Look for the right word!!

Do you know the tale of the Princess and the Pea? Fill the gaps with the correct word and help the prince to find his longed wife.

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The Princess and the Pea

Gap-fill exercise

Fill in all the gaps, then press "Check" to check your answers. Use the "Hint" button to get a free letter if an answer is giving you trouble. You can also click on the "[?]" button to get a clue. Note that you will lose points if you ask for hints or clues!

Once there was a prince who was looking for a . But she must be a real princess.
The prince went around the world, but he didn't found her beautiful princess. In the end he came , very disappointed.

One night, there was the most terrible storm. The king and and prince sat round the fire toasting crumpets.
Suddenly there was a ringing of the bell at the palace gates. The king went to see who could be outside on such a dreadful .
When he opened the gates a princess was standing there. But what a sight she was! Water streamed off the ends of her long hair, ran down her clothes and into her shoes.

-"You´d better come in," said the king, leading the princess into the where she stood, dripping, and not looking at all like a princess.
- "Yes, I am a princess," she assured them.
The old queen was doubtful. "We´ll soon see about that," she said to herself. And she went to prepare the spare for their young visitor.
First she took off all the bedding and then she laid a at the very bottom. On top of the pea she put twenty and on top of the mattresses she put twenty feather beds.

The next morning the princess was asked how she had slept.

-"I hardly slept a wink all night," she said. "The bed was desperately . There was something hard at the bottom of it and I´m sure I am bruised all over."
Now they knew she was a real princess. For no one but a princess would be able to feel a pea through twenty mattresses and twenty feather ! The prince was thrilled to bits for he had already fallen in love with her. And they decided to be married.
As for the pea, well it was put into a museum where it may still be seen if no one has stolen it.