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Ann is ALWAYS losing her things and her teacher is angry. But help is on the way! Granny Fixit and her piece of yellow string solve all her problems … or do they? In this reader you will find:
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Grammar and structures Present simple Present progressive Imperatives Have for possession There is / There are Can for ability Question words: Where? / What? Conjunctions: and / but Determiners: this / that / a / an / a lot of
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Vocabulary areas School, family and friends, the home, toys
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ere is Ann. She’s running to school. Oh dear! Her school bag is open! Her books and her pencil and ruler are falling out of her bag. Ann is ALWAYS losing her things!
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The teacher is angry. Ann doesn’t have her book … again! Ann! Where’s your book? You are ALWAYS losing your things!
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Ann is in the park. She’s talking to her friend Granny Fixit. Ann is sad because her teacher is angry.
My teacher is angry. I’m ALWAY losing my things!
Hmm. Is that your book on the floor?
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Granny Fixit puts her hand in her small yellow bag. What’s in there? 5
Oh! It’s a piece of yellow string. Granny Fixit puts the yellow string into Ann’s school bag! Ann is picking up her book.
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Thank you Granny Fixit. Goodbye Ann.
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Ann is running to her house. Oh dear! Her school bag is open again! Her pencil, her book, her rubber and crayons are falling out of her bag. But wait! The string is picking up all the things! It’s putting them in her school bag!
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I’m a yellow piece of str ing. more than dance and sing. I do much When you drop things on the floor. u I pick them p … and look for more! 3
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4 Ann is in her house. Her mum is very happy.
Today she has ALL her things!
Very good Ann. You have all your things!
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The next morning Ann puts her things in her school bag, has breakfast and goes to school. Have a nice day at school, Ann.
Goodbye mum. Goodbye dad.
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Ann is running to school. Oh dear! Her school bag is open AGAIN! Her books and her pencil and rubber and ruler and crayons are falling out of her school bag.
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But don’t worry! There’s the yellow string picking them up again and putting them in Ann’s school bag. Granny Fixit is watching. She’s very happy.
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But …! What’s happening? The yellow string is not only picking up ANN’s things! It’s picking up ALL the things! Stop! Come back!
What’s that! A carrot! A kite! A doll! A plant! Oh no! Granny Fixit is not happy! 14
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I’m a yellow piece of str ing. more than dance and sing. I do much
When you drop things on the floor. u I pick them p … and look for more!
6 Granny Fixit puts her hand in her
small yellow bag. What’s in there? 15
It’s a skateboard! And Granny Fixit is on it! But … Oh no! The string picks up a lamp and a watch and an orange and …
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Activity Pages 1 Read, match and draw.
Granny Fixit
school bag
watch
dog
lamp
book
teacher
plant
pencil
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Ann
2 Find the words. Fill the gaps in the song.
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r n g yellowd
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I’m a __________ yellow piece of ________. I do much more than ________ and ________. When you ________ things on the _________. I ________ them up and ________ for more!
3 Match the sentence halves. 1 Ann
picks up ALL the things!
2 Fido
helps Ann.
3 The yellow string
is ALWAYS losing her things!
4 Granny Fixit
is the teacher’s dog.
5 The teacher says
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4 Write. Use the picture dictionary to help you. 1
2
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A
B
C
D
kite A3 = _________________
B3 = _________________
D2 = _________________
C3 = _________________
B2 = _________________
A1 = _________________
C1 = _________________
D3 = _________________
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5 Look and complete the sentences. 5 3
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teacher Ann
flower
noise
Granny Fixit
is running is talking are making is having is picking
Granny Fixit is having 1 _____________ _____________ breakfast. 2 _____________ _____________ to school. 3 Mum _____________ a _____________ . 4 The _____________ _____________ to Fido. 5 The children _____________ a lot of _____________! 31
6 Read and draw. The yellow string is picking up a flower, a pencil, a ruler, a watch and a little dog.
7 Do you like the story? Draw your face. = I love the story! = I like the story. = I quite like the story. = I don’t like the story. 32