EnglishStories
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Princess Rose and the Creature. There was once a beautiful princess named Rose. Her mother, the queen,
05 Dec 2022
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Princess Rose and the Creature There was once a beautiful princess named Rose. Her mother, the queen, however, was not as beautiful as the princess. ...
UNIT 11 (68 Word List anymore [ènimo:r] adv. Anymore means any longer. Her old pants don't fit her anymore.)
05 Dec 2022
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UNIT 11 anymore [ènimo:r] adv. Anymore means any longer. Her old pants don't fit her anymore. ORADENS asleep [ǝsli:p] adj. When a person is a...
The First Peacock. Argos lived in Ancient Greece. He was a husband and a proud father. He worked hard and did well at his job. But one thing about him wasn't normal. He was born with 100 eyes. Having
05 Dec 2022
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The First Peacock Argos lived in Ancient Greece. He was a husband and a proud father. He worked hard and did well at his job. But one thing about him ...
UNIT 10Word List 62 benefit [bénəfit] n. A benefit is a good thing.
05 Dec 2022
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UNIT 10 62 Word List benefit [bénəfit] n. A benefit is a good thing. - → Being able to fly is a good benefit to birds. certain [sərtən] adj. If ...
The Starfish Last summer I took a trip to an island. I had a lot of fun. I sat and watched the waves and listened to the ocean. I learned to identify birds. I discovered pretty things and enjoyed the
05 Dec 2022
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The Starfish Last summer I took a trip to an island. I had a lot of fun. I sat and watched the waves and listened to the ocean. I learned to identify...
UNIT 9 Word Lis against [agenst] prep. To be against something is to be touching it or opposed to it. They both leaned against the wall.
05 Dec 2022
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UNIT 9 Word List against [agenst] prep. To be against something is to be touching it or opposed to it. They both leaned against the wall. → beach [...
How the Sun and the Moon Were Made Do you ever wonder where the moon and the sun came from? The Inuit people of Alaska have a theory.
05 Dec 2022
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How the Sun and the Moon Were Made Do you ever wonder where the moon and the sun came from? The Inuit people of Alaska have a theory. They tell a stor...
UNIT 8 Word List50 accept [æksept] v. To accept something that is offered is to take it.
05 Dec 2022
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UNIT8 50 Word List accept [æksept] v. To accept something that is offered is to take it. - I accepted the girl's very nice gift. arrange [ǝreindz] ...
The Best Prince King Minos was very sick. His condition was getting worse. He had three sons. He loved them all. He had to announce who would become king.
05 Dec 2022
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The Best Prince King Minos was very sick. His condition was getting worse. He had three sons. He loved them all. He had to announce who would become k...
Unit 7 Word List. allow [ǝlau] v. To allow something to happen means to let it happen. → Having a ticket will allow you to enter the show.
05 Dec 2022
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Word List allow [ǝlau] v. To allow something to happen means to let it happen. → Having a ticket will allow you to enter the show. announce [ǝná...
The Friendly Ghost A nice woman lived by a large river. She loved children. She wanted to help them in any way. She loved her community, and everyone in the community loved her. She lived a very long
05 Dec 2022
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The Friendly Ghost A nice woman lived by a large river. She loved children. She wanted to help them in any way. She loved her community, and everyone...
UNIT 6 Word List advantage (odvdontids) n. un Child.s [edvæntid3]
05 Dec 2022
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UNIT 6 Word List advantage (odvdontids) n. un Child.s [edvæntid3] An advantage is something that helps you. → Being tall is an advantage to a bask...
The Jackal and the Sun Child A jackal is a wild dog with a big black back. It resides in the desert. But how did the jackal get his black back? This was how it happened.
05 Dec 2022
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The Jackal and the Sun Child A jackal is a wild dog with a big black back. It resides in the desert. But how did the jackal get his black back? This ...
UNIT 5 Word List
05 Dec 2022
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Word List aware [ǝwtər] adj. If you are aware of something, you know about it. - → I was not aware of the ringing phone. badly [badli] adv. Badly ...
The Dog's Bell. John's dog was a bad dog. He bit people frequently. John had great concern
05 Dec 2022
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The Dog's Bell John's dog was a bad dog. He bit people frequently. John had great concern about this. It was not an appropriate way for a dog to beha...
UNIT 4. 26 Word List
05 Dec 2022
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UNIT 4 26 Word List appropriate [aprouprieit] adj. When a thing is appropriate, it is right or normal. → It's appropriate to wear a suit when you g...
The Report Lee sat among the books at the library and thought about his group project.
05 Dec 2022
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The Report Lee sat among the books at the library and thought about his group project. They had to turn it in soon, but he hadn't even started his pa...
