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Graded Reader Student Workbook: Born to Play Beginner Plus

The student workbook is designed to be used in the classroom alongside the Born to Play graded reader (Beginner Plus), part of the hugely popular Jamie Johnson series. It contains activities on: • Reading comprehension (general and specific) • Personal response to the story • Vocabulary • Grammar • Self-reflection • Discussion of real-world issues raised in the story It is aimed at reluctant readers as well as helping English as a Second Language learners build skills in reading, listening, speaking and writing.

Chapter 1

The Soccer Computer

Activity 7

Complete the sentences below. Use these words from the crossword in Exercise 1.

1. The bicycle went too fast and _____________ the tree.

2. That is so funny. You are making me _____________!

3. I do not like this homework. The questions are too _____________.

4. I love my sister, but sometimes we _____________. Especially when she takes my

things!

5. At lunchtime, we play soccer in the school _____________.

6. I did not do my homework, so the teacher was _____________.

Activity 8

a. Choose 3 words from activities 1 & 2. Write 3 sentences about yourself using the

words—2 things that are true, but 1 thing that is a lie!

Example: Yesterday, I found $50 in the school playground!

1. ___________________________________________________________________________

2. ___________________________________________________________________________

3. ___________________________________________________________________________

b. Can your partner guess which sentence is a lie?

angry ﬁght laugh playground hit hard