B1 · 5 minutes · History

Ulysses S. Grant: Well-Meaning

Ulysses S. Grant was a great army general in the Civil War, but his time as president was more difficult. A VOA Learning English report.

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What you’ll practise

Understand noun clauses and “turned out to be”.

Words to know

congressman: A member of the U.S. Congress.
personally: As an individual; in person.
military: Relating to the army and soldiers.

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 “Ulysses S. Grant: Well-Meaning”, America's Presidents, VOA Learning English, published 2023-07-01. Kelly Jean Kelly wrote this story for Learning English. Public domain.

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