My story starts with my mother, who taught me many things. And, when I close my eyes, I can still see all of my old friends standing together under the apple tree. Oh how I loved my first home! And then Earlshall, and then … but wait, I can’t tell you my story here. Read it, and you will find out what happens to me.

Syllabus vVocabulary areas Nature, Weather,

Family, Animals, Colours, Food & Drink

Grammar and structures Simple

Present: states and habits - Present

Continuous: actions in progress - Past

Simple: finished actions - Future forms:

Present Continuous, going to, will - Can: ability - Could: ability - Must: obligation

- Have to: necessity - Will: predictions – Adjectives - Prepositions (place, time)

– Pronouns - Question Words - Relative Clauses - There is/There are - Verbs + infinitive/ing - When clauses

In this Reader you will find:

Information about Anna Sewell | A section focusing on background and context | A glossary of difficult words |

Comprehension activities | An exit test