Unit tree Word An alien is a creature from a different world. The alien came in peace.
05 Dec 2022
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Word List alien [eiljan] n. An alien is a creature from a different world. The alien came in peace. - among [ǝmin] prep. If you are among certain thi...
The Laboratory Mia's father had a laboratory, but she had no idea what was in it. Her dad
05 Dec 2022
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The Laboratory Mia's father had a laboratory, but she had no idea what was in it. Her dad always closed and locked the door when he went in. She knew...
UNIT2 14 Word List adventure [adventſər] n. An adventure is a fun or exciting thing that you do. Riding in the rough water was an adventure. →
04 Dec 2022
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UNIT2 14 Word List adventure [adventſər] n. An adventure is a fun or exciting thing that you do. Riding in the rough water was an adventure. → app...
The Lion and the Rabbit
04 Dec 2022
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The Lion and the Rabbit A cruel lion lived in the forest. Every day, he killed and ate a lot of animals. The other animals were afraid the lion would...
UNIT 1 Word List Word List afraid [efreid] adj. When someone is afraid, they feel fear. The woman was afraid of what she saw.
04 Dec 2022
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Word List afraid [efreid] adj. When someone is afraid, they feel fear. The woman was afraid of what she saw. agree [ǝgri:] v. To agree is to say "yes...
The Focus of This Lesson Is Stress in American English. In the first two lessons, we talked about vowels and consonants, which are the sounds that make up a word. In this lesson, we will talk about
04 Dec 2022
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For Example: Grammar Points English is a stress language. This means that every word has at least one syllable that is more audible than the rest of ...
In this lesson, we'll explore American English consonants. American English has voiced consonant sounds and voiceless consonant sounds. We make a voiced sound with our vibrating vocal cords.
04 Dec 2022
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The Focus of This Lesson Is Consonants in English. In this lesson, we'll explore American English consonants. American English has voiced consonant s...
The Focus of This Lesson Is the Pronunciation of Vowels in American English.
04 Dec 2022
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Grammar Points The Focus of This Lesson Is the Pronunciation of Vowels in American English. In these five lessons, we will explain American pronunciat...
The father returns home. The family is watching television. The man is showering in the shower. The brothers are bathing in the bathtub. The baby is sleeping on the blanket.
04 Dec 2022
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The father returns home. The family is watching television. The man is showering in the shower. The brothers are bathing in the bathtub. The baby is s...
The boy is waking up in the morning. The woman is brushing her teeth. The girl is washing her face. The family is eating breakfast.
04 Dec 2022
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The boy is waking up in the morning. The woman is brushing her teeth. The girl is washing her face. The family is eating breakfast. The woman is drink...
The Focus of This Lesson Is Different English Accents.
27 Nov 2022
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Vocabulary Definition acceptable level of quality, normal pronunciation that is common to a group of people from a certain area certain place that is ...
The Focus of This Lesson Is Intonation.
27 Nov 2022
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The Focus of This Lesson Is Intonation. Grammar Points We use intonation in many, if not all, languages, and it can convey meaning, express emotion, o...
he Focus of This Lesson Is Stress in American English.Grammar Points
27 Nov 2022
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The Focus of This Lesson Is Stress in American English. In the first two lessons, we talked about vowels and consonants, which are the sounds that mak...
The Focus of This Lesson Is Consonants in English.
27 Nov 2022
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The Focus of This Lesson Is Consonants in English. In this lesson, we'll explore American English consonants. American English has voiced consonant so...
The Focus of This Lesson Is the Pronunciation of Vowels in American English.
27 Nov 2022
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The Focus of This Lesson Is the Pronunciation of Vowels in American English. In these five lessons, we will explain American pronunciation in detail ...
The Focus of This Lesson Is the Top Five Favorite Phrases from the Hosts.
27 Nov 2022
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The Focus of This Lesson Is the Top Five Favorite Phrases from the Hosts. Here are our hosts' top five favorite phrases. Number One: "I See" Grammar P...
The Focus of This Lesson Is the Top Five Tips for Avoiding Common Mistakes in English.
27 Nov 2022
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The Focus of This Lesson Is the Top Five Tips for Avoiding Common Mistakes in English. In this lesson, we're going to give you some tips on how to avo...
Phrases Your Teacher Might Never Teach You
27 Nov 2022
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Phrases Your Teacher Might Never Teach You Learn English with FREE Podcasts For Example: Grammar Points "Ain't" stands for "hasn't," "haven't," "aren...
The Focus of This Lesson Is to Learn Some Useful Phrases for the Classroom in English.
27 Nov 2022
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The Focus of This Lesson Is to Learn Some Useful Phrases for the Classroom in English. Here are the phrases from the lesson. 1. "Are there any questio...
