Learn English with The Hobbit

• ☐ ☐ ☐ a quest [n] - a long and difficult search for something
• ☐ ☐ ☐ my dear fellow [exp] - my good friend
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a peak [n] - a mountain [image]
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a raven [n] - a black bird [image]
• ☐ ☐ ☐ the reign [n] - the period during which a person controls some land or country (or mountain)
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a beast [n] - a dangerous animal or monster
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a calamity [n] - a disaster
• ☐ ☐ ☐ our age [exp] - our era, our time
• ☐ ☐ ☐ razors [n] - sharp thin pieces of metal
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a claw [n] - the sharp foot of an animal [image]
• ☐ ☐ ☐ airborne [adj] - able to fly
• ☐ ☐ ☐ be fond of [exp] - like
• ☐ ☐ ☐ precious metals [n] - gold, silver, platinum
• ☐ ☐ ☐ weighing the risk [exp] - deciding how dangerous something is
• ☐ ☐ ☐ sit back [exp] - wait, do nothing
• ☐ ☐ ☐ claim [v] - take
• ☐ ☐ ☐ vast wealth [exp] - a lot of wealth
• ☐ ☐ ☐ seize this chance [exp] - take the opportunity
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a gate [n] - a door [image]
• ☐ ☐ ☐ sealed [adj] - permanently closed
• ☐ ☐ ☐ for safekeeping [exp] - in a safe place
• ☐ ☐ ☐ runes [n] - old letters or writing [image]
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a great deal of stealth [exp] - skilled at moving quietly and unseen like a thief
• ☐ ☐ ☐ no small amount of courage [exp] - a lot of courage
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a burglar [n] - a thief [image]
• ☐ ☐ ☐ He's hardly burglar material. [exp] - He doesn't seem fit to be a burglar.
• ☐ ☐ ☐ light on their feet [exp] - able to move quietly, quickly, nimbly
• ☐ ☐ ☐ pass unseen [exp] - move without being seen
• ☐ ☐ ☐ scent [n] - smell

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

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Bilbo	Gandalf	Thorin

• The dwarves have recently arrived at Bilbo's home.
• Thorin is the leader of the dwarves.
• Thorin is the son of a dwarf king (Thrain)
• A dragon took the dwarves' home from them many years ago.
• The dwarves' home is called Erebor, and it is located in the Lonely Mountain.

1. What does Gandalf asks Bilbo for?
   More food
   More light
   More time
   More wine
   
   
2. Where is the Lonely Mountain?
   To the east
   To the north
   Fairly close
   Far away
   
   
3. What has recently been seen flying back to the mountain?
   Dragons
   Ravens
   Griffons
   Eagles
   
   
4. What does this mean?
   The dragon is dead.
   The reign of the dragon will soon end.
   The dragon will soon begin hunting again.
   
   
5. What are dragons fond of?
   Wine
   Hobbits
   Dwarves
   Precious metals
   
   
6. What is the name of the dragon?
   Smaug
   Smoke
   Spike
   Steve
   
   
7. When was the dragon last seen?
   weeks ago
   months ago
   60 years ago
   160 years ago
   
   
8. Why does Balin think that the task is impossible?
   Gandalf is too weak.
   The dragon is too powerful.
   The mountain is too far away.
   There is no way to enter the mountain.
   
   
9. What does Gandalf give to Thorin?
   A key
   A warning
   A magic ring
   A letter from his father
   
   
10. Why does Gandalf think that it will still be difficult to enter the mountain?
    Dwarf doors are invisible.
    Bilbo is not a great burglar.
    The dragon knows they are coming.
    Many monsters guard the mountain.
    
    
11. What is Gandalf's problem?
    Gandalf cannot read the map.
    Gandalf does not trust Thorin.
    Gandalf is afraid of the dragon.
    Gandalf is too big to enter the mountain.
    
    
12. What does Gandalf want Bilbo to do on the quest?
    Be a burglar
    Find the door
    Read the map
    Kill the dragon
    
    
13. Why does Gandalf think Bilbo will be useful?
    Hobbits are good fighters.
    Hobbits are good climbers.
    Dragons are fond of hobbits.
    Hobbits can stay hidden quite well.
    Hobbits can move quickly and quietly.
    The dragon is not familiar with hobbits.
    
    

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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.

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Gandalf / take / map / and / show / dwarf / where / Lonely / Mountain / locate

Gandalf takes out a map(,) and (he) shows the dwarves where the Lonely Mountain is located.

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there / sign / indicate / dragon / reign / soon / end

There are signs that indicate (that) the dragon's reign will soon end.
There are signs indicating (that) the dragon's reign will soon end.

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one / dwarf / describe / Smaug / Bilbo

One of the dwarves describes Smaug to Bilbo.
One dwarf describes Smaug to Bilbo.

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Thorin / try / inspire / other / dwarf

Thorin tries to inspire the other dwarves.

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Gandalf / give / Thorin / key / belong / father

Gandalf gives Thorin a key that belonged to [his/Thorin's] father.
Gandalf gives Thorin a key that used to belong to [his/Thorin's] father.

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Gandalf / tell / dwarf / why / secret / door / will / hard / find

Gandalf tells the dwarves why the secret door will be hard to find.

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dwarf / question / Bilbo / skill / burglar

The dwarves question Bilbo's skill as a burglar.

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Gandalf / explain / why / Bilbo / useful / quest

Gandalf explains why Bilbo will be useful on the quest.

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Gandalf / ask / Thorin / trust / him

Gandalf asks Thorin to trust him.

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Thorin / begrudging / agree / take / Bilbo / quest

Thorin begrudgingly agrees to take Bilbo on the quest.

