Uncle Jack is reading a book in the garden. Jim and his sisters are playing with a ball. Grumpy the dog begins to bark. He wants to show them something... Uncle Jack, Grumpy, Daisy and May look into the next door garden. It's incredible! There are two baby meerkats in a cage and they are crying! They come from the Kalahari Desert! Uncle Jack decides to take them home. It's the beginning of a great adventure! Vocabulary areas: Animals, nature, feelings, town. Grammar and Structures: Past simple regular and irregular forms, Verb + ing, Verb + infinitive, Could, Must for obligation, Shall for obligation, Adverbs: ... |
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Here are the Emperor Penguins as happy as can be. They're off to lay their eggs in a place far from the sea. They stay here all winter, as cold as cold can be. Until their babies hatch in a place far from the sea. In this hilarious story you will learn something about the habits of the Emperor Penguins and follow Uncle Jack and the others in their race against time to help the penguins to the place where they lay their eggs. Vocabulary areas: Weather, food, physical description. Grammar and Structures: Past simple regular and irregular forms, Verb + infinitive, Verb + -ing, Adverbs, Can / can't, Must / mustn' ... |
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Have you ever seen a sloth? Jim and his brother and sister meet one in this adventure in the Amazon Rainforest. This is a story of how they team up with Slowly, the Sloth and his friends, helped by Uncle Jack, his daughter Dr Silver and some Amazon Indians to save their habitat. Vocabulary areas: The world around us, family, the body. Grammar and Structures: Present, Present continuous, Past verb + ing, Infinitive of purpose, Comparatives, Adverbs, Let's..., Must for obligation, Should for advice, Question words: What... How... Topic: Adventure, Protecting our environment, Solidarity. Level: Beginner A1.1. ... |
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Real beauty comes from inside. This is the story of a wicked Queen and her magic mirror. Snow White runs away to the forest where she meets seven kind dwarfs. But does the queen find Snow White? Who can save Snow White? Read the story to find out! Vocabulary areas: Physical descriptions, Parts of the face, In the kitchen, Ordinal numbers, Forest animals. Grammar and Structures: Comparative form: as + adjective + as, Comparative and superlative adjectives, Past simple regular and irregular forms, Must for obligation, Adverbs, Adjectives, Question words. Topic: Friends, Adventure, Jealousy, Emotions. Level: Beginner A1.1. ... |
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Once upon a time, a long time ago, in London there was a happy family in a happy house... This is a story of a boy who never grew up, with his friends Wendy and the jealous fairy Tinker Bell. Why are there no Lost Girls in Neverland? What did the crocodile want to eat? Vocabulary areas: Family, gender and gender role. Grammar and Structures: Common regular and irregular verbs in the simple past, all forms, Common regular and irregular verbs in the present, all forms; There is / are / was / were, all forms + simple determiners; Modal verbs: can and could for ability; Adverbs of manner and frequency; Adjectives; ... |
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Retold by Lisa Suett. ... Poor Cinderella! She works all day and her two horrible stepsisters don't help her. One day an invitation arrives from the Prince. But Cinderella can't go to the party because she's got work to do. But her fairy godmother arrives and amazing things happen! Does she go to the party? Does she meet the Prince?"— Oh no! I must go. The magic stops at midnight - said Cinderella. — Wait! Come back! I don't know your name - called the Prince." From the book Vocabulary areas: clothes, housework. Grammar and structures: Past simple regular and irregular forms, Verb + infinitive, ... |
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Can you imagine being whooshed away by the wind to a magic land of witches and strange characters? Have you ever met Munchkins or Winkies or monkeys with wings and an all powerful wizard? This is the story of how Dorothy made some wonderful friends in a magic land and how she tried to get back home to Kansas. Did she manage? You'll have to read the story to find out! Vocabulary areas: Colours, clothes, parts of the body, directions. Grammar and Structures: Present simple, Verb + infinitive, Must and have to for obligation, Determiners: some - any, Adjectives of description and feeling, Prepositions of place. Topic: ... |
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Why doesn't summer come to the Giant's garden? Find out how the Selfish Giant changes and learns about friendship. A Giant lives in a castle with a beautiful garden. But the Giant is selfish and wants it all to himself. He doesn't want the children to play in his garden. Winter comes and never leaves until... something happens and the Giant learns about love and sharing! Vocabulary areas: seasons, nature, adjectives, feelings. Grammar and Structures: Present simple, Present continuous, There is / There are, Prepositions of place, Possessive's, Adverbs of frequency. Topic: Friendship, Sharing, How to treat ... |
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Retold by Jane Cadwallader. ... This adventure story tells the beginnings of the legend of Robin Hood, a legend that has fascinated generations of children. It starts when Robin Hood comes home to England after fighting for King Richard the Lionheart. He finds that his house has been taken over by the bad Prince John and his servant the Sheriff of Nottingham. Robin goes into Sherwood Forest where, along with Maid Marion, he forms a band to fight back against the bad Prince and the Sheriff and to defend the poor. Vocabulary areas: phsycial descriptions, food and meals, everyday activities, action verbs. Grammar and ... |
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Do you always try hard to get the things you like and want? Well, this is the story of a lazy fox. Felix the fox doesn't always try hard! Felix is a fox. She's very lazy and never wants to try hard. She's always got an excuse! When she can't do something, Felix blames other things and situations. But be careful! When you want something, you have to try hard to get it. Vocabulary areas: Members of the family, actions, the wood. Grammar and Structures: Prepositions of place, Present simple-positive, negative, question forms - Can / Can't for ability. Topic: Family, Free time. Level: Beginner A1. ... |
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PB3 finds that recycling definitely has advantages! But will it help him find what he needs to fix Robin? When PB3's robot, Robin, stops working, the doctor on Planet P3 tells PB3 to throw her in the rubbish and buy a new robot. There is a needle made of wood that is broken and cannot be replaced because there are now no trees on Planet 3. PB3 goes off to Earth to look for a needle made of wood to save his friend. During his search he finds out about recycling and also about children who collect things to sell on rubbish tips. Will the children be able to help PB3 and will PB3 and Robin be able to help the children? ... |
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They don't have apples, potatoes or beans OR even a pea. They don't have pears. They don't have grapes. Poor Robin and PB3! When Fred helps a friendly extraterrestrial, PB3, and his robot, Robin, to buy Earth fruit and vegetables he doesn't know that some sticky substance from outer space will come to his rescue and punish a school bully. Vocabulary areas: Fruit and vegetables, colours. Grammar and Structures: Present simple, Present progressive, Imperatives, Possessive adjectives, Can / can't, There is / There are, Question words: what? / why?, Conjunctions: and / but, Prepositions of place. Topic: ... |
