b The Kite THE KITE LEVEL b The Kite Rick Sampedro Illustrated by Stefano Misesti Rick Sampedro In this book: Revised from lower levels Use this book in Art class Structures Vocabulary Colours Games Houses Numbers Weather Can / can’t Have got Imperatives Let’s Like / don’t like Present continuous There is / there are This / that Ehud and Elisa like flying kites. One windy day Ehud’s kite goes up and he can’t see it. Ehud is sad. Then it comes down in Elisa’s garden. Elisa gives Ehud his kite and he is happy. But then Ehud and Elisa look at their fathers. Their fathers aren’t friends. They are sad. Can the children think of a way to make everyone happy? YOUNG READER - FORMATO CHIUSO 190X240H - ANTE 142X240 - LUNGHEZZA TOTALE 664 b Geography class h e l b l i n g . c o m / e n g l i s h Level Cambridge Young Trinity Learners English Helbling Young Readers is an exciting series of graded readers for Primary Schools in 5 levels printed in an easy-to-read font. b Dear reader, In the story Elisa and Ehud are sad because their fathers don’t like each other. Thanks to their children the two fathers learn that it is easy to be friends. And with them you learn to say some new things in English! Now you can: • say what you like doing; • use ‘let’s’ to make suggestions; • say what you are doing. Happy reading!
2 Play Station 1 1 1 Listen and point. 2 2 Listen and colour. A D G B E H C F
3 4 Look and write. A Elisa is flying a ............................... kite. B Mr Barakat is flying a ............................... kite. C Mr Zimmermann is flying a ............................... ............................... . D Ehud is flying a .............................. ............................... . 3 Match. black blue brown green orange pink purple red white yellow A A B C D D G B E H J C F I
4 Play Station 1 3 5 Listen and write. 6 Draw and write. Hello, I’m ................................ . This is my family. There is .................................... ........................................................... ........................................................... ........................................................ . brother dad family grandad grandma mum Hi, I’m Elisa. This is my family. There is my mum, my ..........................................., my .................................................................. and me. Hello, I’m Ehud. This is my ............................................. . There is my ........................................................ , my dad, my ............................................................ , my ................................................................. and me. A B
5 4 7 Listen and say the chant. Look, read and match. A This is my house. That white house? No, this blue house. B This is my garden. That big garden? No, this small garden. C This is my kite. That green kite? No, this red kite. This is my house, my garden, my kite. That is your house, your garden, your kite. A 1 1 1 B C 2 2 2
6 This is Mr Zimmermann. He lives in the yellow house. 5
7 What colour is your house? My house is ..................................................................... . And this is Mr Barakat. He lives in the blue house.
8 What do you like doing? Tick (✔). Flying a kite. Playing ball. Riding a bike. Skateboarding. I like flying kites!
9 Mr Zimmermann has got a son. His name is Ehud. Ehud has got a kite. He likes flying kites. Mr Barakat has got a daughter. Her name is Elisa. Elisa has got a kite, too. I like flying kites!
10 Today it’s sunny and windy. Ehud is flying a red kite. He’s very happy. It’s not windy today, Dad. I can’t fly my kite. Look! That boy is flying a red kite. Yes, it’s windy there. But it isn’t windy here.
11 The red kite is flying up and up and up. But it’s not windy on the other side of the fence. Elisa is not flying her kite. She’s not happy. What colour is Elisa’s kite? It’s .......................... .
12 Today it’s very windy. Ehud is flying his red kite again. The kite is flying up, and up, and up, and up! Ehud can’t see his kite.
13 Now the red kite is coming down, and down, and down, and down. It’s coming down on the other side of the fence! What can you see in the picture? Find: • a lawn mower • a mobile phone • a satellite dish • a watering can
14 Look! There’s a red kite! It’s the red kite from the other side of the fence! Ehud is very sad. He can’t see his red kite. But Elisa can see his kite. It’s on the grass in her garden.
