a Can I Play? CAN I PLAY? LEVEL a Can I Play? Rick Sampedro Illustrated by Valentina Mai Rick Sampedro Dear reader, In this story Billy wants to play but he can’t understand the other children. Thanks to Lorenzo he learns that you can become friends even when you speak dierent languages. He also helps you to say some new things in English! Now you can: • say “hello” and “goodbye”; • count from 1 to 10; • ask if you can do things. There are lots of other Helbling Young Readers: www.helbling.com/english Happy reading! It is Billy’s first day at school. He is happy and he wants to play with the other children. But when Billy asks if he can play, each child answers him in a different language. Billy is sad, he can’t play with anyone. Then, Lorenzo becomes Billy’s friend and soon everyone is playing together. In this book: Use this book in Reading class Civics class Structures Asking questions Can I …? There is … / There are … To be Yes, you can. / No, you can’t. Alphabet Colours Countries Greetings Numbers Vocabulary HELBLING YOUNG READERS a Happy reading! 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. Level Cambridge Young Trinity Learners English a helbling.com/english
Play Station 1 1 1 Listen and draw lines. 2 2 Listen and write. AMITA BILLY KATERYNA RASHID A B C _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 2
3 3 Listen. Say the poem. Hello, hello! Hello, hello! What’s your name? My name’s Billy. Pleased to meet you! Hello, hello! Who are you? I’m Amita. Pleased to meet you, too! 4 Ask two friends. My name is …….............................. . I’m ……............................. . What’s your name? 3
Play Station 1 4 5 Listen and match. 6 Draw and write. A Billy B Rashid C Amita D Kateryna E Pedro F Nabila G Lorenzo Hi, my name is ………............................................................................... . I am from ………............................................................................... . 4
5 7 Listen, write and say. .......................................................... .......................................................... .......................................................... .......................................................... .......................................................... .......................................................... .......................................................... A B C D E F G 5
6 Billy is at school in London. It’s playtime! Billy is very happy. Where are you? I’m at .......................................... in .................................................. . 6
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Hello! Can I play football with you? Uh? 8
Salaam, na’am. How many schoolbags can you see? 9
Hello! Can I play hopscotch? Uh? Where is Amita? Write the number. She is on number ................................................ . 10
Namaste. 11
Hi, I’m Billy. Can I play chase, please? Dzien dobry, Billy. Uh? Oh, no! Look at the picture. Find • a kite • a koala • a key Draw them below. kite koala key 12
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Hi, I’m Billy. Can I play skipping, please? Uh? Oh, no! 14
Claro! Ven a jugar! Listen and complete the skipping rhyme. One, ...................................., three. Skip with .................................... . 7 15
Hi, my name’s Billy. Can I colour with you? What colour are the crayons? Tell a friend. 8 16
Oh, no! Jambo, Billy! 17
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Billy is sad. It’s playtime but he can’t play with anyone. How many children are with Billy in the playground? 19
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Let’s play, Billy! It’s playtime! Ciao, mi chiamo Lorenzo. Hello, my name’s Lorenzo. What’s your name? I’m Billy… What’s your name? Can you spell it? 21
Can I play? Yes! Yes! Yes, I can! Can you play? Yes! Yes! Yes, you can! Can we play? Yes! Yes! Yes, we can! Come! Come! School is fun! Put the sentence in order. is / happy / Billy / now. .................................................................... 22
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Billy isn’t sad now. He’s happy. School is fun! 24
Use the code to read the message. B= E= I= L= Y= _ _ _-_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ! 25
Play Station 2 9 1 Listen and point. 2 Look at exercise 1 . Ask a friend. Can I play chase? Can I play skipping? Can I play football? Can I play hopscotch? A C D B 26
10 3 Listen. Say the chant. Can I play? Yes! Yes! Yes, I can! Can you play? Yes! Yes! Yes, you can! Can we play? Yes! Yes! Yes, we can! Come! Come! School is fun! 4 Look and match. A B Billy is happy. Billy is sad. 27
Play Station 2 11 5 Look, listen and say. 6 Read and match. A seven bricks B two bricks C nine bricks D four bricks E five bricks 28
12 7 Listen and tick (4). A C 13 8 Listen and colour. B D 29
30 Play Station 2 9 Match. a red kite a blue schoolbag a yellow brick a green crayon an orange ball a brown koala a purple skipping rope a pink key A B C H D E F G
14 10 Listen and colour. 11 Look at exercise 10 . Think and colour. one two three four five A D B E C 31
Make a flag garland for your class. Flag Garland Play Station Project 32 1 Draw rectangles for each flag. Add a space at the top of each one. 2 Draw and colour flags of the countries you know. 3 Cut them out. 4 Fold the flag over a piece of string. 5 Glue the white space to the back of the flag, holding the string in place. 6 Hang your flag garland on the classroom wall. You need: paper a ruler a pencil coloured crayons scissors glue string Go to ezonekids.helbling.com to download this page.
HL-YR_HARRY - FORMATO CHIUSO 190X240H - ANTE 142X240 - LUNGHEZZA TOTALE 664 Picture Dictionary Picture Dictionary Can I Play? When you see me do the activity. one three five six seven eight nine ten four two bricks flags kite koala crayon ball key schoolbag YOUNG READER - FORMATO CHIUSO 190X240H - ANTE 142X240 - LUNGHEZZA TOTALE 664 Can I Play? bricks flags kite key koala ball schoolbag crayon a a kite Helbling Young Readers Big Book for shared reading also available LEVEL a 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 For further in formati on on a ll c u r rent an d u p c oming Yo u n g Re ade r s tit l e s p leas e visit our websi t e hel bli ng. com/e n g lis h . F ree m a teri als for t e ache r s (flas h c a rds, teacher ’s guides, w orksheets a nd answer keys ) a re a vaila b le on ezonekids.helbling.com . Can I Play? By Rick Sampedro ISBN 978-3-99089-437-8 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 2026 2025 2024 2023 © HELBLING LANGUAGES 2021 Original edition first published 2011 The authors would like to dedicate this book to Save the Children. 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 and Rick Sampedro Illustrated by Valentina Mai Design and layout by BNC Printed by Athesia, Italy Typeset using leggimi! an open type font specially developed to promote easy reading. Copyright Sinnos. Scratch here for your CODE. Go to ezonekids.helbling.com and enter your code to listen to the story and play the games!
a Can I Play? CAN I PLAY? LEVEL a Can I Play? Rick Sampedro Illustrated by Valentina Mai Rick Sampedro Dear reader, In this story Billy wants to play but he can’t understand the other children. Thanks to Lorenzo he learns that you can become friends even when you speak dierent languages. He also helps you to say some new things in English! Now you can: • say “hello” and “goodbye”; • count from 1 to 10; • ask if you can do things. There are lots of other Helbling Young Readers: www.helbling.com/english Happy reading! It is Billy’s first day at school. He is happy and he wants to play with the other children. But when Billy asks if he can play, each child answers him in a different language. Billy is sad, he can’t play with anyone. Then, Lorenzo becomes Billy’s friend and soon everyone is playing together. In this book: Use this book in Reading class Civics class Structures Asking questions Can I …? There is … / There are … To be Yes, you can. / No, you can’t. Alphabet Colours Countries Greetings Numbers Vocabulary HELBLING YOUNG READERS a Happy reading! 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. Level Cambridge Young Trinity Learners English a helbling.com/english