Ellie and the Flying Hat
Ellie the elephant loses her big red hat in the wind. She asks funny zoo animals for help and tries to find it.
A free Story Adventure for Young learners at CEFR A1 level. Topic: elephant.
Story
- Ellie the elephant has a big red hat. Oh no! The wind takes it, and a tall giraffe laughs, "Your hat flies away!"
- The gorilla has a banana on his head, not a hat! He looks very silly. "Ask the panda or the parrot," he says.
- The lion sleeps in the sun. He opens one eye and yawns. "Ask the rhino or the snake," he says.
- The panda is black and white. She eats bamboo, slowly. "The tiger has a new red hat," she says with a smile.
- The parrot is red and green. "Hat! Hat! Hat!" she says again and again. She talks a lot, but she does not help!
- The rhino is big and grey, like Ellie. He has a horn on his nose. "I see a red hat near the tiger and the zebra," he says.
- The snake is long and green. She has no legs. "Ssss! I see something red in a tree," she says.
- The tiger has orange and black stripes. He has Ellie's red hat, but it is very small on his big head! He laughs and gives the hat back.
Vocabulary
- giraffe
- gorilla
- lion
- panda
- parrot
- rhino
- snake
- tiger
- zebra
- tree
Printable worksheet
This Story Adventure comes with a free printable worksheet: 1 part for students to do after the game, and an answer key for the teacher. It prints at three levels (Support, Core and Challenge); this is the Support sheet. Sign in free to print the whole sheet.
What's on the worksheet
- Remember the story · Circle the right answer.
Part 1: Remember the story
Circle the right answer.
- What is on the gorilla's head? a) An apple b) A bird c) A banana
- What does the lion do in the sun? a) He eats b) He sings c) He sleeps
- What does the panda eat? a) Fish b) Cake c) Bamboo