The simple past tense is usedprominently in these readers.Thus, students gain exposureto the conjugation of someirregular verbs.Most also include verbsin the simple future.A few modal verbs arepresented, with explanationsof their use. These stories alsouse a greater variety of verbsof speech. There is deeperexploration of comparativeand superlative adjectives.Some of these readers alsoinclude explanations of morecomplex grammaticalstructures, such as firstconditional and infinitiveconstructions, and most haveexamples of verb use ininterrogative and negativesentences.
