1. Ben's wishes

8/18/2019 1. Ben's wishes

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g"dt

wishsg

I

hove on uncle who wrltes boohs

Jor

children.

I didnt

see my uncle

verg

oJten when

I

wqs

q

child becouse he lived in AJricc,

but he

come

to

see

us sometimes.

When

he

did visit

us, he

usuolly told

me one oJ his stories.

I

loved them otl but

'Ben's

wlshes' wos mU

Javourite.

My uncle totd it to me one winter when lt wos very cold

outslde. I wos obout ten, I thlnh.

tl

t

#

I

t

)-\

------z

oJten

Jett

boy

colled Ben hod two otder brothers. The

older boys

hungry

irnd oJten

got

ongru becouse theg were

so

poor.

'Go

o.nd

worh i.n

the

Jteldsl'

theg soid

to

Ben eoch

morning.

'Dig

up

some vegetoblesl Moke

us some soup

Jor

dtnner '

Ben olwogs onswered in the some

way.

'But

I

wont to

go

to school

and

leorn

otl

qbout

the

worldl'

The

brothers

just

loughed

and

said,

'Don't

be

siltg

You

oren't clever enough

to

go

to

school like

us.'

So Ben

didnt

go

ongwhere. He

just

worhed in

theJields [n the roln,

digging

ond

ptanting,

ond

plonting

ond dlgging.


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One

verg

co[d

morning,

Ben

was

ptonting

on

old

si.lver

cup

on

the

ground.

He

piched

o tree

ond

cleqned

lt

wlth

his

scorJ.

Then,

down

on

the

gross

next

to

hls

bag.

some

onions

when

he

sqw

it

up,

sot

down

under

very

careJuttg,

he

put

it

a"-{---

,,/,,

,l,t

i,a\

Ben

wos

tired

ond

wonted

something

to

eot,

but

he

onty

had

one

smotl

sandwi.ch

Ln

his bog.

He

tooh

it

out,

loohed

at

the

cup

ond

soid,

'l'm

luckg

to

hove

thls

sondwich,

but

I,d

[i.he

o

[ovelg

worm

drinhl'

Suddenly,

the

sitver

cup

wos

Jutt

oJ hot

chocolote.

Ben

was

very

surprised

He

dranh

it

o[[,

but

he stitt

Jett cotd.

He loohed

down

ot

his

otd jochet

ond

ot

the

cup

ogoin

ond

soid,

'l'm

luchg

to

hove

o

jocket,

but

there

cre

hundreds

oJ holes

in

it.

I

wish

...

I

wish

...

I

could

hove

o

new

coot '

A

beoutful

coot

mode

oJ

wool

suddenlg

appeored

Jrom

somewhere

in the

shg.

Now

Ben

wos

reottg

surpri.sedl

He

put

it

on.

It

Jett

sf

ond

worm.

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c-

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ri,

ti

I

1i'

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,

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4/8

The

two

otder

brothers

Looh.ed

ot

Ben's

new

coot,

his

new

boohs

ond

the

silver

cup

on

the

to.b[e.

One

oJ them

piched

it

up.

He

got verg

ongrg.'We

hove

o

wish

too

Give

us

our

dinner

We

waniit

this

minutel'

he

sqid.

The emptg

bowts were

suddentg

Jutt

oJ

vegetobte soup.

The

brothers

couldn't

believe

it

'Cupl'

the

oldest

brother

shouted.

,Glve

me

o

'Glve me

more

moneg

than

mg

brother

qnd.

o

the

other

brother

soid.

Suddenly,

there

were

sweets

ond

moneg

evergwhere.

The

brothers

begon

to

Jight.

'Give

me

thot

cup ,

one

shouted.

'Nol'

the

other

one

said.

,It,s

mlne.

It,s

not

gours.

Gi.ve

i.t

to

me ,

The

cup

Jett

on

the

ground

ond

brohe,

ond

o[[

the

sweets,

the

moneg,

the

vegetobte

soup, Bens

wqrm

coo.t

ond

his

100

new

boohs

dlsappeored.

Theg

were

nowhere

in

the

house.

I.Jett

very

sqd

when

mg uncle

told

me

thot

port

oJ

the

story.

But

then

he

odded,

'But

the

cup

coutdn,t

mohe

o[[

the

stories

obout

the

wortd

disoppeor

Jrom

Ben,s

heod.

And

when

Ben

wos

o mo.n,

he

visited

o[[

the

countrles

in

the

world

and

wrote

lots

oJ

stories

obout

the

onimots

ond

peopte

who

lived there

to

tetl

to

chitdren.'

