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4c Read Nottingham Town without meeting the
ong ago, no rich man could pass
L through Sherwood Forest near
A Read the introduction on the right
and look at the picture below
famous archer, Robin Hood. Times were
accompanying the extract from an hard in England, and Robin Hood stole
adapted tale about Robin Hood. Can money from the rich and gave it to the
you guess what the extract is about? poor. He believed rich people’s laws were
B Read the extract. Four sentences unfair for poor people. The poor people
loved him, but the Sheriff of Nottingham
are missing. Complete blanks 1-4
with the sentences a-d below. Then hated him and wanted to arrest him.
listen and check your answers. Robin Hood tricked him many times, and
the Sheriff could never fi nd him because
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to hold an archery competition to make
Robin Hood come out of the forest and
into Nottingham Town.
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dressed in that colour.
people. The Sheriff sent messengers all over the country. He wanted
ORobin Hood to hear about the competition and come to take part.

The Sheriff was planning on finally catching him there. This time he wanted b. Then it landed exactly in
the centre of the target.
to succeed. c. All of them shot well, but
The archers all gathered in the field with their bows and arrows and the among them were three

Sheriff looked carefully to see if Robin Hood was there. Robin Hood always men who stood out.
wore green clothes. 1 d. In fact, I believe you are
The men began to shoot, and the crowd cheered loudly. They were the best better than Robin Hood.
archers in the country! 2 One was a famous archer called Gilbert, the
second was a man called Adam, and the third was a stranger. He had dark
brown hair and wore a red jacket, but no one knew his name. Read the whole text
‘Could that stranger be Robin Hood?’ the Sheriff asked one of his soldiers. irst and then the
sentences given.
‘No. Robin Hood has fair hair,’ the soldier replied. Pay attention to the
‘Then he has not come,’ said the Sheriff angrily. development of the
Gilbert shot first. His arrow almost hit the centre, and the story, the vocabulary,

crowd cheered. It was a good shot and they were sure as well as to pronouns
Gilbert was the winner. (it, they, this, etc.)
It was time for the stranger to shoot. His arrow and words/phrases

flew very close to Gilbert’s and sliced off one which link sentences
of the feathers. 3 (however, later, etc.)
both in the text and
The other archer, Adam, shook his head. in the sentences
‘I will not compete today’ he said, ‘I’m not good given. TIP!
enough. I cannot shoot as well as this stranger.’
With that, he left the field.

The Sheriff approached the stranger.
‘You have won,’ he said. ‘Take this
golden arrow as your prize. You
are the best archer in Nottingham.
4 He was too scared to
show his face here today.’

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