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Grandma’s garden

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Follow a story about a summer routine.

Listen to each sentence and write what you hear.

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Words to know

vegetable
A plant that you eat, such as a carrot or a potato.
seed
A small part of a plant from which a new plant grows.
country
Here, land outside towns and cities.

Answer key

  1. Every summer, I stay with my grandma in the country.“Stay with my” runs together.
  2. She has a big garden full of vegetables.“Of” is weak: “full-uv”.
  3. We plant seeds and water them every evening.“Water” is a verb here: to give plants water.
  4. My favourite job is picking the tomatoes.American “favorite” is also accepted.
  5. At the end of the summer, we make a big pot of soup together.“Make a” links: “may-ka”.

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