15 How many purple flowers are there? 4 5
16 Elisa has got the red kite. Ehud is smiling. Elisa is smiling, too. Thank you. Where is your kite?
17 What is Ehud’s kite? It’s a _ _ _ _ . It’s over there. It’s a butterfly. Here’s your red kite. It’s very nice.
18 Ehud and Elisa are looking at their fathers. They are not happy.
19 Their fathers do not like each other. They are not friends. Write. My best friend is ....................................................... .
20 Then Ehud and Elisa have an idea.
21 What is Ehud saying to Elisa? Find the word and complete. E F I V Give me _ _ _ _ . Yes, let’s have a competition! My dad and your dad can come, too. Let’s have a kite flying competition!
22 Today there is a kite flying competition! Please Dad, come with us!
23 Where is Mr Barakat’s mobile phone? Yes! Please Dad, come with us! Everyone is coming!
24 The day of the competition is hot and windy. Everyone is there. And everyone is happy. Yippee! It’s a beautiful day!
25 Look at the kites. Find: • a butterfly; • a dragon; • an eagle; • a fish; • a tiger; • a turtle. Flying kites is fun!
26 Play Station 2 1 Look, read and put the story in order. Then Ehud and Elisa have an idea. Ehud and Elisa are flying their kites. The red kite is coming down. Elisa and Ehud are smiling. The red kite is on the grass in Elisa’s garden. Now everyone is happy. 2 Look and tell the story to a friend.
27 3 Look and complete with the words. A Ehud is .......................................... a red kite. B Elisa .......................................... flying a yellow kite. C They .......................................... flying kites. D The red kite is .......................................... up. E The red kite is .......................................... down. F Ehud can’t .......................................... the red kite. G Elisa .......................................... see the red kite. H Now Ehud and Elisa are .......................................... . 4 Find 18 words from the story (DG). The remaining letters spell a message to you from kite flyers all over the world. H O U S E O D O W N Y N S U N N Y E H D E W I N D Y S K A A L K G R A S S I P U L G A R D E N T P G O Y N I C E O E Y H W N E H O T W S R T O F U N I D E A E E F A T H E R R L D R D B E A U T I F U L can coming flying going is like see smiling What do the remaining letters spell? _ _ _ _ _ _ - _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
28 6 5 Listen and match. Play Station 2 6 Look at 5 and mime. Ask a friend. A B C E D F dancing flying kites listening to music playing football skateboarding swimming You are skateboarding. What am I doing?
29 7 7 Listen and write. 9 Write. I like .................................................................................................................................... . But I don’t like ........................................................................................................... . ................................................................. likes .................................................................. . But ..................................................................................................... . 8 Ask a friend. A B Yes, I do. No, I don’t. Do you like dancing? Elisa likes ........................................................................... . She also likes .................................................................. and ........................................................................... . But she doesn’t like ................................................................... . Ehud likes ........................................................................... , too. He likes ........................................................................... and ........................................................................... . But he doesn’t like .............................................................. .
30 Play Station 2 10 Read and match. 8 11 Listen and match. A B C D It’s cloudy. It’s rainy. It’s sunny. It’s windy. A It’s sunny. B It’s windy. C It’s rainy. D It’s cloudy. She can’t go into the garden. I can’t see my kite. We can go to the park. He can fly his kite.
31 12 Read and match. 9 13 Listen and circle the correct answer. A B D E F C A Yes, she is. / No, she isn’t. B Yes, they are. / No, they aren’t. C Yes, they are. / No, they aren’t. D Yes, he is. / No, he isn’t. E Yes, he is. / No, he isn’t. She’s flying a butterfly kite. He’s flying a fish kite. She’s flying a turtle kite. He’s flying a tiger kite. She’s flying a dragon kite. He’s flying an eagle kite.
