Short Stories - Print
Short Stories - Print
Short Stories - Print
Instructions: Read the short story below. Then, underline the subjects and circle the verbs
found in the sentences.
It is Monday morning. Mr. Andrew Lim and Mrs. Cynthia Lim are at home. 1
They are sitting at a table eating breakfast. Their daughters, Marya and Chloe are
Mrs. Lim is drinking coffee and she is eating an apple pie. She is sitting
across the table from Mr. Lim. She is talking to Mr. Lim.
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Mr. Andrew Lim is Mrs. Cynthia Lim’s husband. He is sitting at the table
with her. He is also drinking coffee. Mr. Lim is listening to his wife who is telling
him a funny story about their daughters. Mr. Lim smiles while he is listening to the
funny story.
Marya is eating porridge at the moment. She is sitting next to her younger
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sister, Chloe. She is listening to her parents.
Mr. Lim and Mrs. Lim are leaving for work after breakfast. They are working
Instructions: Read the short story below. Then, underline the subjects and circle the verbs
found in the sentences.
Today, Amira is visiting her grandparents. She loves her grandparents. She 1
is sitting on her grandfather’s lap. Her grandfather is telling her a story. She is
listening to the story. She is smiling. She loves her grandfather’s stories.
telling her a story at the moment. He is holding her on his lap. He is holding her
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hands. They are sitting in the living room.
moment. She is baking cookies for Encik Yakob and Amira. She is also making
tea for the family. In addition, she is listening to the news on the radio.
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Story 3
Instructions: Read the short story below. Then, underline the subjects and circle the verbs
found in the sentences.
Adam is sitting behind his desk. He wishes he could play outside with the
other children.
Ranjit and Siew Ling are also at school. They are outside the classroom.
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They are picking flowers for their teacher, Puan Julia. Siew Ling is wearing her hat.
Mariana is walking towards the bookshelf. She is helping her teacher. She is
carrying some textbooks to the shelf. Her teacher is coming to the class in a few
Story 4
Instructions: Read the short story below. Then, underline the subjects and circle the verbs
found in the sentences.
in the park with his camera. He is a nature lover. He is taking photos of the
different types of birds found in the park. At the same time, he is also taking
Erison always comes to the park with his friends but today he comes alone.
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This evening he is taking pictures of the sunset from the watch tower in the park.
winner of the competition is going to Australia for one week. While in Australia the
winner will visit the Gold Coast. He will have the opportunity to visit the beaches
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and .take lots of beautiful pictures there.
Ericson and his friends are taking part in the competition. They are choosing
the best pictures because they want to win the first prize.
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Story 5
Instructions: Read the short story below. Then, underline the subjects and circle the verbs
found in the sentences.
It is raining and thundering all day. Siew Ling is playing inside the house.
She wants to be outside but she cannot do so because it is raining. She is feeling
Siew Ling is trying to keep herself busy. She is doing some sewing by the
Siew Ling a new board game. They are thinking of playing the board game with