This book asks children to think about the questions: What do you know about water? How much water is there on Earth and why is it so important? What do you know about the animals that live in our oceans, rivers and lakes? Are we looking after this vital natural resource? It also tells three stories from different parts of the world about how children have dealt with problems related to water.

 

Vocabulary areas

materials, wild animals, nature, time, work

Grammar and structures

Present simple and continous

Present perfect

Will for future reference

Going to for future reference

Have to for obligation

Should for advice

Comparative and superlative adjectives

Infinitive of purpose

 

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

 

Caring for the natural world | Taking the initiative | Collaboration