Story 1: The Artist's Day
Emma was able to draw beautiful pictures. She held her pencil carefully and looked at the paper. She needed to plan what to draw first.
"I will put a sun here," she said. She drew a circle and pulled her hand across the page to mark the rays. Then she wrote her name at the bottom of the page.
Emma looked at the shapes she had drawn. There was a circle, some triangles, and squares. She expects to colour them soon. The colour of the sun will be yellow. The colours of the flowers will be red and pink.
"This is important," she told herself. "I must hold the crayon correctly." She puts the yellow crayon into her hand and starts colouring.
Story 2: The Fish Tank
Tom planned to clean his fish tank. He looked at the fish swimming through the water. Their eyes were big and round. He could see most of the fish near the top, but some stayed at the bottom.
"Fish need clean water to breathe," Tom's father told him. "They breathe through their gills, not like us. We breathe air."
Tom is pulling the old water out of the tank. He holds the tube carefully. Then he puts fresh water into it. The water goes down slowly.
The fish look happy. They swim towards Tom. "I think they are looking at me," Tom said. "Maybe they expect to eat their food now."
Tom pulled out the food box. He put less than usual because he had fed them earlier. Most of the fish ate quickly.
Story 3: The Playground Plan
The children are planning a new playground. They drew many pictures and marked different areas on paper.
"Put the swings here," said Lisa, drawing circles. "And the slide goes towards the trees."
Mike looks at the plan. "The shape of this area is good," he says. "But we need to write what goes there."
They wrote labels and put them on different parts. They used different colours. The swing area was blue. The colour they used for the slide was red.
"This is important," the teacher told them. "You are writing and planning like real builders."
The children held up their plans. They expected everyone to look at them. They put the papers into a folder.
"We will need less space here," said Mike, marking a smaller area. "Then we can put a garden at the bottom."
They all looked through the plans again. "We ate lunch while planning," Lisa said. "But this was the most fun I've had at school!"
The shapes on their paper showed swings, slides, and gardens. Each shape had a different color. They had drawn, written, and marked everything carefully.
"I will hold this plan," said the teacher. "You have written something wonderful. Most students can't do this so well."
The children smiled. They breathed deeply, happy with their work. They had put their best ideas down on paper.
All the vocabulary words have been used in these three simple stories to help beginners understand different forms and uses of each word in natural contexts.