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