The Ant and the Grasshopper

Stage 1 100 headwords | below A1 | Starters | Fairy Tales

Ant house is small and very nice. In summer it’s cool and in winter it’s warm. Grasshopper hasn’t got a house. She lives

outside. She doesn’t think about winter. She likes singing! She sings all day!

It’s very hot in summer but the ant works hard. Grasshopper doesn’t like working. She prefers singing. But then winter arrives and it’s very cold. Ant has got lots of food. Her house is warm and nice. Grasshopper knocks at the door. She’s hungry. She doesn’t want to sing and dance now!

Syllabus

Vocabulary areas

fruit and vegetables, food, the

weather and the seasons

Grammar and structures

Present simple – positive, negative

and interrogative forms – Present

continuous (not with future

reference) – Like + v + -ing –

Determiners – a, an, the, some, these

– Can for ability – Conjunctions (and,

or) – Possessive adjectives (his, her)

Tags

Comparing routines/habits | Nature