Characters & Actions
Who caught the golden fish?
The fisherman.
Find a word from the story that means very surprised.
Amazed / surprised.
Put in order:
A) The fisherman tells his wife
B) The fisherman catches the fish
C) The fish gives a bucket
Correct order: B, A, C.
What did the fish promise the fisherman?
The fish promised to give any wish.
What word describes the fish? (one word)
Golden.
What was the first wish of the wife?
She wanted a new bucket.
What did the fisherman do when the fish talked to him?
He let the fish go and asked for nothing.
Complete the sentence:
The fisherman and his wife lived in a ___ house.
Small.
Was the sea calm or dark when the fisherman asked again?
The sea was dark.
What name did the wife call her husband after hearing about the fish?
She called him a fool.
Choose one word to describe the sea when the wife wanted more wishes.
Dark / stormy.
What was the last wish of the wife?
She wanted to be Queen of the Land and Sea and have the fish as her servant.
How did the fisherman and his wife live at the start and at the end of the story?
At first they were poor and lived in a small house; at the end they were poor again and lived in a small house.
Use two words (rich, golden, small, huge, new, kind) to describe the fisherman’s wife in one sentence.
The fisherman’s wife became a rich and unhappy woman.
Name the wife’s wishes in order (from first to last).
New bucket → new house → rich life / huge house → queen → Queen of Land and Sea.