Young Eli Readers Stage 1 (cef A1): THE ANT AND THE GRASSHOPPER + Downloadable Multimedia

Ant house is small and very nice. In summer it’s cool and in winter it’s warm. Grasshopper hasn’t got a house. She lives outside. She doesn’t think about winter. She likes singing! She sings all day! It’s very hot in summer but the ant works hard. Grasshopper doesn’t like working. She prefers singing. But then winter arrives and it’s very cold. Ant has got lots of food. Her house is warm and nice. Grasshopper knocks at the door. She’s hungry. She doesn’t want to sing and dance now! Syllabus Vocabulary areas fruit and vegetables, food, the weather and the seasons Grammar and structures Present simple – positive, negative and interrogative forms - Present continuous (not with future reference) - Like + v + -ing - Determiners – a, an, the, some, these - Can for ability - Conjunctions (and, or) - Possessive adjectives (his, her) In this Reader you will find: Games and language activities | A Make it section | A Let’s Act! section | An audio recording of the story and the song Tags Comparing routines/habits | Nature