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Eli Design Department Diletta Brutti
Jane Cadwallader
Uncle Jack
and the Meerkats
Starters Starters/Movers Movers Flyers
Illustrated by Gustavo Mazali
Production Manager Francesco Capitano Typeset in 14 / 20 pt Monotype Plantin Schoolbook © New edition 2021 ELI s.r.l. © First edition 2011 ELI s.r.l. P.O. Box 6 - 62019 Recanati MC - Italy T +39 071750701 - F +39 071977851 info@elionline.com - www.elionline.com Printed in Italy by Tecnostampa Recanati - ERY310.10 ISBN 978-88-536-3147-3
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Six baby meerkats sad and far from home! Uncle Jack and the children come to the rescue! When Uncle Jack and the children find some homesick baby meerkats they decide to take them home to the Kalahari Desert. Getting there is easy in Uncle Jack’s balloon. But the desert is a dangerous place. Can they keep them safe?
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My name is Jane and I live in a beautiful Spanish city, Madrid. I’m an English author of children’s books. I’ve always loved creating stories and songs for children. The best ideas come to me while… I’m jogging!
Grammar and structures Past simple regular and irregular forms Verb + infinitive / Verb + -ing Could Must for obligation / Shall for obligation Adverbs: never, sadly, a lot Comparatives / superlatives: better best
Jane Cadwallader Uncle Jack and the Meerkats
Jane Cadwallader Uncle Jack and the Meerkats
Vocabulary areas Animals, nature, feelings, town
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ncle Jack was reading a book in the garden. Jim and his sisters, Daisy and May, were playing with a ball. Grumpy the dog began to bark. He wanted to show them something. ‘What’s the matter Grumpy?’ asked Daisy.
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Uncle Jack, Grumpy, Jim, Daisy and May looked into the next door garden. They saw two meerkats in a cage. They were baby meerkats and they were crying! ‘Hm. Let’s go and talk to Mr. Smith,’ said Uncle Jack.
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Uncle Jack and the children went to see Mr Smith who lived next door. Mr Smith said sadly, ‘I bought the meerkats in a pet shop but they never stop crying!’ ‘Perhaps they have a toothache or a stomach-ache,’ said Jim.
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‘No,’ said Uncle Jack. ‘I don’t think so. Meerkats have very strong family feelings. I think they are crying for their mothers and fathers.’ ‘Oh no!’ said Daisy and May.
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Jim pointed to the cage, ‘Look!’ he said, “Witdraai, Kalahari Desert, South Africa”. It’s their address! They come from the Kalahari Desert!’ ‘Hm. I think you’re right,’ said Uncle Jack. He looked at Mr Smith. ‘Shall we take them home?’ he asked. ‘Oh, yes, please!’ answered Mr Smith. ‘YES!’ shouted the twins.
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The next day Uncle Jack put the things in the hot-air balloon. He put in some food and some blankets (it can be very cold in the desert at night). Jim went to get the meerkats but … they weren’t there! ‘We must go and look for them,’ said Daisy and May.
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Activity Pages 1 Who are the characters in the story? 1
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The ________ men _______
_______ _______
_______
from the lorry.
from next door.
the dog.
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_______
and the twins.
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The six _______.
_______ _______.
2 Fill the gaps to tell the story. meerkats meerkats cages hot-air balloon families
desert men
lorry lions
hot-air Uncle Jack and the children went in the _________ balloon to look for the _________ of the _________. _________ When they were in the Kalahari _________ some _________ arrived in a _________. They put the meerkats into _________. Suddenly some _________ arrived too! Uncle Jack rescued the men but first they promised never to catch _________ again. 28
3 Find the words. Fill the gaps in the song. lerriuqs
yad
takreem tar
teef takreem
dnuora
yad smra
tac yalp
tresed yalp
dnuorg
tresed
squirrel or a __________. I’m not a __________ I’m certainly not a horrible __________! I’m a __________ and I love to __________ In the __________ all the long __________. Flap your __________ all __________. Tap your __________ on the __________. Come with me. Be a __________ and __________ In the __________ all the long __________. 4 Match the speech bubble to the character. WOOOOF!
I bought the meerkats in a pet shop.
It’s their address!
Meerkats are wild animals.
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