ELT
Syllabus
Vocabulary areas
Animals, Furniture, Numbers, Colours
Grammar and structures
Singular and plural nouns with ‘s’
Possessive form (’s)
Present simple (positive, negative,
My name is Jane and interrogative forms)
Have got for possession
I live in a beautiful
Spanish city, Madrid. Can/Can’t for ability
Let’s
I’m an English
author of children’s
books. I’ve always
loved creating
stories and songs for
children. The best
ideas
come to me while…
I’m jogging!
I live in a very big city,
Buenos Aires.
I have been drawing
all my life, ever since
I was a child
as I didn’t have a TV.
I enjoy most of all
drawing comic strips
and picturing myself
and my kids in the
illustrations that
I create.
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the ball. Can Granny Fixit get the ball back for
Granny Fixit and the Pirate
the boy? by Jane Cadwallader
Illustrated by Gustavo Mazali
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 Young Readers

Jane Cadwallader

Granny Fixit
and the Ball
Illustrated by Gustavo Mazali
2 t’s a beautiful day. There are some children
playing in the park.
They’re playing basketball and football
and riding bikes and skateboarding.
Everyone is very happy.

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Oh! There’s Granny Fixit! She’s talking to a boy
with a ball.

Hello!
I’m Granny Fixit.
What’s your
name?

My name’s
Paul.

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 Paul kicks the ball and…

Ooops!

4
Oh dear! The ball is in the tree and … now it’s
time for lunch!

Oh, I’m hungry!

my ball! Let’s go!

5
Now the park is quiet. Or … is it? Granny Fixit is
talking to the ball! The ball isn’t happy!

Help!
I don’t like this!

Just a minute
please!

6
Granny Fixit wants to help the ball.
She puts her hand in her small yellow bag.
What’s in there? Oh, it’s a ladder!
A LONG ladder!

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 Granny Fixit has the ball. She puts it on her head.
But the ball isn’t happy!

Oh!
I don’t like
this!
Be quiet!
Don’t worry!

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Granny Fixit puts the ball under the tree
and goes to sleep.
Now the ball is happy!

Thank you
Granny Fixit!

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Oh no! A dog has the ball! Granny Fixit isn’t
happy!

Come back!
Oh good!
A ball! A ball
for me!

Granny Fixit
puts her hand in her
small yellow bag.
What’s in there?
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It’s a skateboard! The dog goes away with
the ball.
The ball isn’t happy! Granny Fixit jumps on the
skateboard. She wants to get the ball!

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Granny Fixit and the dog are in the street.
There are a lot of cars and lorries and
motorbikes and buses!

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3 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?

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4 Granny Fixit wants the ball!

Wait!

Granny Fixit puts her hand in her small yellow bag.

What’s in there?

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 Activity Pages
1 Label the pictures. Draw a line to show,
in order, where the ball goes in the story.

Paul tree squirrel

dog Granny Fixit cat

Paul
________

tree
___________

______________

___________

___________
___________

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 2 Find the words. Fill the gaps in the song.

nny Fixitb
G ra
alldo g
i tfo ot ba l l
F i x
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Pa

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u lf
o o tballd ogGr

The small ______

dog has the ____________ .
The small ______ has the ____________ .
__________ __________ , can you fix it?
__________ __________ , can you fix it?
Can you get the ________ for ________ ?

3 Match.
Page
1 Granny Fixit has a bone. 9
2 Paul is playing football. 16
3 The cat has the ball. 25
4 The squirrel is smiling. 15
5 Granny Fixit is asleep. 4

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4 Look and write.

bag ladder dog

fish
motorbike cat car
squirrel lorry tree bus

A B

In both A and B there’s

a cat
_________________________________________________

In A there’s In B there’s
a dog
______________________ a ladder
______________________
______________________ ______________________
______________________ ______________________
______________________ ______________________

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5 Finish the drawings. Use the words to fill
the gaps in the sentences.

ball car boy bone tree

1 Every day I give my dog a ________

bone .
2 I go to school by ________ .
3 A squirrel can climb a ________ .
4 I like playing with a ________ .
5 Paul is a ________ .

6 Number the faces.

1 The ball is happy.
2 The ball is angry.
3 The ball isn’t happy.
4 Granny Fixit is happy.
5 The ball is very happy.
6 Granny Fixit isn’t happy. 4

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 7 Read and draw.

d l
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a a
o b
b t
e e
t k
a s
k a
s b
1 __________________ 2 __________________

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l
a
b
t e
o k
o i
f b
3 __________________ 4 __________________

8 Do you like the story? Draw your face.

= I love the story!

= I like the story.
= I quite like the story.
= I don’t like the story.

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