opened the parcel First they saw a lot of flowers When they wanted to take out the flowers they saw that it was a new hat There was a letter from farmer Gimbel in the parcel too Mrs Gasbag read the letter D Tick off – True or False! Farmer Gimbel was very sad True False Mrs Gasbag wanted a new hat True False Mrs Gasbag put her old hat into a box True False She wrote an email to Gimble True False Some weeks later she got a parcel True False Farmer Gimbel sent her a box of chocolate True False The donkey was wearing Mrs Gasbag´s old hat True False E Write down the infinitive of the verb! Mrs Gasbag and Mrs Goff weren´t angry any more They laughed and laughed by L.G.Alexander, adapted version F Put the sentences into the correct order! They saw the donkey in the field and ran away She told her the story about the donkey Some days later she got a parcel Mrs Goff wanted to know where Mrs Gasbag´s hat was Farmer Gimbel was sorry and wanted to buy a new hat And there was a letter from farmer Gimbel in the parcel Mrs Gasbag went to see Mrs Goff in the morning He wrote “The donkey is wearing your old hat now.“ Then they went to farmer Gimbel Mrs Gasbag sent her old hat to farmer Gimbel They went to Mrs Gasbag´s home to get the hat There was a new hat from farmer Gimbel in the parcel ……………………… ……………………… ……………………… ……………………… ……………………… ……………………… ……………………… ……………………… ……………………… ……………………… ……………………… ……………………… ……………………… ……………………… went saw knocked tried laughed opened answered ran put invited came was wanted cried G Write down the missing letters of the words! _or _g _on _ fl_w _ fr t _oo_ ve_y _ir_y tt_r g e s ry rc_l a_g_y _o_d _ill_ fr n_ po m kic d ye _r_a_ _ou_e KEY A Choose the correct answer! Mrs Gasbag went to …  Mr Brown  a shop  Mrs Goff Mrs Gasbag was very …  sad  happy  tired It was farmer …  Gimbel´s  Dambel´s  Jumbel´s donkey D Tick off – True or False! They wanted to drink ……  tea  coffee  lemonade Farmer Gimbel was very sad True False Mrs Gasbag wanted a new hat True False Mrs Gasbag put her old hat into a box True False A …… ate some flowers from her hat  cow  sheep  donkey She wrote an email to Gimble The donkey was in the …  stable  field  wood True False Some weeks later she got a parcel True False Farmer Gimbel sent her a box of chocolate True False The donkey was wearing Mrs Gasbag´s old hat True False E Write down the infinitive of the verb! go see knock try laugh open answer run put invite come be (is) want cry went saw knocked tried laughed opened answered ran put invited came was wanted cried F Put the sentences into the correct order! Mrs Gasbag and Mrs Goff went to …  the farm  the The two ladies …… the donkey  ran away from  fed  shouted at B Name some farm animals! cow, sheep, pig, dog, cat, goat, donkey, goose, duck 11 12 10 They saw the donkey in the field and ran away She told her the story about the donkey Some days later she got a parcel Mrs Goff wanted to know where Mrs Gasbag´s hat was Farmer Gimbel was sorry and wanted to buy a new hat And there was a letter from farmer Gimbel in the parcel Mrs Gasbag went to see Mrs Goff in the morning He wrote “The donkey is wearing your old hat now.“ Then they went to farmer Gimbel Mrs Gasbag sent her old hat to farmer Gimbel They went to Mrs Gasbag´s home to get the hat There was a new hat from farmer Gimbel in the parcel G Write down the missing letters of the words! C Fill in the missing words! The donkey looked at Mrs Gasbag´s hat The two ladies opened the gate They ran across the field Then they saw farmer Gimble Farmer Gimble said “You silly donkey.“ morning donkey flowers front door lovely dirty letter gate sorry parcel angry road silly friend postman kicked yesterday house