Think of a turtle. A turtle moves very slowly because it has a heavy shell on its back. It takes its time to walk from one place to another, just like when you take small steps whe...

False is like when someone tells you that the sky is green. You know the sky is usually blue, right? So saying it’s green isn’t true. It’s like a pretend story that doesn’t match w...

Think of a superhero who has to face a big, strong villain. The superhero is brave and strong, but the villain is also very powerful. When the superhero fights the villain, it is n...

When something is unfortunate, it means things didn’t go the way we hoped, like when a toy breaks or it starts raining when we wanted to play outside. It’s like when you build a ta...

When we say something is ‘genuine’, it means it’s real and true. Think about your favorite toy. If it’s genuine, it means it’s made by the real company and not a copy. It’s like wh...

Think of ordinary as the color of the sky on most days. It’s not too bright like a rainbow or too dark like night; it’s just a calm, peaceful blue. Ordinary is like your favorite c...

When you want to tell your friend something without saying it directly to them, you’re being indirect. It’s like when you want to play a game, but instead of saying ‘Let’s play!’, ...

Think about a ladder with many steps. Each step can be higher or lower than the one before it. The word relative means that something is not just by itself; it is compared to somet...

A census is like a big counting game where grown-ups count all the people living in a place. Imagine you have a giant jar of candy, and you want to know exactly how many candies ar...

When you have a group of things and you want to find out what is the ‘middle’ or ‘usual’ amount, you use something called the average. Imagine you have a basket of apples and you w...