English for Kids (ESOL) Pizza and Little Hassan
Study Coach presents English as a Second Language for Kids. You will find an Audio clip, where Morel at Study Coach is reading the short stories and questions. You will also find the stories and questions, so you can help children to read and to answer the set questions. You can feedback your answers to Morel on social media or you can send in your answers via email (the choice is yours).
Story:
Good morning
Good morning! It is a lovely day
How are you?
I’m fine thank you
Are you going to school today?
No silly, it’s the weekend
Oh yes! I forgot. I like weekends
Do you want to play?
I do, but I’m feeling a little bit tired
Why are you tired?
I went to bed late
Why did you go to bed late?
You ask so many questions. I was watching a video with my big brother.
Oh! Are you too tired to play a game
I can play a game, after I get something to eat
What do you want to eat?
Pizza, I’ll ask my brother to buy me a pizza. I’ll soon come back.
Don’t be Greedy
“Harriet has had some apples given to her, but she is so greedy she wishes to eat them all by herself. She has two lying on the sofa already, and yet she does not seem willing to give the third to her little brother. I am ashamed of you, greedy girl!”
Learning Task:
Which word is linked to greedy, is it a, b, or is it c?
- soft
- selfish
- safety
Learning to Walk
“Mama is giving little Hassan his first lesson in walking. He is of course rather timid, but he will learn presently, when he has got a little more confidence”.
Learning Task:
- See if you can explain the meaning of ‘confidence’ to someone in your family.
- What is the meaning of ‘timid’?
The Sick Child
“The doctor has just come in to see the sick child, and is feeling her pulse. He tells Mr Jones not to be alarmed, for his little daughter is no worse, and will be quite well in a day or two if she is kept quiet. I am sure Mr Jones will attend to this, as he is very anxious about his little girl”.
Learning Task:
a) What is the meaning of ‘pulse’?
b) What is the meaning of ‘quiet’
c) What is the meaning of ‘quite’
d) What is the meaning of ‘quit’?