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Young ELI Readers - Granny Fixit And The Viking Children - Stage 1 Below A1 With Downloadable Multimedia

Can the children save a baby whale on the beach with the help of some Viking children? (And a little help from Granny Fixit, of course!).

When the children go with their mother to a Viking archaeological site Granny Fixit organises an interesting encounter for them with some Viking children. Together they find a baby whale on the beach. Will they be able to help the baby whale go back to its mother in the sea?

Syllabus

Vocabulary areas

Family and friends, sport, the world around us

Grammar and structures

Present simple - Present progressive - Have got for possessions - Can for permission - Can for ability

Expressions

Would you like to … / Let’s … - Thank you – Ooops - Er… - Suddenly … - Pronouns: I / you / we, my / our / your – Too - Descriptive adjectives - Question words: where, what - Look out! - Ah! Help! - Oh! - Shh!

Young ELI Readers - PB3 And The Helping Hands - Stage 2 A1 Downloadable Multimedia

Will the children be able to save PB3 and Robin from the OOs? And from the journalists?

PB3 and Robin are happily doing their Earth homework! Little do they suspect that the evil OOs are chasing them! It looks like the end for our ET friends but … a band of Earth children come to the rescue. Will they be able to save them?

Syllabus

Vocabulary areas

Family, the home, sports and leisure, feelings

Grammar and structures

Present simple

Present progressive

Comparatives

Verb + infinitive

Conjunctions: and, but

Prepositions of place and movement

What (a/an) + adj + n Too

Question words: who, what, why

Young ELI Readers - Granny Fixit And The Pirate - Stage 1 Below A1 With Downloadable Multimedia

Look at the parrots! Pink and blue Grey and purple Green ones too. Parrots parrots everywhere One on the wardrobe One on the chair.’

When Jill and Ahmed find themselves by magic on a pirate ship they meet sad Pirate Bill. He has no pirate hat, treasure or parrot!

But with Granny Fixit around no one stays sad for long!

Syllabus

Vocabulary areas

Animals, furniture, numbers, colours

Grammar and structures

Present simple, Present progressive, Imperatives, Have for possession, There is / There are, Can for ability, Question words: what? / where? / who?, Conjunctions: and / but

Young ELI Readers - Katie, Teddy And The Princess - Stage 1 Below A1 With Downloadable Audio Files

Katie has some special friends, Regazza the doll and Monty the toy mouse. They live in the Land of Forgotten Toys, the place where toys go when they are left forgotten in a toy box.

In this story Katy and her friends help a teddy that has fallen in love with a princess. Will Teddy be strong enough to become a true hero? … Will Katie and her friends manage to help him? This is a story about solving problems in a creative way and about the importance of being determined and not giving up.

Syllabus

Vocabulary areas

feelings, time of day, action verbs, fairytale vocabulary

Grammar and structures

Present simple

Present continuous

There is / are

Has / have got

Prepositions of place

Can for ability

Pronouns

Young ELI Readers - Rumbledumble And The Storm - Stage 2 A1 - Downloadable Audio Files

Some children help their parents to learn that, although we are different, we can all help each other.

Most of the people in the village don’t like Rumbledumble. He’s very big and a bit scary. The only ones who aren’t scared are the children of the village who often go to his house to play. It takes a storm to change things. How? What happens? Read and find out!

Syllabus

Vocabulary areas:

The weather, work, rooms of the house, furniture, feelings

Language

Present simple

Present continuous

Comparatives

Prepositions of place and movement

There is / are

Expressions

Hurry!

A bit (scary)

Thank you / Thank you very much

Be careful

Hold … for me please

Let’s...

In fact…

What a mess!

Oh, great!

Tags

Climate | Friendship | Bravery

Academy Stars 4: Workbook With Digital Workbook

The Academy Stars Pupil's Book Pack provides multiple components that work together in and out of the classroom. The pack contains the print Pupil's Book plus an access code for the digital Pupil's Practice Kit and online Pupil's Resource Centre.

Young ELI Readers - Uncle Jack And The Bear Adventure - Stage 3 A1.1 - Downloadable Multimedia

Join Uncle Jack, Berta and the children on this action-packed adventure and learn something about sharing the world with animals on the way.

Uncle Jack and the children were relaxing in their garden when there was a call from Berta Black, Uncle Jack’s friend from Alaska. She was phoning about a bear problem. Berta Black had a simple plan to save the bears, but that was before some thieves arrived!

Syllabus

Vocabulary areas

The home, sports and leisure, food

Grammar and structures

Past simple regular and irregular forms

Verb + infinitive

Verb + ing

Infinitive of purpose, Adverbs, Relative clauses

Expressions:

Wait a minute!

Look! There it is!

What’s that?

Oh no!

That’s a fantastic idea!

Let’s do it!

