Unit 9 · What happened
ふるいほんのカード
A Card in an Old Book
3 minutes · 8 short sentences
Before you read
A few words to get you started
- ほんや
- bookshop
- あたらしい
- new
- ふるい
- old (an object)
Read about something that happened
パンをたべました。
I ate bread.
ました is the polite past ending of a verb. Compare たべます (eat) with たべました (ate). ませんでした means an action did not happen.
Small words and names in this story
- みか
- Mika
Tap a word for help. Reveal English when you need it.
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Mika went to a bookshop.
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There are new books and old books.
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Mika bought an old book.
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At home she read the book.
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There was a small card inside.
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There is a cat drawing on the card.
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Mika put the card on the book.
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“A book and a drawing as a gift.”
After you read
What happened?
Two small checks. You can look back and try again.
Ready to finish?
Mark the story as read when you feel ready. The questions are here to help, and you can finish without answering them.
Finding your place…
Explore the pattern
These lessons explain the grammar you just read. Take them whenever you feel ready.
ます-Form and Polite Verbs →Place of Action with で →