Learn English with The Hobbit

• ☐ ☐ ☐ a hobbit [n] - a member of an imaginary race similar to humans, small in size, and with hairy feet [image]
• ☐ ☐ ☐ nasty [adj] - very unpleasant
• ☐ ☐ ☐ oozy [adj] - wet, similar to mud or slime
• ☐ ☐ ☐ It remains to be seen. [exp] - I don't know yet.
• ☐ ☐ ☐ Beg your pardon? [exp] - What did you say?
• ☐ ☐ ☐ Midsummer’s Eve [n] - The night of the longest day of the year
• ☐ ☐ ☐ fireworks [n] - a device containing chemicals that causes a spectacular explosion when on fire, usually used in celebrations [image]
• ☐ ☐ ☐ inform [v] - tell

[n] - noun,  [v] - verb, [phv] - phrasal verb,  [adj] - adjective,  [exp] - expression

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Bilbo	Gandalf

• Bilbo is a hobbit who lives in the Shire in Middle Earth.
• Gandalf is a wizard.

1. How does Bilbo describe a hobbit hole?
   Big
   Dirty
   Nasty
   Warm
   Comfortable
   Full of worms
   With good food
   
   
2. What does Bilbo mean when he says "Good morning" the first time?
   I wish you a good morning.
   It is a good morning.
   I feel good on this particular morning.
   This is a morning to be good on.
   Good-bye.
   
   
3. What does Bilbo think about adventures?
   They are nasty.
   They are exciting.
   They are dangerous.
   They are uncomfortable.
   They will make you late for dinner.
   They are best done in large groups.
   
   
4. What does Bilbo mean when he says "Good morning" the second time?
   I wish you a good morning.
   It is a good morning.
   I feel good on this particular morning.
   This is a morning to be good on.
   Good-bye.
   
   
5. What does Bilbo know about Gandalf?
   He is a wizard.
   He is still in business.
   He is Belladonna Took's son.
   He makes excellent fireworks.
   
   
6. What does Gandalf decide?
   He will take Bilbo on an adventure.
   He will smoke his pipe with Bilbo.
   He will give Bilbo some fireworks.
   He will bring the others.
   
   
7. Where does Bilbo suggest Gandalf look for someone?
   In Bree
   Over the hill
   To the North
   Across the water
   Near the Misty Mountain
   
   
8. What does Gandalf do before he leaves?
   He gives Bilbo a gift.
   He looks through Bilbo's window.
   He takes some of Bilbo's tobacco.
   He makes a mark on Bilbo's door.
   
   

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Directions: Write sentences about the video clip using the words given. You can change the word form or add words, but you cannot change the word order. Use a present time frame (tense).
( ) = optional   [ ] = necessary

Instrucciones: Escriba oraciones sobre el videoclip usando las palabras dadas. Puede cambiar la forma de la palabra o agregar palabras, pero no puede cambiar el orden de las palabras. Usa el tiempo presente.

Instrucciones: Escribe oraciones sobre el videoclip usando las palabras dadas. Puede cambiar la forma de las palabras o agregar palabras, pero no puede cambiar el orden de las palabras. Usa tiempo presente.

지시 : 주어진 단어를 사용하여 비디오 클립에 대한 문장을 씁니다. 어형을 변경하거나 단어를 추가할 수 있지만 어순은 변경할 수 없습니다. 현재 시제를 사용합니다.

old / Bilbo / decide / write / book / what / really / happen

Old Bilbo decides to write a book [about/on] what really happened.

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hobbit / hole / warm / place / all / comfort / home

A hobbit hole is a warm place with all (of) the comforts of home.
A hobbit hole is a warm place [that/which] has all (of) the comforts of home.

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first / Bilbo / not / know / who / Gandalf

At first, Bilbo doesn't know who Gandalf is.

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Gandalf / want / know / what / Bilbo / mean / when / say / good / morning

Gandalf wants to know what Bilbo means when he says, "Good morning."

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Gandalf / look / someone / share / adventure

Gandalf is looking for someone to share (in) an adventure (with).

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Bilbo / think / adventure / make / you / late / dinner

Bilbo thinks (that) adventures make you late for dinner.

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Gandalf / think / Bilbo / change / worse

Gandalf thinks (that) Bilbo has changed for the worse.

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Bilbo / remember / see / Gandalf / firework

Bilbo remembers seeing Gandalf's fireworks.

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Bilbo / have / no / idea / Gandalf / still / business

Bilbo has no idea (that) Gandalf is still in business.

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Gandalf / decide / Bilbo / will / join / adventure

Gandalf decides (that) Bilbo will join (in) [his/the] adventure.

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Gandalf / scratch / symbol / Bilbo / door / staff

Gandalf scratches a symbol [on/in/into] Bilbo's door with his staff.

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The text below is from the [ original novel ]. You can also read a [ shortened version ] of the novel.

1. Which parts of the video are the same as the novel?
2. Which parts of the video are different from the novel?
3. Which parts of the novel are not in the video?

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  In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort.

