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Lesson 3 Reading
1 Remember the story. Number the events in order. a The grasshopper asked the ant what it was doing. b The ants continued to take food to their nest all summer. c The grasshopper decided to change. d The grasshopper was resting when he saw some ants.
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e Winter arrived and the grasshopper had no food. f The ants took care of the grasshopper. g The grasshopper told the ant why he didn’t agree with him. 2 Read the story on Pupil’s Book pages 56–57 again. Write answers to the questions. 1 What was the grasshopper doing at the start of the story? He was resting under a bush. 2 Why did one of the ants drop its seed?
3 Why were the ants working so hard to collect food?
4 Why was the grasshopper cold and hungry?
3 Critical thinking Answer the questions. 1 Why do you think the ants helped the grasshopper?
2 What lesson do you think the grasshopper learned?
Word work: Suffixes We can make new words by adding -ful or -less . -ful usually means ‘with’ -less usually means ‘without’ hope hope ful / hope less Find and write the words with - ful or -less in the story.
4 Complete the words with -ful or -less . 1 This great book about the Gobi Desert is really use ful . 2 This computer doesn’t work. It’s use . 3 Mateo told me a lot about the project. He was very help . 4 The weather looks good. We are hope that it won’t rain! 5 I fell and hurt my foot. I was help . 6 Jo’s homework had a lot of mistakes. She was very care .
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I can read and respond to a fable; I can use words with suffixes ( -ful and -less )
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