L5 The Lost Necklace (AmEng Peapod)

Reader level 5 CEFR A1

Daisy, Jack, and Fred find a necklace.

What do they do with it?

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The Lost Necklace

• Before and after reading activities • Mini-dictionary • Exam practice for Cambridge A1 Movers • Reading guide online

Download the audio at American English Download the audio at www.collins.co.uk/839732 www.collins.co.uk/peapoddownloads Level

CEFR

Words in story

Headword 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

Fiction

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The Lost Necklace Contents Before reading Chapter 1: Everyone is hungry Chapter 2: Daisy finds something Chapter 3: Jack’s good idea Chapter 4: Off to Bird Island Chapter 5: Where’s the houseboat?

Chapter 6: Hi, Alice!

Chapter 7: Dessert at Pirate Pat’s Mini-dictionary After reading

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What’s in this story?

Listen and say

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Pirate Pat’s Restaurant

milkshake menu

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“Why is it going to town?” asked Jack.

“I think I know,” said Celia.

“Me too,” said Daisy. “Come on. We can all go in Uncle Joe’s boat.”

“Where are we going?” asked Fred.

“Wait and see!” said Daisy.

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Mini-dictionary Listen and read

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first (adverb) If you do something first, you do it before you do anything else. inside (adverb) If you are inside a place, you are in it. knock (verb) If you knock on a door, you hit it to make a noise so someone knows you are there. look around (phrasal verb) If you look around, you turn your eyes in different directions to see what is there. lose (verb) If you have lost something, you do not know where it is. outside (preposition) If you are outside a place, you are not in it but are very close to it.

soccer practice (noun) Soccer practice is when you play soccer often in order to be able to play better. something (pronoun) You use something to talk about a thing without saying exactly what it is. surprised (adjective) If you are surprised, you did not expect something to happen. wait (verb) If you wait, you spend time doing very little, before something happens. wait and see (phrase) If you tell someone to “wait and see,” you are saying that something exciting might be about to happen. weather (noun) Weather is what it is like outside, for example if it is raining, hot, or windy.

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After reading

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