The Emperor's New Cloths

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The Emperor's New Cloths

Title

The Emperor's New Clothes

Reading Text

Once there was a vain Emperor who loved fancy clothes. One day, a dishonest tailor came to the palace. He told the Emperor he could make special clothes that were invisible to stupid people. The Emperor paid him a lot of gold. The tailor pretended to make the clothes, but really, there was nothing there. The Emperor and his friends could not see the clothes, but they pretended they could so they would not look stupid. On the day of the parade, the Emperor marched through the town in his underwear. Everyone was silent until a small child shouted, 'He is wearing his underpants!' The whole town laughed, and the Emperor realized he had been tricked.

Activities

Vocabulary

Definitions:

Text: Thinking you are very good-looking or special.
Text: Smart; knowing a lot of things.
Text: Someone who makes clothes.
Text: Cannot be seen.
Text: A public march with music and celebration.

Items:

Label: Vain
Answer: A
Label: Intelligent
Answer: B
Label: Tailor
Answer: C
Label: Invisible
Answer: D
Label: Parade
Answer: E

Fill In The Blanks:

Before: The Emperor was very
After: and cared only about his looks.
Answer: vain
Before: A dishonest
After: tricked the Emperor.
Answer: tailor
Before: He said that only
After: people could see the magic clothes.
Answer: intelligent
Before: The clothes were actually
After: because they did not exist.
Answer: invisible
Before: The Emperor wore his underwear to the
After: in town.
Answer: parade

Scrambled:

Text: belly big round He a had
Answer: He had a big round belly.
Text: man dishonest was The tailor a
Answer: The tailor was a dishonest man.
Text: clothes see pretended He to the
Answer: He pretended to see the clothes.
Text: laughed crowd The Emperor at the
Answer: The crowd laughed at the Emperor.
Text: ran back He palace to the
Answer: He ran back to the palace.

Comprehension

Questions:

Text: The Emperor was very humble and kind.
Answer: false
Text: The tailor was actually a trickster.
Answer: true
Text: The Emperor's friends could see the clothes clearly.
Answer: false
Text: The Emperor wore his new clothes to a parade.
Answer: true
Text: The adults in the crowd shouted the truth first.
Answer: false