The lost key
Lucy can't find her house key after school — until she remembers her morning; students read for detail, practice the past simple and tell their own lost-and-found story.
A2Teens35 minShort storyFree
About this lesson
An A2 reading lesson (short story). Graded texts with key words, comprehension questions and printable versions.
- Level
- A2
- Skill
- Reading
- Type
- Short story
- Students
- Teens
- Time
- About 35 minutes
- Topic
- Home & rooms
- Activities
- Key words, Speaking / writing task, Reading text, Multiple choice, True / False, Gap-fill
- Key words
- search, pocket, suddenly, lock, lunch box, flower pot, in a hurry, hide (hid)
- Access
- Free
By the end, students can
- Follow the order of events in a short story
- Use regular and irregular past simple verbs to retell a story
- Tell and write a short story about losing something