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USING REAL BOOKS IN THE PRIMARY EFL CLASSROOM

by Wendy Superfine

 

Topic and Language Content used in Story Books

Tenses / topics The Big, Big Sea Cat’s Colours Good Days, Bad Days Rumble In the Jungle Commotion in the Ocean Duck in the Truck Follow my Leader! I will not ever never eat a Tomato Shrinking Mouse Caterpillar’s Wish
Tense

Simple present

   x x x x x x x x x
Present continuous   x   x x x x   x x
Simple past x             x    
Past continuous x             x x  
Future               x x  
Interrogative

Yes/no questions

Wh – questions

   x               x
Prepositions x x   x x x x x x x
Adjectives x   x x x x x x x x
Nouns x x x x x x x x x x
Pronouns x x x x x x x x x x
Articles x x x x x x x x x x
Conjunctions x x x x x x x x x x
                     
Topics                    
Colours   x   x x     x   x
Animals / insects   x   x x x x   x x
My family     x         x    
Food               x    
The Sea x       x          
Holidays     x              
Homes       x            
The countryside           x x   x x

 

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