Kay, Gerda, and the Snow Queen
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Complete the following text with the correct word :
"The Snow Queen"
Some hints to get you started are provided in parenthesises.
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drag and drop
these words to fill in the blanks:
dim, glare, treat, treated, wilt, wilted, tears, kid, kidded, feel, felt, feeling, harm, harmed, melt, melted
Outside the Snow Queen's palace the
(too bright) was almost unbearable.
All that light and no warmth. The plants in the garden had all
from the frost.
Inside, a (child)
, blue almost black from the cold, played in one of the
rooms of this frigid dwelling.
Living in this enormous icebox, the Arctic conditions could not
him
for Kay had been kissed by the Snow Queen.
However, fed a (regimen)
of icicles and snowflakes, Kay looked emaciated.
Suddenly, a young girl, Gerda, burst into the room.
She rushed to the benumbed boy.
Hugging and blowing hot air on his face,
she desperately tried to
this frozen lad but to no avail.
No
, no warmth could touch Kay. Gerda,
frustrated began to sob. Hot wet
fell from her cheeks.
One landed on Kay's chest.
Slowly, a
and indistinct glow formed around the boy.
The frost on his lips and the snow in his hair started to
.
Unexpectedly, he smiled and said:
"Gerta, dear little Gerda, where have you been all this time...
and where have I been."
This short text is based on
Hans Christian Anderson
's
The Snow Queen
in seven parts.
There is a
multiple choice test
and definitions to prepare for this quiz.