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🐞 1. Animal StoriesIllustrated stories about animals with reading-comprehension questions. 4
1Luna the Ladybug 2The Lost Puppy 3The Helpful Hippo 4The Rainbow Fish and the Shy Crab
🎧 2. Let’s Read StoriesRead-along stories based on vocabulary from the Let’s Go books. Each story has several difficulty levels. 7
1Ploy Loves to Draw 2Journey of a Map Maker 3Memories in the Classroom 4A Walk in the Town 5A Day at the Beach 6Refreshing Delight 7A Fun Day at the Park
🏫 3. Student Life in 40 SecondsTwenty easy read-along stories about student life at home and school. 1
1Open all Student Life stories
📔 4. Student DiariesFive short stories about what students do on a typical weekday. 5
1My Day at School 1 2My Day at School 2 3My Day at School 3 4My Day at School 4 5My Day at School 5
🔀 5. Mixed-Up StoriesPut the sentences into the correct order to rebuild each story. 13
1Day at School 01 (12 sentences) 2Day at School 02 (12 sentences) 3Day at School 03 (22 sentences) 4A Lazy Day at Home 01 (20 sentences) 5A Lazy Day at Home 02 (17 sentences) 6A Lazy Day at Home 03 (19 sentences) 7Making a Sandwich 8Brush Your Teeth 9Eating Cereals 10Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich 11Going Swimming 12At the Movies 13A Football Match
🔎 6. Same Same, But DifferentCompare two similar stories and answer questions about their small differences. 5
1Reading Quiz 01 2Reading Quiz 02 3Reading Quiz 03 4Reading Quiz 04 5Reading Quiz 05
🔎 7. Multiple Matching StoriesStudents first focus on the key words in the questions. Then, they read the texts to locate the relevant information. 20
1Quiz 1 2Quiz 2 3Quiz 3 4Quiz 4 5Quiz 5 6Quiz 6 7Quiz 7 8Quiz 8 9Quiz 9 10Quiz 10 11Quiz 11 12Quiz 12 13Quiz 13 14Quiz 14 15Quiz 15 16Quiz 16 17Quiz 17 18Quiz 18 19Quiz 19 20Quiz 20
🧠 8. Memory GameRead a story for 60 seconds, then test how much you can remember. 1
1Play the Memory Game
✍️ 9. Stories with Missing WordsComplete each story by choosing words from a word bank. 12
1John is at School 2In the Classroom 3Happy Birthday 4This is my Family 5Birthday Presents 6At the Park 7Trip to Central World 8My House on Green Street 9A Week in Phuket 10My Father’s Birthday 11The First Ice Pop 12Message from Bob
🌱 10. Comprehension: Very EasyShort passages of about 40 words with five questions. 12
1My Family 2Shapes and Colours 3My Pet Animals 4At the Toy Store 5My House 6In the Classroom 7I Can Do Somersaults 8Missing English Book 9My Grandmother’s House 10When I Grow Up 11Meal Time 12A Good Boy
📗 11. Comprehension: EasyPassages of about 50 words with five questions. 9
1What Do You Like to Eat? 2What Do They Have? 3What Is the Weather? 4My Favourite Season 5Occupations 6I Am a Student 7My Family’s Jobs 8The Zoo Keeper 9My Lessons at School
📘 12. Comprehension: MediumLonger passages of about 70–90 words with ten questions. 12
1Mark Goes to the Clinic 2Anna Flies to Vietnam 3Students on a Day Trip 4Brad is a Student 5Bill Goes to the Park 6Andy Goes Shopping 7Jack Goes to Seacon 8Jack Goes to the Zoo 9On the Crosswalk 10Sue Was Sad 11Andy Was Hungry 12The Comic Book
🎤 13. Reading Pronunciation ExamFour reading passages for each primary grade, divided between Term 1 and Term 2. 6
1Primary 1: 4 stories 2Primary 2: 4 stories 3Primary 3: 4 stories 4Primary 4: 4 stories 5Primary 5: 4 stories 6Primary 6: 4 stories
🧒 14. Easy Stories for Primary 1Sixteen short reading activities arranged by unit. 16
1Unit 1A 2Unit 1B 3Unit 2A 4Unit 2B 5Unit 3A 6Unit 3B 7Unit 4A 8Unit 4B 9Unit 5A 10Unit 5B 11Unit 6A 12Unit 6B 13Unit 7A 14Unit 7B 15Unit 8A 16Unit 8B
🕵️ 15. Spot the Grammar MistakesRead each story and identify the grammar mistakes. 5
1Story 01 2Story 02 3Story 03 4Story 04 5Story 05
16. Correct the MistakesFind the errors and type the corrected version of each story. 5
1Story 01 2Story 02 3Story 03 4Story 04 5Story 05
🧩 17. Story MazeChoose the correct path through each interactive story. 2
1The Red Kangaroo 2The Brown Bear
3The Green CrocodileNot yet available
🎁 18. Show and TellStudents describe an object they brought from home. 10
1My Rubik’s Cube 2My Toy Pony 3My Rubik’s Cube 2 4My Doll 5My Toy Dinosaur 6My Pop It Toy 7My Iron Man Model 8My Toy Plane 9My Football 10My Microphone
🏛️ 19. Samut Prakan: Book 1Easy local stories of about 80 words with five questions. 4
1Samut Prakan Province 2Mueang Samut Prakan 3All About Mana 4Meet Mana’s Family
5Mana’s NeighbourhoodNot yet available
6Mana’s HouseNot yet available
7Mana’s SchoolNot yet available
8At the MarketNot yet available
9At the RestaurantNot yet available
10At the TempleNot yet available
🐊 20. Samut Prakan: Book 2Longer local stories of about 400 words with ten questions. 3
1Introducing Malee 2Samut Prakan Province 3The Crocodile Farm
4Ancient SiamNot yet available
5Ban Pu Seaside ResortNot yet available
6On the RiverNot yet available
7Making MeritNot yet available
8Exploring the TempleNot yet available
9Phra Chulachomklao FortNot yet available
10Bang Nam Phueng Floating MarketNot yet available
11The Erawan MuseumNot yet available

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