Growing readers · new words and expressions · Kindness and small gifts · Ages 8–10

A Notebook for Emi

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Read four short pages in English. Type the highlighted word, listen, see the Vietnamese translation and answer a story question.

Fox and Rabbit wash vegetables together in a sunny kitchen.
Fox and Rabbit wash vegetables together in a sunny kitchen.

English story

Page 1

Emi’s birthday is tomorrow.

Ngày mai là sinh nhật của Emi.

Type birthday.

Page 2

Bo chooses a little notebook.

Bo chọn một quyển vở nhỏ.

Type chooses.

Page 3

He wraps it carefully in blue paper.

Bạn gói quyển vở cẩn thận bằng giấy xanh.

Type carefully.

Page 4

“You remembered!” Emi looks delighted.

Emi vui sướng: “Bạn vẫn nhớ à!”

Type delighted.

What gift does Emi get?

  • a notebook
  • a kite
  • a cake
Check the answer

a notebook

New English vocabulary

birthday
sinh nhật
choose
chọn
carefully
cẩn thận
delighted
vui sướng

Try using these new words in a different sentence. Read aloud with a grown-up if you like.