Growing readers · new words and expressions · Art and opinions · Ages 8–10

The Paint Is the Wrong Color

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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 share a gentle moment beside a pond.
Fox and Rabbit share a gentle moment beside a pond.

English story

Page 1

Tess paints the moon purple.

Tess tô mặt trăng màu tím.

Type purple.

Page 2

“I thought it was blue!” Fox says.

Cáo nói: “Mình tưởng mặt trăng màu xanh!”

Type thought.

Page 3

Tess smiles. “Purple is my favorite.”

Tess mỉm cười: “Màu tím là màu mình thích nhất.”

Type my favorite.

Page 4

Fox asks for a purple moon too.

Cáo cũng xin một mặt trăng màu tím.

Type purple moon.

What color is Tess’s moon?

  • purple
  • blue
  • green
Check the answer

purple

New English vocabulary

paint
sơn
purple
màu tím
surprised
ngạc nhiên
my favorite
màu mình thích nhất

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