Young ELi Readers Stage 2 (cef A1): Two Stories About Soup

These are two traditional stories around getting the ingredients to make soup. In the first one, retold in a famous version by Aleksey Tolstoy, who will help grandpa pull up a huge turnip to make soup for his family? In the second, of central European origin, how can a poor man make a delicious soup? Both stories have a strong strand of humour but underlying them are important messages about being ready to ask for and to give help, about the importance of teamwork … And about using your imagination and ingenuity. Syllabus Vocabulary areas family and friends, food, animals, time and meals Grammar and structures Present simple Present continuous Has / Have got Determiners Can for ability Would like In this Reader you will find: Games and language activities | Au audio recording of the story | A picture dictionary Tags working as a team | resourcefulness | helping others | empathy