B1 · 5 minutes · History

James Monroe: Likeable

James Monroe, the fifth president, was friendly and popular, and his time in office was called an era of good feelings. A VOA Learning English report.

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What you’ll practise

Hear the past perfect in historical description.

Words to know

united: Joined together.
colonial: From the time when a country was ruled by another country.
geography: The study of land, places and people.

Words at this lesson’s level (B1)

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Word levels from the CEFR-J Wordlist 1.5 (Yukio Tono, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies); words not in it count as above B2. Your level is the one you chose in the level guide, otherwise the lesson’s.

Source

Text and audio from “James Monroe: Likeable”, America's Presidents, VOA Learning English, published 2023-03-25. Kelly Jean Kelly wrote this story for Learning English. Public domain.

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