Make your own kite. Kite Play Station Project You need: string 1 large plastic bag 2 sticks of bamboo (1 of 90 cm, 1 of 60 cm) glue coloured paper scissors knife (1 of 90 cm, 1 of 60 cm) You need: string 1 large plastic bag 1 Make a cross with the two sticks and tie them with the string. 2 Ask an adult to make a small cut at the top of each bamboo. 3 Pull the string through the cuts and tie it tightly. 7 Tie a long piece of string to the bottom of the kite. Decorate it with pieces of coloured paper. And fly your kite! 4 Cut the plastic sail. Make sure it is 2-3 cm bigger than the kite frame. 5 Put the frame on top of the plastic sail. Fold the plastic over the string and glue it. 6 Tie a piece of string to the top and bottom of the kite. The string must be longer than the stick. (1 of 90 cm, 1 of 60 cm) 2 3 32 Go to ezonekids.helbling.com to download this page.
HL-YR_HARRY - FORMATO CHIUSO 190X240H - ANTE 142X240 - LUNGHEZZA TOTALE 664 Picture Dictionary Picture Dictionary When you see me do the activity. satellite dish eagle fish flower butterfly lawn mower mobile phone turtle tiger dragon YOUNG READER - FORMATO CHIUSO 190X240H - ANTE 142X240 - LUNGHEZZA TOTALE 664 b b The Kite The Kite kite house skateboard bike ball windy sunny fence watering can The Kite By Rick Sampedro ISBN 978-3-99089-444-6 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 2026 2025 2024 2023 © HELBLING LANGUAGES 2021 Original edition first published 2011 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publishers. Series editor Maria Cleary Activities by Maria Cleary Illustrated by Stefano Misesti Design and layout by BNC Printed by Athesia, Italy Typeset using leggimi! an open type font specially developed to promote easy reading. Copyright Sinnos. Helbling Young Readers Scratch here for your CODE. Go to ezonekids.helbling.com and enter your code to listen LEVEL a to the story and play the games! Can I Play? The Beach The Big Fire The Big Wave The Hare and the Tortoise The Three Goats LEVEL c Freddy the Frog Prince Peach Boy Sam and the Sunflower Seeds The Fisherman and his Wife The Sun is Broken The Thirsty Tree LEVEL e Beauty and the Beast Food for the Winter Lola in the Land of Fire Lost on the Coast Lusmore and the Fairies Upside Down LEVEL b A Christmas Present for Barney Bunny Dad for Sale Little Red Riding Hood The Dark in the Box The Kite The Leopard and the Monkey LEVEL d Fat Cat’s Busy Day Henry Harris Hates Haitches Moony Goes on Holiday Skater Boy Theseus and the Minotaur The Selfish Giant Big Book for shared reading also available For further information on all current and upcoming Young Readers titles please visit our website helbling.com/english. Free materials for teachers (flashcards, teacher’s guides, worksheets and answer keys) are available on ezonekids.helbling.com.
b The Kite THE KITE LEVEL b The Kite Rick Sampedro Illustrated by Stefano Misesti Rick Sampedro In this book: Revised from lower levels Use this book in Art class Structures Vocabulary Colours Games Houses Numbers Weather Can / can’t Have got Imperatives Let’s Like / don’t like Present continuous There is / there are This / that Ehud and Elisa like flying kites. One windy day Ehud’s kite goes up and he can’t see it. Ehud is sad. Then it comes down in Elisa’s garden. Elisa gives Ehud his kite and he is happy. But then Ehud and Elisa look at their fathers. Their fathers aren’t friends. They are sad. Can the children think of a way to make everyone happy? YOUNG READER - FORMATO CHIUSO 190X240H - ANTE 142X240 - LUNGHEZZA TOTALE 664 b Geography class h e l b l i n g . c o m / e n g l i s h Level Cambridge Young Trinity Learners English Helbling Young Readers is an exciting series of graded readers for Primary Schools in 5 levels printed in an easy-to-read font. b Dear reader, In the story Elisa and Ehud are sad because their fathers don’t like each other. Thanks to their children the two fathers learn that it is easy to be friends. And with them you learn to say some new things in English! Now you can: • say what you like doing; • use ‘let’s’ to make suggestions; • say what you are doing. Happy reading!