Everyday · page 51 2 3 4 5465The new kid and the first day29 sentences · Ada starts at Sam's school in March, halfway through the year.466Joining a game, and the shy kid39 sentences · Lily is shy and wants to join the skipping game.467Friends through games and clubs37 sentences · First activity: build a tower out of dry spaghetti and marshmallows with a partner, Grace-from-Brownies (not…468Nice alone, mean in a group30 sentences · On the walk home Chloe's friend Bella is lovely: shares her sweets, asks about Chloe's nan.469The copier and the one who competes at everything33 sentences · Every time Lily gets something new, Grace turns up with it the next day: the sloth hairclip, the glitter pen…470The friend who only calls when they need something41 sentences · Connor's friend Ollie only messages when he needs something: help with maths homework, a lend of a charger,…471The kid who has it in for you27 sentences · In Year 2 Sam knocked over Dean's Lego tower by accident.472Rival teams and the older bully28 sentences · Every May, Mill Lane Juniors play Station Road Rovers, and the Rovers' parents chant «Mill Lane, Mill Lane,…473The ball over the fence and the grumpy old man next door33 sentences · Sam's football flies over the fence into Mr Grimshaw's garden.474Feuds between families32 sentences · A feud is a long quarrel between families or groups, sometimes lasting years after everyone has forgotten ho…475The row over a game29 sentences · Sam and Jake are playing Mario Kart.476The secret that got told32 sentences · At a sleepover Lily tells Maddie she has a crush on Kieran.477Saying sorry, and the sorry that is not accepted37 sentences · Kieran calls Lily «Smelly Lily» in front of the class.478Three's a crowd, and the friend who picks someone else25 sentences · Lily, Maddie and Chloe are a three.479The group chat that turns32 sentences · Forty-seven crying-laughing emojis.480The friend in the game you never met, and the fake friend30 sentences · Connor has played every night for months with «xXShadowWolfXx», who is funny, gives tips and gifted him a sk…481Blocking, muting and walking away30 sentences · Lily reads them again and again at bedtime.482Mum's best friend and Dad's mate from work28 sentences · Every Friday Lily's mum's best friend, Auntie Jo, comes round with a bag of gossip, and the two of them laug…483Neighbours who don't speak and the friendly shopkeeper33 sentences · Two old men on Sam's street, Mr Shaw and Mr Kowalski, haven't spoken in eleven years.484Enemies who became friends, and ones who never did32 sentences · Dean has had it in for Sam since Year 2.485What a real friend is34 sentences · Sam's dad asks, «So what makes a real friend?» Sam thinks of Jake turning up with Monster Munch for a rematc…486Every family is different30 sentences · On «draw your family» day in Cardiff, Tegan draws herself, Mum and the cat, and worries her picture looks to…487Money is tight: free school meals and second-hand uniform31 sentences · In Sunderland, Dafydd's mum works part-time in a care home and money is tight, so Dafydd gets free school me…488The electric meter, the food bank and «we can't afford it»39 sentences · In Middlesbrough the telly dies right in the middle of Lorcan's cartoons, and the lights go with it.489Hiding it from friends: being skint at school39 sentences · In Nottingham, Jolene's mates all have the new trainers, and her family is skint (has no spare money).490Comfortable families: enough, but not everything40 sentences · In Reading, Elsie's mum is a nurse and her dad is a teacher.491Rich families: the big house, the nanny and never seeing Dad37 sentences · Lottie lives in a big house in Surrey.492Friends who only come for the pool: rich kids and rumours38 sentences · After hearing a kid call him «mid» (boring), Monty in Los Angeles decides to test his friends.493Warm parents and strict parents35 sentences · In York, Poppy-Ann comes home with 5 out of 20 in spelling and waits for trouble.494Shouty parents and bad days31 sentences · Shouldn't have yelled.» Grown-ups get tired and stressed just like kids, and sometimes they snap.495Cold parents: always on the phone38 sentences · In Brighton, Avery runs in with a gold star.496Parents who row, and one kind