Top Five Useful Tools for Learning English
27 Nov 2022
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Top Five Useful Tools for Learning English 1. A Good Dictionary Here are some great tools to aid you in your English studies: Grammar Points A good di...
Top 5 Things to Know about Pop Culture in the United States
27 Nov 2022
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Top 5 Things to Know about Pop Culture in the United States Popular Music As popular culture changes quickly and drastically, this lesson is focused o...
Top 5 Important Holidays During the American Calendar Year
26 Nov 2022
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Top 5 Important Holidays During the American Calendar Year The United States has many important national holidays. These holidays range from days that...
Top 5 Things You Need to Know about American Society
26 Nov 2022
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Top 5 Things You Need to Know about American Society Major Cities San Francisco Society is a very broad topic and is hard to summarize in a single les...
The Focus of This Lesson is American Cuisine
26 Nov 2022
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The Focus of This Lesson is American Cuisine Table Etiquette Grammar Points What comes to your mind when you think of American food? Hamburgers, hot d...
The 5 Things You Have to Know about English and the USA! Test your knowledge of the United States of America.
26 Nov 2022
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The 5 Things You Have to Know about English and the USA! Test your knowledge of the United States of America. 1) Geography Grammar Points This l...
The Focus of This Lesson is the Top 5 Must-Know English Phrases
26 Nov 2022
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The Focus of This Lesson is the Top 5 Must-Know English Phrases 1." What's Up?" Here we'll introduce five phrases in English that you may hear in cas...
English pronunciation can be troublesome for English language learners because there are three versions of accepted Standard English:
26 Nov 2022
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Learn English with FREE Podcasts English pronunciation can be troublesome for English language learners because there are three versions of accepted S...
First of all, English is an S-V-O language. This stands for "subject," "verb," and "object." Here's an example of this structure in a sentence.
26 Nov 2022
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Welcome to our explanation of Basic English Grammar! Now, we know that grammar is not a favorite among language learners, but in this lesson, we hope...
The English Writing System
26 Nov 2022
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The English Writing System Grammar Points The English writing system uses the Latin alphabet, otherwise known as the Roman alphabet. There are twenty-...
Learn English with FREE Podcasts
26 Nov 2022
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EnglishClass101.com Learn English with FREE Podcasts Construction (if Native Language (only Romanization (of necessary) such as italicized for romaniz...
35. She Feeds Her Cats
26 Nov 2022
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She has two cats. One cat is black. The other cat is white. The black cat's name is Blacky. The white cat's name is Whitey. She feeds her cats. She pu...
34. A Water Fountain in the Park
26 Nov 2022
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It is summertime. The park has many trees. It has a baseball field. It has a water fountain. The water is cool. Kids play in the water fountain. Their...
33. Bright Stars in the Night Sky
26 Nov 2022
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It is nighttime. The sky is black. There are tiny lights in the sky. They are stars. There are many stars. She looks all over the sky. She sees stars ...
32. Comics in the Newspaper
26 Nov 2022
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She opens the newspaper. She turns the page. She turns another page. She finds the comics. She likes the comics. They are fun to read. They are easy t...
31. Red Trees and Red Cats
26 Nov 2022
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He likes to color. He colors with his crayons. His crayon box has many crayons. Each crayon is a different color. He opens his coloring book. His favo...
30. A Penny Collector
26 Nov 2022
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She collects pennies. She likes pennies. She likes their color. They are brown. They are shiny brown. They are dull brown. Pennies are everywhere. She...
29. Is There Life on the Moon?
26 Nov 2022
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The moon is in the sky. He looks at the moon. It is round and white. It is bright. It has mountains. It has valleys. It has rocks. It has dirt. He thi...
28. The Circus Is in Town
26 Nov 2022
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She loves the circus. The circus has elephants. Elephants are so big. The circus has tigers. Tigers are so pretty. The circus has clowns. Clowns are f...
27. He Is a Chocolate Lover
26 Nov 2022
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He loves chocolate. He loves milk chocolate. He loves dark chocolate. He eats chocolate candy bars. He eats chocolate fudge. He eats chocolate chip co...
26. Monkeys at the Zoo
26 Nov 2022
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She goes to the zoo. There are many animals at the zoo. She likes the monkeys. They have funny faces. They have long tails. They jump around a lot. Sh...
25. Car in a Car Wash
26 Nov 2022
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She sits in the car. Her dad drives the car. He drives to a car wash. The car goes through the car wash. Water sprays onto the car. Soap sprays onto t...
24. He Talks to Mom
26 Nov 2022
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The phone rings. He hears the ringing. He picks up the phone. He says hello. The other person says hello. The other person is his mom. She talks to hi...
