In 1940, Walt Disney produced his second animated film, Pinocchio. The film is about a toymaker, Geppetto, who makes a wooden puppet and names him Pinocchio. Geppetto wanted Pinocchio to come alive and be his son. In the story, a beautiful blue fairy makes Geppetto’s wish come true. The fairy tells Pinocchio that to be real boy he must be good. Pinocchio finds this hard and gets into a lot of lies, so his nose becomes longer and longer.
Later, Geppetto has an adventure when a giant whale swallows him. Pinocchio saves him and the blue fairy turns Pinocchio into a real boy.
Task 1 Read the text again and choose the correct answers.
What happened in 1940?
Walt Disney made his second animated film.
Pinocchio turned into a real boy.
Pinocchio became the second best animated film.
Who made the wooden toy?
Geppetto
Pinocchio
Walt Disney
Why did Geppetto want Pinocchio to be a real person?
He wanted his own child
He wanted to show what a good toymaker he was
He wanted to be friends with him
What was Pinocchio’s character like in the film?
Sad
Naughty
Happy
What did the giant whale do to Geppetto?
It saved him
It turned him into a boy
It swallowed him
What happened at the end of the film?
Pinocchio became the first best animated film.
Pinocchio got into more trouble
The fairy turned Pinocchio into a boy.