Hello! Welcome to …

How exciting!

Can you … please?

Young ELI Readers - Granny Fixit And The Monkey - Stage 1 Below A1 With Downloadable Multimedia

Granny Fixit, Lucy and Bill race through a bio park chasing a naughty monkey.

In this funny adventure in a biopark a monkey takes Granny Fixit’s small yellow bag! What does the monkey take out of the bag? And What can Granny

Fixit, Lucy and Bill do to get it back?

Syllabus

Vocabulary areas

Animals, family, clothes

Grammar and structures

Present, present continuous

- there is / are - have got (for possession)

- can for requests - like + ing – pronouns

- adjectives to show feelings

- expressions: Naughty monkey! What now? Oh dear!

- Be careful! Come here! Sorry! What an adventure

Young ELI Readers - Uncle Jack and the meerkats - Stage 3 A1.1 Downloadable Multimedia

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!

Syllabus

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: never, sadly, a lot, Comparatives / superlatives: better, best

Young ELI Readers - PB3 And The Vegetables - Stage 2 A1 Downloadable Multimedia

‘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.

Syllabus

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

Young ELI Readers - Granny Fixit And The Video Game - Stage 1 Below A1 - Downloadable Multimedia

Granny Fixit is in the park listening to the birds. How can she distract the children?

There are two children. They aren’t enjoying the park! They’re playing a video game! How can Granny Fixit distract the children? How can she show them that it’s fun to play in the park, too? Read the story and find out!

Syllabus

Vocabulary areas

Colours, body and physical descriptions, sports and leisure

Language

Present simple action verbs

Present continuous

Can for ability and for permission

Have got

There is / are

Expressions:

Please / Thank you /

Hello / Goodbye /

What a/an

Let’s …

Would you like to ...

I like + verb + ing

Oh dear! Me too! See you later!

Young ELI Readers Real Life - Nyangoma’s Story A Child’s Life in Uganda - Downloadable Multimedia Files

Nyangoma is an Ugandan girl who tells her daily life to children of her age: what they eat, how their school is like, the toys they play with, her friends. It’s really touching listening to her words describing her Country and her life.

Nyangoma, a twelve-year-old African girl, invites the reader into her world to meet her family and to see what everyday life is like in a real Ugandan village. Come and find out about her home and school and what Nyangoma and her friends do in their free time. Then discover what happens to her one day on the way to school.

Syllabus

Vocabulary areas

Home and family, food, animals, the world around us

Grammar and structures

Past continuous - Present perfect – Will – Adverbs - Conjunctions after before - If so - If and when clauses (in zero conditionals)

- Before / after clauses, Verbs that take infinite /gerund, Infinitive of purpose

- Be/look like - Be made of/from, Comparatives and superlatives, Descriptive adjectives

Young ELI Readers - Harriet Holmes and the Pirate Treasure - Stage 4 A2 - Downloadable Multimedia

A new adventure for Harriett Holmes.

Will Harriet Holmes and her friends be able to solve the case of the ghost of Lady Emily who is trying to scare Lady Frankie Strangehill from her home? Has it got anything to do with some pirate treasure from long ago?

Syllabus

Vocabulary areas

Jobs, time references, house, sport and leisure

Language

Present tenses, Simple past regular and irregular, Past continuous (for interrupted actions and background setting), Present perfect;

Will

Going to future;

Why, Who, Where, What?;

Where clauses, When clauses, Conjunctions and, but, so

Expressions

To die of a broken heart. I’ll …. later

Then, one day … Let me in Go away!

Maybe … It’s like a … Suddenly …

Quick! I wonder … Just in time …

That’s bad news!

Young ELI Readers - Harry And The Sports Competition With Downloadable Multimedia

Harry is the very last person to volunteer for a sport competition! In this story our reluctant hero braves golf and volleyball to come out tops (to everyone’s surprise!).

Harry and his three friends are selected to take part in the Police Sport Competition. They arrive at the luxury hotel by the sea where the competition is to take place. Everything seems normal… but something dark is going on at the hotel.

Syllabus

Vocabulary areas

Sports and leisure, time, clothes and

materials, work, the world around us

Grammar structures

Past simple, Past progressive,

Present perfect, Will, Going to,

Tag questions,

Should, Must, Verbs + infinitive

- ing form, When clauses,

Adverbs: already, after, suddenly

Tags

Sport | Crime

Young ELI Readers - Harry And The Crown - Stage 4 A2 - Downloadable Multimedia

‘Put your elbows up stamp your feet on the ground make circles with your shoulders and turn around do the Armour Jive and count to five 1 2 3 4 5 HEY!’

