Books

Genres

100

In this genre, someone might be chased by a monster, killer, or ghost.

Horror

200

In this genre, you might find magic, wizards, witches, and creatures that can't exist in the real world, like werewolves.

Fantasy

300

In this genre, the story is about a difficult question that must be answered, usually to solve a crime.

Mystery

400

These are stories that actually happened. The characters are all real people, such as the story of the 'Pirate Queen' of Ireland, Grace O'Malley.

True stories

500

Two people meet and begin to like each other more and more. They spend a lot of time with each other and always want to be together.

Romance

Past Simple

100

Write

Wrote

200

Think

Thought

300

Vex

Vexed

400

Understand

Understood

500

Slay

Slew

More Genres

100

In this genre, you might find many futuristic and scientific things, like robots, space travel, and aliens.

Sci-fi

200

In this genre, the stories are about the lives of a person, usually someone interesting or important, like Yang Li Wei, Johann Sebastian Bach, or Vladimir Lenin.

biography

300

In this genre, exciting things happen, and people often come close to dying -- some characters might even die.

Thrillers

400

A person is trying to get information from a foreign country. Another person, working for that foreign country, is trying to catch anyone looking for information that they shouldn't have.

Spy Story

500

These are stories that happen in places and during times that actually happened -- like the Qing dyansty in China, the viking age in Norway, or the Warring States era of Japan -- but the stories and most of the characters are not real.

historical fiction

When-While

100

I was cooking dinner. She called

I was cooking dinner when she called. / While I was cooking dinner, she called.

200

I was reading. He was making coffee.

I was reading while he was making coffee.

300

My was cat playing. A bird flew by.

My cat was playing when a bird flew by. / While my cat was playing, a bird flew by.

400

I was getting ready to exercise. I realized I forgot my water bottle. Running home. Started to rain.

I was getting ready to exercise when I realized that I forgot my water bottle. While I was running home, it started to rain.

500

I was playing with my dog. I was running. My dog saw a squirrel. Pulled me into the street.

I was playing with my dog while I was running when my dog saw a squirrel and pulled me into the street.

Extra: Food/Drink

100

This is something you need to drink every day.

Water

200

This is something that many people in Asia and other parts of the world eat with most meals.

Rice

300

This is a kind of food from Japan made of raw or cold fish and cut into small pieces.

Sushi

400

This is a drink that many people drink to help them wake up in the morning.

Coffee

500

This is a drink that England once gave ALL of its silver to get more of.

Tea