Leo was a historian. He studied old books. He loved the past. But he was afraid of the dark future. The city was full of lights and machines. Leo did not like it.One day, Leo found a map. It showed a...
Duration
5 min read
Length
110 words
Story
3 paragraphs
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Leo was a historian. He studied old books. He loved the past. But he was afraid of the dark future. The city was full of lights and machines. Leo did not like it.
One day, Leo found a map. It showed a place from the old city. He wanted to see it. But the place was dark and scary. Leo was very afraid. He thought about the ghosts of the past. He did not want to go.
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Grammar focus and learning objectives covered in this story.
Grammar Level
A1 · Past Simple (regular and irregular), was/were, negation with did not
Use the past simple to talk about finished actions in the past. For regular verbs, add -ed to the base verb.
Use was or were to describe feelings or states in the past. Was is for I, he, she, it; were is for you, we, they.
Use did not (didn't) + the base form of the verb to make negative sentences in the past simple.
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