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 - Harriet Holmes And The Portrait - Stage 4 A2 - Downloadable Multimedia Has Harriet got the detective skills of her father? The portrait of Lord Methody, the founder of Methody School is missing. But who could want the portrait of this unpopular man and why? Harriet Holmes and her friends, Violet and John set out to solve the mystery – but has Harriet got the detective skills of her father? Read and find out! Syllabus Vocabulary areas School, family, materials Grammar and structures Present tenses, Past simple regular and irregular forms, Past continuous, Present perfect Be going to future, Question words (Who, Why, Where, What) Adjectives and adverbs Before / after clauses, Must Might, Look + adjective Expressions: Suddenly Quick! Let’s go. Thank you. Very clever! Well done Remember ...
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 -The Children And The Forests - Stage 4 A2 - Downloadable Multimedia Files Do you enjoy walking among the trees and watching for forest animals? Do you know how important forests are for our world and our health? This book is about the three main different types of forests, about where you can find them, what the weather is like there and which animals live in and under the trees. It is also an adventure story about two children who overhear plans to destroy a part of their forest and who ask other children to join them to help save it. Syllabus Vocabulary areas nature and environment, forest animals, weather Grammar and structures Present simple Present perfect Can Comparative and superlative adjectives Adverbs of frequency
Young ELI Readers - Katie’s Happy Holiday - Stage 1 Below A1 - Downloadable Multimedia Katie has some very special friends… They are the toys who live in the Land of Forgotten Toys. In this story they invite Katie to go with them on holiday. But, as usual, Katie and her friends are soon involved in an exciting adventure. Syllabus Vocabulary areas Toys, sport and leisure, clothes, feelings, food, the world around us Grammar and Structures Present simple and continuous Has got Singular and plural nouns Can for ability Too (big) Like + vb + ing Me too / so do I Question words: Where, Who Expressions: Let’s … Come with us! Oh dear! You can do it! Oh no! What a happy holiday!
Young ELI Readers - PB3 and the Bees - Stage 2 A1 - Downloadable Multimedia PB3 and Robin land on Earth to escape the terrible OOs who are chasing them in another spaceship. They are very surprised to find some beautiful creatures. They are soft and have got wings and black and yellow stripes. They are bees! Some Earth children are telling them all about the importance of bees when they hear the roar of a tractor. An ecological disaster is about to happen. Syllabus Vocabulary areas The world around us, animals, parts of the body (animals) Language Present simple | Present continuous | Prepositions of place and movement Can / can’t There are / aren’t Have got. Expressions: Look out! What’s the matter? Look behind you! Can I try? Quick! Poor bees! I’ve got an idea!
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 - 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 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 - 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 - PB3 And The Jacket - Stage 2 A1 Downloadable Multimedia ‘These are animals from a farm. A pig goes oink and a sheep goes baa. There’s a chicken and a duck and a horse of course. And a sad little goat with a curly coat.’ Two children, Sue and Ben, dive into the sea and meet PB3 and his robot, Robin. Together they come face to face with the bad OOs from Planet X011 and together they discover a terrible plan. Can they stop the OOs? Syllabus Vocabulary areas Clothes, animals, colours, feelings Grammar and structures Present simple, Present progressive, Imperatives Possessive adjectives, Adverbs, There is / There are, Question words: what? / why?, Conjunctions: and / but, Prepositions of place
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 - 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 - PB3 Recycles - Stage 2 A1 Downloadable Multimedia 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? 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 - 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 - PB3 And The Fish - Stage 2 A1 Downloadable Multimedia PB3 finds that helping isn’t always as easy as it seems and it’s important to think before you act! PB3 and his robot, Robin, are with their Earth friends, Ben and Sue finding out about life at the beach. Suddenly the evil OOs arrive in their spaceship and try to catch them. In their hurry to escape the two ETs dive into the water and discover another world under the sea. In their attempt to help some grey fish they put them in great danger. Ben and Sue help them to understand but can they put the situation right again? Syllabus Grammar and structures present simple, present progressive, have got for, possessions, verb + infinitive, conjunctions: and but prepositions of place, can / can’t, there’s / there are Expressions It’s more difficult than, it looks, It’s better, It’s time for …, I’ve got an idea!, Ooops!, Oh dear!, Goodbye, come again soon!
