In the old toy factory, a little monkey named Milo lived. He worked with the machines, painting toy cars red and blue. Every day, he saw a sad robot in a corner. The robot had a broken arm and no one...
Duration
5 min read
Length
166 words
Story
4 paragraphs
Sample preview reading passage
In the old toy factory, a little monkey named Milo lived. He worked with the machines, painting toy cars red and blue. Every day, he saw a sad robot in a corner. The robot had a broken arm and no one fixed it.
One night, the factory boss came to Milo. He said, "Milo, you can have a big box of bananas. But you must leave the factory and never come back." Milo loved bananas, but he also loved his home. He looked at the sad robot and felt sorry for it.
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Grammar focus and learning objectives covered in this story.
Grammar Level
A2 · Past Simple, modal verbs (can/must), prepositions of place
Use the Past Simple to talk about completed actions in the past. Regular verbs add -ed, while irregular verbs change form (e.g. see → saw, come → came, make → made).
Use 'can' to say someone is able to do something or has permission. Use 'must' to say something is necessary or required.
Prepositions of place show where something or someone is. Common ones include 'in' (inside), 'at' (a specific point), and 'with' (together/accompanying).
Don’t stop at every unknown word. Guess the meaning from context first, then check — that is how fluent readers build intuition.
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