PROFICIENCY (C2) LEVEL STORY

Cheese Run

by Lisa Malone

Photo by Ichiban Yada on Creative Commons licence 4.0. Image cropped & Japanese removed.

In this adventure story you are a mouse who is trying to get a big piece of cheese for his dinner. At each step of the story, when the mouse has a decision to make, you get to choose what happens.

If you would like to learn some related vocab before you read, look down this page. If you want to go straight to the story, click the button below.

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Vocabulary

Before you read, take a look at this vocabulary from the story. Match the words to their definitions and then try to remember them when you read the story.

1. whiskers answer

2. twitch answer

3. scurry answer

4. pounce answer

5. dodge answer

6. nostril answer

7. creep answer

8. wad answer

9. tempt answer

10. propel answer

11. plummet answer

12. catapult answer

13. clatter answer

14. skewer answer

15. flee answer

A. [verb] to move and avoid something

B. [verb] to run in a scared or weak way / to run like a mouse

C. [noun] a small collection of (usually paper)

D. [noun] the long hairs around some animals' nose and mouth

E. [verb] to fall straight down very quickly

F. [noun/verb] the sound of things like plates or pans hitting each other

G. [verb] to make something move (usually with force)

H. [verb] to move suddenly and quickly

I. [verb] to walk quietly and secretly

J. [verb] to make you want something

K. [noun] a machine which sends things flying. it was used in wars in the past

L. [verb] to run away

M. [verb] to put a stick through food

N. [verb] to attack with a jump, like a lion

O. [noun] the hole in your nose

Can you remember everything? You can check them again as you read.

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