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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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You asked me to find the fourteenth man for your expedition, and I chose Mr. Baggins. Just let any one say I chose the wrong man or the wrong house, and you can stop at thirteen and have all the bad luck you like, or go back to digging coal.”

He scowled so angrily at Gloin that the dwarf huddled back in his chair; and when Bilbo tried to open his mouth to ask a question, he turned and frowned at him and stuck out his bushy eyebrows, till Bilbo shut his mouth tight.

“That's right,” said Gandalf. “Let's have no more argument. I have chosen Mr. Baggins and that ought to be enough for all of you. If I say he is a Burglar, a Burglar he is, or will be when the time comes.

There is a lot more in him than you guess, and a deal more than he has any idea of himself. You may (possibly) all live to thank me yet.

Now Bilbo, my boy, fetch the lamp, and let's have a little light on this!”

On the table in the light of a big lamp with a red shade he spread a piece of parchment rather like a map.

“This was made by your grandfather Thor, he said in answer to the dwarves' excited questions. “It is a plan of the Mountain.”

“I don't see that this will help us much,” said Thorin disappointedly after a glance. “I remember the Mountain well enough and the lands about it. And I know where Mirkwood is, and the Withered Heath where the great dragons bred.”

“There is a dragon marked in red on the Mountain,” said Balin, “but it will be easy enough to find him without that, if ever we arrive there.”

“There is one point that you haven't noticed,” said the wizard, “and that is the secret entrance. You see that rune on the West side, and the hand pointing to it from the other runes? That marks a hidden passage to the Lower Halls.”

“It may have been secret once,” said Thorin, “but how do we know that it is secret any longer? Old Smaug has lived there long enough now to find out anything there is to know about those caves.”

“He may—but he can't have used it for years and years.”

“Why?”

“Because it is too small. ‘Five feet high the door and three may walk abreast' say the runes, but Smaug could not creep into a hole that size, not even when he was a young dragon, certainly not after devouring so many of the dwarves and men of Dale.”

“It seems a great big hole to me,” squeaked Bilbo (who had no experience of dragons and only of hobbit-holes). He was getting excited and interested again, so that he forgot to keep his mouth shut. He loved maps. “How could such a large door be kept secret from everybody outside, apart from the dragon?” he asked. He was only a little hobbit you must remember.

“In lots of ways,” said Gandalf. “But in what way this one has been hidden we don't know without going to see. From what it says on the map I should guess there is a closed door which has been made to look exactly like the side of the Mountain. That is the usual dwarves' method—I think that is right, isn't it?”

“Quite right,” said Thorin.

“Also,” went on Gandalf, “I forgot to mention that with the map went a key, a small and curious key. Here it is!” he said, and handed to Thorin a key with a long barrel and intricate wards, made of silver. “Keep it safe!”

“Indeed I will,” said Thorin, and he fastened it upon a fine chain that hung about his neck and under his jacket. “Now things begin to look more hopeful. This news alters them much for the better. So far we have had no clear idea what to do. We thought of going East, as quiet and careful as we could, as far as the as far as the Long Lake. After that the trouble would begin—.”

“A long time before that, if I know anything about the roads East,” interrupted Gandalf.

“We might go from there up along the River Running,” went on Thorin taking no notice, “and so to the ruins of Dale—the old town in the valley there, under the shadow of the Mountain. But we none of us liked the idea of the Front Gate. The river runs right out of it through the great cliff at the South of the Mountain, and out of it comes the dragon too—far too often, unless he has changed his habits.”

“That would be no good,” said the wizard, “not without a mighty Warrior, even a Hero. I tried to find one; but warriors are busy fighting one another in distant lands, and in this neighbourhood heroes are scarce, or simply not to be found. Swords in these parts are mostly blunt, and axes are used for trees, and shields as cradles or dish-covers; and dragons are comfortably far-off (and therefore legendary). That is why I settled on burglary—especially when I remembered the existence of a Side-door. And here is our little Bilbo Baggins, the burglar, the chosen and selected burglar. So now let's get on and make some plans.”

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“I have often wondered about my father's and my grandfather's escape. I see now they must have had a private Side-door which only they knew about. But apparently they made a map, and I should like to know how Gandalf got hold of it, and why it did not come down to me, the rightful heir.”

“I did not ‘get hold of it,' I was given it,” said the wizard. “Your grandfather Thror was killed, you remember, in the mines of Moria by Azog the Goblin.”

“Curse his name, yes,” said Thorin.

“And Thrain your father went away on the twenty-first of April, a hundred years ago last Thursday, and has never been seen by you since—”

“True, true,” said Thorin.

“Well, your father gave me this to give to you; and if I have chosen my own time and way for handing it over, you can hardly blame me, considering the trouble I had to find you. Your father could not remember his own name when he gave me the paper, and he never told me yours; so on the whole I think I ought to be praised and thanked! Here it is,” said he handing the map to Thorin.

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1. Gandalf has had the map and key for 60 years. Should Thorin be angry that Gandalf kept it from him for so long?
2. Why did Gandalf say that he kept the map and key from Thorin for 60 years? (It is explained in the novel. [Read: Compare the Novel - Final Paragraph]) Do you believe this explanation? Do you think Gandalf had another reason?
3. Although Bilbo says that he has never stolen a thing in his life, Gandalf insists that he will be a good burglar. Why? Why does Gandalf think Bilbo will be a good burglar? Do you agree with Gandalf?
4. Would you consider going on a life-threatening trip (or adventure) for a million dollars? How about two million dollars? How much money would you need?
5. Below is the map that the dwarves will use to find the entrance to the mountain. What can you see on the map? Do you think it has enough detail?
6. What do you think these runes represent?