1. Golden touch
Complete :
1. Long ago in ............... there was a very rich ……………
2. King Midas lived in ……………… .
3. King Midas loved …………… .
4. He decorated his …………… with gold .
5. He …………… plates of gold .
6. King Midas had bags and …………… of gold .
7. The bags of gold were locked in his …………… .
8. King Midas spent his time …………… his gold .
9. The king loved his …………… more than his gold .
10. The king's daughter was named …………… .
11. Marygold didn’t love the king's …………… .
12. King Midas and Marygold liked to walk in the …………… .
13. " If only all these …………… were gold ? " the king said .
14. We can't …………… flowers if they are made of gold .
15. " I wish that everything I …………… turned into gold " .
16. King Midas wished to turn things into gold just by …………………… .
17. "Well, a ……………. fountain would be nice ".
18. When king Midas was in his …………… counting his ……………
19. A stranger dressed in …………… clothes appeared in front of the king.
2. 20. " You must be the …………… man in the world ".
21. There is …………… gold in this room than any room on …………… .
22. "I'm rich , but I want to have even …………… gold" .
23. " I heard …………… you made ".
24. " I heard you want to turn things ……………….. just by …………… them".
25. " I can …………… your wish ".
26. " I can give you the …………… touch ".
27. The king was very …………… .
28. " You mean that everything I ……………is going to turn to …………… ".
29. " Then give me the golden …………… " .
30. " I now give you the golden touch . Use it ………..……… ".
31. The stranger gave king Midas the …………………… .
32. When the king looked up , the stranger …………… .
33. As soon as the king touched the key , it ………………… .
34. Soon the king was surrounded by a …………… , …………….. garden.
35. " It works . I have the …………… " .
36. The king touched the table . It …………… .
37. The king touched the chair . It …………… .
38. "I'm thirsty …………… me a glass of water " .
39. The …………… poured the water .
40. As soon as the king took the glass , the water …………… .
41. "I'm hungry …………… some food ".
3. 42. King Midas picked up some bread . It …………… .
43. As soon as the food touched his lips , it became …………… .
44. Midas put his …………… on his ……………table and …………… .
45. Midas wept because he was …………….. but he couldn’t eat .
46. " What is …………… father ? ".
47. Marygold gave the king a …………… , she turned into ……………
48. " How …………… I am. How …………… and ……………. I am too ".
49. Suddenly , a breeze …………… into the room and the stranger in ……………………….. clothes appeared .
50. " Did the golden touch make you …………… ? ".
51. " Gold means …………… to me now".
52. "I am glad to see that you are a …………… man ".
53. " Take all the …………… in my kingdom , I want my …………… back ".
54. " I am going to take back the ………………….. ".
55. King Midas ran to the ………………… .
56. King Midas poured water over the statue of ………………… .
57. King Midas never told Marygold about the ………………… .
58. He always stopped to ………….. the roses and …..……… with Marygold .
59. " Take some water from ………….. and ………….. over the things you wished to change back to the way they were ".
4. Answers :
1. Greece king
2. Greece
3. gold
4. palace
5. ate of
6. bags
7. storeroom
8. counting
9. daughter
10. Marygold
11. gold
12. garden
13. flowers
14. smell
15. touched
16. touching them
17. golden
18. storeroom gold
19. gold-coloured
20. richest
21. more Earth
22. more
23. the wish
24. into gold touching
25. grant
26. golden
27. excited
28. touch gold
29. touch
30. carefully
31. golden touch
32. vanished
33. turned to gold
34. glittering golden
35. golden touch
36. turned to gold
37. turned to gold
38. pour
39. servant
40. turned to gold
41. bring me
42. turned to gold
43. hard and heavy
44. head golden wept
45. hungry
46. wrong
47. hug golden statue
48. foolish stupid greedy
49. blew gold-coloured
50. happy
51. nothing
52. wiser
53. gold daughter
54. golden touch
55. fountain
56. his daughter
57. golden touch
58. smell laugh
59. fountain pour