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Who is here? It’s two friendly butterflies! Do the butterflies usually eat fish and chips or drink Coca-Cola?

They want several new dresses from the petals of the flower below. Can you help them?

Note! With He, She, It: If a verb ends in –y, there are two ways:

– change -y for –ies (worry-worries) – a consonant + y = a consonant + ies

– just add –s to the verb (play – plays) – a vowel + y = a vowel + y + s

It depends on the letter that goes before “y”. Pay attention to it, my friend.

Now tell Sally what butterfly gets a deny dress?

You’re right, the first one! And the dress will change: deny – she denies. Now you try to help the butterflies.

Wonderful! The butterflies are happy now! Thank you!

Zoo! To understand the rule above better, let’s read a poem about Homya. Find all the things Homya does.

Meet Homya Homich from the Zoo

At the Zoo there lives a hamster,

Homya Homich is his name.

And he’s got his friends around –

All of them are in the tale.

Guard Nickiforich is here –

He is not exactly friend.

Homya sees him – cries and worries –

So, this guard is hard to stand.

Homya stays with guard Petrovich –

Always pleasure he displays.

Hurries to Petrovich’s house,

Where he just enjoys and plays.

Homya is all good and furry –

Never friendship he denies.

Always brings something delicious –

With Petrovich corn he fries.

Talk! Wonderful! Look at the picture above, my friend. Can you name everyone in the picture? Who’s there behind the tree? Does he look friendly? Who do you like best from this poem? Whom would you like to meet? Why? What does Petrovich have for Homya?

Now Sally has more work to do. She has got two other magic pots for planting flowers. Who wants to help this time? Guess from the poem:

Oh!

Feast now!

Toast and butter!

Eat, munch and crunch!

Now it makes me feel good!

Do you know who it is? Pay attention to the first letters of each line.

Plant each flower that you see in the picture into the right pot! Say the magic words (Mrs. Often helps you), for example: He (she or it) often works hard.

Homiq is so impressed with Mrs. Often’s work that he makes up a poem about her. Please find everything that Mrs. Often does!

Mrs. Often is hard-working

Mrs. Often is so clever – she works hard and home she goes.

Often flies from here to there – carries bags and never groans.

When she finishes her washing, fixes she and mends all things,

Often kisses she her children – often joy and gladness brings.

Dear friend, whom do you like best – Mrs. Always or Mrs. Often? Why?

Help the hamsters

The hamster called Never has got a very naughty son. His name is Never Junior. Look at him. He is in picture below. It seems that someone is very untidy…

By the way, are YOU sometimes naughty? Why yes? Why no? Never Jr. usually, every day, always, often does very naughty things and disappoints his parents. But we’ve got a magic hat and a magic wand, haven’t we? So, let’s help Never Jr. behave better! For this you should read everything that this hamster does (from the list below) only adding his magic (!) name to it and remembering how to plant flowers. For example: He NEVER teases a friend. You should try to be very convincing and serious while doing this magic or it won’t work! Now, let’s start!

Tease a friend

Stick out his tongue

Make a mess in his room

Break a chair

Eat only sweets the whole day

Come home in messy dirty clothes

Get to dinner with dirty paws

Go outside without his parents’ knowing it

Walk in dangerous places

Meet a big bad wolf and talk to him in a friendly way

Brilliant! Good job! Thank you!

HamFish

All the hamsters that come to GrammArea are asked to make up any magical creature, draw it and describe its habits. Then they use magic to make this creature alive!

Homiq and Hammy also have some ideas about it. Homiq is here to tell us.

We’re glad to present to your attention the wonderful HAMFISH! (You can see it in the picture above). He lives in all waters, especially in the Hamster Sea, which is in Hamsterran Area of GrammArea. He needs water, fish, chips and burgers! He uses underwater stones, sand and plants or even shells to build his house. A she-hamfish has babies from 5 to 12 centimeters long. Babies can have different names: Flyer, Swimmer, Hammy, Lucky, Cheeker, Waterhom, Eater, Racer, Whiskers. An average hamfish has got whiskers from 10 to 20 centimeters long. It is a very clever animal. It walks on the ground easily.

Why do you think this creature is called Hamfish? Now to make our Hamfish alive we should find all the examples of Present Simple in the text above. For example: He lives… Let’s help Hamfish live happily in GrammArea!

Great! Dear friend, now it’s time for your magic creature! Don’t be shy and draw it, but please, don’t show it to anyone yet!

Play! Let your friends guess what your magic creature looks like. Let them ask you some questions about this creature and you should answer only “yes” or “no”. The questions can be as follows: Does your creature have long ears? Is your animal black? Does it have a tail? Does it have a cat’s head? Does it have a family? Does it have a name? Does it have many legs? and so on.

Say and Show

Now tell us about your Magic Friend who travels with you in GrammArea. And what does he or she do every day, usually, always, never, often, sometimes? Our fun list will help you with this (only add –s or –es each time): for example: He often hiccups after a good meal (and show us how he does it). Let’s start:

to hiccup after a good meal

to jump and hop like a mad hare at night

to moo like a real cow

to pretend to be a hedgehog

to behave like an old goat

to chase his or her tail like an Indian

to lick his (her) paws in the morning

to wash and splash like a duck in a bathtub

to miss you when you’re out

Hamsters’ club show

Talk! Do you often go to circus, my friend? What do you like best at the circus: clowns, acrobats or animals? Would you like to be a circus-actor?

Hammy and Homiq go to the Hamsters’ Club! They can see a notice there. Let’s read it together!

Attention! Attention!

Only today and only at our Hamsters’ club!

Fantastic circus-actress Georgina performs in her

Very Special Show!

Look! Who is it on the poster? Would you like to watch her show? How many hamsters can you see sitting in the circus? What does she have in her paw?

It must be very interesting! – says Homiq. – Let’s read on:

During the show the actress Georgina:

– climbs into the basket and jumps out high up in the air;

– stands on one paw for 15 seconds;

– rings the bell (no paws!);

– jumps over the high fence;

– stands on her head in the armchair;

– drinks some water from the cooler (no paws!);

– waves to the audience and wishes farewell.

Hurry! Hurry to the show and enjoy!

For Hammy and Homiq: come to the show and get a note which says where to go next in GrammArea.

Dear friend, to help Georgina perform better, find all the examples of Present Simple in the notice above (start with climbs).

Georgina’s day

Meanwhile, Georgina has a whole day ahead of her. Make a list of what she does during the day. Hammy and Homiq can help. They have got a magic box full of words which you can use.

Write the correct words above and you’ll learn whom she has to visit before the show – just put all the marked letters in the table below.

Great! Homiq and Hammy try to help Georgina too. Below is the list from them. What can the famous actress do from this list? Write down what you think of it (use the words from the tables 1 and 2 or even your own words). Don’t forget to put the verbs from table 1 in the correct form!

First she ___________________(1) __________________ (2).

Then she ___________________(1) __________________ (2).

After this she ___________________(1) _______________(2).

In a while she ___________________(1) _______________(2).

Finally she ___________________(1) __________________ (2).

Good job! You are a great friend!

Zoo! Now let’s read about our friends from the Zoo, Homya the hamster and guard Petrovich.

Fill in the blanks and complete the story about them. Choose the words from the list below or use your own words and put them in the correct form:

Homya the hamster and his friends

Homya the hamster _________________ (1) Petrovich every day. Guard Nickiforich ___________________ (2) and goes to ___________________ (3) Homya. When Peotr Ivanich, the director of the Zoo, ________________ (4) Homya, he ________________________ (5). Homya’s life is ______________________ (6).