I

never

knew

my uncte,s

Jirst

nome.

I.1ust

called

him

Uncle.

Perhops,

just

perhops,

it

wos

Ben.

roomJu[[

oJ

money.,

room

Ju[[

oJ

sweets,'


5/8

There's

o

in

mg

sock

f;

Wow

She's

l,{

Hetikes

I

A

qo,.'-=*'

Stop

It#t\

mw=

@

Risht

or

wrongrlL#

:

ents

Wishes

@

New words

for

gou

Drow

lines

between

the green

words

ond

the

pictures.

Tick

the

right

or

wrong

box.

Exomple:

The girt

heord

this

storg

in

the

summer.

I The

storg

wos

obout

three

brothers.

2

Ben

wos

the

goungest brother.

3

Ben's

brothers

were

kind

to

him.

4

The

cup

thot

Ben

found

wos

mode

of

gotd.

5

Ben

looked

for

the

new

books

in

the

tree.

6 The

cup

broke

when

it

felt

on

the

floor.

wrong

a

T

T

T

I

T

r

--=

right

r

r

T

T

T

T

I

c

@

*no's

tolking

obout this

storg?

Tick

the

right

box.

A

I

tiked

it

becouse

the

brothers

ore

funng.

Mg

fovourite

port

wos

when

Ben

went

shopping.

I

liked

it

when

Ben's

books

felt

out

of the

tree.

I

didnt

tike

it when

the

brothers

got

qngrg.

The

brothers

were

[uckg

becouse

theg

lived

on

o fqrm.

I

liked

it

when

Ben

cooked

the

onion

soup

for

dinner.


6/8

Never, sometimes,

often,

usuoltg,

otwogs

Reod

this

port

of

the storg.

Find sometimes,

often ond

usuollg.

I

didn't

oJten see mg uncle

when

I

was a child because

he lived

in

AJrico,

but he

come

to

see us sometimes.

When

he did, he usuollg told

me

one

oJ

his

stories.

@

*not does

Ben

sog

to

his brother?

Choose the best

qnswer.

Write

o letter

(A-H).

Exomple:

f$

wn"r"t

mg

dinnerl

l}...n..

r

f$

wng

didnt

gou

moke ong soupl

You cont reod

Whot

qre

gou

reoding obout?

And

where did

gou

find thot

silver

cup?

@

@o

o,

Do

some colouring ond drowing.

Listen ond colour ond

drow

in the

picture

on

poge

4.

NS.

E

F

G

H

qj

i5

try

f5

fl

iT

tj

tT

qry

A

Yes,

I

con.

B I hoven't mqde it.

C

OK,

but

hold

it

corefullg.

D Con

gou

eot

it?

No, theg're in thot box.

Different

ports

of the world.

Becouse

I wqnted to

reod.

It wos

in

the

fietd.

Give thot cup to me


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@

Ben's

tuckg

dog

Complete

the

sentences.

Write

1,2,3

or 4

words.

Exomple:

Ben

found

the

...g 91.p.{Y.g.f.gf.lP...

on

the

ground.

I

Ben

used

his

.........

to

cleon

the

cup.

2

There

wos

onlg

.........

in

Ben's

bog.

3

Ben

wonted

.........

becouse

he

felt

cold

ond

thirstg.

4

Ben

wos

verg

.........

when

he

sow

the hot

chocolote.

5

Ben

felt

cold becouse

his

...............

hqd

lots

of holes

in it.

6

Ben's

beoutiful

new

coot felt

@

Differences

Where/live?

Age?

Whot/wont?

Whot/[ike

doing?

Tolk

obout

Ben.

Talk

obout

o friend.

Ben

Mg friend's

nome

Brothers/sisters?

.lWg.htgLh.".fP.

Brothers/sistersl

....9n.9.fgfP....

Where/tive?

.........len.........

Ase?

....L-ey.

99..9J....

Whot/wontl

mgdil.g.....

Whot/tike

doins?

o n

gwh

e

re

eve

rgwh

e reso

m ewh

e re

n

owh

e re

Complete

the

sentences

with

words

from

the

obove

line.

I

Ben

found

the

silver

cup

.. in

the

fietds.

2

There

were

books

..

lTheg

were

on the

toble,

next

to

his

bed ond

bg

the

fire.

After

the cup

broke,

Ben's

brothers

looked

for

the

moneg,

but it

wos

..

in

the

house.

Ben's

coot

wosnt

bg

the door

or on his

choir.

Ben

couldnt

find

it


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