However, things don’t happen exactly as expected and the fairy turns out to be quite a grump fairy! Readers though the generations have loved this humorous story by Edith Nesbit. Along with an appreciation for the funny side of life it teaches children that if not thinking things through properly can get you into trouble thinking carefully can usually get you out of it.

 

Vocabulary areas

family, parts of the body, animals, house and garden

Grammar and structures

Present simple and continuous

Past simple (regular and irregular forms)

Had to for obligation

Can / could for ability

Adverbs

There was / There wasn’t

Comparative and superlative adjectives

 

Games and language activities | Au audio recording of the story | A picture dictionary

 

Family | Problem-solving | Dealing with surprises