Text-message English
Practice short replies, conversational connectors, and the kinds of phrases that show up in everyday chats.
Dialogue-first English stories that feel like reading real messages, with short turns, natural reactions, and learner-friendly translations.
Chat stories are built for the language people use in texts, group chats, voice notes, and quick back-and-forth conversations. They are especially useful for practicing casual phrasing, reactions, emotions, and the rhythm of real dialogue.
Hello? 👂
help!! 😭😭
my cookie!! 🍪
Hi Lily! Milk? 🥛
Leo! My fish! 🐟
Hello? Is this Sam?
Hello? My scone?
Look! My cafe! ☕
Hi! Cake is ready. 🎂
Leo! Look! 😱
Central Station. Tuesday morning. Mia's train to the city leaves in twelve minutes.
Thursday afternoon. Leo is in his bedroom. He opens the group chat with his three best friends.
Ada's farm. Wales. A cold Tuesday in November. Ada died three weeks ago. Her two grandchildren, Maya and Finn, are here to sort through her things. The farm is very remote. There is one bar of signal.
London. 9:00 PM. It is raining. Elena is in a taxi. She sees a glass phone on the seat.
Leo finds a black phone on a park bench. It is not locked. He opens the messages.
Tom and Maya broke up three days ago. Tom moved out yesterday. Maya is alone in the apartment.
Hi... I think I have your food 😬
Lily. LILY. I made a big mistake 😭
it is SO hot in here 😰
Ok, who told Mum about the cake?
Mum, what is in my lunch box?
hey tom 😊 can I ask you something?
she won AGAIN 😭
Dan. My lunch is gone. Again. 😤
Hi. Is this Maya?
Sunday night, 11:02 PM. Priya has been studying for three hours. Her phone is next to her biology notes. She is applying for the Greenfield Scholarship — one of the most competitive awards at her school. Only one student gets it each year.
Wait, did you see this? 😐
dan. DAN. please tell me you didn't say that 😭
Wait... did you just reply to MY story?? 😭
Jake. JAKE. Someone is using my Netflix right now and it's not me.
hey, are we still going to La Bella tonight? 🍝
Hi! I'm your new neighbour. I need to tell you something about the man who rented you that flat.
hey did you get my message last night??
hi sorry to bother you, did you take my number from the sign-in sheet at the clinic??
mara. MARA. are you at work rn??
Hey Priya… I think you left something at the printer this morning 👀
wait did you see what Maya just posted in the work group???
Gerald. Please tell me you did NOT just RSVP yes to Sophie's wedding.
ok so I need to tell you something and you CANNOT tell anyone
ok so something a bit embarrassing just happened at work
ok PLEASE tell me you saw her story before it disappeared
ok we need to talk about the will
Diana. Did you get that email from Dad's lawyer just now?? Please tell me you're the only one who got it
Zara. ZARA. Jay's mum just followed your finsta
Traditional graded readers are great for narration. Chat stories add the missing layer: how English sounds when people are texting, reacting, making plans, hiding something, or arguing in short bursts.
Practice short replies, conversational connectors, and the kinds of phrases that show up in everyday chats.
See informal English inside a story where the meaning is easier to infer from context.
Multi-part chat stories make it obvious what to read next while you follow one plotline.