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The Bear Who Waited: A Story of the Golden Savanna
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High Elementary (A2 High) CEFR A2

The Bear Who Waited: A Story of the Golden Savanna

On a warm and golden savanna, a young bear named Boro lived near a small water hole. The savanna was very different from the cold forests where his family once lived. Every morning, he watched the zeb...

Duration

5 min read

Length

238 words

Story

4 paragraphs

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On a warm and golden savanna, a young bear named Boro lived near a small water hole. The savanna was very different from the cold forests where his family once lived. Every morning, he watched the zebras and the antelopes come to graze on the sweet grass. Boro was afraid of the open land, which had no trees to hide behind.

One dry season, a long drought came, and the river slowly turned to dust. The animals began their great migration, walking many days to find fresh water and green grass. Boro wanted to follow them, but his fear was too strong. An old tortoise, who had seen many seasons, told him, "Patience is a virtue, young bear. The rain will come when it is ready."

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Educational Objectives

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Grammar focus and learning objectives covered in this story.

Grammar Level

A2 · Past Simple, Past Continuous, relative clauses

Learning Outcomes

  • read and understand a short story about animals on the savanna
  • recognise and use past simple verbs to describe past events
  • identify relative clauses with 'who' and 'which' in sentences
  • explain the food chain from grasses to grazers to predators
  • use new words like 'savanna', 'predator', 'graze', 'migration', and 'drought'

Grammar Focus

Past Simple: subject + verb(-ed) / irregular past

Use the past simple to talk about finished actions in the past. Regular verbs add -ed, and irregular verbs change form.

“ Boro waited and watched the food chain around him.
Tip: Learn the irregular past forms (like 'came', 'saw', 'grew') because they do not use -ed.
Relative clauses with 'who' and 'which'

Use 'who' for people and 'which' for things to add extra information about a noun.

“ An old tortoise, who had seen many seasons, told him...
Tip: Put the relative clause right after the noun it describes, and use commas if the information is extra.
Past Continuous: was/were + verb(-ing)

Use the past continuous to describe an action that was happening around a time in the past.

“ The animals began their great migration, walking many days to find fresh water and green grass.
Tip: Use the past continuous for background actions and the past simple for the main events.

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