Wow! A date!
This is my first date. Maybe next
year my diary will be full of photos
and secret letters like all my friends.
Please come, Luke. Oh, Im so
excited. I cant wait to phone Sally
and tell her everything. Wednesday
is so far away!
Tags
Family
Love Friendship
Holidays
In this Reader you will find
Focus on
PETstyle activities
Glossary of difficult words
Test yourself
Comprehension activities
An audio recording of the story
Schools over at last! Summer holidays are here but who wants to spend them in the countryside? Not Val, of course! She hates the country, but eventually shell change her mind. Guess why! Read her diary and find out. She tells her diary all about herself, her moods, her emotions and her dreams. This country holiday is really boring and she cant stand it, but dont despair something very exciting will happen soon, thanks to Luke and the others!
Syllabus
Topics
Family, Friendship, love, Holidays
Notions and concepts
Feelings, Likes and dislikes, Talking about future
plans, Predictions, Ability, Actions and activities,
Offers, Suggestions
Grammar and structures
Verbs regular and irregular forms, Modal verbs,
Adverbs, Adjectives, Prepositions,
Linkers, Comparatives and Superlatives,
Nouns and pronouns, Determiners
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