Wait for me

Reader level 3
CEFR Pre A1

Wait for me!

Juliet Clare Bell Gustavo Mazali



Wait for me!

An Ivy and Mack story

Written by Juliet Clare Bell
Illustrated by Gustavo Mazali

Who and what is in this story?
Listen and say.

Mum Ivy

Mack
Croc

2

Dad

beach

Before reading 3

Mack says, “I love the beach!”
Ivy says, “Me too!”

4

Mack says, “I love the sand and I love
the sea!”
Ivy says, “Look! ICE CREAM!”

5

Let’s make
a sandcastle!

6

Ivy says, “OK! But I would like
an ice cream! And to go in the sea!”

Croc and I are
getting some water.

7

Mum says, “Let’s have an ice cream
after we finish the sandcastle.”

8

Mum says, “… and after I finish
my book!”
Dad says, “Get more water, Ivy.”

9

Dad says, “It’s big.”
Mack says, “VERY big.”

10

Ivy says, “The sea is beautiful!”

Mack! Dad!
Where are you?

11

Ivy says, “Mack! Dad! Are you getting
an ice cream?”

12

Wait for me!

13

Mack? Dad?

14

Oh no! Where are
Mack and Dad?

15

Where’s our
sandcastle?

16

And where are
Mum and Dad?

17

Mack says, “Ivy! Ivy! There you are!”
Dad says, “Ivy, are you OK?”
Ivy says, “Yes, here I am. I’m OK.”

18

Ivy says, “Now we’re here, let’s have
an ice cream!”
Dad says, “Yes, let’s have an ice cream.
And let’s get Mum an ice cream, too.”
Mack says, “Mum likes chocolate
ice cream! Me too.”

19

Mack says, “Wow! I love
our sandcastle.”
Ivy says, “Let’s go in the sea now!”

20

Mack says, “We ARE in the sea now.
Look!”

21

Picture dictionary
Listen and repeat.

beach ice cream

sand

sandcastle sea

22 After reading

1 Look and order the story.

2 Listen and say.

23

An Ivy and Mack story Level CEFR Words Headword
in story count
1 Pre A1 50–70 80
2 Pre A1 100–140 200
3 Pre A1 150–230 400
4 Lower A1 250–500 670
5 A1 650–950 820

Ivy and Mack have a day out at the beach.

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• Before and after reading activities
• Picture dictionary
• Exam practice for Cambridge Pre A1 Starters
• Reading guide
• Audio recordings available in mobile application

Fiction

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