Vocabulary Stories
Posts about Vocabulary Stories
Hone — A Vocabulary Story
Seven Bounces Rose's grandad could skim a stone across the lake so it bounced seven times. Seven! Rose's best attempt went plop. Just plop. Not even a small...
Vex — A Vocabulary Story
Ming and the Missing Piece Ming had spent three whole days on the biggest jigsaw puzzle in the world. Well, the biggest one in her house, anyway. One thousand...
Abridge — A Vocabulary Story
Farhana and the Never-Ending Story Farhana loved telling her little brother Yusuf a bedtime story every night. There was just one tiny problem: her stories...
Envisage — A Vocabulary Story
Joao and the Wonky Wardrobe Joao had a job to do, and it was a wobbly one. His mum, Beatriz, had bought a flat-pack wardrobe, and now three hundred bits lay...
Abide — A Vocabulary Story
The Fort of Very Serious Rules Charles built the greatest cushion fort the living room had ever seen. It had a flag (a sock), a door (a tea towel), and a sign...
Perturb — A Vocabulary Story
The Man Who Could Not Be Perturbed Eva's grandad was the calmest man in Bristol. Possibly the world. When a wasp landed on his jam sandwich at the park, he...
Abominable — A Vocabulary Story
Suresh and the Socks of Doom Suresh loved football more than anything, but after Saturday's match his socks smelled abominable. Not just a little bit whiffy....
Abrogate — A Vocabulary Story
Patricia and the Great Rule Rebellion Patricia's big brother Michael ran the Garden Den Club, and he loved rules more than anyone alive. The den had...
Concoct — A Vocabulary Story
Mei's Marvellous Mixture Mei had decided that Mum's birthday present would be perfume. Proper perfume cost pounds and pounds, so Mei would concoct her own in...
Falter — A Vocabulary Story
You. Know. This. The hall fell silent as Dara walked towards the microphone. Two hundred faces stared back at him — classmates, teachers, parents with cameras...
Convince — A Vocabulary Story
Convincing Dad Saturday morning, and Daniela had exactly one mission: to convince her dad that a dog would change their lives for the better. Convince means to...
Delegate — A Vocabulary Story
One Boy. One Dream. One Very Unhelpful Dog. Sonny had been building all afternoon. The train track snaked through the living room, under the coffee table,...