and one not38 sentences · A «row» (it rhymes with «cow») is a British word for a loud argument.497Tired, sad or drinking parents: tell a trusted adult38 sentences · Sometimes a grown-up at home is not okay, and a child sees it first.498The only child: a quiet house32 sentences · An only child is a child with no brothers or sisters.499The only child: all the attention and wanting a sibling37 sentences · With one child, all the parents' attention lands on one person: lovely, and sometimes heavy.500The big sister: bossy, protective, borrowing your stuff40 sentences · Big sisters are often bossy and protective in the same morning.501Big brothers40 sentences · Big brothers often tease, and a tiny bit of praise from them can feel like a medal.502Minding the little ones: «you're the oldest»42 sentences · In Birmingham, Ifeoma, 10, is the oldest of five; Mum and Dad run a small shop.503Twins and big families40 sentences · Twins are often treated as one unit, «the twins», but each twin is her own person.504A new baby44 sentences · A new baby changes the whole family.505Half- and step-siblings40 sentences · Families can join together.506A sibling with a disability or illness, a sibling who left home34 sentences · In a Leeds supermarket the strip lights buzz, a trolley crashes, and Toby, who is 7 and autistic, drops to t…507Siblings as best mates and as rivals36 sentences · In Bristol, Mo, 10, gets told off for being late for school.508Fighting, ignoring each other and sharing a room36 sentences · In Wakefield, Brandon and Kyle, 9 and 10, fight every single day: kicks under the table, «you're a div» (a d…509The favourite, the black sheep, covering for each other and hand-me-downs29 sentences · Then Fern hears Nan say, «Fern's the one who's always in trouble.» Fern folds her arms: «I'm the black sheep…510Cousins: like a sister, posh, or far away30 sentences · Your cousins are the children of your aunts and uncles.511Family parties, aunts and uncles, and the row nobody explains32 sentences · In Newcastle, Nan turns 70 and there are 40 relatives, a DJ, a buffet with sausage rolls stacked like bricks…512The granny who spoils you and the strict grandad34 sentences · In Burnley, Nan picks Alfie-Joe up from school every day while Mum's at work, and every day it's a Wagon Whe…513Grandparents abroad and grandparents you never met29 sentences · Every Sunday, Taras in Leeds video calls his baba and dido (Ukrainian for gran and grandad) in Ukraine.514Dementia and the first death in the family38 sentences · Dementia is an illness of the brain that makes people forget, more and more over time, even the people they…515Mum on her own, Dad on his own35 sentences · In Leicester, Kezia's mum drives a bus and does everything else too: tea, homework, washing, school runs, th…516Divorce and two homes46 sentences · When parents divorce or separate, they stop being a couple, but they never stop being parents.517The parent who left, and a new partner46 sentences · On his tenth birthday Corey sits by the phone all afternoon, cake untouched.518When a parent has died44 sentences · When a parent dies, they don't come back; that is the hardest truth there is.519Parents far away: the army, work abroad, prison51 sentences · Some parents are alive and loving and still far away: in the army, working abroad, or in prison.520Living in a children's home49 sentences · Some children can't live with their parents for a while, because the parents are too ill, can't cope, or can…521Foster care43 sentences · Foster carers are grown-ups who look after a child in their own home when the child's parents can't.522Adoption46 sentences · Adoption is when a child whose birth parents can't bring them up joins a new family for good.523Kinship care: living with Gran or an aunt49 sentences · Kinship care is when a child lives with a relative, like a gran, grandad, aunt or uncle, or a close family f…524«Where's your dad?»: questions and cruel jokes52 sentences · Kids ask about families all the time.525Friends who get it46 sentences · After the Father's Day joke, Corey sits alone at lunch, picking at his chips.1 2 3 4 5← previousEuphemismsnext →French↑ back to the schoolThis page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/page/5/