Young ELI Readers - School Detectives - Stage 2 A1 Downloadable Audio Files This story tells the adventure of two children. One is studious and interested in all scientific things. The other is energetic and sporty. Although they live next door to each other and go to the same school, they never speak... until one day something changes all that. Kim and Tony learn to appreciate each other’s skills and to bring these together to prevent a crime. Children learn through them that critical thinking and collaboration can solve problems and that you don’t have to be the same to be friends. Syllabus Vocabulary areas school, hobbies, body parts, feelings Grammar and structures Present simple Present continuous Imperatives Can There is / There are Possessive ‘s In this Reader you will find: Games and language activities | Au audio recording of the story | A picture dictionary
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 And The Emperor Penguins - Stage 3 A1.1 Downloadable Multimedia 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 the 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. Syllabus 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’t, Question words: what? / why? / who? Prepositions of place, Comparative sentences, Distributives: every, all + noun
Young ELI Readers - Uncle Jack And The Bakonzi Tree - Stage 3 A1.1 Downloadable Multimedia ‘In the deep green forest what can you see? Ants and snakes and spiders and monkeys up a tree! In the deep green forest what can you do? Take photos. Climb up and swing from trees too!’ You will learn something about the Nyungwe Forest in this exciting adventure where Uncle Jack and the others fly off to Africa to look for a cure for King Kambogo. They don’t realise but there are some bad men who don’t want them to find the cure! Syllabus Vocabulary areas Animals, nature, feelings Grammar and structures Past simple regular and irregular forms, Verb + infinitive, Verb + -ing, Adverbs, Can / can’t, Must / mustn’t, Question words: what? / why?, Prepositions of place
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 - 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 …
Young ELI Readers - Dr Domuch And The Dinosaur Egg - Stage 3 A1.1 - Downloadable Audio Files What would you do if you found a baby dinosaur in your oven? This is what happens to Sally and her brother and sister. Sally and Orry, the dinosaur, quickly make friends. But how can the children protect him from the rest of the world? Underlying this story are lessons about taking initiatives and working in a team as well as a few facts about dinosaurs. There is also a good dose of humour as the children, helped by Dr Domuch try to solve the problem of what to do with Orry. Syllabus Vocabulary areas science, nature, physical descriptions, friendship Grammar and structures Present simple Past simple (regular and irregular forms) Imperatives Can There is / There are Comparative and superlative Adjectives
Young ELI Readers - Dr Domuch And The Huemuls - Stage 3 A1.1 - Downloadable Audio Files Do you know what a huemul is? This story will take you on an adventure from the museum where Dr Domuch works to the land of the huemuls in the heights of the Andes in Patagonia. Do Domuch and the children, Ben Pat and Sally, become involved in trying to solve the mystery of who stole a necklace and how. At the same time the children meet some indigenous people, learn about the endangered huemul and are also encouraged to think about the philosophical concept of right and wrong. Syllabus Vocabulary areas Places and directions, time, the world around us Grammar and structures Present simple and continuous Past continuous Past simple (regular and irregular forms) Must for obligation Can / Can’t for possibility May for possibility Relative clauses
Young ELI Readers - Harry And An Electrical Problem - Stage 4 A2 - Downloadable Multimedia ‘When you have a problem and you don’t know what to do. Just stop a moment and look around you. You might think your problem is as big as a house. But in fact it might be as small as a... MOUSE!’ Harry and his detective friends go on an adventure to discover the dark secret of a famous magician, but they get too close! Will Harry be able to rescue his friends? Will he be able to solve the puzzle? Syllabus Vocabulary areas Transport, food, feelings, physical description Grammar and structures Past simple, Past continuous, Present perfect, Going to …, Will, Might / Should, Giving directions, If … will (1st conditional), So / after (conjunctions)
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 - Granny Fixit And The Ball - Stage 1 Below A1 With Downloadable Audio Files ‘The small dog has the football! The small dog has the football! Granny Fixit, can you fix it? Granny Fixit, can you fix it? Can you get the ball for Paul?’ This is a story about Granny Fixit and a boy who loses his ball. There’s a skateboard chase through the town when a dog, a cat and then a squirrel take the ball. Can Granny Fixit get the ball back for the boy? Syllabus Vocabulary areas Sports and leisure, transport, animals, adjectives to describe feelings 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 - Granny Fixit And The Yellow String - Stage 1 Below A1 With Downloadable Multimedia 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? Anne is running to school. Her school bag is open! Her books are falling out of her bag. Ann is always losing her things! The teacher is angry. Ann doesn’t have her book… again! Granny Fixit puts her hand in her small yellow bag. What is in there? Oh! It is a piece of yellow string! Syllabus Vocabulary areas School, family and friends, the home, toys Grammar and structures Present simple, Present progressive, imperatives, There is / there are, Question words: Where? / What?, Conjunctions: and / but, determiners: this / that / a / an / a lot of
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
First ELI Readers - Martha And The Woolly Rhino - Kindergarten/Early Primary With Downloadable Audio Files Martha the mammoth and her prehistoric animal friends are playing happily together in the wood when Martha discovers a baby woolly rhino called Ryan who has lost his mum and dad. While Martha and her friends look after the baby rhino, Bella the butterfly sets off in search of Ryan’s parents. The fear of getting lost is one readers of this age will readily relate to and the way the young animals look after the baby rhino and imaginatively solve the problem will delight and amuse children. Syllabus Vocabulary areas Animals, colours, feelings, adjectives Grammar and structures Present simple Present continuous Imperatives Articles
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
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.
