The Sun and the Wind - Questions

Fill in the gaps.

Use these words: strong   stronger   strongest   strongly

• The sun shone ______________ .
• The sun was  ______________  than the wind.
• The first man lifted 200 pounds. He's very  ______________ .
• The second man lifted 250 pounds. He's  ______________ .
• Pippi Longstocking lifted 300 pounds. She is the  ______________  of them all.

The Story

• Who are the characters in the story?
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• Which one loves to argue? ______________
• Did the sun agree that the wind is more powerful? ______________
• What did the wind and the sun see as they were talking to each other?
• Who tried first to get the man to take off his coat? ______________
• Was the wind successful in taking off the man’s coat? Why? ____________________________.

Fill in the gaps.

Use these words:   argue   argument   argued   argues   arguing

1. The wind loved to ____________________________________________.
2. He had an _________________________________ with the sun.
3. The sun and the wind were ________________________________ about who was stronger.

Put the sentences together.

• Example:
  The sun turned toward the wind. The sun suggested that they see who could make the man take off his coat.
  ➡ The sun turned toward the wind and suggested that they see who could make the man take off his coat.
• The wind loved to argue. The wind said, “I am stronger than you.”
  
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• They were walking. They saw a man.
  
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• The man felt hot. He took off his coat.
  
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• The wind blew hard. The man pulled his coat around him.
  
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