If You Lose, I'll Wear Green

A short love story, a graded reader for adult learners of English at A2 ("false beginner").

Read the complete story, plus two pages of grammar practice taken from the story.

On St Patrick's Day, Orla wants to escape the city and its crowds. But her bike has a flat tyre, and the boy in the bike shop has a deal for her: one game of tavla, and he'll fix it for free. A short, warm love story in clear English.

Want to hear it too? Get the audiobook, narrated in British English.

One of six Passport Hearts short stories. Six cities, six grammar points: read them all, in any order.

A2 · stage 2 of 3 · British English · Ebook + grammar practice