In this amusing story Harry, the reluctant hero, braves robbers and ghosts and armour to triumph in the end (by accident!). Two detectives, Harry and Emma are sent to the castle to lie in wait for some robbers. The enthusiastic Emma persuades Harry to put on some armour as a disguise. The night is long and events take an un expected turn. Harry’s mood turns from reluctant to bored to horrified! How will the night end?

Syllabus

Vocabulary areas

Materials, directions, places in a town, parts of the body, clothes.

Grammar and structures

Past simple, Past continuous, Be going to…, Will, Giving directions, If … (zero conditional), Be made of…, See you …

Young ELI Readers - PB3 and Coco the Clown - Stage 2 A1 Downloadable Multimedia

It’s night. Sally is having dinner with her uncle, Coco the clown, Suddenly something lands on the roof of Coco’s caravan! OH! It’s a spaceship!

PB3 and his robot, Robin come down the stairs of the spaceship. They are very surprised. On Planet P3 they don’t have animals, or caravans. Coco and Sally invite PB3 and Robin to visit the circus.

Syllabus

Vocabulary areas

Family, time and meals, the body and face, clothes, colours

Grammar and structures

Present simple, Present progressive,

Verb + infinitive,

Infinitive of purpose, There is / there are,

Prepositions of place and movement,

Possessive adjectives, Descriptive

adjectives, Question words: Who? /

What? / Why? / Where?

Young ELI Readers - Our Water. Our World - Stage 4 A2 - Downloadable Multimedia Files

How we look after water is something that will greatly affect the future of our Earth and the wellbeing of its inhabitants.

This book asks children to think about the questions: What do you know about water? How much water is there on Earth and why is it so important? What do you know about the animals that live in our oceans, rivers and lakes? Are we looking after this vital natural resource? It also tells three stories from different parts of the world about how children have dealt with problems related to water.

Syllabus

Vocabulary areas

materials, wild animals, nature, time, work

Grammar and structures

Present simple and continous

Present perfect

Will for future reference

Going to for future reference

Have to for obligation

Should for advice

Comparative and superlative adjectives

Infinitive of purpose

Young ELI Readers - Harry And The Egyptian Tomb With Downloadable Multimedia

Emma and Harry went down the River Nile in a boat. They sailed through the desert and visited lots of pyramids. One day, a young girl spoke to them.

The Adventure is ready to begin. Two police officers, Harry and Emma, are sent to investigate an ancient Egyptian tomb where stolen gold is

hidden. Harry is not happy and his mood gets worse when he finds out that a young girl is going to be their guide. However,

Harry and Emma go into the tomb of the ancient Egyptian queen Nefertari, led by Chione. What dangers will they meet? And what will they find inside?

Syllabus

Vocabulary areas

The world around us, feelings, food, materials

Grammar and structures

Present simple, past simple and

progressive, present perfect, future

will and going to, Infinitive of purpose,

Conjunctions: and, but, so

clauses with before and after,

Prepositions: through, down, into

looks / sounds + adjectives

First ELI Readers - Martha And The Tiger Party - Kindergarten/Early Primary With Downloadable Audio Files

Tessa is a very active sabre-toothed tiger! When she finds out there is a tiger birthday party she is very excited and ready to go straight away. However, the other animals feel she should definitely clean up first!

Martha and friends help her to have a bath, brush her hair and clean her teeth before they all set off together. On the way Sancho the squirrel and the communal present fall into the muddy river. Who is going to rescue them? …. And at what cost? The importance of hygiene is one theme of this story. The other is that we should always give a helping hand when we can.

Syllabus

Vocabulary areas

everyday hygiene, parts of the body, sports and leisure verbs

Grammar and structures

Present simple

Present continuous

Pronouns

Has / Have got

Adjectives

Can for ability

Like / love + verb -ing

Young ELI Readers - Maxi’s Adventures - Stage 2 A1 Downloadable Audio Files

Rumbledumble’s greatest loves are: Anna and the other children, his garden and his little dog Maxi.

When Maxi gets lost Rumbledumble and the children search everywhere for him. But Maxi is far away in another, very different, world. Will Maxi get back? Will Rumbledumble find him? This is a story about the loyalty between a man and his dog, about determination and about how help is not all one way; sometimes children can help adults too! It’s also about being kind to a stranger …Even when that stranger is a little dog!

Syllabus

Vocabulary areas

transport, sports and leisure, places and directions

Grammar and structures

Present simple

Present continuous

Prepositions of place

Verb + Infinitive

Determiners

Can / Can’t for ability and possibility

There is / There are

In this Reader you will find:

Games and language activities | Au audio recording of the story | A picture dictionary

Young ELI Readers - Uncle Jack In The Amazon Rainforest - Stage 3 A1.1 - Downloadable Multimedia

Have you ever seen a sloth? Jim and his brother and sister meet one in this adventure in the Amazon Rainforest.

It is the 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.

Syllabus

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 …