Dominique Guillemant

Sophie’s Dream

Stage 1
below A1
Young ELI Readers

Activity Pages
1 Unscramble the letters to complete the
sentences.
1 Sophie sees lots of animals at the SCIURC.
____________
2 The ballet dancer gives the children STRETA.
____________
3 Sophie prefers to eat a toffee PELAP.
____________
4 Snowflake the horse is THIWE.
____________
5 Jojo is juggling with seven coloured LABLS.
____________
6 It’s morning and Sophie gets ready for SHOCLO.
____________
STUDENT

1 circus, 2 treats, 3 apple, 4 white, 5 balls, 6 school.

Answers:
 Dominique Guillemant
Sophie’s Dream

Stage 1
below A1
Young ELI Readers

Activity Pages
1 Complete the sentences with a verb from
the box.

gives • laugh • dreaming • claps • eating • walks

1 Sophie is in bed and she’s ____________ . about

a day at the circus.
2 Giggles the clown ____________ the children
balloons.
3 The show begins and Sophie ____________ her
hands.
4 Giggles the clown tells funny stories and the
children ____________ .
5 Feather the elephant ____________ along a
tightrope.
6 Sophie is ____________ a toffee apple.
TEACHER

1 dreaming, 2 gives, 3 claps, 4 laugh, 5 walks, 6 eating

Answers:
Stage 1 Young ELI Readers below A1

Dominique Guillemant
Sophie’s Dream

Story pages
Pages 4 and 5
lion, horse, elephant, monkey, bear: It’s the incredible circus!

Pages 8 and 9
He is too tired today.

Pages 10 and 11
a table.

Pages 16 and 17
candy floss

Pages 22 and 23
1 c, 2 d, 3 b, 4 a, 5 e

Activity pages
1 I love toffee apples!

2 1 c, 2 e, 3 f, 4 a, 5 d, 6 b

3 Animals: lion, elephant, horse, monkey, bear; Instruments: trumpet, cymbals, big bass drum,
drum, trombone; Parts of the circus: ring, the scenes; Entertainers: ballet dancer, magician,
juggler, lion tamer: The children are eating candy floss.

4 Sophie loves going to the circus with her friends. Together they watch the big parade and
then they buy their entrance ticket. Giggles the clown gives them pretty balloons. During the
interval, they meet a magician and they stroke Albert the lion.
They decide to eat something. They buy candy floss and toffee apples.

5 Open answers.

6 1 hoop, 2 audience, 3 hat, 4 candy floss, 5 juggler, 6 toffee apple, 7 circus: Coco the monkey
likes peanuts

7 1 b, 2 d, 3 a, 4 c, 5 e