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Where has the Snow Queen taken Kay?
How do you think the story will end?

A) Gerda saves Kay from the Snow Queen and they realise that they are in love
B) The Snow Queen freezes Kay and Gerda - and keeps them as ice statues in her home
C) Gerda realises that Kay will be bad forever, so she gives up and goes home alone
D) Something else 

To do

Watch the video and find out which option is correct. And listen out for five more uses of stick.

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To do

So, the correct answer is A) Gerda saves Kay and they realise that they are in love - and live happily ever after. Ah, what a happy ending!

Now lets practise the different uses of stick. Have a go at this quiz.

Over to you

How was that? Now it's time for you to tell us a story! It can be a true story or an imagined one - but it must be your own original work. Try to use as many of the phrases with stick as possible:

• stick up for  
• stick with 
• stick by 
• stick
• stuck 
• can't stick
• stick together

Email your story to us at [email protected]. Make sure you write 'stick story' in the subject line and in your email too. Unfortunately, we can't give individual feedback, but we do read every email, and we’ll publish our favourites here or on our social media sites.

Your stories

Juan Carlos, Colombia

hello everybody,  I have to admit that this exercise is very hard for me, because I'm not good trying to write stories, but  for this exercise I made my own version about a book that I read. Its title  in Spanish is 'El capote' but in English mean ' The Coat '….

This story began in San Petersburgo. In  this city  lived an man called Akaki Akakieviech but for not make a long story I'll call him only Akaki. 

Akaki worked in a government office, his job was routine but he not can't [couldn’t] stick it. He was working in this place for 40 years and he always carried his coat. This coat was very old and in the winter Akaki needed to collect sticks to throw into the fire to keep warm. 

One day Akaki went to visit a tailor because he wanted a coat. The tailor made him a new coat and when Akaki saw it, he was stuck for words to say because it was the most beautiful coat that he had seen.

Akaki was excited and his co-workers organized a party to stick with him to watch his coat, but when the party ended and all people went to their houses, Akaki's coat was stolen by two thieves.

Next day Akaki arrived at the police station to report the theft but the police chief didn't stick up for him, this made him get sick and finally in few days he died.

After that, every night in San Petersburgo the people began to see a ghost that had the same face of Akaki and one night the chief police saw the Akaki's ghost and he was stuck while Akaki took the police's coat and said " we'll always  stick together".

BBC Learning English says:

A great story with plenty of uses of ‘stick’. Remember to keep your tenses the same – past or present. Thank you Juan.

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Tal, Finland

It's a story about how we stick up for family members to face up to unexpected challenges. 

Not long time ago, our son born to the poorly prepared home; which has challenged us immensely. I and my wife determinedly stick up for each other despite hundreds and hundreds disagreeable things;including baby food,baby clothes,showering baby,you can name it. 

Even we have numerous unpleasant arguments every single day at the very beginning, I strongly stick by her; since I did the unwise decision. For me, it is absolutely understandable why she complains of the unhappy experience time after time. She is extremely frustrated in her broken education progress ;she has been stuck with pregnancy and babysitting over two years. At one time or another, her unfriendly words stuck in my heart profoundly;after all I stick with her, in order to ease her massive stress. 

On the other hand, we do stick together--there is no two ways about it. We love our baby son with heart and soul as we rush to home in no time;we stand shoulder to shoulder to work out incredible tough problems.I strongly believe it is only a matter of time before we create a bright future. 

BBC Learning English says:

Thanks for your touching story and good uses of ‘stick’. We wish you a bright and happy future.

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That's the end of Session 4. In session 5, Tim from the Learning English team is back with the latest episode of our new pronunciation series. Don't miss it!