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Read a short story, like a folk tale or fable. What words did you see repeated? What did you learn? Intermediate to advanced: What was the moral? Do you have a story with a similar moral in your native language?
Folk tale

I don’t like Folk Tales because they’re old fashioned. In spite of that I have read: “The Bremen Town Musicians”. I know this story since I was a Child, it’s very popular.
I was expecting to find the sentence: “Once Upon a time” but it wasn’t there. Mainly, the authors (the Grimm Brothers) tell us about the conversations between the characters. For this reason, the most repeated word was: “Said the…or Asked the”.
I learnt a few new words like: minstrels, manure and rascal. I don’t think I will use them in my everyday conversations.

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Folk tale

I don’t like Ffolk Ttales because they’re old fashioned.

Be careful, you seem to make some mistakes with capital letters. In English, the capital letters only occur at the start of sentences, or for proper nouns. So bridge would not be capitalised, but the Golden Gate Bridge would be. Likewise, unless you are naming a specific folk tale, there is no reason to make it capital letters.

In spite of that I have read: “The Bremen Town Musicians”.

I have known this story since I was a Cchild, it’s very popular.

I was expecting to find the sentence: “Once Uupon a time” but it wasn’t there.

Mainly, tThe authors (the Grimm Brothers) mainly tell us about the conversations between the characters.

For this reason, the most repeated word was: “Said the…”, or “Asked the”.

Because these are not part of the same quote, they should be separated. “Said the…or Asked the” would mean the story literally includes that exact sentence.

I learnt a few new words like: minstrels, manure and rascal.

I don’t think I will use them in my everyday conversations.

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"Manure" is actually a pretty good word to know. It is a polite way to refer to animal poo, and so if you're in somewhat polite company, it is probably preferable to say "dog manure" than anything else. Good essay!

Folk tale

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I don’t like Folk Tales because they’re old fashioned.

I don’t like Ffolk Ttales because they’re old fashioned.

Be careful, you seem to make some mistakes with capital letters. In English, the capital letters only occur at the start of sentences, or for proper nouns. So bridge would not be capitalised, but the Golden Gate Bridge would be. Likewise, unless you are naming a specific folk tale, there is no reason to make it capital letters.

In spite of that I have read: “The Bremen Town Musicians”.

This sentence has been marked as perfect!

I know this story since I was a Child, it’s very popular.

I have known this story since I was a Cchild, it’s very popular.

I was expecting to find the sentence: “Once Upon a time” but it wasn’t there.

I was expecting to find the sentence: “Once Uupon a time” but it wasn’t there.

Mainly, the authors (the Grimm Brothers) tell us about the conversations between the characters.

Mainly, tThe authors (the Grimm Brothers) mainly tell us about the conversations between the characters.

For this reason, the most repeated word was: “Said the…or Asked the”.

For this reason, the most repeated word was: “Said the…”, or “Asked the”.

Because these are not part of the same quote, they should be separated. “Said the…or Asked the” would mean the story literally includes that exact sentence.

I learnt a few new words like: minstrels, manure and rascal.

This sentence has been marked as perfect!

I don’t think I will use them in my everyday conversations.

This sentence has been marked as perfect!

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