Question

7Find the words in the passage which mean: 1. to invade 2. a person who isn’t protected by the law 3. to steal 4. courageous 5. wealthy people 6. people who has no money 7. a person who does things after smb else has done 8. unfair (1) Robin Hood is a legendary hero who lived in Sherwood Forest, in Nottingham with his followers. Stories about him and his adventures began to appear in the fourteenth century. (2) Everyone knows that Robin robbed the rich to give the poor. Robin and his “outlaws” (a person who does smth illegal) lived in the Sherwood Forest. Robin had his own ideas of right and wrong. (3) He fought against injustice. He always tried to help the poor. He had many qualities-he was a great sportsman, a brave fi ghter and was very good with his bow and arrow. He dressed in green, lived in the forest with his wife, Maid Marion and his men, among them Friar Tuck, Allen a Dale, Will Scarlet and Little John. (4) For food, they killed the King’s deer. Robin travelled through the forest and invited the rich to eat with him and robbed the rich by capturing them. (5) During the supper, someone looked in their bags to see how much money they had. When it was fi nished, Robin asked them to pay for the meal and of course, he knew how much to ask for! (6) His main enemy was the Sheriff of Nottingham, who always tried to capture Robin but never could do it. (7) Some stories say that the sheriff killed Robin by poisoning him. A little before his death, he shot a fi nal arrow from his famous bow and asked Little John to bury him where the arrow landed

Answer 1

1 capturing
2 outlaws 
3 rob
4 brave 
5 rich
6 poor
7 follower
8 injustice

Answer 2

1. to invade: rob
2. a person who isn't protected by the law: outlaw
3. to steal: rob
4. courageous: brave
5. wealthy people: the rich
6. people who have no money: the poor
7. a person who does things after someone else has done: Little John (as he buried Robin after he shot the final arrow)
8. unfair: injustice (referring to Robin's fight against injustice)