 This hobbit was a very well-to-do hobbit, and his name was Bilbo Baggins. All that the unsuspecting Bilbo saw that morning was an old man with a staff. He had a tall pointed blue hat, a long grey cloak, a silver scarf over which his long white beard hung down below his waist, and immense black boots.

 “Good Morning!” said Bilbo, and he meant it. The sun was shining, and the grass was very green. But Gandalf looked at him from under long bushy eyebrows that stuck out further than the brim of his shady hat.

 “What do you mean?” he said. “Do you wish me a good morning, or mean that it is a good morning whether I want it or not; or that you feel good this morning; or that it is a morning to be good on?”

 “All of them at once,” said Bilbo. “And a very fine morning for a pipe of tobacco out of doors, into the bargain. If you have a pipe about you, sit down and have a fill of mine! There’s no hurry, we have all the day before us!” Then Bilbo sat down on a seat by his door, crossed his legs, and blew out a beautiful grey ring of smoke that sailed up into the air without breaking and floated away over The Hill.

 “Very pretty!” said Gandalf. “But I have no time to blow smoke-rings this morning. I am looking for someone to share in an adventure that I am arranging, and it’s very difficult to find anyone.”

 “I should think so—in these parts! We are plain quiet folk and have no use for adventures. Nasty disturbing uncomfortable things! Make you late for dinner! I can’t think what anybody sees in them,” said our Mr. Baggins, and blew out another even bigger smoke ring. Then he took out his morning letters, and began to read, pretending to take no more notice of the old man. He had decided that Gandalf was not quite his sort, and Bilbo wanted him to go away. But the old man did not move. He stood leaning on his stick and gazing at the hobbit without saying anything, till Bilbo got quite uncomfortable and even a little angry. “Good morning!” he said at last. “We don’t want any adventures here, thank you! You might try over The Hill or across The Water.” By this he meant that the conversation was at an end.

 “What a lot of things you do use Good morning for!” said Gandalf. “Now you mean that you want to get rid of me, and that it won’t be good till I move off.”

 “Not at all, not at all, my dear sir! Let me see, I don’t think I know your name?”

 “Yes, yes, my dear sir—and I do know your name, Mr. Bilbo Baggins. And you do know my name, though you don’t remember that I belong to it. I am Gandalf, and Gandalf means me! To think that I should have lived to be goodmorninged by Belladonna Took’s son, as if I was selling buttons at the door!”

 “Gandalf, Gandalf! Good gracious me! Not the fellow who used to tell such wonderful tales at parties, about dragons and goblins and giants and the rescue of princesses and the unexpected luck of widows’ sons? Not the man that used to make such particularly excellent fireworks! I remember those! Old Took used to have them on Midsummer’s Eve. Splendid! They used to go up like great lilies and snapdragons and laburnums of fire and hang in the twilight all evening!” Not the Gandalf who was responsible for so many quiet lads and lasses going off into the Blue for mad adventures? Anything from climbing trees to visiting elves—or sailing in ships, sailing to other shores! Bless me, life used to be quite inter—I mean, you used to upset things badly in these parts once upon a time. I beg your pardon, but I had no idea you were still in business.”

 “Where else should I be?” said the wizard. “All the same I am pleased to find you remember something about me. You seem to remember my fireworks kindly, at any rate, and that is not without hope. Indeed for your old grandfather Took’s sake, and for the sake of poor Belladonna, I will give you what you asked for.”

 “I beg your pardon, I haven’t asked for anything!”

 “Yes, you have! Twice now. My pardon. I give it you. In fact I will go so far as to send you on this adventure. Very amusing for me, very good for you—and profitable too, very likely, if you ever get over it.”

 “Sorry! I don’t want any adventures, thank you. Not today. Good morning!

 But please come to tea—any time you like! Why not tomorrow? Come tomorrow! Good bye!” With that the hobbit turned and scuttled inside his round green door, and shut it as quickly as he dared, not to seem rude. Wizards after all are wizards.

 “What on earth did I ask him to tea for!” he said to himself, as he went to the pantry. He had only just had breakfast, but he thought a cake or two and a drink of something would do him good after his fright.

 Gandalf in the meantime was still standing outside the door, and laughing long but quietly. After a while he stepped up, and with the spike on his staff scratched a queer sign on the hobbit’s beautiful green front-door. Then he strode away, just about the time when Bilbo was finishing his second cake and beginning to think that he had escaped adventures very well.

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1. Describe Bilbo - his appearance, his (fashion) style, his demeanor, and his personality.
2. Describe Gandalf - his appearance, his (fashion) style, his demeanor, and his personality.
3. Are you more similar to Bilbo or Gandalf? How? Why?
4. According to Gandalf, what are the different meanings of Good morning?
5. Do you know any of the story of The Hobbit? What will happen on their adventure?
6. Gandalf could seem like a crazy old man. If he showed up at your house and invited you on an adventure, would you join him? Why?
   
   * Your demeanor is your outward behavior. It includes the way you stand, the way you talk, your facial expressions, and more. Someone with a friendly demeanor might smile a lot and look you in the eye while talking to you.