Growing readers · new words and expressions · Finding things and questions · Ages 8–10
The Case of the Blue Pencil
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Read four short pages in English. Type the highlighted word, listen, see the Vietnamese translation and answer a story question.
English story
Page 1
Jae cannot find his blue pencil.
Jae không tìm thấy cây bút chì xanh.
Type blue pencil.
Page 2
“Where did I put it?” he wonders.
Bạn tự hỏi: “Mình để nó ở đâu nhỉ?”
Type Where.
Page 3
He looks underneath his notebook.
Bạn nhìn xuống bên dưới quyển vở.
Type underneath.
Page 4
“Found it!” Jae feels relieved.
“Tìm thấy rồi!” Jae cảm thấy nhẹ nhõm.
Type relieved.
Where is the pencil?
- under the notebook
- in a shoe
- on the bus
Check the answer
under the notebook
New English vocabulary
- pencil case
- hộp bút
- look for
- tìm kiếm
- underneath
- bên dưới
- relieved
- nhẹ nhõm
Try using these new words in a different sentence. Read aloud with a grown-up if you like.