23. She Sees a Worm
26 Nov 2022
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She sees the worm. The worm crawls on the ground. It crawls slowly. She watches it. She picks it up. It wiggles in her hand. She puts it in her mouth....
22. A Fork, Spoon, Plate, and Carrot
26 Nov 2022
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He picks up his fork. He picks up his spoon. He hits the plate with his fork. He hits the plate with his spoon. His mom says Stop. He stops. His mom p...
21. Her Doll Is Like Her
26 Nov 2022
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Sharon is four years old. She is pretty. She has a doll. It is pretty. Sharon has blonde hair. The doll has blonde hair. Sharon has short hair. The do...
20. A Boat in the Tub
26 Nov 2022
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20. A Boat in the Tub He fills the tub. He fills it with warm water. He gets in the tub. He plays with his rubber boat. The rubber boat floats on the ...
19. Birthday Cake and Candles
26 Nov 2022
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It is her birthday. She is six years old. She looks at the birthday cake. It has white icing. There are six candles on top. Her mom and dad sing Happy...
18. His First Roller Coaster Ride
26 Nov 2022
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He gets on the roller coaster. His mom sits next to him. This is his first roller coaster ride. The roller coaster starts up. It is fast. It goes up a...
17. Let's Go to Disneyland
26 Nov 2022
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She loves Disneyland. She wants to live at Disneyland. She wants to visit Disneyland every day. Her parents take her to Disneyland every year. She has...
16. An Airplane in the Sky
26 Nov 2022
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The boy hears a sound. He looks up. He sees an airplane. The airplane is in the sky. It is a silver airplane. It has two wings. It has a tail. It has ...
15. A Backpack and a Bus
26 Nov 2022
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It is time to go to school. He puts his books into his backpack. He puts his arms through the straps. He puts his backpack on his back. He walks outsi...
14. He Eats a Candy Bar
26 Nov 2022
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He picks up the candy bar. He reads the label. The label says Baby Ruth. He unwraps the candy bar. He throws the wrapper into the trashcan. He bites i...
13. A Baby Goes to Sleep
26 Nov 2022
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The baby crawls on the floor. It stops. Then it crawls some more. Then it stops again. Mama looks at the baby. She picks up the baby. She carries the ...
12. A Young Girl Knows How
26 Nov 2022
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She is six years old. She knows how to walk. She knows how to run. She knows how to swim. She knows how to play soccer. She knows how to ride a horse....
11. Parents Save Babies from Fire
26 Nov 2022
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The house is on fire. Flames come out of the windows. Smoke comes out of the windows. A man runs out of the house. He carries a baby in his arms. A wo...
10. Kids and Their Teacher
26 Nov 2022
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He has a job. He is a teacher. He teaches kids. He teaches them how to read. He teaches them how to spell. The kids are fast learners. They learn how...
9. Her Book and Her Cats
26 Nov 2022
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She picks up the book. It is her favorite book. It has a red cover. It has 52 pages. It has many pictures. It has pictures of many animals. She likes ...
8. Hungry for Hot Dogs
26 Nov 2022
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He opens the refrigerator. He looks inside the refrigerator. He is hungry. He wants something to eat. He sees a package. It is a package of hot dogs. ...
7. A Cat and a Dog
26 Nov 2022
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The cat licks its paws. The cat licks its belly. The dog licks its paws. The dog licks its belly. The cat lies in the grass. The dog lies in the grass...
6. Cookie on the Floor
26 Nov 2022
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She takes a cookie out of the package. She drops the cookie. It falls on the floor. The cookie breaks. It breaks into four pieces. Four pieces are on ...
5. They Play Catch
26 Nov 2022
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Bob picks up the ball. He throws the ball. Bill catches the ball. Bill throws the ball back. Bob catches the ball. Bob throws the ball to Bill. Bill d...
4. Noisy Animals, Quiet Animals
26 Nov 2022
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The dog barks. It likes to bark. The bird sings. It likes to sing. The dog and bird are noisy. The cat meows. It meows when it is hungry. It meows whe...
3. He Gets Dressed, Sees His Friend
26 Nov 2022
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3. He Gets Dressed, Sees His Friend The boy puts on his socks. He puts on his shoes. He ties his shoelaces. He walks to the front door. He turns the d...
2. Warm Air and a Sandwich
26 Nov 2022
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The window is open. Air comes through the window. It is warm air. It is a warm day. The air smells like bread. It smells like fresh bread. It smells g...
1. Red Ball on the Floor
26 Nov 2022
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The ball is on the floor. It is a red ball. It is a rubber ball. The baby looks at the ball. The cat looks at the ball. The cat is black. The cat walk...