32 units

The stories

From the latest Roseville reader. One per 3quipped unit.

G1 · Present Simple

Simple But Not Present.

Four pronouns get nothing. One gets a letter. The class has questions. #Valid

1182 words · 5 scenes · Workout

G2 · Present Continuous

The Present ContinuING debate

It's 9 am. Everyone is busy. Nobody is working. #Awkward

566 words · 5 scenes · Workout

G3 · Past Simple

The Verbs You Use Most Are the Broken Ones.

The alarm rang. Pip ran. The sandwich stayed. Somebody ate it. #Typical

1000 words · 5 scenes · Workout

G4 · Past Continuous

Where Were You at 1:20 pm?

Everyone was doing something. Nobody was doing the right thing. #Drama

782 words · 5 scenes · Workout

G5 · Comparatives

Good, Better, Best. Bad, Worse, Why?

Sports day. The twins cannot come second. Not even to each other. #Random

499 words · 5 scenes · Workout

G6 · Future

Two Futures. Nobody Knows Which.

We're going to France. Pip is going to organise it. Help. #Crisis

573 words · 5 scenes · Workout

G7 · Present Perfect

Have You Ever Eaten a Worm?

Nobody wants to know when. Everybody wants to know if. #Legend

568 words · 5 scenes · Workout

G8 · Modals

You Can't Take a Dragon to France.

Three little words. One very long argument. #Chaos

608 words · 5 scenes · Workout

G9 · Quantifiers

You Can Count Chips. You Can't Count Rice.

English decided this. Nobody knows when. #Injustice

595 words · 5 scenes · Workout

G10 · There is/are

Spanish Says Hay. English Needs Two Words.

And it wants to know how many first. #Evidence

597 words · 5 scenes · Workout

G11 · Indefinite pronouns

English Needs a Word That Means Nothing.

Mango is missing. Suki has thirty questions. All of them start with "do". #Random

617 words · 5 scenes · Workout

G12 · Gerunds/infinitives

I Like Eating. I Want to Eat. Decide, English.

Writing to the French partner school. Twelve drafts. Still about chips. #Trauma

621 words · 5 scenes · Workout

G13 · Prepositions of time

On Monday. In July. At 7 am. Why?

Coco's passport is somewhere. Everyone is looking in the wrong preposition. #Random

589 words · 5 scenes · Workout

G14 · Possessives

His, Her, Its, Their. Spanish Just Says "Su".

The lost property box is full. Nothing in it has a name. #Mystery

622 words · 5 scenes · Workout

G15 · Imperatives

Recipes Are Rude. That's Just Grammar.

Mix. Wait. Don't eat them yet. Somebody ate them. #Brutal

623 words · 5 scenes · Workout

G16 · Too/enough

Too Goes First. Enough Goes Last. Why?

Somebody has eaten too many biscuits. Nobody has eaten enough evidence. #Suspicious

608 words · 5 scenes · Workout

G17 · Passive

It Was Broken. By Nobody.

The greenhouse pane is cracked. English blames nobody. Spanish blames the glass. #Awkward

639 words · 5 scenes · Workout

G18 · Conditionals

If It Rains, We're Finished.

The summer fair. Four plans. One sky. #Doomed

634 words · 5 scenes · Workout

G19 · Advice

Everyone Knows What You Should Do.

Nobody asked. Everybody answered. #Drama

618 words · 5 scenes · Workout