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Nesbit
Stage 1

The Railway Children

Edith Nesbit
Railway Children
children go to live in the country. Their house is near a train
n. They go there with their mother. But their father isn’t there.
EDITH NESBIT

Stage 1
ain station is an exciting place. Bobbie, Peter and Phyllis are
s there. And they do a lot of exciting things. But there is one
hat they really want to know. Where is their father?

reader you will find:

mation about Edith Nesbit
THE RAILWAY CHILDREN

tion focusing on background and context

ssary of difficult words
prehension activities
xit test

y Friends Food Trains Nature

Stage 1
tage 1 Elementary 600 headwords A1 Movers
tage 2 Pre-Intermediate 800 headwords A2 Flyers/Key (KET)
tage 3 Intermediate 1000 headwords B1 Preliminary (PET)
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Activities
1 Find 17 new words from this story in the
wordsearch below.

L P R O M I S E P G
O H E R O E S S L E
O G S M I L E P A N
K U S H I L L E T T
A I H I N W F C F L
R L E D E A I I O E
O T E E W V R A R M
U Y T A S E E L M A
N M E D I C I N E N
D D A N G E R O U S
STUDENT

medicine, news, platform, promise, sheet, smile, special, wave.

1 dangerous, fire, hill, gentleman, guilty, heroes, idea, look around,
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 Readers
EXTRA ACTIVITIES
aders is a beautifully illustrated series of timeless classics
ecially-written stories for learners of English.

Nesbit
Stage 1

The Railway Children

Edith Nesbit
Railway Children
children go to live in the country. Their house is near a train
n. They go there with their mother. But their father isn’t there.
EDITH NESBIT

Stage 1
ain station is an exciting place. Bobbie, Peter and Phyllis are
s there. And they do a lot of exciting things. But there is one
hat they really want to know. Where is their father?

reader you will find:

mation about Edith Nesbit
THE RAILWAY CHILDREN

tion focusing on background and context

ssary of difficult words
prehension activities
xit test

y Friends Food Trains Nature

Stage 1
tage 1 Elementary 600 headwords A1 Movers
tage 2 Pre-Intermediate 800 headwords A2 Flyers/Key (KET)
tage 3 Intermediate 1000 headwords B1 Preliminary (PET)
Te e n E L I R e a d e r s

A1
lassic

with
Audio CD

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2 Put the words into the contracted form.

around - inside - off - on the wall - outside - with

we’re in a new house,

‘Wake up!’ said Bobbie. ‘We are ______
remember?’
Yes, a new house with a rat,’ said Phyllis.
‘But (1) it is _______ exciting,’ said Peter. ‘I want to go outside.
We (2) did not _______ see much last night. It was too dark.’
‘Yes, I want to go out,’ said Bobbie. And so, they went into the
garden.
‘(3) It is _______ very green,’ said Phyllis.
‘That hill,’ said Bobbie, ‘we (4) did not _______ like it last night.
We had to go up with our bags. (5) It is _______ better to go
down a hill.’ And so, they ran down the hill.
STUDENT

2 1 it’s, 2 didn’t, 3 it’s, 4 didn’t , 5 it’s.

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 Readers
EXTRA ACTIVITIES
aders is a beautifully illustrated series of timeless classics
ecially-written stories for learners of English.

Nesbit
Stage 1

The Railway Children

Edith Nesbit
Railway Children
children go to live in the country. Their house is near a train
n. They go there with their mother. But their father isn’t there.
EDITH NESBIT

Stage 1
ain station is an exciting place. Bobbie, Peter and Phyllis are
s there. And they do a lot of exciting things. But there is one
hat they really want to know. Where is their father?

reader you will find:

mation about Edith Nesbit
THE RAILWAY CHILDREN

tion focusing on background and context

ssary of difficult words
prehension activities
xit test

y Friends Food Trains Nature

Stage 1
tage 1 Elementary 600 headwords A1 Movers
tage 2 Pre-Intermediate 800 headwords A2 Flyers/Key (KET)
tage 3 Intermediate 1000 headwords B1 Preliminary (PET)
Te e n E L I R e a d e r s

A1
lassic

with
Audio CD

Teen Readers
www.eligradedreaders.com ELT Te e n Readers
ELT A 1

A1

Test yourself

Put the words in the right order to make questions from

Chapter 3.

1 How | children | the | many | old gentleman | did | see?

Q _______________________________________________
A _______________________________________________
2 did | What | on | the | the sheet? | children | write
Q _______________________________________________
A _______________________________________________
3 Phyllis | What | did | do | the station? | at
Q _______________________________________________
A _______________________________________________
4 ask | old gentleman? | did | the | What | children | the
Q _______________________________________________
A _______________________________________________
5 arrived | that | What | at | evening? | ‘Three Chimneys’
Q _______________________________________________
A _______________________________________________
6 the children | What | second | write | on | did | the sheet?
Q _______________________________________________
A _______________________________________________

the second sheet? She’s better. Thank you for the medicine.
other things the children needed, and a letter; 6 What did the children write on
STUDENT

5 What arrived at ‘Three Chimneys’ that evening? A big box with medicines,
children ask the old gentleman? For medicine to help their mother, who is ill;
Phyllis do at the station? She gave the old gentleman a letter; 4 What did the
children write on the sheet? Look out of the window! At the station!; 3 What did
1 How many children did the old gentleman see? One – Peter; 2 What did the
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 Readers
EXTRA ACTIVITIES
aders is a beautifully illustrated series of timeless classics
ecially-written stories for learners of English.

Nesbit
Stage 1

The Railway Children

Edith Nesbit
Railway Children
children go to live in the country. Their house is near a train
n. They go there with their mother. But their father isn’t there.
EDITH NESBIT

Stage 1
ain station is an exciting place. Bobbie, Peter and Phyllis are
s there. And they do a lot of exciting things. But there is one
hat they really want to know. Where is their father?

reader you will find:

mation about Edith Nesbit
THE RAILWAY CHILDREN

tion focusing on background and context

ssary of difficult words
prehension activities
xit test

y Friends Food Trains Nature

Stage 1
tage 1 Elementary 600 headwords A1 Movers
tage 2 Pre-Intermediate 800 headwords A2 Flyers/Key (KET)
tage 3 Intermediate 1000 headwords B1 Preliminary (PET)
Te e n E L I R e a d e r s

A1
lassic

with
Audio CD

Teen Readers
www.eligradedreaders.com ELT Te e n Readers
ELT A 1

A1

Focus on…

Edith Nesbit’s
Poetry
Competition

To commemorate the 150th anniversary of the birth of Edith Nesbit on 15 August

1858 the society wanted to organise a poetry competition. This was open to
children from 6-10 and 11-16 years of age and it had a great response from the
children.

The winners were: Danielle Tye’s for the 6-10 year olds with ‘A Little Fairy’ and for
the 11-16 year olds Eloise Richardson’s ‘Edith Nesbit’s 150th Anniversary’.
A signed copy of Jacqueline Wilson’s (an English writer of children books) latest
book ‘Cookie’ was given by her to the first prize winners and signed photographs
to all competitors.
STUDENT