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Listening Skills

Listen to the story first. Then your teacher will read out the statements given below.
Say whether they are true or false.

1. Emperor Swank was a very rich man.

2. Emperor Swank was fond of sweets.

3. Emperor Swank spent all his time attending to the affairs of his kingdom.

4. The two men were cheats.

5. The king wore nothing on his birthday.

Comprehension Skills

A. Tick () the correct answer.
1. Every room in the palace was full of ______________.

a. money and gold b. precious gems and stones c. silver

2. Emperor Swank spent many hours every day in ______________.

a. his bedroom b. his kitchen c. his dressing room

3. The two men said they would make ______________.

a. a magic bed b. some magic cloth c. a magic box

4. The emperor rode ______________.

a. in an open golden coach b. a chariot c. on a horse

5. When the little boy said that the emperor had no clothes on, he ______________.

a. felt sad b. felt foolish c. felt happy

B. Fill in the blanks.

1. Emperor Swank was fond of __________________.
2. The two men said that only __________________ people can see the magic cloth.

3. The two men were in fact __________________.
4. The emperor looked into the __________________ and saw nothing at all.

5. The emperor rode in a golden coach drawn by __________________ horses.
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