6 A trip to the beach

Chapter 6 A trip to the beach 1 collect shells 2 listen to the waves 3 swallow salty water 4 smell and eat food on a barbecue 5 touch the warm sand 6 walk on the sand A The children are talking about things to do at the beach. Read. What do you like doing at the beach, children? I like collecting shells. What don't you like doing at the beach? I don't like walking on the sand.

B What do / don't they like doing at the beach? Act the children. I like. . . . I don't like. . .

LEARN to Read C What do the Tam family do at the beach? Read and find out. 1 Let's make a big sandcastle. I'm sure we can win the competition. I like building sandcastles. The Tams want to win the competition. They use a bucket and a spade to build a beautiful sandcastle. 2 The children are hot. They want ③an ice cream. Here's some money. Get one forme too, please. I like ice cream. 3 Phew! This is hard work. Dad wants to finish the sandcastle. 4 The tide is coming in. I hope the waves don't wash away our sandcastle. 5 The children cannot see Dad. They can only see his hat on the water. They are worried. Oh dear! Dad can't swim, Guess what happens to Dad.

6 The waves are washing the sandcastleaway. Dad is trying to save it. 7 It's too late, Dad. The tide's coming in. The children give Dad a towel and his ice cream. D Tick() the correct answers. 1 The Tams want to win the competition. They are making _. ice cream waves a sandcastle 2 In Picture 5, the children are worried about their _. sandcastle father ice cream 3 The tide is the _. sand seawater fresh air Phonies Say the sounds and the words. ell smell shell all ball tall Can you say these words? sell stall

Pre-tack Activity E Tom and Beeno make notes about their trip to the beach. Act thechildren. What do you like at the beach, Beeno? I like the pretty shells. I like looking at them.