Story 1

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

dining with them.

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

in the city. They ride the bus to work.

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Story 2

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.

Encik Yakob is Amira’s grandfather. He loves his granddaughter. He is

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.

Puan Sarah is Amira’s grandmother. She is working in the kitchen at the

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.

The children are at school. Penelope is sewing a handkerchief. She is sitting

on a bench. She is sitting in front of Adam who is reading a book.

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

minutes. They are waiting for the lesson to begin patiently.

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Story 4

Instructions: Read the short story below. Then, underline the subjects and circle the verbs
found in the sentences.

Ericson Sandai is my friend and his hobby is photography. Ericson is walking 1

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

pictures of the flowers and the ponds around the park.

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.

He is taking as many pictures as possible.

Ericson’s school is organizing a photography competition. The first prize

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

tired of being trapped inside the house.

Siew Ling is trying to keep herself busy. She is doing some sewing by the

window and watching the rain falling down.

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Siew Ling’s parents are working at a lawyer’s firm in town. They had bought

Siew Ling a new board game. They are thinking of playing the board game with

Siew Ling because it is raining and she cannot play outside.