Captain Rex was a big green dinosaur. He lived on a pirate ship called the Sea Star. Every day, he helped his pirate friends. They looked for gold and jewels on small islands. Rex was very strong and...
Duration
5 min read
Length
150 words
Story
4 paragraphs
Sample preview reading passage
Captain Rex was a big green dinosaur. He lived on a pirate ship called the Sea Star. Every day, he helped his pirate friends. They looked for gold and jewels on small islands. Rex was very strong and kind.
One morning, a thick fog covered the sea. The ship moved slowly through the white mist. Rex could not see the sun or the stars. The captain said, "We are lost!" Everyone looked worried. Rex felt scared too.
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Grammar focus and learning objectives covered in this story.
Grammar Level
A2 · Past Simple, 'could' for ability, prepositions of place
Use the past simple to talk about actions that happened and finished in the past. Regular verbs add -ed, but some verbs are irregular (e.g., 'lived', 'moved', 'saw').
Use 'could' to talk about someone's ability in the past. It means 'was able to'.
Prepositions of place show where something or someone is. For example, 'on' means touching a surface, 'above' means higher than something, and 'near' means close to.
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