Then the Lord said to Cain, “Why are you angry? Why is your face sad? If you do what is right will you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must master it.”
Now Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let’s go out to the field.” And while they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him.
Introductory Discussion Questions
Do you like reading mystery stories involving murder? Why or why not?
Why do people sometimes murder?
What things make people angry enough to murder?
What would you tell an angry person?
What should we do when we are angry?
Antonym Matching
Sad rejected
Right serve
Accepted stay
Sin healed
Crouching standing
Door happy
Master wrong
Now defended
Brother later
Go good
Attacked wall
Killed stranger
Synonym Matching
Lord correct
Said sitting
Angry recognized
Sad don’t
Right rule
Accepted God
Do not upset
Sin murder
Crouching evil
Master told
Kill downcast
Listening Blank Fill
Then the Lord said to Cain, “Why are you _______? Why is your face sad? If you do ______ is right will you not be accepted? But ____ you do not do what is right, sin ____ crouching at your door; it desires to have _____, but you must master it.”
Now Cain said ____ his brother Abel, “Let’s go out to the _______.” And while they were in the field, Cain __________ his brother Abel and killed him.
Multiple Choice
Then the Lord said to Cain, “1. ( ) are you angry? Why is your face sad? If you do what is 2. ( ) will you not be accepted? But if you do 3. ( ) do what is right, sin is crouching at 4. ( ) door; it desires to have you, but you must master 5. ( ).”
Now Cain said 6. ( ) his brother Abel, “Let’s go out to the field.” And while they were 7. ( ) the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and 8. ( ) him.
1. a. who b. what c. how d. why
2. a. right b. write c. wrong d. rite
3. a. knot b. not c. no d. but
4. a. you b. her c. you’re d. your
5. a. him b. her c. it d. he
6. a. to b. too c. two d. the
7. a. on b. upon c. by d. in
8. a. kill b. kills c. killed d. killing
Pair Work Discussion Questions:
A
What things make you angry?
What would you tell an angry person?
What is God trying to do with his questions here?
What questions would you ask a soon to be murderer?
What do you think of God’s advice to Cain?
B
What things make you sad?
What would you tell a sad person?
What would you tell someone angry enough to murder?
What questions would you ask a murderer?
Why do you think Cain wanted to murder Abel in a field?
Key Vocabulary
Lord 耶和花
said 说了
why 为什么
angry 生气
face 脸
sad 难过
if 如果
right 得好
accepted 纳
sin 罪
crouching 伏
desires 必恋 幕
to have 有
master it 制伏他
brother 兄弟
let's go 去吧
field 田
attacked 攻打
killed him 杀他
Exercise Answers
Synonym Matching: Lord-->God, said-->told, angry-->upset, sad-->downcast, right-->correct, accepted-->recognized, do not-->don’t, sin-->evil, crouching-->sitting, master-->rule, kill-->murder.
Antonym Matching: sad-->happy, right-->wrong, accepted-->rejected, sin-->good, crouching-->standing, door-->wall, master-->serve, now-->later, brother-->stranger, go-->stay, attacked-->defended, killed-->healed.
Listening Blank Fill: angry, what, if, is, you, to, field, attacked.
Multiple Choice: 1. d. why 2. a. right 3. b. not 4. d. your 5. c. it 6. a. to 7. d. in 8. c. killed
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