Brilliance British School

English Department

Reading Sheet (10)

Year Five

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 Aladdin

This tale from the Middle East was collected with other Middle Eastern stories and
published as One Thousand and One Nights. This story was set in a Chinese city but
the people were Muslim.

Aladdin was the son of a poor tailor who died when Aladdin was twelve. Aladdin and
his mother were very poor. One day an old man tricked Aladdin and his mother by
claiming to be Aladdin’s father’s brother. He told them he would make Aladdin a rich
trader one day. He took Aladdin and set off on a three-day journey. When they
arrived at a mysterious place in the woods, he told Aladdin he was not his uncle. He
was really a wicked wizard. He sent the terrified boy down into underground caves to
fetch a magic oil lamp. He gave Aladdin a magic ring to keep him safe. Underground,
Aladdin saw wonderful treasures and took some glass fruits that turned out to be
made of precious jewels. He found the lamp, but as he was climbing up from the
cave, he heard the old man saying to himself that he planned to kill Aladdin. Aladdin
refused to give the lamp to the wizard and kept it. The wizard sealed the opening.
Aladdin was stuck underground for three days and three nights. Fortunately, Aladdin
rubbed his hands together and the genie of the ring appeared. The genie granted
Aladdin his wish to go back home to his mother.

Back home, Aladdin decided to sell the oil lamp to get money for food. When he
rubbed it to clean it up, the genie of the lamp appeared. Aladdin asked the genie for
food, which was brought on a silver tray with twelve silver dishes. Soon after, Aladdin
began trading with the silver traders in the town.

One day, Aladdin saw a beautiful princess in the market square and decided he must
marry her. With help from the genie of the lamp, Aladdin married the princess. He
had the genie build the biggest and best palace in the world. The sultan was very
impressed and the princess loved her new husband.

One day while Aladdin was away hunting, the wicked wizard found out where
Aladdin was living. He wanted to get the magic lamp and kill Aladdin. When he went
to the palace offering new shiny lamps for old ones, the princess’s servant gave him
Aladdin’s lamp, not knowing it was magic. That night, the wizard rubbed the lamp
and the genie appeared. The wizard told the genie to take him and Aladdin’s palace
with everything in it, including the princess, to a faraway land.

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 When the sultan discovered that the palace and his daughter were gone, he sent his
soldiers to arrest Aladdin. When the sultan announced that he was going to kill
Aladdin, the townspeople were angry and threatened to attack the palace. After he
let Aladdin go free, Aladdin discovered that his wife and palace were gone.
Eventually, Aladdin found his wife and palace, with help from the genie of the ring.
Aladdin and the princess got rid of the wizard. With the wizard gone, Aladdin got the
magic lamp back. The genie took Aladdin, his wife and palace back to their town.
There was a month of celebrations in the town and Aladdin, his wife and the sultan
lived happily ever after.

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 Answer the following questions.
Look at the first paragraph.

1- How did the old man trick Aladdin?

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2- What were the old man's real intentions?

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3- Why did the writer use the dash in the following sentence?
He took Aladdin and set off on a three-day journey.
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4- Spot a connective of time.

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5-Spot a fronted adverbial and state its type.

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6- What is the type of the following sentence?

Aladdin was stuck underground for three days and three nights.

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7- Find a word that means the same as 'shut'.

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 8- What is the purpose of the apostrophe in the following sentence?
One day an old man tricked Aladdin and his mother by claiming to be Aladdin’s
father’s brother.

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Look at the 2nd & 3rd paragraphs.

9- What is the purpose of the comma in the following sentence?

Aladdin asked the genie for food, which was brought on a silver tray with twelve
silver dishes.

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10- How did Aladdin manage to marry the princess?

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11- Spot TWO superlative adjectives.

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Look at the 4th paragraph.

12- Why was the princess's servant offered new shiny lamps for old
ones?
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13- What is the purpose of the commas in the following sentence?

The wizard told the genie to take him and Aladdin’s palace with everything in
it, including the princess, to a faraway land.

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 Look at the last paragraph.

14- Why do you think the Sultan sent his soldiers to arrest Aladdin?

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15- How did Aladdin manage to bring back his wife?

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16- Write the following sentence in the present simple.

There was a month of celebrations in the town and Aladdin, his wife and the sultan
lived happily ever after.
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17- What is the genre of this text?

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18- Mention TWO features of this genre from the text.

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