EAL Teacher - Story Index ADJECTIVES: Mistress Owl The Elephant who Lost his Patience and the Qazi of Jaunpur Who is the Cleverest Sheep or Lion? WORD ORDER: How the Tortoise got his Crooked Shell The Three Dolls The Fool and ADJECTIVES + PREPOSITIONS: The Story of the Dragon Boat Festival COMPARATIVES/SUPERLATIVES: The Drop of Honey The Fool and POSITIVE/NEGATIVE/NEUTRAL: The Three Little Pigs The Legend of the Mafumeira Who is the Cleverest Sheep or Lion? The Generous and Brave Warrior The Washerman s Donkey ADVERBS: Kulumbu Yeye The Story of Layla and Majnun Mistress Owl and the Qazi of Jaunpur Who is the Cleverest Sheep or Lion?
ADVERBS (cont): ADVERB + VERB + PREPOSITION: ALLITERATION: The Deer and the Jaguar AMERICAN ENGLISH: Mistress Owl ANTONYMS: ARTICLES (Indefinite and Definite): The Three Dolls The Drop of Honey The Fool and The Lost Camel The Deer and the Jaguar (Definite) AS: Future: AUXILIARY VERBS: - See MODAL VERBS COMPARISONS: CONDITIONALS: The Lost Camel The Elephant who Lost his Patience The Generous and Brave Warrior The Tortoise and The Hare CONJUNCTIONS: But: The Farmer and the Cow And: The Spider and his Two Friends Conjunction + Pronoun + Verb: ( and so he ) CONTRACTIONS: DETERMINERS: None (without a noun)
DETERMINERS (cont): Hard Times (A True Story) A Good Friend The Washerman s Donkey DIALOGUE/REPORTED SPEECH: (Can be changed from one to the other) How the Tortoise got his Crooked Shell The Three Dolls The Fool and The Deer and the Jaguar The Eagle and the King EMOTIVE LANGUAGE: The Farmer and the Cow The Spider and his Two Friends ENDINGS: Li and Gao The Fool and The Fool, The Sheep and The End of The EUPHEMISMS: The Story of Layla and Majnun EXCLAMATIONS: FUTURE INTENTIONS: Will/Shall: Li and Gao The Fool and The Sheep and The End of The The Deer and the Jaguar FUTURE INTENTIONS (cont): The Eagle and the King A Good Friend The Three Little Pigs and the Qazi of Jaunpur The Generous and Brave Warrior HOMOPHONES: The Story of the Dragon Boat Festival The Ever So Long Wool String The Three Dolls The Fool and The Fool and The Elephant who Lost his Patience and the Qazi of Jaunpur IDIOMS:
IMPERATIVES: The Well Who is the cleverest Sheep or Lion? The Generous and Brave Warrior INTENSIFIERS: Very: The Farmer and the Cow The Ant and the Elephant Too much: More: The Farmer and the Cow Quite: So + adjective: Too: LEXIS: Air: Change: Clothes: Animals/Birds: Family relationships: The Story of Layla and Majnun Mood: Colours: Occupations: The Brothers who Met Poverty Meat: The Fool, The Sheep and The End of The
Look: (synonyms) Said: The Innocent Punishment Adam and the Dragon s Treasure METAPHORS: MODAL VERBS: Will not/cannot: Could not: Can/will: Shall: Will: The Ever So Long Wool String Might: The Innocent Punishment NOUN + VERB + PREPOSITION: NOUNS: (Countable/Uncountable): NOUNS: (Plural): NUMBERS: OBLIGATION: I have got to/i must: Why Anansi has eight skinny legs OFFERS AND REQUESTS: The Spider and his Two Friends ONOMATOPOEIA: The Eagle and the King OPPOSITES: PHRASAL VERBS: In case: The Ever So Long Wool String A Good Friend POSSESSIVES: Adam and the Dragon s Treasure
PREDICTIONS: The Fool, The Sheep and The End of The PREFIXES: Un/re: Un/dis: Re: Dis: Un: Who is the cleverest Sheep or Lion? PREPOSITIONS: The Brothers who Met Poverty PRONOUNS: The Fool and QUESTION FORMS: How the Tortoise got his Crooked Shell Li and Gao The Lost Camel (rhetorical) (rhetorical) The Three Little Pigs The Elephant who Lost his Patience Who is the cleverest Sheep or Lion? REPETITION: REQUESTS: Can: Do not: May: Might: Will: and the Qazi of Jaunpur Would: The Three Little Pigs RHYME: SHOULD: SIMILES: SO + ADJECTIVE: SUFFIXES: -ed: -ing: Who is the cleverest Sheep or Lion? -ly: Who is the cleverest Sheep or Lion?
TENSES: Past Simple: How the Tortoise got his Crooked Shell The Drop of Honey The fool, the sheep and the end of the world The Fool and Past Continuous: The Fool, The Sheep and The End of The and the Qazi of Jaunpur Who is the cleverest Sheep or Lion? Past Perfect: Adam and the Dragon s Treasure Past Perfect (cont): Present Simple: The Lost Camel Present Simple and Continuous: Past Perfect Continuous: Present Perfect: Adam and the Dragon s Treasure The Lost Camel Future Perfect: TOO + ADJECTIVE: VERBS: Regular and irregular: All of the stories are suitable for this type of exercise. To be/to have:
VERB + NOUN + PREPOSITION: Hard Times (A True Story) The Drop of Honey VERB + PREPOSITION: Kulumbu Yeye The Story of the Dragon Boat Festival The Brothers who Met Poverty Li and Gao Hard Times (A True Story) The Eagle and the King A Good Friend Mistress Owl The Washerman s Donkey VERB + -ing VERB + Irregular: and the Qazi of Jaunpur The Washerman s Donkey VERY: WISH: Expressing regret: WOULD: Hypothetical situation (imagining the future) YET: VERB + NOUN +PREPOSITION: Kulumbu Yeye VERB + PREPOSITION + PRONOUN: