How the Leopard Got His Spots

I. Listen to this story.

II. Write down all unfamiliar words.

III. Paraphrase and explain: 11. stripy, speckly;

1. when everybody started fair; 12. patchy-platchy;

2. Veldt; 13. slippery-slide;

3. hartebeest; 14. speckly-spickly;

4. all over; 15. wondering where all their 5. ’sclusivest; breakfasts and their dinners

6. to one hair; and their teas had gone;

7. bush-buck; 16. they had the big Tummy- ache;

8. Bonte-buck; 17. ’Baviaan;

9. would surprise them out of 18. The long and the little of it is…;

their jumpsome lives; 19. Fiddle;

10. didn’t know which way to jump; 20. Stand over.

IV. Read the first paragraph up to the words: …”They didn’t indeed!” p.58-59.

Observe the right intonation and sequence of tones.

V. Describe the place where the Leopard lived.

VI. Answer the following questions:

1. Who lived on the High Veldt with the Leopard?

2. What did they use to do together?

3. Who learned to avoid the Ethiopian with bows and arrows and the Leopard

with his teeth and claws.

4. What kind of forest did the animals come to?

5. How did the Animals change standing half in the shade and half of it?

6. Why were the Leopard and the Ethiopian hungry?

7. What did they begin to eat?

8. What animal did the Leopard and the Ethiopian meet at last?

9. Where did they set off to look for the Flora?

VII. Describe the other animals that lived on the High Veldt.

VIII Dramatize the dialogue between the Ethiopian and the Leopard and Baviaan.

IX. Give the contents of the conversation between the Ethiopian and the Leopard in indirect speech (up to the words: But they didn’t. The Leopard and the Ethiopian hunted all day.)

X. How is the headline of the story connected with the Bible?

XI. Comment on the proverb: ”The Leopard can’t change his spots.” Use it in the situation of your own.

XII. Give the end of the story in brief.