Near the Sea – a Short Story for Beginners
Simple words + easy to pronounce + much repetition = learners learn to read well, build vocabulary, and increase confidence.
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English Short Stories for Beginners (Also Suitable for Children)
Story 1, Focus Sound and Spelling: ea (long E sound)
Tom and Angela are near the sea.
Tom is near Angela and Angela is near Tom.
The sea is near and the sea is big.
Tom wants to eat a banana.
Angela wants to eat a kiwi.
They sit and eat.
Now Tom wants to eat a kiwi,
and Angela wants to eat a banana.
They sit and eat.
Angela wants to clean. Tom wants to clean, too.
They clean the banana and they clean the kiwi.
They clean near the sea.
Now Angela wants to read. She sits and reads.
Tom sits, too, but Tom does not read. Tom dreams.
He sits and he dreams and he dreams.
Story 2, Focus Sound and Spelling: CH sound
Angela and Tom are near the sea.
They are at the beach. They are happy.
The beach is big. The beach is hot, too.
Angela likes the beach, and Tom likes the beach.
They play and they chat. They chat and they play.
They sit on a bench.
Angela and Tom eat lunch on the bench.
They eat lunch and they chat.
Tom eats a peach, and Angela eats a peach.
Angela eats a cherry, and Tom eats a cherry.
They eat lunch and chat on the bench at the beach.
Pepper the dog is at the beach, too.
Angela and Tom teach Pepper to sit on the bench.
Pepper sits on the bench.
Angela and Tom teach Pepper to catch the peach.
Angela and Tom teach Pepper to catch the cherry.
Pepper runs.
Pepper runs to catch the peach.
Pepper runs to catch the cherry.
Pepper eats the peach and Pepper eats the cherry.
Pepper is happy. Angela and Tom are happy.
Exercise:
Story 1 – Fill in the correct letters.
Tom and Angela are n__ __r the s__ __.
Tom is n__ __r Angela and Angela is n__ __r Tom.
The s__ __ is n__ __r and the s__ __ is b__g.
Tom wants to __ __t a banana.
Angela wants to __ __t a kiwi.
They s__t and __ __t.
Now Tom wants to __ __t a kiwi,
and Angela wants to __ __t a banana.
They s__t and __ __t.
Angela wants to cl__ __n. Tom wants to cl__ __n, too.
They cl__ __n the banana and they cl__ __n the kiwi.
They cl__ __n n__ __r the s__ __.
Now Angela wants to r__ __d. She s__ts and r__ __ds.
Tom s__ts, too, but Tom does not r__ __d. Tom dr__ __ms.
He s__ts and he dr__ __ms and he dr__ __ms.
Story 2 – Fill in the correct letters.
Angela and Tom are near the __ea.
They are at the bea__ __. They are happ__.
The bea__ __ is big. The bea__ __ is hot, too.
Angela likes the bea__ __, and Tom likes the bea__ __.
They play and they __ __at. They __ __at and they play.
The__ sit on a ben__ __.
Angela and Tom eat lun__ __ on the ben__ __.
They eat lun__ __ and they __ __at.
Tom eats a pea__ __, and Angela eats a pea__ __.
Angela eats a __ __erry, and Tom eats a __ __erry.
They eat lun__ __ and __ __at on the ben__ __ at the bea__ __.
Pepper the dog is at the bea__ __, too.
Pepper sits on the ben__ __.
Angela and Tom tea__ __ Pepper to cat__ __ the pea__ __.
Angela and Tom tea__ __ Pepper to cat__ __ the __ __erry.
Pepper runs.
Pepper runs to cat__ __ the pea__ __.
Pepper runs to cat__ __ the __ __erry.
Pepper eats the pea__ __ and Pepper eats the __ __erry.
Pepper is happ__. Angela and Tom are happy.
You can find more such stories here:
English Short Stories for Beginners (Also Suitable for Children)
