In a big castle, there lived a silly rabbit named Nibbles. Nibbles had long ears and a fluffy tail. He loved to hop around the shiny halls. One day, the king lost his golden crown. The king was very s...
Duration
5 min read
Length
178 words
Story
4 paragraphs
Sample preview reading passage
In a big castle, there lived a silly rabbit named Nibbles. Nibbles had long ears and a fluffy tail. He loved to hop around the shiny halls. One day, the king lost his golden crown. The king was very sad.
Nibbles wanted to help the king. He looked under the big red rug. He looked behind the tall bookshelf. He looked inside a dusty old pot. But he did not find the crown. Then he saw a little mouse. The mouse was crying.
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Grammar focus and learning objectives covered in this story.
Grammar Level
A2 · Past Simple (regular & irregular), prepositions of place
Use the past simple to talk about actions that happened at a specific time in the past. For regular verbs, add -ed to the base verb.
Some verbs have special forms in the past simple. You need to learn these irregular forms separately.
Use prepositions of place to show where something is. 'Under' means below, 'behind' means at the back of, 'inside' means within.
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