
Activity 1: Complete the sentences with words from the story
- Prince Freddie had lots of clothes and games, but he was unhappy.
- He had an idea. He took off his crown and ran down the stairs.
- ‘Buy my watches!’ said a man. ‘They’re made of silver.’
- ‘I’d like these clothes,’ he said, ‘and you can sell this jacket!’
- Later at the palace, the king and queen didn’t recognise their son.
Activity 2: Read and write T (true), F (false) or DS (doesn’t say)
- The prince saw the date when he was playing games.
- Answer: F - He saw the date when he was looking at his diary.
- The prince thought his clothes and crown were too formal.
- Answer: T - He thought they were formal and uncomfortable.
- An Italian woman was selling some leather shoes.
- Answer: DS - The woman was selling leather shoes from Italy, but the story doesn’t say where she’s from.
- Freddie bought some comfortable gloves at the shop.
- Answer: F - He bought some comfortable tracksuit trousers at the shop.
- The children who talked to Freddie didn’t go to his school.
- Answer: DS - The children are from the town, but the story doesn’t mention a school.
- The king and queen were surprised when they saw Freddie.
- Answer: T - They were surprised and they didn’t recognise their son.
Activity 3: Write the opposites of the adjectives (using the prefix un-)
- exciting - unexciting
- kind- unkind
- safe - unsafe
- tidy - untidy
Activity 4: Use the negative adjectives from Activity 3 to write sentences
- The living room is messy. - The living room is untidy.
- Today was a boring day. - Today was an unexciting day.
- Don’t be mean to animals! - Don't be unkind to animals!
- Don’t play in dangerous places. - Don’t play in unsafe places.
Activity 5: Write four sentences using negative prefixes
- I feel uncomfortable in these tight shoes.
- Leaving the door open at night is unsafe.
- My bedroom is very untidy at the moment.
- It was unkind of him to shout at his friend.