Dinosaurs Took Care of Their Babies
Introduction
Scientists studied the teeth of a dinosaur called Maiasaura. They found that adult dinosaurs gave special food to their babies.
Main Body
Scientists looked at old teeth. Adult dinosaurs had teeth for hard plants. Baby dinosaurs had teeth for soft food, like fruit. This soft food helped the babies grow fast. The parents probably put the food in their mouths and gave it to the babies. This is like how birds take care of their babies today. The babies needed their parents for food at the start.
Conclusion
The study shows that Maiasaura dinosaurs were very good parents to their young.
Learning
đĻ The 'Past' Pattern
In this story, everything happened a long time ago. To do this, we change the action word (verb) by adding -ed.
Look at the change:
- study â studied
- look â looked
- help â helped
Wait! Some words are rebels (Irregular):
- find â found
- give â gave
Easy Rule for A2: If you want to talk about yesterday or dinosaurs, try adding -ed. If the word looks strange, it might be a 'rebel' word like gave.
đ Hard vs. Soft
Notice how the text uses opposites to show a difference:
Hard plants Soft food
Using opposites is the fastest way to describe things in English without using long sentences.