In this power point, you'll find a very easy short story called 'The Catch'. It is an excellent resource to teach beginners how to tell a story using simple vocabulary and structure. You can also use it to review simple past.

1. THE CATCH

2. Look at the picture on the next slide. Name
the things you see in English.
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an apartment building
A boy
A window
Two girls
A blanket
toys
playing
look up
crawling

4. Listen to the teacher read the story. Look at
the pictures.
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24. Listen to the teacher read the story again. Look
at the words.
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Stephanie and
Samantha are
friends. Stephanie
is nine years old
and Samantha is
six.

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One day, they
were sitting
outside on a
blanket.

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The girls were
sitting next to a
big apartment
building.

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They looked
up.

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A little boy
was crawling
out a window.

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It was on the
fourth floor.

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Stephanie and
Samantha
picked up the
blanket

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and ran to
the building.

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They held the
blanket under
the window.

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Stephanie held
one side of the
blanket and
Samantha held
the other side.

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“Hold on
tight”,
Stephanie told
Samantha.

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The boy’s head,
shoulders and
arms were out
of the window.
head
shoulders
arms

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He put his
leg out of
the window.
leg

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Then,
he fell.

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Stephanie and
Samantha
caught him in
the blanket.

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Paramedics
came.

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The boy was
fine. “Lucky
boy”, the
paramedics
said.

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“Smart
girls!”

43. The Catch
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Stephanie and Samantha are friends. Stephanie is
nine years old and Samantha is six. One day, they were
sitting outside on a blanket. The girls were sitting next to a
big apartment building. They looked up. A little boy was
crawling out a window. It was on the fourth floor.
Stephanie and Samantha picked up the blanket and ran to
the building. They held the blanket under the window.
Stephanie held one side of the blanket and Samantha held
the other side. “Hold on tight”, Stephanie told Samantha.
The boy’s head, shoulders and arms were out of the
window. He put his leg out of the window. Then,
he fell. Stephanie and Samantha caught him in the
blanket. Paramedics came. The boy was fine. “Lucky boy”,
the paramedics said. “Smart girls!”

44. Who is it? What is it? Write the letter of your answer
in front of the sentence.
1. They are friends.
2. She is nine years old.
3. The girls were sitting next to it.
4. It is on the fourth floor.
5. The girls held it under the window.
6. The girls caught him.
7. They said “Lucky boy. Smart girls”.
A. A big apartment building
B. The paramedics
C. Stephanie
D. The little boy
E. Stephanie and Samantha
F. The blanket
G. The window
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E
C
F
D
B
A
G

45. Look at the pictures again. Try to say one
sentence for each picture.
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46. Stephanie
Samantha
9
6
friends

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sitting
blanket
outside

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a big apartment building
sitting

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up
look

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a little boy
crawling
out of a window

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fourth floor

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pick up
blanket
Stephanie
Samantha

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run
building

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window
under
hold
blanket

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fall

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catch
Stephanie
Samantha

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paramedics
come

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the boy
fine

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smart

60. Source:
◦ HEYER, Sandra. All New Very Easy True Stories: A Picture-Based First
Reader. Pearson, Longman. New York, 2006.
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